Therapy on the go: Mildly depressed or simply stressed, people are tapping apps for mental health care

How do mental health apps compare to in-person therapy? A social worker and expert on technology and human services explains.

Lauri Goldkind, Associate Professor of Social Work, Fordham University • conversation
June 6, 2022 ~8 min

How QR codes work and what makes them dangerous – a computer scientist explains

Here’s what happens when you scan one of those ubiquitous two-dimensional black-and-white patterns.

Scott Ruoti, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Tennessee • conversation
April 7, 2022 ~6 min


Why getting more people with disabilities developing technology is good for everyone

Developers with disabilities are in the best position to build accessible technology, but they face a Catch-22 – most technology design tools themselves are not particularly accessible.

Garreth Tigwell, Assistant Professor of Computing and Information Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology • conversation
June 3, 2021 ~7 min

Vaccination passport apps could help society reopen – first they have to be secure, private and trusted

How do you prove that people have been vaccinated without putting their privacy at risk? The technology and best practices to make it happen exist. It's far from clear, however, if they're being used.

Laurin Weissinger, Lecturer in Cybersecurity, Tufts University • conversation
March 23, 2021 ~8 min

Digital contact tracing's mixed record abroad spells trouble for US efforts to rein in COVID-19

Effective national leadership and trust in government appear to be prerequisites for countries to achieve widespread digital contact tracing.

Bhaskar Chakravorti, Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University • conversation
July 6, 2020 ~11 min

How Apple and Google will let your phone warn you if you've been exposed to the coronavirus

Bluetooth wireless communication makes it possible for people to get alerts on their phones when they've been exposed to the coronavirus. Adding the right cryptography scheme keeps those alerts private.

David Starobinski, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Boston University • conversation
April 30, 2020 ~9 min

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