Juniper L. Lovato
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science
Juniper Lovato (pronouns: she/her) is a researcher in the field of complex systems and data science. Her current research focuses on data ethics, group privacy, complex systems, networks, the science of stories, and open source ecosystems. She is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the University of Vermont and a member of the Vermont Complex Systems Center. She earned her Ph.D. in Complex Systems and Data Science, at the University of Vermont! Previously, she was the Director of Education for the Santa Fe Institute in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she was born and raised (on a rural family compound (in the Village of Tesuque) populated by hippies and Spanish/Swedish folk musicians, yup they had a dance pavilion). In her free time, she makes/supports makerspaces and open source/open science programs.
She is the inaugural Vermont regional partner with Code.org and the co-founder of the Vermont CSTA and the Vermont Computer Science Alliance. She serves on the board of the Network Science Society and the NE Chapter of the Complex Systems Society. She has created over 80 STEM education programs worldwide. She is the founder of the makerspace Make Santa Fe.
Current research interests: Multi-Scale Data Ethics, Networks, Applied Ethical Philosophy, Group Privacy, Privacy Policies, Distributed Consent, Ethics of Science and Technology, Complex Systems, Ethics in AI Art, Data Science, Computational Classics, Digital Humanities, The Science of Stories, and Open Source Ecosystems.
Selected Publications
The two fundamental shapes of sleep heart rate dynamics and their connection to mental health in college students
Digital Biomarkers, July 1, 2024
Events and behaviors associated with symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder in first-year college students
PsyArXiv Preprint, June 20, 2024
Using wearable digital devices to screen children for mental health conditions: Ethical promises and challenges
Sensors, May 18, 2024
Predicting stress in first-year college students using sleep data from wearable devices
PLOS Digital Health, April 11, 2024
A large clinical trial to improve well-being during the transition to college using wearables: The lived experiences measured using rings study
Contemporary Clinical Trials, Sept. 21, 2023
Limits of individual consent and models of distributed consent in online social networks
ACM FAccT Conference 2022, June 21, 2022
Collective consent in networks
Social Ontology 2021, Aug. 21, 2021
Selected Press
UVM researcher calls for workers’ protection from AI
WCAX, Oct. 15, 2023