Digital Rights and AI in the Urban Landscape

Details: Friday, January 24th, 2025 1:00-2:30 PM CST DMC 5.208 Eventbrite Summary: Good Systems and the Technology and Information Policy Institute invite you to join us for a panel discussion with leading experts on smart cities, ethical AI, surveillance, and digital...

Mastering Meetings for Interdisciplinary Research

Mastering Meetings for Interdisciplinary Research   Part of a Team Science Workshop Series Date: Tuesday, December 10, 2024 Time: 9:00 to 11:30 a.m. Location: FAC 334A; 2304 Whitis Ave, Austin, TX 78712 Tired of being in meetings where items on the agenda are not...

TIPI NCA Annual Conference 2024

TIPI is going to the National Communication Association’s (NCA) 110th Annual Convention By TIPI Staff, 9/20/2024 OVERVIEW The National Communication Association (NCA) is hosting it’s 110th Annual Convention: Communication for Greater Regard from November...

TIPI Hosted Research Talk by Dr. Amit Schejter

On November 15, TIPI hosted Dr. Amit Schejter for a research talk on campus. Dr. Amit Schejter is a Professor of Communication Studies at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. He also serves as a Visiting Professor of Communications and Co-Director of the...

TIPI Research Talk Hosted by EFF-Austin

On June 13, 2023, Dr. Sharon Strover presented a research talk titled “City Surveillance, Trust, and Public Engagement.” Organized by EFF-Austin, the local chapter of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the event was generously sponsored by and hosted at Capital...

TIPI Workshop at Mozfest 2023

Surveillance and ethical governance: A contextual approach to privacy in the deployment of smart city technologies Wednesday, March 22nd 12:30-2pm Cities worldwide are increasingly turning to AI-based surveillance technologies to achieve various public benefits, but...
The End of Digital Democracy and What We Can Do About It

The End of Digital Democracy and What We Can Do About It

Digital technologies were supposed to help strengthen democracies around the world, not threaten them. In this talk, Professor Gina Neff of the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at the University of Cambridge looks back on the optimism about digital...

The Business of Surveillance

In the summer of 2022, Good Systems generously supported three undergraduate students to work with the Being Watched team. We were pleased to have Helen Kang (Informatics ’25), Abha Misaqi (Economics ’25), and Zak Turner (Mechanical Engineering ’23) working on various...