@natematiasInvolving the public in research while managing harassment
Cornell University
Speaking
I frequently give public audience and academic talks. If you are an academic department looking for a colloquium speaker, ask me about a recent publication or one of the following topics:
- The science of governing artificial intelligence (see my research here)
- Community-led field experiments in computing, social-psychology, and technology governance (examples here)
- The importance of independent research on technology and society, and mechanisms to protect it: the Coalition for Independent Technology Research
- Advancing science through transparency over corporate experiments: The Upworthy Research Archive
In recent years, I have spoken at TED, Aspen, Wikimania, SXSW, the Internet Governance Forum, the Mozilla Festival, the Royal Society of Arts, the Veritas Forum, and many universities around the world. I have given invited talks at tech firms including Twitter, Microsoft, Facebook, Reddit, Disqus, and many others. I also specialize at orchestrating creative events and workshops that foster new ideas and powerful collaborations.
Scheduling Talks
To schedule a talk, please send me an email at nathan.matias@cornell.edu. I am available to give talks remotely and have a studio space with high quality video/audio for that purpose.
As a Guatemalan-American who does research and action to advance diverse representation in tech and media, I decline to participate in all-male or mostly-male events and I can often suggest more diverse speakers.
To manage conflicts of interest from corporate events, I request that all honoraria and gifts from the technology industry to be sent to the Human Rights Data Analysis Group or the National Writing Project.
Previous Talks & Workshops
To give you a sense of the range of my speaking, here is a sample of past talks and workshops
Managing Collaborative Research Projects
Cornell University
The Diffusion of Gratitude in Large Scale Cooperation
ICA Conference
Do Law Enforcement Bots Reduce Freedom of Expression Online?
ICA Conference
Nudging Algorithms by Influencing Humans
ICA Conference
Governing Human and Machine Behavior
University of Illinois
Advancing Engaged Research in Fundraising and Tenure Cases
Engaged Cornell
Science, Accountability, and Creativity in the Governance of Human and Machine Behavior
Cornell Information Science
Democratic Experiments in Democratic Participation
Decidim Festival, Barcelona
Christianity, Artificial Intelligence, and the Law
Harvard Law School
Managing Digital Risks as a Scholar
Cornell University
Civic Science in Digital Environments
Rita Allen Foundation
Community-Led Experiments in Platform Governance
Alexander von Humboldt Institut Für Internet und Gesellschaft
Theory and Practice in High Volume Experimentation
MIT Sloan Graduate Research Methods Seminar
Artificial Intelligence in Christian Thought and Practice Permalink
AAAS Dialogue on Science and Religion
Remaking the Power of Social Experiments in Everyday Life
Cornell University STS Department
Industry-Independent Evaluation for Social Media Governance
Yale University Law School
Maintaining a Flourishing Internet with Citizen Science
TED, NYC
Should Your Project be University-based or a Nonprofit?
Princeton University Center for IT Policy
AI Nudges
Alan Turing Institute
Citizen Behavioral Science as Open Innovation
Open and User Innovation Conference, NYU
Advancing a Safer, Fairer, more Understanding Internet
Jigsaw, Alphabet
Behavioral Policy Evaluation Online
RightsCon
Testing Impact and Side Effects of AI Policy
Internet Governance Forum, UN, Geneva
The Cost of Solidarity: Community Impacts of Joining an Online Strike
MIT Conference on Digital Experimentation
The Role of Citizen Science in Digital Consumer Protection
Digital Life Initiative, Cornell Tech
Crowdsourcing Audits of Online Platforms
The Markup
Preventing online harassment with social norms interventions
Center for Democracy and Technology
The Upworthy Archive of A/B Tests in US Advocacy Permalink
MIT Conference on Digital Experimentation
Industry-Independent Tests and Citizen-Led Change Online
NetGain Convening on Dangerous Speech and Misinformation
Liveblogging as Network Leadership
Princeton University Center for IT Policy
Citizen Behavioral Science
Harvard Business School
Participatory Data Science
UC Boulder Community-Based Design Class
Understanding and Reducing Online Harassment
Wikimedia Foundation
Evidence and Industry Governance
Sci-Foo Camp
Teaching Large-Scale Digital Experimentation
MIT Conference on Digital Experimentation
Protecting Media Environments with Citizen Science Permalink
Stanford University Brown Media Institute
Research, Development, and Organizing in Citizen Science
Data and Society Institute
Managing Internet Risks with Citizen Science
University of Pennsylvania Media@Risk
Christianity and Artificial Intelligence
Harvard Divinity School
Creating Change (or not) with Gender Data
New York Times
Coordinating Humans to Nudge AI Behavior
Harvard Data Privacy Lab
Authoritarian and Democratic Directions for Data Science
UC Santa Cruz
Reducing Systemic Injustices by Humans and AI
Stanford University
Between Platform and Community: Moderators on Reddit
Harvard Berkman Center Cooperation Working Group
Scaling Public Interest Behavioral Research
Alan Turing Institute
Whose Lives Matter to the News?
MIT Media Lab
Evidence-Based Policy Online
What Works Global Summit London
Coordinating the World’s Largest Science Discussion Online
Kavli Science Communication Summit
Going Dark: Social Factors in Collective Action Against Platforms
CHI 2016
Actually It’s About Ethics in Computational Social Science
AAAI Workshop, Stanford University
Responding to Discrimintion and Harassment Online
Rice University
