2020-10-19T16:52:06+02:00
Oct 19, 2020
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1 min read
Two interesting articles from Wired dealing with current sociotechnical controversies:
- One article deals with the recent popular upscaled videos of historical footage and reactions from historians: “YouTubers are upscaling the past to 4K. Historians want them to stop”
- This article explains how Bluetooth is used for contact tracing apps and what some problems of the technology are: “Bluetooth bugs are making contact tracing apps spit out tons of errors”
Authors
Wouter Van Rossem is a researcher on the intersection between social science and computer science. He previously worked on the European Research Council (ERC) funded project, Processing Citizenship, where he investigated how data infrastructures for population processing co-produce citizens, Europe, and territory. He completed his PhD at the University of Twente in the Netherlands and is still working on publications stemming from these impactful projects. In addition to his academic pursuits as a PhD at the University of Twente in the Netherlands, he brings a diverse background as a software engineer, having worked in various companies and at the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre in Italy. His diverse background, spanning both theoretical and hands-on knowledge, reflects his keen interest in exploring the intricate interconnections between technology and society.