Alan Borning, University of Washington
Batya Friedman, University of Washington
Lisa P. Nathan, University of Washington
Through this course attendees will learn methods for identifying and addressing value tensions during the design and implementation of interactive technologies. Specifically, the course will focus on strategies for navigating the tensions between security and privacy.
New for CHI 2009. Course materials developed from graduate level courses on Value Sensitive Design at the University of Washington.
No specific background is required. It is anticipated that the course will be of primary interest to design practitioners, educators, and researchers who want to learn an established method for identifying and addressing value tensions.
Highly interactive including short lecture, case study work, small group exercises, whole group reflection, and Q&A session.
Dr. Alan Borning is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington, and an Adjunct Professor in the Information School. He received a BA degree from Reed College in mathematics 1971, and a Ph.D. from Stanford University in Computer Science in 1979. His current research interests are in human-computer interaction, particularly as applied to land use, transportation, and environmental modeling, and in using and extending Value Sensitive Design in this work.
Dr. Batya Friedman is a Professor in the Information School and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Washington where she directs the Value Sensitive Design Research Laboratory. She received both her BA (1979) and Ph.D. (1988) from the University of California, Berkeley. Batya’s work on Value Sensitive Design has focused on the values of informed consent, privacy in public, trust, freedom from bias, moral agency, and human dignity, and engaged such technologies as web browsers, large displays, urban simulation, robotics, open-source code bases, and location-enhanced computing.
Lisa P. Nathan is a doctoral candidate in the Information School at the University of Washington. She holds a B.A. in Education and an M.S. in Library and Information Science. Lisa’s empirical work includes a two year investigation of value tensions around information technology practice within ecovillages. Her design work has been focused on the development of value scenarios, the envisioning criteria, and the Envisioning Cards in an effort to create agile methods for envisioning the systemic effects of new technology to guide design and policy decisions.
Website: www.vsdesign.org