Biography
Jeanna Matthews is a full professor of computer science at Clarkson University and an affiliate at Data and Society. She has published work in a broad range of systems topics from virtualization and cloud computing to social media security and distributed file systems. She has been a four-time presenter at DEF CON on topics including security vulnerabilities in virtual environments (2015 and 2016), adversarial testing of criminal justice software (2018) and trolling (2018). She is an ACM Distinguished Speaker, a Fulbright Specialist, founding co-chair of the ACM Technology Policy Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence and Algorithm Accountability and a member of the ACM Technology Policy Committee. She has been a member of the ACM Council (2015-present), chair of the ACM Special Interest Group Governing Board ( 2016-2018) and the chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Operating Systems (SIGOPS) from 2011 to 2015. Her current work focuses on securing societal decision-making processes and supporting the rights of individuals in a world of automation. She received a 2018-2019 Brown Institute Magic Grant to research differences in DNA software programs used in the criminal justice system. Jeanna received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley in 1999, a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science from Ohio State University in 1994 and a B.A. in Spanish from the State University of New York at Potsdam in 2015.
Education Background
Computer Science Ph.D. - 1999 University of California at Berkeley
Computer Science M.S. - 1997 University of California at Berkeley
Mathematics and Computer Science B.S. - 1994 Ohio State University
Spanish B.A. - 2016 State University of New York at Potsdam
Courses Taught
- CS444/544 - Operating Systems
- CS457/557/EE410/510 - Computer and Network Security
- CS455/555/EE407/507 - Computer Networks
- CS141 - Introduction to Computer Science I
- 2017 - Adirondack Semester: Big Data and the Adirondacks, Spring 2017
- 2017 - Dominican Republic: UNIV 349, Global Service Learning
- 2015 - Dominican Republic: UNIV 349, Global Service Learning
- 2014 - St. Lawrence Seaway: Power, Politics and the Mighty St. Lawrence
- 2014 - Brazil: UNIV 399, Global Business
Teaching Interests
At Clarkson, I have enjoyed the opportunity to teach a wide variety of courses from operating systems to networks to security. Wherever possible, I mix lecture with hands-on lab experiences, especially using open source software tools. Open source tools form a toolkit that students can take with them to any job or to the forming of new businesses. I want to give students tools and strategies for questioning what we think we know about the best way to build the computing systems that are changing nearly every aspect of modern life. I ask students to go beyond the course material to solve open-ended problems. I ask them to practice strategies for life-long learning by engaging with primary sources of information. I set current systems in the context of how and why they developed as they did and encourage students to question whether the underlying assumptions are still valid today. I ask them to consider whether the systems we are building and using respect the rights of individuals and contribute to healthy sustainable communities. One of my most popular ACM Distinguished Speaker Lectures (“Becoming a Researcher: Tools and Strategies for Taming the Angst and Changing the World”) is based on experience I have had teaching students at all levels to tackle open-ended problems. Beyond my regular teaching contributions, I have taught several study abroad programs including a service learning course to the Dominican Republic (2017 and 2015), a global business program course to Brazil (2014) and a course on the origins of mathematics jointly with SUNY Potsdam faculty to Mexico (2013).
Service
- ACM Distinguished Speaker
- ACM Technology Policy Council
- U.S. Public Policy Committee of the Association for Computing Machinery (USACM)
- ACM's Special Interest Group on Operating Systems (SIGOPS)
- Computer Science Teacher's Association (CSTA)
Publications
BOOKS
- Running Xen: A Hands-On Guide to the Art of Virtualization
- Computer Networking Internet Protocols In Action
- High Performance Mass Storage and Parallel I/O: Technologies and Applications
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS/PRESENTATIONS
- J. Matthews, G. Northup, I. Grasso, S. Lorenz, M. Babaeianjelodar, H. Bashaw, S. Mondal, A. Matthews, M. Njie, J. Goldthwaite When Trusted Black Boxes Don't Agree: Incentivizing Iterative Improvement and Accountability in Critical Software Systems Proceedings of the 2020 AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Society (AIES) , New York, New York, USA, February 7-8 2020.
- J. Matthews, N. Adams, J. Goldthwaite
Decoding Probabilistic Genotyping Software,
Questioning Forensics 2020, 22 and You: Fighting for Privacy & Justice in an Age of Genetic Surveillance, Brooklyn Law School, Brooklyn, New York, USA, January 14-25 2020. - D. Roselli, J. Matthews, N. Talagala
Managing Bias In AI: What Should Businesses Do?
Forbes, May 29 2019. - Inteviewed by Neil Sahota and Michael Ashley in Own the A.I. Revolution, May 2019.
- M. Goerzen, J. Matthews
Black Hat Trolling, White Hat Trolling, and Hacking the Attention Landscape
Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, Ethics, and Society on the Web , In Conjunction with the Web Conference 2019 San Francisco, CA, May 13-14 2019. - D. Roselli, J. Matthews, N. Talagala
Managing Bias in AI
Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Fairness, Accountability, Transparency, Ethics, and Society on the Web , In Conjunction with the Web Conference 2019 San Francisco, CA, May 13-14 2019. - N. Adams, S. Lorenz, M. Babaeianjelodar, J. Matthews, D. Krane
Quantifying the impact of post-validation modifications to Forensic Statistical Tool Criminalistics Track, American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS) 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting , February 18-23 2019. - J. Matthews, S. Lorenz, M. Babaeianjelodar, A. Matthews, M. Njie, N. Adams, D. Krane, J. Goldthwaite, C. Hughes
The Right To Confront Your Accusers: Opening the Black Box of Forensic DNA Software
Proceedings of the 2019 AAAI/ACM Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Society (AIES) , Honolulu, Hawaii, January 27-28 2019. - Brown Institute Magic Grant,
Decoding Differences in DNA Forensic Software , 2018-2019. - J. Matthews,
Patterns and Anti-Patterns, Principles and Pitfalls: Accountability and Transparency in AI
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) AI Magazine . - N. Adams, S. Lorenz, M. Babaeianjelodar, J. Matthews, D. Krane,
Quantifying the Impact of Post-Validation Modifications to the Forensic Statistical Tool (FST)
Criminalistics Track, 71st AAFS Annual Scientific Meeting , Baltimore, MD, USA, February 18-23 2019. - M. Vigil-Hayes, J. Matthews, A. Acker, D. Carter,
Reflections on Alternative Internet Models and How They Inform More Mindful Connectivity
ITU Journal, ICT Discoveries, Special Issue 2 , Data for Good, November 30 2018. - J. Matthews
Algorithms Could Create an Even Playing Field—if We Insist on It
Future Tense, Slate, August 27 2018.
A response to Deji Olukotun's short story When We Were Patched . - J. Matthews, N. Adams, J. Greco,
You're just complaining because you're guilty: A DEF CON Guide to Adversarial Testing of Software Used In the Criminal Justice System
DEF CON 26 , Las Vegas, August 9-12 2018. - M. Goerzen, J. Matthews, J. Donovan,
Beyond the Lulz: Black-Hat Trolling, White-Hat Trolling, Attacking and Defending Our Attention Landscape
DEF CON 26, Las Vegas, August 9-12 2018. - J. Matthews, N. Adams, J. Greco,
You're just complaining because you're guilty: A Guide for Citizens and Hackers to Adversarial Testing of Software Used In the Criminal Justice System
Bsides Las Vegas 2018, Las Vegas, August 7-8 2018. - M. Goerzen, J. Donovan, J. Matthews,
Trolling, Free Speech, and the Hacking of Our Media/Attention Landscape
Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) , New York, NY, July 20-22 2018. - S. Gurajala, J. Matthews
Twitter analysis to understand societal response to air quality
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Social Media & Society
Copenhagen, Denmark, July 18-20 2018. - J. Matthews
Statement on the AV Start Act ,
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety Press Conference , July 23 2018.
Quoted by Ralph Nader in Wall Street Journal op-ed on August 22 2018.
Quoted in On landmark autonomous vehicle bill, dozens of safety advocates urge Congress not to rush forward
Quoted in Safety Advocates Sound Alarm on Self-Driving-Vehicle Legislation
Quoted in Critics Say Driverless Car Bill Has Shortcomings - S. Lacambra, J. Matthews and K. Walsh.
Opening the Black Box: Defendants' Rights to Confront Forensic Software
The Champion , May 2018. - J. Pinargote, R. Mpfumo, L. Madruga, X. Cueva, G. García, A. Gómez, A. Fernández , J. Matthews, and S. Kellogg.
Lessons from El Paquete, Cuba's Offline Internet
Proceedings of the 1st ACM SIGCAS Conference on Computing and Sustainable Societies (COMPASS '18 ), June 2018. - A.I.’s HUMAN SHADOW: Bias and Error in our Algorithmic Selves , Panelist, World Science Festival, New York University, June 3 2018.
- Manufactured Memory, Manufactured History , Panelist, International Center of Photography , New York, USA, May 27 2018.
- Machines That Learn: Can They Also Be Taught Human Values? , Panelist, RightsCon , Toronto, Canada, May 16 2018.
- R. Caplan, J. Donovan, L. Hanson, and J. Matthews
Algorithmic Accountability: A Primer ,
Data and Society Report, April 18 2018. - E. Dow and J. Matthews
A Host-Agnostic, Supervised Machine Learning Approach to Automated Overload Detection in Virtual Machine Workloads
2nd IEEE International Conference, New York, New York, November 3-5 2017. - The Ada Workshop/Diversity Workshop , Co-chair and panelist, Shanghai, China, Symposium on Operating Systems Principles , October 27 2017.
- J. Matthews ,
Algorithmic Accountability and Transparency ,
Mujeres en Data Science , Santiago, Chile, October 16 2017. - J. Matthews
Wired in the Wild ,
Adirondack Life , September/October issue 2017. - J. Matthews,
Big Data's Big Problems ,
Talk at Anycon 2017 , Albany, NY, June 17 2017. - Quoted by Danny Bradbury in Sorry, Dave, I can't code that: AI's prejudice problem , The Register, May 8 2017.
- S. Garfinkel, J. Matthews, S. Shapiro, J. Smith
Toward Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability ,
Communications of the ACM , Vol. 60, No. 9, Page 5, Sept. 2017, 10.1145/3125780.
Panel session at National Press Club (9/14/2017), Summary . - E. Dow and J. Matthews
A Host-Independent Supervised Machine Learning Approach to Automated Overload Detection in Virtual Machine Workloads
2017 IEEE 2nd International Workshops on Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems (FAS*W), Automation of Cloud Configuration and Operations Workshop (ACCO 2017), , Tucson, AZ, USA, 18-22 Sept. 2017. - ACM US Public Policy Council (USACM),
Statement on Algorithmic Transparency and Accountability ,
January 12 2017. - R. Bull, J. Matthews, K. Trumbull
VLAN Hopping, ARP Poisoning & Man-In-The-Middle Attacks in Virtualized Environments
DEFCON24, Las Vegas, August 6-9 2016. - C. Fiandrino, B. Kantarci, F. Anjomshoa, D. Kliazovich, P. Bouvry, J. Matthews,
Sociability-Driven User Recruitment in Mobile Crowdsensing Internet of Things Platforms
Proceedings of IEEE GLOBECOM 2016, Washington D.C., December 2016. - M.Soyturk, K.N.Muhammad, M.N.Avcil, B.Kantarci, J.Matthews
From vehicular networks to vehicular clouds in smart cities
Smart Cities and Homes, Key Enabling Technologies, 2016, Pages 149-171. - S. Gurajala, J White, B.Hudson, B. Voter and J. Matthews,
Profile characteristics of fake Twitter accounts
Big Data & Society, July‐December 2016: 1‐13.
DOI: 10.1177/2053951716674236 - E. Dow and J. Matthews,
WAYFINDER: parallel virtual machine reallocation through A* search
Memetic Computing, 8(4), 255-267, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, August 2016.
DOI 10.1007/s12293-016-0205-2 - H. Jiang, Y. Liu, J. Matthews,
IP Geolocation Estimation using Neural Networks with Stable Landmarks
19th IEEE Global Internet Symposium, San Francisco, CA, USA, April 11, 2016.