Rediet Abebe asks computer science to serve people excluded by systems

The Ethiopian-born computer scientist studies algorithms, inequality and access.

By Global Africa Desk · Diaspora achievement and ideas · 2 min read

Editorial illustration for “Rediet Abebe asks computer science to serve people excluded by systems” — Na Wetin Dey Happen original editorial image — created for this article; conceptual, not a documentary photograph

The Ethiopian-born computer scientist studies algorithms, inequality and access.

Her work challenges the idea that technical elegance is separate from social consequence.

Abebe is a professor at the University of California, Berkeley.

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