Dr. Fran Berman is an award winning-data scientist, pioneer in public interest technology, and community leader and builder.
She is the author of “Better Tech: Putting People First in Cyberspace” , a trade book published by MIT Press written for all of us who worry about the risks of tech – exploitation, misinformation, predators, identity theft, and more -- and wonder what to do and how to make things better. Berman directs the Public Interest Technology Initiative at UMass Amherst and co-leads the BKC Public Interest Technology Working Group at Harvard. She formerly led the San Diego Supercomputer Center, was appointed by President Obama to the Citizen Council of the National Endowment for the Humanities and served as Vice President for Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Berman currently serves as a Trustee of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
