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ICSE 2023
Sun 14 - Sat 20 May 2023 Melbourne, Australia
Thu 18 May 2023 13:45 - 14:00 at Meeting Room 101 - Diversity and inclusion in SE Chair(s): Xiao Liu

In this paper, we identified marginalized groups’ ethical concerns about software. We performed this identification because recent platform malfeasance indicates that software teams prioritize shareholder concerns over user concerns. Additionally, these platform shortcomings can have devastating effects on marginalized populations. To complete these tasks, we collected a list of 586 marginalized groups’ subreddits, then scraped them. Next, we aggregated a dataset of their social platform mentions, identified ethical concerns within this data, analyzed the trends found, and finally created machine learning models to classify ethical concern existence. We found that marginalized groups’ ethical concerns revolve around discrimination and censorship, among other concerns, and reveal deficiencies in current software development practices. As such, researchers and developers could use our work to help further investigate these concerns and rectify current software flaws.

Along the Margins: Marginalized Communities’ Ethical Concerns about Social Platforms (preprint.pdf)515KiB

Thu 18 May

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13:45 - 15:15
Diversity and inclusion in SESEIS - Software Engineering in Society at Meeting Room 101
Chair(s): Xiao Liu School of Information Technology, Deakin University
13:45
15m
Paper
At the Margins: Marginalized Groups' Ethical Concerns about Software
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Lauren Olson Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Emitzá Guzmán Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Florian Kunneman Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Pre-print File Attached
14:00
15m
Paper
Do Users Act Equitably? Understanding User Bias Through a Large In-Person Study
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Yang Liu Rochester Institute of Technology, Heather Moses Rochester Institute of Technology, Mark Sternefeld Rochester Institute of Technology, Samuel Malachowsky Rochester Institute of Technology, Daniel Krutz Rochester Institute of Technology
14:15
15m
Paper
Developing Software for Diverse Socio-Economic End Users: Lessons Learned from A Case Study of Fisherfolk Communities in Bangladesh
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Tanjila Kanij Monash University, Misita Anwar Monash University, Gillian Oliver Monash University, Md Khalid Hossain Monash Universit
14:30
15m
Full-paper
Walking Down the Road to Independent Mobility: An Adaptive Route Training System for the Cognitively Impaired
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Konstantin Rink Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Tristan Gruschka Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Patrick Palsbröker Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Marcos Baez Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Dominic Becking Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Udo Seelmeyer Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Gudrun Dobslaw Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences, Patricia Stolz Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences and Arts
14:45
15m
Paper
Diversity Awareness in Software Engineering Participant Research
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Riya Dutta Concordia University, Diego Costa Concordia University, Canada, Emad Shihab Concordia Univeristy, Tanja Tajmel Concordia University
Pre-print
15:00
7m
Vision and Emerging Results
Harmful Terms in Computing: Towards Widespread Detection and Correction
SEIS - Software Engineering in Society
Hana Winchester Saint Ursula Academy, Alicia Boyd New York University, Brittany Johnson George Mason University