Newswise \u2014 Three School of Interactive Computing researchers were chosen for paper presentations at one of the most selective and unique computing conferences in the world.<\/p>\n
The Aarhus Conference<\/strong><\/a>, hosted by Aarhus University in Denmark, has been held every decade since 1975, addressing the most urgent and vital issues in computing worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n The latest conference, titled Computing (X) Crisis, took place in August and featured presentations, critiques, and workshops that explored computing\u2019s influence on the human condition in a world filled with crises.<\/p>\n Assistant Professor\u00a0Cindy Lin<\/strong><\/a>, Associate Professor\u00a0Lynn Dombrowski<\/strong><\/a>, and School of IC Professor and Chair\u00a0Shaowen Bardzell<\/strong><\/a> authored the paper Whose, Which, and What Crisis? A Critical Analysis of Crisis in Computing Supply Chains.\u00a0It was one of only 15 papers selected by conference organizers.<\/p>\n In the paper, in which Lin is credited as the lead author, the researchers advance a theoretical framework for understanding crises that impact the computing supply chain.<\/p>\n Bardzell, who served as program chair of the 2015 Aarhus Conference, approached Dombrowski and Lin about collaborating on a paper submission. Bardzell said the conference gets more than 100 submissions and has a minuscule acceptance rate.<\/p>\n \u201cI knew I was going to go no matter what because I enjoyed it so much 10 years ago,\u201d Bardzell said. \u201cI was fortunate to come together with Lynn and Cindy. We spent six months reading, thinking, and debating together every week, and it was a pleasure to write it together.\u201d<\/p>\n The authors identified common themes in areas they were already researching and examined how these themes affected the computing supply chain.<\/p>\n \u201cWe wanted to think about what this word means in relation to computing,\u201d Dombrowski said. \u201cWho gets to take advantage of a crisis, or who can construct a crisis in relation to computing? What\u2019s not being talked about when we use that word?\u201d<\/p>\n Lin is studying the rise of data centers and their impact on the environment and consumers. Dombrowski is an expert on the labor market and unjust labor practices. Bardzell has conducted extensive research on how chip manufacturing affects farming and agriculture in her homeland of Taiwan.<\/p>\n \u201cWe don\u2019t often think about computing research as intergenerational colleagues working together,\u201d Lin said. \u201cI feel like the three of us represent very interesting generations of computing research that\u2019s tied to critically thinking about the social and political aspects of computing. Each of us has different ways of thinking about those things.\u201d<\/p>\n In the paper, the three authors discuss the concept of \u201cagainst crisis thinking,\u201d which emphasizes that crises affecting the computing supply chain aren\u2019t self-evident phenomena. Human-computer interaction scholars, they say, should pay more attention to how the word \u201ccrisis\u201d is introduced into public discourse and how it can be exploited by powerful actors and impact marginalized communities.<\/p>\n \u201cSome players get to declare what is a crisis and whom it affects,\u201d Lin said. \u201cThey create solutions to resolve the crisis, but they might not address what a chronic experience of a crisis may be.\u201d<\/p>\n Although Bardzell said she considers it an honor to present at a conference that is so selective and is held only once a decade, she was encouraged to be among researchers dedicated to solving pressing societal and planetary issues.<\/p>\n \u201cAcademia can appear as a cutthroat environment where you\u2019re trying to establish your brand and be known for XYZ,\u201d Bardzell said. \u201cAt Aarhus, there was a strong sense of community and working alongside each other, and we\u2019re better because of the people who work alongside us.\u201d<\/p>\n Lin agreed and said that participating in Aarhus is different from the annual conferences where the researchers normally submit papers.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s something special about reflecting every 10 years,\u201d Lin said. \u201cIt shows how much has changed but also how much things have remained the same.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newswise \u2014 Three School of Interactive Computing researchers were chosen for paper presentations at one of the most…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":327650,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[745,163006,53935,1941,158,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-327649","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-computing","8":"tag-computing","9":"tag-computingcrisis","10":"tag-georgia-institute-of-technology","11":"tag-newswise","12":"tag-technology","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115426028767686111","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}