Understanding voters’ information seeking behaiviour

20 June 2016

Authors: Taha Yasseri

Jonathan and I recently published a paper titled “Wikipedia traffic data and electoral prediction: towards theoretically informed models“ in EPJ Data Science. In this article we examine the possibility ... Read More Understanding voters’ information seeking behaiviour

5 February 2016

Authors: Taha Yasseri

Since I launched this blog, I always wanted to write something about the dangers of big data! Things that can go wrong easily when you study a large scale ... Read More P-values: misunderstood and misused

24 April 2015

Authors: Taha Yasseri

Citizen Science is research undertaken by professional scientists and members of the public collaboratively. The best example of it is Zooniverse. Since it first launched as a single project called ... Read More When and Where is Citizen Science happening?

27 May 2013

Authors: Taha Yasseri

What are the most controversial topics in Wikipedia? What articles have been subject to edit wars more than others? We now have a tool to explore what topics are ... Read More Wikipedia; modern platform, ancient debates on Land and Gods

26 May 2013

Authors: Taha Yasseri

Among all the interesting events taking place today, one is the Closing Ceremony of 2013 Cannes Film Festival. If you already have seen our recent paper on Early Prediction of ... Read More What can Wikipedia tell us about the Cannes Festival just before the closing

17 December 2012

Authors: Taha Yasseri

“The Newtown School shooting is a school shooting that occurred on December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut, Connecticut. 24 persons are reported to have been killed, including 17 children.” ... Read More The coverage of a tragedy