{"id":161,"date":"2016-10-25T15:19:54","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T15:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lawyer2.mythemecloud.io\/?page_id=161"},"modified":"2023-03-31T16:47:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T16:47:07","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"161\" class=\"elementor elementor-161\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-q0x262l elementor-section-height-min-height elementor-section-items-bottom elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"q0x262l\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-biy7ig8\" data-id=\"biy7ig8\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-efa84a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"efa84a5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-aec3345\" data-id=\"aec3345\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13e1086 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13e1086\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our society deserves technology that serves the common good.<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-hj7wqof elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"hj7wqof\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-large\">Public Interest Technology (PIT) focuses on the development and realization of socially responsible solutions to the challenges of a technology-driven world. It serves as a critical foundation for 21st century education, for people who create technologies, and for those who work with them, which is all of us.<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-37c46a0 elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"37c46a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-md\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/pit-at-umass\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"far fa-arrow-alt-circle-right\"><\/i>\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">PIT@UMass<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-189d03c6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"189d03c6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7be09fc2\" data-id=\"7be09fc2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-783887b elementor-widget-divider--view-line_text elementor-widget-divider--element-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"783887b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider__text elementor-divider__element\">\n\t\t\t\tNews &amp; Events\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-207e866 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"207e866\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Feature articles, media, and lectures h<\/span>ighlighting the work of UMass Amherst public interest technologists.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e3aa4e1 elementor-grid-tablet-1 elementor-posts--thumbnail-none elementor-grid-3 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-card-shadow-yes elementor-posts__hover-gradient elementor-widget elementor-widget-posts\" data-id=\"7e3aa4e1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;cards_columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;cards_row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;42&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_columns&quot;:&quot;3&quot;,&quot;cards_columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;cards_row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;cards_row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"posts.cards\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-posts-container elementor-posts elementor-posts--skin-cards elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5260 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news entry\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/2026\/03\/13\/instagram-addictiveness-lawsuit\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tInstagram Addictiveness Lawsuit\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Carolina Rossini: How Instagram Addictiveness Lawsuit Could Reshape Social Media &#8211; Platform Design Meets Product Liability.  Read more in the Conversation.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/2026\/03\/13\/instagram-addictiveness-lawsuit\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Instagram Addictiveness Lawsuit\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-5234 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-events category-news entry\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/2026\/03\/03\/pit-and-belchertown-collaborate-to-promote-resposible-use-of-ai-in-municipal-government\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tPIT and Belchertown Collaborate to Promote Resposible use of AI in Municipal Government\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>PIT@UMass leaders put on AI Safety and Literacy workshop for Belchertown employees and collaborate to promote responsible use of AI in municipal government.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/2026\/03\/03\/pit-and-belchertown-collaborate-to-promote-resposible-use-of-ai-in-municipal-government\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about PIT and Belchertown Collaborate to Promote Resposible use of AI in Municipal Government\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-4961 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news entry\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/2025\/09\/02\/meet-the-ai-for-the-commonwealth-internship-students\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tLearn About the 2025 AI4CW Interns and Projects\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Meet the sophomores and juniors from the Manning College of Information and Computer Sciences who participated in the AI for the Commonwealth Internship Program that was run by the Public Interest Technology Initiative and the Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/2025\/09\/02\/meet-the-ai-for-the-commonwealth-internship-students\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Learn About the 2025 AI4CW Interns and Projects\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-4552 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news entry\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/2025\/01\/23\/carolina-rossini-to-co-lead-t20-taskforce-on-digital-transformation\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tCarolina Rossini to co-lead T20 Taskforce on Digital Transformation\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Carolina Rossini, professor of practice at the School of Public Policy and director of Public Interest Technology programs, will co-lead Think (T20) South Africa Taskforce Two on Digital Transformation. The taskforce will focus on areas such as connectivity and digital government, including e-government and digital public infrastructure.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/2025\/01\/23\/carolina-rossini-to-co-lead-t20-taskforce-on-digital-transformation\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Carolina Rossini to co-lead T20 Taskforce on Digital Transformation\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-4492 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news entry\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/2024\/12\/06\/tessa-masis-umass-computer-science-phd-student-named-a-2024-new-england-computing-and-data-sci\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tTessa Masis, UMass Computer Science PhD Student Named a 2024 New England Computing and Data Science Rising Star\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>Tessa Masis, a fourth year Computer Science PhD student from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, was selected as one of ten 2024 New England Computing &amp; Data Science Rising Stars.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/2024\/12\/06\/tessa-masis-umass-computer-science-phd-student-named-a-2024-new-england-computing-and-data-sci\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Tessa Masis, UMass Computer Science PhD Student Named a 2024 New England Computing and Data Science Rising Star\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<article class=\"elementor-post elementor-grid-item post-4414 post type-post status-publish format-standard hentry category-news entry\" role=\"listitem\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__card\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-post__title\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/2024\/09\/16\/michelle-trim-to-support-campus-efforts-to-adopt-responsible-ai-as-a-chancellor-fellow\/\" >\n\t\t\t\tMichelle Trim to Support Campus Efforts to Adopt Responsible AI as a Chancellor Fellow\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-post__excerpt\">\n\t\t\t<p>The Office of Faculty Development (OFD) has announced six UMass Amherst faculty members as Chancellor\u2019s Leadership Fellows for 2024-25.  Michelle Trim will support campus efforts to adopt the responsible use of artificial intelligence tools through developing training materials, public website content, recommendations, and best practices.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t<a class=\"elementor-post__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/2024\/09\/16\/michelle-trim-to-support-campus-efforts-to-adopt-responsible-ai-as-a-chancellor-fellow\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Michelle Trim to Support Campus Efforts to Adopt Responsible AI as a Chancellor Fellow\" tabindex=\"-1\" >\n\t\t\tRead More\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e5ee7c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e5ee7c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.cs.umass.edu\/pit\/news-events\/\">View all news &amp; events \u00bb<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our society deserves technology that serves the common good. 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