The Team
Co-Instructor
Luis Felipe R. Murillo (lfrmurillo@nd.edu)
Dr. Murillo's work is dedicated to the study of computing from an anthropological perspective. Based on long-term, collaborative ethnographic fieldwork alongside computer expert communities, his research explores questions of ethics, openness, sharing, and collaboration in contemporary science and technology projects. Across projects spanning hacker collectives in the Pacific Rim to open technology development at CERN, Dr. Murillo’s work investigates how computer experts design and implement digital technologies as responses to pressing social, political, and environmental issues within and beyond the Global North. He is currently working on a book project on the ethics and politics of the transnational computing commons.
Office Hours
Thursday 4:00 - 5:45PM, and by appointment
Office Location
238 Corbett Family Hall
Co-Instructor
Walter Scheirer (walter.scheirer@nd.edu)
Walter Scheirer is the Dennis O. Doughty Collegiate Professor of Engineering in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. His research is currently concentrated in several socially relevant areas, including artificial intelligence, media forensics, and information security. As an interdisciplinary scholar, his work is not exclusively technical, and takes a serious and critical look at the human element of various technologies within these spaces. He has published over one hundred technical articles and three scholarly books, including the recently released book A History of Fake Things on the Internet (Stanford University Press), in which computer hackers feature prominently. His writing on technology has been featued in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists and Comment. As a teacher, he emphasizes thought beyond the classroom, bringing students and technologists together in dialogue.
Office Hours
Tuesday 12:00 - 1:45 PM, and by appointment
Office Location
Fitzpatrick Hall of Engineering Room 182D
Teaching Assistants
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Ellen Joyce (ejoyce3@nd.edu)
Ellen Joyce is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Ellen holds an undergraduate degree in Management Science and Information Systems Studies from Trinity College Dublin and a master's degree from the ESTEEM program in technology entrepreneurship from the University of Notre Dame. Prior to returning to ND, Ellen was the founder and CEO of Digital Leader Academy, a startup that worked to increase the number of women and other under-represented groups in technology. She is incredibly passionate about working towards a more equitable future, especially in tech.
Office Hours: Thursday 10:45AM - 12:30PM, and by appointment
Office Location: Fitzpatrick 150B (In the CSE Undergraduate Commons)