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Michael Castelle is an Associate Professor in the Centre for Interdisciplinary Methodologies (CIM) at the University of Warwick. His research bridges economic sociology, the history of computing, and science and technology studies. He examines how sociological, anthropological, and semiotic perspectives inform technological practices in databases, machine learning, and distributed systems. His work traces the sociotechnical evolution of software infrastructure underpinning modern marketplace platforms, including databases, transaction processing, and messaging middleware.
Castelle holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Chicago and a BS in Computer Science from Brown University. He taught courses on computing and society, programming for graduate students (using Python/R), and served as a teaching assistant in operating systems and algorithmic animation. His career includes software development roles in open-source civic tech, e-commerce, neurology visualization, 3D animation, and gaming.
His research interests span the sociocultural implications of AI, critical theory in machine learning, and the historical interplay between technology and social structures. Recent articles explore AI ethics, gig economy labor dynamics, and the cultural life of machine learning.
