Zeynep Tufekci is Henry G. Bryant Professor of Sociology and Public Affairs in The Princeton School of Public and International Affairs and Center for Information Technology Policy. She is a New York Times Opinion columnist who writes about sociology and the social effects of technology and has closely examined the impact of and responses to the Covid pandemic. Her research revolves around politics, civics, movements, privacy and surveillance, as well as data and algorithms. She has been published widely on the interaction of new technologies with society, science, politics and culture. She is the author of “Twitter and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest.”

Interested in learning more about computer science, technology, and software in a fun and friendly environment?  ACM@UIOWA is the local student chapter of the International Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), one of the oldest and largest professional organizations in tech. We promote computing and technology in a fun and casual environment and serve as the premier Computer Science student organization at Iowa (of course, students of all majors are welcome to join!).  What ACM does:...