Digital identity paper accepted to CSCW 2011
Our paper on digital identity on Facebook and craigslist Missed Connections was accepted to CSCW 2011.
Publications
Recent STAR Publications 2016 “Firebird: Predicting Fire Risk and Prioritizing Fire Inspections in Atlanta,” received a Best Student Paper Runner Up (Applied Data Science Track) award at 2016 ACM SIGKDD Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Kathryn E. Ringland, Christine T. Wolf, Heather Faucett, Lynn Dombrowski, and Gillian R. Hayes. 2016. “Will I always […]
Digital Footprints Wins Honorable Mention at CHI
Congratulations to Oliver Haimson, Jed Brubaker, Lynn Dombrowski, and Gillian Hayes on their 2016 CHI paper, Digital Footprints and Changing Networks During Online Identity Transitions, receiving and honorable mention for best paper at CHI this year. According to the technical committee, “of the ~2325 paper submissions, 92 papers have been recognized with Honorable Mentions (roughly […]
Brubaker Successfully Defends Dissertation
Congratulations to Jed Brubaker for successfully defending his dissertation titled: “Death, Identity, and the Social Network” Committee: Gillian R. Hayes (Chair), Paul Dourish, Geoffrey C. Bowker, Melissa Mazmanian Abstract: What happens to our accounts, data, and digital identities after we die? Over 550,000 US Facebook users will die in 2015, but their deaths will not necessarily result in the […]
Papers Accepted to CHI 2015
Congratulations to Oliver Haimson and co-authors for having their papers and workshops accepted to CHI 2015. Haimson, O. L., Bowser, A., Melcer, E., & Churchill, E. F. Online Inspiration and Exploration for Identity Reinvention. Proceedings of ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2015. Bowser, A., Haimson, O. L., Melcer, E., & Churchill, […]
Gender Transition on Social Networking Sites
Social networking sites often privilege people who fit within expected, static categories. Thus, designing technology and SNS flexible enough to allow for representation of complex identities that emerge as people embark on major life transitions, such as changing gender, is a particular challenge for HCI.
Brubaker Quoted in Knowledge@Wharton!
Jed’s work is featured in an article in online business analysis journal Knowledge@Wharton, titled “Rest in Peace: Planning for Your Demise, Digitally“. But online memorials are delicate entities. Who has custody of the profile? Who gets access? Who has the right to decide what’s appropriate to include, and what is involved in those decisions? Jed […]
Brubaker’s Work Featured by UC Irvine News!
Jed is featured in a Halloween-themed article by UC Irvine News, titled “The spooky side of science“. “The mass adoption of social network sites includes, as a natural consequence, the growing presence of profiles representing individuals who are no longer alive,” he explains on his website. “However, the death of a user does not result […]
Brubaker’s Work Highlighted by Center for Digital Ethics & Policy!
Jed was interviewed by Center for Digital Ethics & Policy in an article called “RIP Trolling“. “For many individuals it’s about connecting with other people who are experiencing loss,” explains Jed Brubaker, a digital identity researcher who focuses on death, social media and post-mortem identity. Facebook, of course, is also a popular destination for commiseration. […]
Jed in Huffington Post and Page
Jed was recently quoted in articles in the Huffington Post and the German Magazine PAGE about death, Facebook profiles, and digital identity. “Facebook doesn’t do a good job of thinking about death,” says Brubaker, the scholar who studies death on social media. “It doesn’t have that concept. There’s no checkbox that says ‘I am dead,’ […]