Six Silberman
Algorithmic Bias and Discrimination Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Biography
Michael ‘Six’ Silberman is a postdoctoral researcher in the iManage Project at Bonavero, contributing to research on regulating algorithmic management. Silberman has previously been a software engineer and trade union official, and was co-founder with Lilly Irani of Turkopticon, a client reputation system used by workers on Amazon’s ‘Mechanical Turk’ crowdsourcing platform. Silberman has contributed to research on environmental issues in information technology, the working conditions and rights of workers on digital labor platforms, and ecological economics. Silberman holds a PhD in Information and Computer Sciences from the University of California at Irvine.
Publications
Silberman M, ‘Information systems practice for the age of consequences’ (2023) Ninth Computing within Limits 2023 LIMITS
Veale M, Silberman M and Binns R, ‘Fortifying the algorithmic management provisions in the proposed Platform Work Directive’ (2023) 14(2) European Labour Law Journal 308
Adams-Prassl J and others, ‘Regulating algorithmic management: A blueprint’ (2023) 14(2) European Labour Law Journal 124
Silberman M, ‘Information systems for the age of consequences’ First Monday
Kingsley S and others, ‘‘Your Duties Are To Sweep A Floor Remotely’: Low Information Quality in Job Advertisements is a Barrier to Low-Income Job-Seekers’ Successful Use of Digital Platforms’ (2024)
Silberman M and others, ‘Content marketplaces as digital labour platforms: towards accountable algorithmic management and decent work for content creators’, SSRN (2023)