Values in Computing. Ferrario, M. A., Simm, W., Whittle, J., Frauenberger, C., Fitzpatrick, G., & Purgathofer, P. In Proceedings of the 2017 CHI Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, of CHI EA '17, pages 660–667, New York, NY, USA, 2017. ACM.
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Whether it is in the form of software, system architecture or interface design, anything digital is inevitably affected by values: the organizational values of the project sponsor, the values of the research partners, and the values of each developer and designer. Some values (e.g. commercial success, academic prestige) are easier to quantify than others (e.g. social justice, care for the environment) with the latter often dismissed in decision making processes as lacking of measurable 'evidence'. However, less easy to measure values are not less real: they are simply less visible. The aim of this one-day workshop is precisely to investigate mechanisms which give more exposure to those values in computing that are less frequently considered. We do so by bringing together practitioners from different computing backgrounds (e.g. software engineering, interaction design, information systems) who have first-hand experience of trying to represent on an equal footing all human values in computing.
@inproceedings{ferrario_values_2017,
	address = {New York, NY, USA},
	series = {{CHI} {EA} '17},
	title = {Values in {Computing}},
	isbn = {978-1-4503-4656-6},
	url = {http://dl.acm.org/authorize?N41814},
	doi = {10.1145/3027063.3027067},
	abstract = {Whether it is in the form of software, system architecture or interface design, anything digital is inevitably affected by values: the organizational values of the project sponsor, the values of the research partners, and the values of each developer and designer. Some values (e.g. commercial success, academic prestige) are easier to quantify than others (e.g. social justice, care for the environment) with the latter often dismissed in decision making processes as lacking of measurable 'evidence'. However, less easy to measure values are not less real: they are simply less visible. The aim of this one-day workshop is precisely to investigate mechanisms which give more exposure to those values in computing that are less frequently considered. We do so by bringing together practitioners from different computing backgrounds (e.g. software engineering, interaction design, information systems) who have first-hand experience of trying to represent on an equal footing all human values in computing.},
	urldate = {2017-05-15},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2017 {CHI} {Conference} {Extended} {Abstracts} on {Human} {Factors} in {Computing} {Systems}},
	publisher = {ACM},
	author = {Ferrario, Maria Angela and Simm, Will and Whittle, Jon and Frauenberger, Christopher and Fitzpatrick, Geraldine and Purgathofer, Peter},
	year = {2017},
	keywords = {decision making processes, ethics in engineering, human values, participatory design, requirements capture, societal computing, values-theory},
	pages = {660--667},
}

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