Sharing What’s Possible, Not Just What’s Done
Presenter
DescriptionMost front-page journal articles focus on a finished research product like a new drug for an overlooked disease or breakthrough technology. When it comes to computing research, often it is presented as a one-off achievement with little scrutiny towards its generality, impact, and dual uses. By sharing the results—what is already done—rather than the scientific imaginary and background information—where we are going—computing research appears emergent rather than expressly constructed, imagined, and produced. I will frame HPC research as constructed by political, social, and moral ambitions. I will show these values grid seemingly minor and evident research decisions. It is not problematic that values frame the choice architectures of HPC. Instead, the problem is the inability to communicate at that level to the public. The lack of communication between scientists and the public over agenda-setting and values minimizes the public's effective control over the HPC discourse. If we aim to represent the scientific community as an arm of the people, communication must bring funding and imaginaries to the public sphere.
TimeMonday, June 2717:30 - 18:00 CEST
LocationSamarkand Room
Event Type
Minisymposium
Climate, Weather and Earth Sciences
Humanities and Social Sciences
Life Sciences
