Michael D. Ekstrand, Ph.D
- assistant professor, Boise State Computer Science
- co-director, People and Information Research Team (PIReT)
- alum, University of Minnesota (Ph.D '14)
- senior member, Association for Computing Machinery
- co-chair, FAccT Network
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News
May 03 — Paper in KidRec
Our paper on gender stereotypes in recommendations and search results for children, led by my student Amifa Raj and in collaboration with Ashlee Milton, has been accepted to KidRec 2021.
Apr 13 — Remote REU
We are running another remote research experience for undergraduates on fair search and recommendation. Applications are due April 25.
Mar 16 — RecSys workshops
I am co-organizing two workshops at RecSys 2021: the fourth FAccTrec and a new workshop on simulations and synthetic data (“SimuRec”).
Mar 08 — Privacy decisions at UMAP
Our paper Privacy as a Planned Behavior: Effects of Situational Factors on Privacy Perceptions and Plans (led by Boise State student Nuhil Mehdy) has been accepted for publication at UMAP 2021.