Cornell University

The Artificial Intelligence, Policy and Practice Initiative at Cornell University combines technical, sociological, philosophical and legal expertise and methods to more fully understand and wisely develop the future path and impact of artificial intelligence. The award supports research exploring how to govern high-stakes algorithms by looking at software in the medical field that is used to match scarce transplantable organs to waiting patients. The research will result in the publication of a narrative nonfiction article that tells the story of the kidney allocation algorithm’s redesign and highlights its broader policy lessons, including how this story demonstrates the feasibility and value of inclusive, transparent and accountable governance.

CivilServant works with online communities to organize citizen behavioral scientists to test ideas for a fairer, safer, more understanding internet. The award will support The Citizen Behavioral Science Summit hosted by CivilServant in New York City November 25^th – 26^th, 2019. At the summit, participants will share, inspire, and imagine ways to discover effective citizen ideas for change and to test the impacts of digital technologies on society.

The award supports the 3^rd Workshop on Mechanism Design for Social Good at the Association for Computing Machinery’s Conference on Economics and Computation on June 28^th, 2019. The purpose of the workshop is to highlight projects where techniques from algorithms, optimization and mechanism design, along with insights from law and the social sciences, have the potential to improve access to opportunity for historically underserved and marginalized communities.

The award supports an interdisciplinary conference to be held in New York City February 23 - 24, 2018, bringing together researchers, policymakers, regulators and advocates to showcase new developments in fields such as machine learning that contribute to artificial intelligence in order to explore their legal and policy implications.

To research the relationship between mental health and housing among young children, as part of the How Housing Matters to Families and Communities competitive grant program (over three years).