Dr. Sarah Shoker is a postdoctoral fellow in political science at the University of Waterloo where she uses empirical methods to research the security impact of emerging technologies. She is a SSHRC 2020-2022 postdoctoral fellow, along with being the winning beneficiary for the 2019-2020 University of Waterloo Trailblazer Postdoctoral Fellowship. She is also the founder of Glassbox, a social impact firm that trains stakeholders to identify how social values are translated into AI systems. Her work on the social impact of AI is highly requested by government policymakers. Her Glassbox work garnered an invitation from Her Excellency the Right Honourable General Julie Payette to participate in scientific diplomacy as member of the delegation to Lithuania and Estonia. Dr. Shoker is also a member of the Government of Canada’s Advisory Council on Artificial Intelligence as a member of the Public Awareness Working Group. She was recently commissioned by Global Affairs Canada to conduct research on gender mainstreaming Canada’s cybersecurity strategy; the working paper was published on the United Nations portal for the Open-ended Working Group on Digital ICTs in the context of International Security. Her book, Military-Age Males in U.S Counterinsurgency and Drone Warfare was recently published with Palgrave MacMillan. You can follow her on Twitter @SarahShoker.

Links:

• Sarah Shoker’s Military-Age Males in Counterinsurgency and Drone Warfare

• Police in Canada Are Tracking People’s ‘Negative’ Behavior In a ‘Risk’ Database