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Articles & Publications

Marina Zafiris et al., “From Citizen Science to Redistributive Computing: New Repertoires of Contention for Community Resistance to Bitcoin Mining in New York,” Tentative

Marina Zafiris, “Akwesasne and the History of Hydropower,” Science for the People Magazine, March 9 2024, https://magazine.scienceforthepeople.org/online/akwesasne-and-the-history-of-hydropower/

Samuel Fernandes et al., “Thermal anomaly and rooftop unit (RTU) detection in buildings through machine learning”, Proc. SPIE 12269, Remote Sensing Technologies and Applications in Urban Environments VII, 1226909 (26 October 2022); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2644396

Imane Lahmam Bennani et al., “Query Relaxation for Portable Brick-Based Applications,” in Proceedings of the 8th ACM International Conference on Systems for Energy-Efficient Buildings, Cities, and Transportation, BuildSys ’21 (New York, NY, USA: Association for Computing Machinery, 2021), 150–59, https://doi.org/10.1145/3486611.3486671.

Speaking

Tentative – Invited Panel Speaker “Good Relations: Consent, Reciprocity and Ethics in Indigenous-led Research“
Research for the Front Lines
April 2024 – Montreal, CA

Tentative – Research Presentation, “Reclaiming Akwesasne’s Pollution Data“
US Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Governance Summit
April 2024 – Tuscon, AZ

Invited Panel Speaker, “Deconstructing Ownership“
Talking Rivers- We Are All This Together Symposium
April 2024 – Virtual

Invited Speaker
xCenter- Exhibit opening for “Crypto-Minding: Post-industrial Data-Activism”
Nov 2023 – Nova Gorica, SL

Invited Speaker
Black & Indigenous Theories of Change in Research Pre-conference, Native American and Indigenous Studies Association conference
May 2023 – Toronto, ON

Research Presentation, “Computing Along the Two Row”
Indigenous Computing Conference
April 2023 – Ithaca, NY

Invited Speaker
Defend Atlanta Forest Teach-in
April 2023 – Ithaca, NY

Invited Speaker
Land Back Tribal Summit
April 2023 – Ithaca, NY

Research Presentation, “Beg Permission or Ask Forgiveness? Making Technologies Without Consent of the Governors”
Co-Construction of Data and Communities as Forms of Life III panel, 4S Conference
Dec 2022 – Cholula, MX

Research Presentation, “Cracking, Packing & Hijacking: Applying Machine Learning Tactics & Promoting Transparent Practices For Fair Political Maps”
Transparency and Algorithmic Governance panel, 4S Conference
Oct 2021 – Virtual

Teaching

Designing Technology for Social Impact (INFO 4240)
Fall 2022, Cornell University

Introduction to Data Science (INFO )
Spring 2023, Cornell University

Contact

Always available for side collaborations and talks worldwide. If you want to chat about design, books, wine, or anything else, don’t hesitate in reaching out.