About the Public Interest Technologist
The Public Interest Technologist is a new online publication aimed at helping the MIT community think together about the social responsibilities of students, faculty, staff and alumni who design and implement technologies of various kinds.
Featured Interviews
đź’ˇ Hear from MIT community members and how they define public interest technology in their work, research, and beyond.
Measuring Environmental Harm in Prison Landscapes: Geospatial Technology in the service of Grassroots Organizing with Ufuoma Ovienmhada, PhD student in Aeronautics and Astronautics
AI for Conservation and Community Building: an interview with Sara Beery, Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Integrating Public Interest Technology in Mechanical Engineering Education: an Interview with Tim Gutowski, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Satellite Technologies as Public Interest Tech: an Interview with Danielle Wood, Assistant Professor (Joint) of Aeronautics and Astronautics, and Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Sciences
Climate Education’s Relationship to Public Interest Technology at MIT and Beyond: an interview with Chris Rabe, Postdoctoral Associate, MIT Environmental Solutions Initiative
Latest Columns
Could We Create a New Career Path for Advanced Manufacturing – the Technologist? by Bill Bonvillian, Lecturer in Science Technology and Society, and Political Science, and Jon Liu, Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering
New career paths for "technologists" in advanced manufacturing, blends technical skills and engineering knowledge to meet the evolving demands of modern industrial and manufacturing systems.
Few-shot Learning and AI beyond Code by Claire Gorman, Dual Masters Candidate in City Planning and Computer Science
As deep learning and artificial intelligence have improved dramatically, few-shot learning offers new forms of accessibility to AI models.
Publications
PIT Student Initiative Spotlight @ MIT: Code for Good
Code for Good is an MIT student group that brings students together with a wide-array of nonprofit organizations to solve interesting problems using computer science.
