I'm excited to share that my first author paper, "Do We Need Subsidiarity in Software?" received an Honorable Mention Award at #CHI2026. You can access a preprint of the paper here arxiv.org/pdf/2509.13466

Do We Need Subsidiarity in Software? #CHI2026 paper led by @louisaconwill.bsky.social. Subsidiarity is a principle where decisions or control occurs at the lowest level possible and the highest level necessary. Think about that for platforms like this one... Read it here: arxiv.org/abs/2509.13466

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Inspired by @louisaconwill.bsky.social's work, I wrote a short piece on subsidiarity as a guiding principle for open source AI in the latest issue of the Red Hat Research Quarterly. research.redhat.com/blog/article...

Today I received my Masters in Computer Science and Engineering! 👩‍🎓👩‍💻 Although I’m in a PhD program, not a masters program, it’s nice to finally have a graduate degree to show for my four years in grad school 😃 Next up is the PhD, expected in 2026 or 2027! (God willing 😅)

#CHI2025 recap: I got to catch up with old academic friends and meet new ones, and it was especially a treat to meet so many scholars whose work I’ve read and cited. It was also such a gift to present a paper so central to my dissertation in the country where I was raised 🇯🇵

I’ll be presenting this paper at #CHI2025 this afternoon! I’ll be in the 2:10 pm “Personal Data and Ethical Design” session in room G402

Louisa Conwill@louisaconwill.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our paper was (conditionally) accepted to #CHI2025! In this paper we propose an approach to translate abstract ethics into concrete designs that promote the common good. On a personal note, I grew up in Tokyo so I'm grateful for a trip home 🇯🇵 @meganlevis.bsky.social @wjscheirer.bsky.social

"Design Patterns for the Common Good" is now available on arXiv! arxiv.org/abs/2501.10288 Note that this version does *not* include the minor revisions conditional for the paper's acceptance at #CHI2025. The version on arXiv will be updated as soon as those changes are made.

Design Patterns for the Common Good: Building Better Technologies Using the Wisdom of Virtue Ethics

Virtue ethics is a philosophical tradition that emphasizes the cultivation of virtues in achieving the common good. It has been suggested to be an effective framework for envisioning more ethical tech...

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Our paper was (conditionally) accepted to #CHI2025! In this paper we propose an approach to translate abstract ethics into concrete designs that promote the common good. On a personal note, I grew up in Tokyo so I'm grateful for a trip home 🇯🇵 @meganlevis.bsky.social @wjscheirer.bsky.social

Getting closer to submitting our manuscript to the publisher! Stay tuned for “Virtual in Virtual Spaces: Catholic Social Teaching and Technology” in 2024

MMegan Levis@meganlevis.bsky.social · 3y ago

When you're book writing and need to reference two books at once. 📸@louisaconwill.bsky.social Books pictured: The Ethics of Invention and System Error