Jeffrey Yost

@JustCodeCulture
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As on Threads (& X, for now), using aspirational @JustCodeCulture

Historian-social politics of #AI #HCI #privacy #labor #gender #race #disability #infosec & #climate

Prof. of Hist. of Sci/Tech & Dir., Charles Babbage Inst. for Computing, Info & Culture- a Res. Ctr/#Archives, U of MN

Co-Editor, Johns Hopkins U. P. interdisciplinary book series #Computing & #Culture

blockchainandsociety.com is my crit. inq. essays blog on #blockchain & AI

EIC #Interfaces

#Histodons #STS #commodon #Sociology

My Profile Page at CBIhttps://cse.umn.edu/cbi/jeffrey-r-yost-phd
Co-Editor, book series JHUP Computing & Culturehttps://www.press.jhu.edu/books/series/studies-computing-and-culture
Blockchain and Societyhttps://blockchainandsociety.com/
Recent book, Making IT Workhttps://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262036726/making-it-work/
Jeffrey Yost7h ago

This looks tremendous (education modules) from @historians.org--contributions from a couple dozen top historians with expertise on authoritarianism & its many political, social, & cultural contexts!! #authoritarianism #fascism #postcolonialism #history

https://www.historians.org/news-publications/american-historical-review/ahrsyllabus/authoritarianism-101/

Authoritarianism 101 - AHA

Authoritarianism 101 A Global History About Authoritarianism 101: A Global History is a set of 30 primary source-driven teaching modules designed to offer teachers and students a broad perspective on the history of authoritarianism. The AHR commissioned historians working on authoritarian histories in Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle…

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Jeffrey Yost3d ago
Jeffrey YostDec 21

Thrilled to see our special issue "Automation by Design: Politics, Culture and Landscape in an Age of Machines That Learn" is out!

The issue has a wide range (geographies, themes...) of articles on the history of Automation/"AI".

Authors in order of ToC: Colettte Perold, Jeffrey Yost; Megan Wiessner; Christos Karampatsos, Polyxeni Malisova; David Dunning; Eliza Pertigkiozoglou; @ranjodh & Jason Ludwig.

#ai #artificialintelligence #automation #labor #STS #history

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=85

Jeffrey Yost3d ago
Jeffrey YostFeb 26

New Interfaces article!! (link below) Insightful article on the history of Indian supercomputing by Cornell U. STS scholar Andra Sonia Petrutiu "Disrupting Flattening Universal Ambitions: The Case of Supercomputing in India."

#histsci #supercomputing #india #highperformancecomputing #software #technology #tech #science #sociology #anthropology #mediastudies #computerscience #ai #artificialintelligence #datascience #history

cse.umn.edu/cbi/interfaces

Jeffrey Yost3d ago
Jeffrey YostMar 2

We at CBI are delighted to announce Simon Fraser University School of Comm. ABD Jiaqi Wen is the incoming CBI Tomash Fellow!!! Read about her & her creative & insightful (interdisciplinary) historical research in the article linked below!

#Tech #Science #Computing #semiconductors #ai #artificialintelligence #history #sts #sociology #mediastudies #communication #computerscience #labor

Jiaqi Wen is Named as the 2026-2027 CBI Tomash Fellow https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/news/jiaqi-wen-named-2026-2027-cbi-tomash-fellow

Jeffrey Yost3d ago
Jeffrey YostMar 26

Brilliant New Interfaces article by Arizona State University's Arthur Daemmrich & Smithsonian Institution's Eric Hintz "Sports in an Algorithmic Era. (a bases clearing, slam dunk, hole-in-one hat trick of insights!!)

#artificialintelligence #ai #datascience #sport #sports #baseball #basketball #tech #science #sts #sociology #anthropology #journalism #computerscience #history

Jeffrey YostMar 26

Brilliant New Interfaces article by Arizona State University's Arthur Daemmrich & Smithsonian Institution's Eric Hintz "Sports in an Algorithmic Era. (a bases clearing, slam dunk, hole-in-one hat trick of insights!!)

#artificialintelligence #ai #datascience #sport #sports #baseball #basketball #tech #science #sts #sociology #anthropology #journalism #computerscience #history

Jeffrey YostMar 2

We at CBI are delighted to announce Simon Fraser University School of Comm. ABD Jiaqi Wen is the incoming CBI Tomash Fellow!!! Read about her & her creative & insightful (interdisciplinary) historical research in the article linked below!

#Tech #Science #Computing #semiconductors #ai #artificialintelligence #history #sts #sociology #mediastudies #communication #computerscience #labor

Jiaqi Wen is Named as the 2026-2027 CBI Tomash Fellow https://cse.umn.edu/cbi/news/jiaqi-wen-named-2026-2027-cbi-tomash-fellow

Jeffrey YostFeb 26

New Interfaces article!! (link below) Insightful article on the history of Indian supercomputing by Cornell U. STS scholar Andra Sonia Petrutiu "Disrupting Flattening Universal Ambitions: The Case of Supercomputing in India."

#histsci #supercomputing #india #highperformancecomputing #software #technology #tech #science #sociology #anthropology #mediastudies #computerscience #ai #artificialintelligence #datascience #history

cse.umn.edu/cbi/interfaces

Jeffrey YostFeb 26

2 Days Left!
Call for Applications: ACM History and Archiving Fellowship program, due F. 28th '26

The ACM History Committee plans to support up to five research projects with awards of up to $4,000 each. Successful candidates may be of any rank, from graduate students through senior researchers.

@ACM @sigchi #computerscience #software #history #tech #science #media #acm #anthropology #sociology #digitalhumanities

https://history.acm.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ACM-HC-fellowship-CFP-2026-final.pdf

Jeffrey YostFeb 24

Thrilled to announce this virtual CBI Tomash Fellows Lecture!! Please join us!! Free registration at link below. "Calculating Knowledge: Computing, Cspitalism and the Modern University." MARCH 10TH 1PM C.

#Computing #Computers #ComputerScience #AI #Tech #Science #Universities #Capitalism #History #mediastudies #policy #sociology #Anthropology

https://z.umn.edu/FranzTomashLecture