Michelle Trim
Biographic Data
| ID | 8891341 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michelle Trim |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michelle |
| FAMILY NAME | Trim |
| SIGNATURE | TRIM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1984-7274 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Building a Kill Switch for the Terminator
Students in my grad CS ethics course recently led class discussion in an examination of the intersection of vulnerable populations and AI. They decided that they wanted to focus on the elderly. It was a great presentation. They raised issues specific to different cultures across the globe, and they reminded the class that vulnerable populations have vulnerable data too. At one point, one of the presenters instructed the class to remember that the…
Faking it and Breaking it
Frauds, fakes, forgeries... these are not new problems for the public to contend with. Purveyors of designer goods such as handbags and shoes have developed keen skills to spot clever knockoffs, though some copies are so good that their authenticity seems less important to folks buying them to wear. Forging currency is an incredibly serious crime, and yet it is the crux of many movies and stories. In antiquities and in art, making forgeries gets …
Computing Must Pay Attention to Outcomes to Achieve Equity
There is a push right now across ACM that is gathering momentum. This push is for increased attention to cultural competency [16] in the training of computing professionals. In fact, the CS202X: ACM / IEEE-CS / AAAI Computer Science Curricula Taskforce [5] has a knowledge area subcommittee devoted to SEP or Society, Ethics, and Professionalism [6]. This subcommittee is currently proposing a new set of student learning outcomes under the heading o…
Essentialism is the enemy of the good
Right after the spring semester ended, I was invited to do an ethics workshop for a Data Science for the Common Good graduate student research program [6]. It had been a week since George Floyd was killed by police [15], and weeks before Covid-19 related deaths had initially peaked in most parts of the U.S. Organizations, and then even retailers, started sharing anti-racism statements, promises, and in the case of Amazon, Black Lives Matter banne…
Moving from consciousness
This past fall semester, I had the idea to lead a small group of graduate students in offering a First Year seminar for new computer science and informatics majors that focuses on ethics. Feeling clever, I themed our sections: "What makes a 'good' computer scientist?" Together, my students and I taught nine sections under this label. It was a learning experience teaching this one-credit course alongside this brilliant group of MS and PhD students…
Cultivating an ethos of social responsibility in an age of misinformation
Recently on the evening news, a report aired about public-school vandalism happening across the country, provoked by a recent trending video on Tik-Tok inviting users to share the biggest thing they were able to steal from their school [1]. Bathroom fixtures have been a popular choice, causing significant damage, which is what has elevated this recent trend to newsworthy status. In keeping with similar trends on YouTube such as at the milk crate …
Refusing to unmake the lemonade, or how not to go back to normal
research-article Share on Refusing to unmake the lemonade, or how not to go back to normal Author: Michelle Trim University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MassachusettsView Profile Authors Info & Claims ACM SIGCAS Computers and SocietyVolume 50Issue 1April 2021 pp 15–18https://doi.org/10.1145/3470834.3470839Online:14 June 2021Publication History 0citation40DownloadsMetricsTotal Citat…
Computing's social obligation
The cover of the August issue of Communications of the ACM showcases Harvard's impressive experiment integrating ethics throughout its undergraduate computer science curriculum [6]. Anyone currently grappling with exploding enrollments must applaud Harvard's deliberate use of resources to broaden CS education beyond its traditional technical components. In a similar vein, ACM recently updated its professional code of ethics, calling on CS profess…
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Computing's social obligation
The cover of the August issue of Communications of the ACM showcases Harvard's impressive experiment integrating ethics throughout its undergraduate computer science curriculum [6]. Anyone currently grappling with exploding enrollments must applaud Harvard's deliberate use of resources to broaden CS education beyond its traditional technical components. In a similar vein, ACM recently updated its professional code of ethics, calling on CS profess…
Essentialism is the enemy of the good
Right after the spring semester ended, I was invited to do an ethics workshop for a Data Science for the Common Good graduate student research program [6]. It had been a week since George Floyd was killed by police [15], and weeks before Covid-19 related deaths had initially peaked in most parts of the U.S. Organizations, and then even retailers, started sharing anti-racism statements, promises, and in the case of Amazon, Black Lives Matter banne…
Moving from consciousness
This past fall semester, I had the idea to lead a small group of graduate students in offering a First Year seminar for new computer science and informatics majors that focuses on ethics. Feeling clever, I themed our sections: "What makes a 'good' computer scientist?" Together, my students and I taught nine sections under this label. It was a learning experience teaching this one-credit course alongside this brilliant group of MS and PhD students…
Cultivating an ethos of social responsibility in an age of misinformation
Recently on the evening news, a report aired about public-school vandalism happening across the country, provoked by a recent trending video on Tik-Tok inviting users to share the biggest thing they were able to steal from their school [1]. Bathroom fixtures have been a popular choice, causing significant damage, which is what has elevated this recent trend to newsworthy status. In keeping with similar trends on YouTube such as at the milk crate …
Refusing to unmake the lemonade, or how not to go back to normal
research-article Share on Refusing to unmake the lemonade, or how not to go back to normal Author: Michelle Trim University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MassachusettsView Profile Authors Info & Claims ACM SIGCAS Computers and SocietyVolume 50Issue 1April 2021 pp 15–18https://doi.org/10.1145/3470834.3470839Online:14 June 2021Publication History 0citation40DownloadsMetricsTotal Citat…
Faking it and Breaking it
Frauds, fakes, forgeries... these are not new problems for the public to contend with. Purveyors of designer goods such as handbags and shoes have developed keen skills to spot clever knockoffs, though some copies are so good that their authenticity seems less important to folks buying them to wear. Forging currency is an incredibly serious crime, and yet it is the crux of many movies and stories. In antiquities and in art, making forgeries gets …
Computing Must Pay Attention to Outcomes to Achieve Equity
There is a push right now across ACM that is gathering momentum. This push is for increased attention to cultural competency [16] in the training of computing professionals. In fact, the CS202X: ACM / IEEE-CS / AAAI Computer Science Curricula Taskforce [5] has a knowledge area subcommittee devoted to SEP or Society, Ethics, and Professionalism [6]. This subcommittee is currently proposing a new set of student learning outcomes under the heading o…
Building a Kill Switch for the Terminator
Students in my grad CS ethics course recently led class discussion in an examination of the intersection of vulnerable populations and AI. They decided that they wanted to focus on the elderly. It was a great presentation. They raised issues specific to different cultures across the globe, and they reminded the class that vulnerable populations have vulnerable data too. At one point, one of the presenters instructed the class to remember that the…
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