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To mitigate these effects, researchers are looking into carbon removal methods such as direct air capture machines that can chemically bind with carbon or simple ecological strategies like adding trees to unwooded areas. These approaches could potentially supplement the decarbonization of transport, industry, and the energy system.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EBut as carbon removal grows, so does a core problem: The carbon removal industry is largely unregulated, particularly for more novel technologies without long-standing norms around reporting and verification. 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As geochemists, they study how Earth\u2019s chemical composition and geological processes control the carbon cycle. Reinhard also co-founded a carbon removal startup he has since divested from. That insider experience and academic background helped them see the disconnect between what\u2019s technologically possible and what market logic culturally or commercially incentivizes.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EToday\u2019s carbon removal startups often guard their methods and data as proprietary intellectual property. Without regulatory requirements or pressure from corporate carbon buyers, these startups have little reason to disclose carbon accounting practices, cost structures, or actual long-term impacts. The researchers argue that policy guidance and advocacy are needed to shift the industry toward meaningful openness.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOur expertise is most firmly grounded in the technical dimensions of these carbon removal processes,\u201d Reinhard said, \u201cbut we saw an opportunity here to push for better policy and start this dialogue about what transparency really means, in part to foster more public debate about what carbon removal ought to be doing for society.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Ch2\u003ECommunity Beyond Carbon\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe authors also stress that carbon removal should deliver benefits beyond atmospheric cleanup that communities can see and advocate for. 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Magerko is a Regents\u2019 Professor of Digital Media and head of the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/expressivemachinery.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EExpressive Machinery Lab\u003C\/a\u003E. He has served as director of graduate studies for the Digital Media Program for eight years and will step down from this leadership role on July 31.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe endowed chair appointment is a renewable, three-year term, starting on Aug. 1. The endowed professorship is supported by a gift from James and Mary Wesley, long-time Atlanta philanthropists. The chair conducts research and develops and teaches courses within the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/lmc.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noreferrer noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003ESchool of Literature, Media, and Communication\u003C\/a\u003E (LMC) and has recognized expertise in digital environments across media platforms.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Dr. Magerko\u0027s innovative work in cognition, coding education, and creativity makes him an ideal fit to serve as our Wesley Chair,\u201d said Amanda Murdie, dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts, Regents\u2019 Professor, and Ivan Allen Jr. Chair in Liberal Arts and Technology. \u201cThis chair will help advance his groundbreaking research while also supporting his transformative leadership of LMC\u2019s Digital Media Program.\u201d\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMagerko\u2019s expertise lies at the intersections of computation, cognition, and the social\/creative interactions between humans and artificial intelligence. His research explores how studying human and machine cognition can inform the creation of new human\/computer creative experiences. He has been research lead on more than $15 million of federally funded research and has authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles related to computational media, cognition, and learning.\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHis work has been shown at galleries and museums internationally, and he co-founded a music-based learning environment for computer science, called EarSketch, that has been used by about 2 million learners worldwide. Magerko and his work have appeared in the \u003Cem\u003ENew Yorker\u003C\/em\u003E, \u003Cem\u003EUSA Today\u003C\/em\u003E, CNN, Yahoo! Finance, NPR, and other global and regional outlets.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMagerko joined Georgia Tech in 2008 as an assistant professor of digital media. 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"}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2026-07-24 13:54:21","changed_gmt":"2026-07-24 13:56:33","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","location":"Atlanta, GA","dateline":{"date":"2026-07-24T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2026-07-24T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"672081":{"id":"672081","type":"image","title":"Magerko DSC_6937.jpeg","body":"\u003Cp\u003EBrian Magerko, professor and director of graduate studies in digital media in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","created":"1697643232","gmt_created":"2023-10-18 15:33:52","changed":"1697643232","gmt_changed":"2023-10-18 15:33:52","alt":"Brian Magerko, professor and director of graduate studies in digital media in the School of Literature, Media, and Communication","file":{"fid":"255265","name":"Magerko DSC_6937.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/10\/18\/Magerko%20DSC_6937.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/10\/18\/Magerko%20DSC_6937.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":4521996,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/10\/18\/Magerko%20DSC_6937.jpeg?itok=j-KR26sG"}}},"media_ids":["672081"],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMegan McRainey\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:megan.mcrainey@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emegan.mcrainey@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}},"690648":{"#nid":"690648","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Involving Communities in Model Design Could Reduce Bias in AI","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFrom routing citizen nonemergency calls to operating affordable housing, state and local governments are increasingly relying on artificial intelligence (AI) to manage bureaucratic processes. While these tools can improve efficiency, they can also reinforce bias. Data used to train AI often reflects decades of disparities tied to gender, race, ethnicity, and age \u2014 patterns that can carry through to the very communities these systems are meant to serve.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EEditor\u0027s note. This story was first \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/research.gatech.edu\/involving-communities-model-design-could-reduce-bias-ai\u0022\u003Epublished \u003C\/a\u003Eby Georgia Tech Research.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOrganizations need to shift the way they treat bias in AI,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/dceb4574-87e0-5aea-af42-5279afbe4d01\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EReeham Mohammed\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, a postdoctoral fellow in Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EJimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cBias isn\u2019t a problem that can be solved once and for all, and it affects everyone. We are all stakeholders in how this technology is implemented.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost efforts to address AI bias focus on fixing systems after they are built. Reeham proposes starting earlier. In a recent\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-032-15283-1_13\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003Ebook chapter\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E, she outlines an approach called participatory modeling, where stakeholders help map how AI systems function before they are deployed. The process reveals where bias can enter along the way.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer framework draws on an unexpected comparison: the human immune system. When the body detects a virus, multiple systems respond and remain active until the threat is contained. Addressing AI bias, she argues, requires a similar approach \u2014 one that is continuous, adaptive, and systemwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt takes the whole body to react to a virus, and the immune system stays active until it contains it,\u201d Reeham said. \u201cStopping AI bias also requires ongoing intervention. AI is rapidly evolving, and our response should evolve with it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo test this idea, Reeham and her co-author, Erik Johnston of Arizona State University, wrote the recent chapter reporting on three empirical studies examining how bias can emerge across complex systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn Peoria, Illinois, the research mapped how health services, social services, and other support systems used AI and how it affected their operations.\u0026nbsp;Three main issues stood out: Access barriers to resources kept some stakeholders out, AI systems reflected their designers more than the intended users, and the complexity of public institutions made public trust challenging.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJohnston analyzed 311 service request data, showing how citizen input, usage patterns, and response systems can reflect \u2014 and sometimes reinforce \u2014 existing disparities between neighborhoods. For example, low-income, ethnically diverse communities often don\u2019t use 311 due to language barriers or low government trust. In a third study, Reeham conducted focus groups with 57 stakeholders at a higher education institution, including students, instructors, and administrators. These interviews explored perceptions of AI use and oversight within the higher education environment. Many of the conversations addressed faculty policies on student AI usage, with students reflecting frustration that they were not consulted in the making of these policies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETogether, the findings show AI systems cannot be designed effectively from the top down without excluding important groups that actually use the AI services. Instead, participatory modeling calls for stakeholders to be involved early to help identify where bias begins. Whether through town halls or focus groups, stakeholders should be part of discussions when designing a new system. Stakeholders also need to remain engaged after deployment to ensure that systems stay fair; this could include everything from community advisory boards to third-party consultants.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cPeople should know that if they see bias in AI, they need to speak up,\u201d Reeham said. \u201cWe often assume machines are more objective than humans, but that\u2019s not always true.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ECITATION: Johnston, E.W., Mohammed, R.R. (2026). How Participatory Modeling Can Enable Collective Bias Mitigation when AI Is Used across Systems and Institutions. In: Ahrweiler, P., Gilbert, N. (eds) Participatory Modelling and Simulation to Improve AI-based Public Social Services. Artificial Intelligence, Simulation and Society. 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While these tools can improve efficiency, they can also reinforce bias. Data used to train AI often reflects decades of disparities tied to gender, race, ethnicity, and age \u2014 patterns that can carry through to the very communities these systems are meant to serve.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cOrganizations need to shift the way they treat bias in AI,\u201d said\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/people\/person\/dceb4574-87e0-5aea-af42-5279afbe4d01\u0022\u003EReeham Mohammed\u003C\/a\u003E, a postdoctoral fellow in Georgia Tech\u2019s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/spp.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EJimmy and Rosalynn Carter School of Public Policy\u003C\/a\u003E. \u201cBias isn\u2019t a problem that can be solved once and for all, and it affects everyone. We are all stakeholders in how this technology is implemented.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMost efforts to address AI bias focus on fixing systems after they are built. Reeham proposes starting earlier. In a recent\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/link.springer.com\/chapter\/10.1007\/978-3-032-15283-1_13\u0022\u003Ebook chapter\u003C\/a\u003E, she outlines an approach called participatory modeling, where stakeholders help map how AI systems function before they are deployed. The process reveals where bias can enter along the way.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHer framework draws on an unexpected comparison: the human immune system. When the body detects a virus, multiple systems respond and remain active until the threat is contained. Addressing AI bias, she argues, requires a similar approach \u2014 one that is continuous, adaptive, and systemwide.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cIt takes the whole body to react to a virus, and the immune system stays active until it contains it,\u201d Reeham said. \u201cStopping AI bias also requires ongoing intervention. AI is rapidly evolving, and our response should evolve with it.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo test this idea, Reeham and her co-author, Erik Johnston of Arizona State University, wrote the recent chapter reporting on three empirical studies examining how bias can emerge across complex systems.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIn Peoria, Illinois, the research mapped how health services, social services, and other support systems used AI and how it affected their operations.\u0026nbsp;Three main issues stood out: Access barriers to resources kept some stakeholders out, AI systems reflected their designers more than the intended users, and the complexity of public institutions made public trust challenging.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EJohnston analyzed 311 service request data, showing how citizen input, usage patterns, and response systems can reflect \u2014 and sometimes reinforce \u2014 existing disparities between neighborhoods. For example, low-income, ethnically diverse communities often don\u2019t use 311 due to language barriers or low government trust. In a third study, Reeham conducted focus groups with 57 stakeholders at a higher education institution, including students, instructors, and administrators. These interviews explored perceptions of AI use and oversight within the higher education environment. Many of the conversations addressed faculty policies on student AI usage, with students reflecting frustration that they were not consulted in the making of these policies.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETogether, the findings show AI systems cannot be designed effectively from the top down without excluding important groups that actually use the AI services. Instead, participatory modeling calls for stakeholders to be involved early to help identify where bias begins. Whether through town halls or focus groups, stakeholders should be part of discussions when designing a new system. 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The Hub builds on extensive existing collaborations between Georgia Tech and Amazon over the past decade. As part of the collaboration, Amazon will provide funding for joint research projects and community-building initiatives designed to accelerate scientific ambitions.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0022The most meaningful breakthroughs happen when intelligent hardware and thoughtful software come together to genuinely help people,\u201d said \u003Cstrong\u003ETapas Roy\u003C\/strong\u003E, vice president of Device Software and Services at Amazon. \u201cGeorgia Tech\u0027s world-class expertise in robotics and engineering, paired with Amazon\u0027s work in on-device intelligence and artificial intelligence, will accelerate our understanding of systems that can both respond to prompts and anticipate customer needs. I\u0027m excited to see how this collaboration advances the science of how humans and intelligent machines work together.\u201d\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EThe Hub\u2019s initial focus areas will explore challenges in autonomous systems, next-generation logistics infrastructure, and low-Earth-orbit communications, drawing on Georgia Tech\u2019s well-known interdisciplinary research approach.\u003Cbr\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EGeorgia Tech is also joining the Fauna Robotics\u0027 ecosystem, using the Sprout research platform to study how humans and robots can live, work, and play side by side. This collaboration opens new ways to study mobility, perception, manipulation, and human-robot interaction. Leadership and alumni recently celebrated the launch at Lab 126, with guest appearances from Sprout and Buzz, the Georgia Tech mascot.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EThe Hub will support\u003C\/strong\u003E:\u003Cbr\u003E\u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Joint research projects between Georgia Tech faculty and Amazon scientists across scientific disciplines\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003E\u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Regular symposia and workshops to foster collaboration between researchers from both institutions and the broader Atlanta tech community\u003Cbr\u003E\u2022\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;Community outreach programs designed to broaden participation from interdisciplinary scholars and innovators\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cGeorgia Tech and Amazon have worked together for years across research, technology, and student development,\u0022 said \u003Cstrong\u003ETim Lieuwen\u003C\/strong\u003E, Georgia Tech executive vice president for Research. \u0022This new hub puts our partnership to work for Georgia. 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Amazon\u2019s research and technology teams in the Atlanta area work on challenges spanning supply chain optimization, logistics technology, and cloud computing. The establishment of the Georgia Tech\u2013Amazon Science Hub further deepens Amazon\u2019s engagement with one of the nation\u2019s leading research institutions.\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cbr\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbout Fauna Robotics\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr\u003EFauna Robotics builds Sprout, a development platform designed to put advanced robotics capabilities into the hands of researchers and developers. 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