Tag: data science
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How social media echo chambers emerge (and why all your friends think Trump will lose)
23 October 2020
Author:Christian Blex
The ongoing Covid-19 crisis has moved more of our interactions online than ever before. Yet in the current political climate the perils of social media are rampant. In his ...
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Why social data science matters to societal resilience
15 May 2020
Author: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 ...
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What we all need to know about AI
25 March 2020
Author: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 ...
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Challenging gender stereotypes in cybersecurity: a feminist perspective
8 March 2020
Author:Julia Slupska
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 ...
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Cutting congestion and minimising traffic disruption using online mapping data
6 March 2020
Author: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 ...
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Doctoral research opportunity in Gender and AI Applications Open!
5 February 2020
Author: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 ...
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Does Technology Use Really Affect Teenage Sleep? Not as much as expected, it seems.
28 January 2020
Authors:Andrew Przybylski
Dr Amy Orben
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 ...
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Algorithmic bias within online behavioural advertising means public could be missing out, says Associate Professor Sandra Wachter
26 November 2019
Author: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 ...
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Better and locally sensitive use of data could cut traffic jams
6 November 2019
Author: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: ...
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Digital technology has the power to transform health care, but is only part of the solution
11 July 2019
Authors:Jessica Morley
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 ...
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How can distributed ledger technology, such as blockchain, help in the fight against government corruption?
25 June 2019
Author:Nikita Aggarwal
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 ...
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Connected Life 2019: Data and Disorder
20 June 2019
Author: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 ...
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Could Counterfactuals Explain Algorithmic Decisions Without Opening the Black Box?
15 January 2018
Authors:Brent Mittelstadt
Sandra Wachter
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 ...
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Twitter trials 280 characters, but its success in Japan is more than a character difference
1 October 2017
Author: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 ...
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Where are online workers located? The international division of digital gig work
11 July 2017
Author: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 ...
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The online gig economy grew 26% over the past year
10 July 2017
Author: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 ...
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New Big Data and Development Fellowship: Apply to work with our Data Scientist
10 February 2017
Author:I am happy to report that the Big Data and Human Development Incubator has just recruited a data scientist to work with the network for the next 9 months. ...
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Can we predict electoral outcomes from Wikipedia traffic?
6 December 2016
Author: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 ...
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Join our team: we’re hiring a Data Scientist / Data Hacker
10 November 2016
Author: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 ...
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Which countries and occupations are embracing the online gig economy?
19 September 2016
Author: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 ...
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