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Associate Professor of Computer and Information Science, Director of the BS in Cybersecurity Program
Christo Wilson in the Press
‘Slap on the wrist’: critics decry weak penalties on Google after landmark monopoly trial
“There’s a reason Google’s stock jumped after this ruling was released,” said Christo Wilson, a Northeastern University computer science professor who has conducted research on Google’s monopoly. “It is a historic misfire that fails to meet the enormity of the finding that Google is a monopolist in online search.”
Subdued decision in Google antitrust trial may help keep a monopoly in power
“It is a historic misfire that fails to meet the enormity of the finding that Google is a monopolist in online search,” said Christo Wilson, a Northeastern University computer sciences professor, who has studied Google’s operations.
Wired Italia
Israel, How It Tries to Discredit the UN Agency for Palestinian Refugees on Google
“ I suspect that Israel is paying a significant amount of money to have these ads appear consistently ,” says Christo Wilson, a computer scientist at Northeastern University and a co-author of the study. Since it seems unlikely that Google would sacrifice any of its profits by intervening in the matter, Wilson suggests that organizations involved in this type […]
Vox
Amazon is using my grocery purchases to sell me prescription drugs
These trackers could, for example, know if I looked up a health-related question on WebMD and use that data to tailor recommendations on Amazon, according to Christo Wilson, a computer science professor at Northeastern University.
Israel Is Buying Google Ads to Discredit the UN’s Top Gaza Aid Agency
In a study published this year, researchers estimated that about $50 billion annually, or roughly a third of Google’s search ad revenue, comes from ads on queries in which users are looking up a specific website or brand. “I suspect Israel is paying a significant amount to make those ads show up consistently,” says Christo Wilson, […]
Invading your privacy? There’s an app for that.
Christo Wilson, associate professor at the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University, said enforcement of California’s law is weak and consumer preferences are not always respected — but would be a step in the right direction.
KCRW
Cameras, not cashiers, let you ‘Just Walk Out’ of Sherman Oaks Whole Foods
The watching and tracking and palm-scanning actually doesn’t represent a big jump in Amazon’s data collection on its customers, says Christo Wilson, associate professor of computer science at Northeastern University. Purchase history, web clicks, consumer preferences — “They already have this information,” he says. “It’s just being gathered now in kind of a new way.”
Morning Brew
What does an “audit” for bias in automated hiring tech really mean?
Christo Wilson, an associate professor of computer science at Northeastern University, was hired by pymetrics to audit the platform for bias in 2020. Wilson and his team spent three months in 2020 analyzing the machine-learning input datasets, verifying that decisions passed the four-fifths rule (a rule of thumb established by the EEOC for organizations to evaluate […]
Uber and Lyft are offering fuel surcharges and cash back offers for workers. Is it enough?
According to Christo Wilson, an associate professor at Northeastern University who studied Uber’s algorithms several years ago, the companies could factor the price of fuel into the algorithm that determines how much drivers get paid.
Visa Restrictions on Chinese Students Endanger U.S. Innovation Edge, Universities Say
The tighter rules are slowing down work at research labs like the one run by Christo Wilson, an associate professor of computer science at Northeastern University in Boston, who studies how algorithms used by internet companies can reinforce biases or lead to price discrimination.
