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About A. Aneesh
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- Aneesh is the author of Virtual Migration (2006) who put forward the concept of "algocracy" now widely used to convey the growing importance and threat of algorithms in social life.
- In Virtual Migration Aneesh discusses the effects of the movement of labor through technology.
- The idea of algocracy means governance by computer algorithms, instead of bureaucratic rules or surveillance.
- He is Director of the Institute of World Affairs and Professor of Sociology and Global Studies at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
- Previously, he taught in the Science and Technology Program at Stanford University (2001–04).
- His scholarship intersects several areas of research: globalization, migration, science & technology, and intellectual property.
- With a wide background in the social and cultural landscape of India and the United States, Aneesh has spent a decade researching and writing about the world of programmers.
- Over the years his scholarship has included awards and grants from the McArthur Foundation, Social Science Research Council, Population Council, and the School for Advanced Research in Santa Fe.
- Aneesh has published a book, Neutral Accent, on India's call centers where he has coined a new term "system identities" to denote identity assigned by algorithms to the individual. Aneesh has been interviewed on public radio and public television, and his work is taught in many universities around the world.
- In the United States he has lived in California, New Jersey, New Mexico, and Wisconsin.
- In India, he has lived in Delhi, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh.
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