Cornell Tech - Technology, Society, & Ethics

Cornell Tech is a global leader in collaborative research projects that explore ethics, policy, bias, social justice, and quality of life within socio-technical systems. Our researchers include MacArthur, Google, IEEE, and NSF award winners as well as some of the foremost experts in trustworthy computing and public interest tech.

Shiri Azenkot

Associate Professor

Shiri Azenkot is an Associate Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and the Technion. She is a member of the Information Science field at Cornell University.

Research focus: Human-computer interaction and accessibility

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Tanzeem Choudhury

Roger and Joelle Burnell Professor in Integrated Health and Technology

Tanzeem Choudhury is a professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech in Information Sciences and a co-founder of HealthRhythms Inc. She currently serves as the Program Director for Jacobs Technion-Cornell Dual Master of Science Degrees with a Concentration in Health Tech.

Research focus: Develops mobile sensing systems for capturing, learning, and interpreting people’s context, activities and social networks

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Nicola Dell

Associate Professor

Nicola Dell is an Associate Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and in the Information Science Department at Cornell University.

Areas of Research:

Human-computer interaction
Computer security and privacy
Computing and social justice
Artificial intelligence

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., University of Washington, 2015
M.S., University of Washington, 2011
B.Sc., University of East Anglia, 2004

Research Labs and Initiatives:

Clinic to End Tech Abuse
Center for Applied Research on Work
Security, Trust, and Safety Initiative
Digital Life Initiative

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Deborah Estrin

Robert V. Tishman Professor of Computer Science; Associate Dean for Impact; Affiliate Faculty, Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medicine

Deborah Estrin is the Robert V. Tishman ’37 Professor at Cornell Tech and in the Computer Science Department at Cornell University, and currently serves as an Associate Dean at Cornell Tech.

Areas of Research:

Digital health
Public interest tech

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1985

Research Labs and Initiatives:

Public Interest Technology Initiative (PiTech)
NYP-Cornell Cardio-AI Initiative
XR Collaboratory
Digital Life Initiative

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James Grimmelmann

Tessler Family Professor of Digital and Information Law

James Grimmelmann is a Professor at Cornell Tech and in the Law School at Cornell University.

Areas of Research:

Computer science and law
Generative AI and law
Copyright
Content moderation
Internet regulation
Digital property

Academic Degrees:

J.D., Yale Law School, 2005
A.B., Harvard College, 1999

Research Labs and Initiatives:

Digital Life Initiative

Cornell Tech Research Lab for Applied Law and Technology

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Wendy Ju

Associate Professor

Wendy Ju is an Associate Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and the Technion. She is a member of the Information Science field at Cornell University.

Research focus: Interaction design research

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Mukti Khaire

Girish and Jaidev Reddy Professor of Practice

Mukti Khaire is the Girish and Jaidev Reddy Professor at Cornell Tech and in the Johnson School at Cornell University. She is also the Director of the Johnson Cornell Tech MBA program.

Research focus: Entrepreneurship in the creative industries, such as art, advertising, architecture and design, fashion, film, music, publishing, and theater

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Mor Naaman

Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Don and Mibs Follett Professor

Mor Naaman is a Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and in the Information Science Department at Cornell University, and currently serves as an Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs (ADFA).

Areas of Research:

AI-mediated communication
Social computing
Computational social science
Trustworthy information ecosystem

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., Stanford University, 2005
B.A., Tel Aviv University, 1999

Research Labs and Initiatives:

Tech, Media & Democracy
Social Technologies Lab

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Helen Nissenbaum

Andrew H. and Ann R. Tisch Professor

Helen Nissenbaum is a Professor at Cornell Tech and in the Information Science Department at Cornell University.

Research focus: Ethical perspective on policy, law, science, and engineering relating to information technology, computing, digital media and data science

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Tapan Parikh

Associate Professor

Tapan Parikh is an Associate Professor at Cornell Tech and in the Information Science Department at Cornell University.

Areas of Research:

Human-computer interaction

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., University of Washington, 2007
Sc.B., Brown University, 1996

Research Labs and Initiatives:

XR Collaboratory
Digital Life Initiative

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Thomas Ristenpart

Professor

Thomas Ristenpart is an Associate Professor at Cornell Tech and in the Computer Science Department at Cornell University.

Research focus: Computer security topics, with a recent focus on cloud computing security, as well as topics in applied and theoretical cryptography

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Alexander “Sasha” Rush

Associate Professor

Alexander “Sasha” Rush is an Associate Professor at Cornell Tech, where he studies natural language processing and machine learning.

Areas of Research:

Natural language processing
Language modeling

Academic Degrees:

Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014
B.A., Harvard University, 2007

Research Labs and Initiatives:

Natural Language Processing Group

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Vitaly Shmatikov

Professor

Vitaly Shmatikov is a Professor at Cornell Tech and in the Computer Science Department at Cornell University.

Research focus: Data privacy, network security, and software security

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Built at Cornell Tech

Anonize

The ANONIZE system is based on a new cryptographic technology that ensures only survey targets can respond, and only once, while unconditionally guaranteeing anonymity: even if our servers are fully compromised, and all data is leaked, a link between users and their responses cannot be found. Anonize is a core component enabling privacy in the Brave browser (www.brave.com), which has 4 million active users. As such, it is one of the most widely employed advanced cryptographic protocols in practice.

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NYC Hope

In partnership with the NYC Mayor’s Office to End Domestic and Gender-Based Violence, NYC Hope is a web portal for survivors of intimate partner violence. The project was a collaboration between New York City and Cornell Tech faculty and students.

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HealthRhythms

By seamlessly gathering data about everyday behaviors and routines, HealthRhythms provides a more comprehensive and clinically grounded understanding of mental wellbeing. Their solution leverages deep machine learning and predictive analytics to create novel health assessments and just-in-time personalized interventions that improve the care delivery experience for patients and providers. The company is working with health systems, payers, clinical researchers, as well as pharmaceutical to add the layer of mental health to all of healthcare.

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