Janet Vertesi
Janet Vertesi is a sociologist of science and technology at Princeton University. She has worked with NASA's robotic space missions as an ethnographer for over eight years, including the Mars Exploration Rover mission, the Cassini mission to Saturn, and a planned mission to Europa. Author of the forthcoming "Seeing Like a Rover: How Robots, Teams and Images Craft Knowledge of Mars" (University of Chicago Press, 2015), she is also an active member of the critical design community, with publications at ACM CHI, Computer-Supported Cooperative Work, and Ubiquitous Computing. Vertesi is a Fellow of the Center for Information Technology Policy and an advisory board member of the Center for Data & Society.
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950 S Raymond Ave,
Pasadena, CA 91105
Wind Tunnel Graduate Center for Critical Practice is an initiative of the graduate programs in Art and Media Design Practices at Art Center College of Design. The Wind Tunnel, situated between the two programs in a former supersonic jet testing facility on Art Center's south campus, is a forum for speakers, conferences, exhibitions, residencies, screenings, and publications.
Parking is free or take the Gold Line and exit at Filmore Station.
