Tag: data science

15 May 2020

Authors: Mark Malbas

Dr Balazs Vedres, Senior Research Fellow and Programme Director for the DPhil in Social Data Science, sets out why the discipline is more important than ever The importance of ...
Read More Why social data science matters to societal resilience

25 March 2020

Authors: Sara Spinks

Leading sociologist, Senior Research Fellow and Associate Professor Gina Neff, Oxford Internet Institute, explains what’s at stake What is AI? Put simply, AI is the ability of a digital ...
Read More What we all need to know about AI

8 March 2020

Authors: Sara Spinks

A Blog by Julia Slupska, Doctoral Candidate, Centre for Doctoral Training in Cybersecurity, Oxford Internet Institute and Scarlet Dawson Duckworth, Cyber Technologist, Darktrace.  Slupska and Duckworth write on behalf ...
Read More Challenging gender stereotypes in cybersecurity: a feminist perspective

6 March 2020

Authors: Sara Spinks

In his latest blog, OII postdoctoral researcher Dr Chico Q. Camargo explains why using data from online mapping tools can help policymakers and planners better predict traffic flow and ...
Read More Cutting congestion and minimising traffic disruption using online mapping data

5 February 2020

Authors: Sara Spinks

ESRC Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) collaborative doctoral studentship with the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society. The Oxford Internet Institute is awarding a collaborative doctoral studentship ...
Read More Doctoral research opportunity in Gender and AI Applications Open!

28 January 2020

Authors: Andrew Przybylski

Professor Andy Przybylski and Dr Amy Orben answer questions about their latest paper: Teenage sleep and technology engagements across the week. Firstly, let’s remind ourselves, why is sleep so ...
Read More Does Technology Use Really Affect Teenage Sleep? Not as much as expected, it seems.

26 November 2019

Authors: Sara Spinks

Behavioural advertising describes the placement of particular adverts in the places we visit online, based on assumptions of what we want to see. In her article, “Affinity Profiling and ...
Read More Algorithmic bias within online behavioural advertising means public could be missing out, says Associate Professor Sandra Wachter

6 November 2019

Authors: Mark Malbas

Ever been stuck in queuing traffic which seems to have no explanation? Have you ever encountered a roundabout which creates more congestion than can be relieved? No surprise there: ...
Read More Better and locally sensitive use of data could cut traffic jams

11 July 2019

Authors: Luciano Floridi

As the NHS embraces the use of digital technology, AI expert Professor Luciano Floridi, Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, warns of the inherent risks in relying solely on ...
Read More Digital technology has the power to transform health care, but is only part of the solution

25 June 2019

Authors: Sara Spinks

Given that government corruption is rooted in an abuse of trust by elected representatives, it is tempting to think that corruption would be eradicated or at least significantly reduced ...
Read More How can distributed ledger technology, such as blockchain, help in the fight against government corruption?

20 June 2019

Authors: Sara Spinks

The Oxford Internet Institute is delighted to be supporting Connected Life 2019 in conjunction with the London School of Economics (LSE), and the Alan Turing Institute (The Turing). This ...
Read More Connected Life 2019: Data and Disorder

15 January 2018

Authors: Brent Mittelstadt

Algorithmic systems (such as those deciding mortgage applications, or sentencing decisions) can be very difficult to understand, for experts as well as the general public. Image: Ken Lane (CC ...
Read More Could Counterfactuals Explain Algorithmic Decisions Without Opening the Black Box?

1 October 2017

Authors: Scott A. Hale

Twitter has rolled out a limited trial of 280 characters for some of its users. In announcing the trial, Twitter specifically noted that most Japanese tweets had 15 characters ...
Read More Twitter trials 280 characters, but its success in Japan is more than a character difference

11 July 2017

Authors: Vili Lehdonvirta

Online Labour Index top occupation by country, 1-6 July 2017 The Internet has created a global market for digitally delivered freelance work, which is currently growing rapidly. Our new ...
Read More Where are online workers located? The international division of digital gig work

10 July 2017

Authors: Vili Lehdonvirta

Online Labour Index, July 2016 – June 2017 (28-day moving average) Online freelancing and crowdwork are some of the terms used for temporary and project-based work conducted remotely over ...
Read More The online gig economy grew 26% over the past year

6 December 2016

Authors: Taha Yasseri

2016 presidential candidate Donald Trump in a residential backyard near Jordan Creek Parkway and Cody Drive in West Des Moines, Iowa, with lights and security cameras. Image by Tony ...
Read More Can we predict electoral outcomes from Wikipedia traffic?

10 November 2016

Authors: Mark Graham

Data Scientist/Data Hacker Oxford Internet Institute, 1 St Giles, Oxford Grade 7: £31,076 – £38,183 p.a. The Oxford Internet Institute is a leading centre for research into individual, collective ...
Read More Join our team: we’re hiring a Data Scientist / Data Hacker

19 September 2016

Authors: Vili Lehdonvirta

The Online Labour Index (OLI) is a new economic indicator that provides an online labour market equivalent of conventional labour market statistics. It is available online as an interactive visualization ...
Read More Which countries and occupations are embracing the online gig economy?

17 May 2016

Authors: Mark Graham

This chapter outlines how one might utilize the massive amounts of web-based, geographically-referenced digital social data for geographical research. Because much of these data are user-generated and produced through ...
Read More New publication – Using Geotagged Digital Social Data in Geographic Research