Honolulu, Hawai‘i • October 9-12
EPIC Papers are original and substantial works that expand our community’s knowledge base and offer innovative engagements with theory and methods. They are selected through a double-blind peer review process conducted by our independent program committee and are published in the journal EPIC Proceedings (ISSN 1559-8918). Authors will present their work in the following conference sessions.
Curator: Josh Kaplan
Wednesday, 10 October, 10–11:00, Waikiki 2
Goals and Methods in International Business Ethnography
Yuuki Hara · Hitachi; Lynn Shade · Studio S
Doing Ethnography in AirSpace: The Promise and Danger of ‘Frictionless’ Global Research
Tom Hoy · Stripe Partners
Curator: Tiffany Romain, Turnitin
Wednesday, 10 October, 1:45–2:45, Kona
Can I Get a Witness? The Limits of Evidence in Healthcare Quality Evaluation Systems an American Hospitals
Lindsay Ferris & Nichole Carelock · Ad Hoc, LLC
Human-Centered Data Science: A New Paradigm for Industrial IoT
Matthew Yapchaian · Update
Towards an Ethnographic-Archaeological Approach to Big Data: Rethinking Data Veracity
Shaozeng Zhang · Oregon State University
Curator: Hilary Dwyer, LogMeIn
Wednesday, 10 October, 1:45–2:45, Waikiki 3
Physicalizations of Big Data in Ethnographic Contexts
Jacob Buur, Christina Fyhn & Sara Said Mosleh · University of Southern Denmark
Empathy Is Not Evidence: How We’re Clouding Our Decisions through Emotional Biases
Rachel Robertson & Penny Allen · Shopify
Curator: Rebekah Park, ReD Associates
Wednesday, 10 October, 1:45–2:45, Waikiki 2
Map Making: Mobilizing Local Knowledge and Fostering Collaboration
Nora Morales · Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana, Cuajimalpa
Eye Tracking in Medical Ethnography: Evaluating Evidence for Perception, Action, and Collaboration across Healthcare Professions
Larry S. McGrath · Design Science Consulting
Evidence Outside the Frame: Interpreting Participants’ “Framing” of Information when Using Participatory Photography
Tabitha Steager · Pacific AIDS Network
Curator: Josef Wieland, Gemic
Thursday, 11 October, 10:00–11:00, Waikiki 3
Human Sensemaking in the Smart City: A Research Approach Merging Big and Thick Data
Annelien Smets & Bram Lievens · IMEC-SMIT
The Perfect UberPOOL: A Case Study on Trade-offs (Case Study)
Jenny Lo & Stephen Morseman · Uber
Contextual Analytics: Improving Algorithms with Big and Thick Data
Jacob McAuliffe, Millie P. Arora & Mikkel Krenchel · ReD Associates
Poornima Ramaswamy · Cognizant Digital Business
Curator: Dawn Nafus, Intel
Thursday, 11 October, 1:15–2:15, Waikiki 3
What and Who Drives Algorithm Development: Start-up Organizational Formation
Rodney Sappington · Acesio, Inc. & Laima Serksnyte
How Modes of Myth-Making Affect the Particulars of DS/ML Adoption in Industry
Emauel Moss · CUNY; Friederike Schuur · Fast Forward Labs
Acting on Analytics: Accuracy, Precision, Interpretation, and Performativity (Case Study)
Jeanette Blomberg, Aly Megahed & Ray Strong · IBM
Curator: Josef Wieland, Gemic
Thursday, 11 October, 2:45–3:45, Waikiki 2
Regarding the Pain of Users: Towards a Genealogy of the “Pain Point”
David Platzer · Adobe Design
Screenplay, Novel, and Poem: The Value of Borrowing from Three Literary Genres to Frame our Thinking as We Gather, Analyze, and Elevate Evidence in Applied Ethnographic Work
Maria Cury & Michele Chang-McGrath · ReD Associates
Designed for Care: Systems of Care and Measurement in the Work of Mobility
Erik Stayton & Melissa Cefkin · Nissan Research Center
Curator: Ian Lowrie, Lewis & Clark College
Thursday, 11 October, 2:45–3:45, Kona
Reading the Tea Leaves: Ethnographic Prediction as Evidence
Claire Maiers· WillowTree
Evidence and Authority in Algorithmic Risk-Detection Systems: A Case Study of DIHI Sepsis Watch
Madeleine Elish · Data & Society