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Contractor delivered a keynote speech at the 2020 ICA-affiliated New Media International (Virtual) Conference

26 October 2020

Our lab director, Dr. Noshir Contractor, delivered a keynote speech at the 2020 ICA-affiliated New Media International (Virtual) Conference in Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). The virtual conference featured past and present presidents of ICA — including Claes de Vreese, Terry Flew, Peng Hwa Ang, and Patrice Buzzanell — and attracted 506 participants, including faculties and students at SJTU.… Read the rest [...]

Congratulations Noshir Contractor, ICA’s newest President-Elect-Select!

16 October 2020

Congratulations, Noshir Contractor! We are thrilled for your election as ICA’s newest President-Elect-Select. We are excited for what’s to come and we hope the rest of your year will be filled with more happiness and exciting news. As always, we are thankful for your leadership, hard work, and support!… Read the rest [...]

Welcome to SONIC, Neelam and Aaron!

13 October 2020

We are thrilled to welcome two new members of the SONIC Research Group! This year, we have two new Ph.D. Students: Aaron Campbell and Neelam Modi. Aaron just received his Master’s degree in Communication from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is joining the Media, Technology, and Society (MTS) program.… Read the rest [...]

Watch Noshir and Leslie’s Welcome Plenary at INGRoup 2020!

9 October 2020

Last week, Professors Noshir Contractor and Leslie DeChurch presented a welcome plenary at #INGROUP2020. The talk covers some of our findings from our Enterprise Social Media (ESM) project, particularly the changes in which Covid-19 imposed on organizational communication and network ties.… Read the rest [...]

New Data Science Interns this Fall!

7 October 2020

This quarter, we have two new data science interns at the SONIC Research Group: Aida Baimenova and Piyush Kalkute. Both of them took Professor Noshir’s Social Network Analytics class in the past and have been interested in social networks ever since. … Read the rest [...]

GIS Albatros : dix ans d’un écosystème soudé entre industrie et recherche académique

30 October 2020

10/30/2020 - 13:49 Thales coopère depuis 2010 avec différents acteurs de l’enseignement supérieur et de la recherche dans le cadre du GIS Albatros. Zoom sur ce groupement d’intérêt scientifique qui célèbre une décennie de collaborations et projets communs. [...]

Masterclass Pharo : l’expertise informatique open source d’Inria rayonne à l’international

29 October 2020

10/21/2020 - 14:40 Des chercheurs en informatique Inria Lille s’impliquent dans la stratégie de diffusion des logiciels libres à destination des entreprises du numérique. Le langage de programmation Pharo a reçu l’attention d’une large communauté scientifique à l’occasion d’une masterclass animée par Stéphane Ducasse, expert internationalement reconnu en informatique, et organisée par Inria Academy et Inria au Chili. [...]

Startups issues des équipes-projets du centre Inria Sophia Antipolis - Méditerranée

29 October 2020

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Lancement de l’initiative scikit-learn, bibliothèque logicielle de référence en machine learning

29 October 2020

09/17/2018 - 14:42 Inria a le plaisir d’annoncer le lancement de l’initiative Sickit-learn, un partenariat avec des entreprises utilisatrices. Son objectif est d’intensifier le développement de cette infrastructure de référence en y ajoutant de nouvelles fonctionnalités. Scikit-learn est une bibliothèque développée en Python, un langage de programmation de haut niveau. Elle est dédiée à l’apprentissage statistique (machine learning) et peut être utilisée comme middleware, notamment pour des tâches de prédiction. [...]

Inria fête la science !

29 October 2020

09/17/2020 - 10:50 Du 3 au 11 octobre, Inria invite petits et grands à le retrouver sur les réseaux sociaux et sur sa page dédiée au "Live", pour une Fête de la science 100% dématérialisée ! L’occasion de (re) découvrir les liens qui unissent les humains et la nature à travers le prisme des sciences du numérique. [...]

Tomorrow’s Leviathan – Machine Learning in a Political World

14 October 2019

By Ellena Parsons Today’s WSI Distinguished Lecture was delivered by Professor Phil Howard of the Oxford Internet Institute, based at the University of Oxford. The overarching theme of Prof. Howards lecture was the notion of Artificial Intelligence having an influence – whether positive or negative – on politics, and the wider implications of AI influencing public opinion via social media. … The post Tomorrow’s Leviathan – Machine Learning in a Political World appeared first on WSI. [...]

WSTNet Web Science Summer School – by Ryan Javanshir

4 October 2019

Group Project On the first day of the summer school, attendees were split into groups and each given a problem to solve during the down-time. Each problem involved the consideration of the issues we had learned during the week, whilst using Open Street Map data and machine learning techniques to solve our specific problem. These problems and the issues they … The post WSTNet Web Science Summer School – by Ryan Javanshir appeared first on WSI. [...]

WSTNet Web Science Summer School – by Maria Priestley

4 October 2019

This year’s Web Science Summer School provided a great opportunity to learn about the theme of Artificial Intelligence (AI) from a diverse range of perspectives. In the usual spirit of Web Science, we were presented with a well-rounded selection of talks and workshops covering the social, technical and ethical issues surrounding AI technology. It was fantastic that these sessions came … The post WSTNet Web Science Summer School – by Maria Priestley appeared first on WSI. [...]

One book to rule the world … Web Science Summer School 2019

20 September 2019

In the social sciences, I use statistical techniques to uncover data trails of human behaviour. I look for some really hidden behaviours – ones that no-one is going to admit to in a survey, like ‘Did you cheat or guess the answers in your exam?’ We use probability based measures and look at error terms to make our judgments. It … The post One book to rule the world … Web Science Summer School 2019 appeared first on WSI. [...]

Technical Challenges in delivering a Digital Built Britain | Dr Matthew West

19 September 2019

Dr Matthew West has spent the majority of his working life at the petrochemical giant Royal Dutch Shell. From the early 1990s onwards he was involved in developing company standards and guidelines to support the integration of systems and processes to facilitate different parts of the multinational working efficiently and effectively together. Essentially this work involved the development of company-wide … The post Technical Challenges in delivering a Digital Built Britain | Dr Matthew West appeared first on WSI. [...]

Z21 Projects | Latest news

12 October 2020

The Z21 Innovation Fund was founded by the Web Science Institute (WSI) in 2017. Working with theSolent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) a funding programme was set up fund proof of concept projects which had the potential to be accelerated into new businesses and create new jobs in the Solent region. [...]

Author David Birch talks about his latest book to students and academics

5 October 2020

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CDT Students participate in 'virtual' NExT++ Workshop

16 September 2020

CDT Web Science Students were given the opportunity to participate in the 7th NExT++ Workshop, held virtually on 11 September 2020. [...]

Shining a spotlight on Web Science – a resounding success

16 July 2020

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Wendy Hall features in BBC's Inside Science

9 July 2020

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Evidence of a coordinated network amplifying inauthentic narratives in the 2020 US election

25 September 2020

On 15 September 2020, The Washington Post published an article by Isaac Stanley-Becker titled “Pro-Trump youth group enlists teens in secretive campaign likened to a ‘troll farm,’ prompting rebuke by Facebook and Twitter.” The article reported on a network of accounts run by teenagers in Phoenix, who were coordinated and paid by an affiliate of … Continue reading Evidence of a coordinated network amplifying inauthentic narratives in the 2020 US election → [...]

UPDATE: BotSlayer tool to expose disinformation networks

18 September 2020

We are excited to announce the new v.1.3 of BotSlayer, our OSoMe cloud tool that lets journalists, researchers, citizens, & civil society organizations track narratives and detect potentially coordinated inauthentic information networks on Twitter in real-time. Improvements and new features include better stability, a new alert system, a Mac installer, and many additions to the … Continue reading UPDATE: BotSlayer tool to expose disinformation networks → [...]

Botometer V4

2 September 2020

In September 2020, we are introducing a major upgrade for Botometer. This post explains the changes and motivations behind them. Introducing Botometer V4 We are replacing the Botometer V3 model that has been running for the past two years with a new V4 model, hoping to provide more accurate and transparent results for our users. … Continue reading Botometer V4 → [...]

Knight Fellows

21 August 2020

Indiana University’s Observatory on Social Media, funded in part last year with a $3 million grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, has named two new Knight Fellows. Matthew DeVerna and Harry Yaojun Yan will help advance the center’s ongoing investigations into how information and misinformation spread online. The Observatory on Social Media, or … Continue reading Knight Fellows → [...]

CNetS @ NetSci 2020

10 July 2020

CNetS students, postdocs, and faculty members will give 7 regular talks and present 13 posters at NetSci 2020, held online this year due to COVID-19. Regular talks will cover research on many topics including COVID-19, forecasting social contagion of anti-vax ideas, political bias in social media, coordinated manipulation online, the scientific development of nations, hierarchy in faculty … Continue reading CNetS @ NetSci 2020 → [...]

Two new book chapters in Psychology and Human Performance in Space Programs

30 October 2020

Sharing some wonderful news — We have two new book chapters published! Congratulations to our SONIC authors: graduate student Brennan Antone, Research Assistant Professor Alina Lungeanu, and Lab Director Noshir Contractor. Other authors include Suzanne Bell from KBR, Jessica Mesmer-Magnus from the University of North Carolina Wilmington, and Alexa Harris, Ashley Niler and Leslie DeChurch from Northwestern University (ATLAS Lab).… Read the rest [...]

Contractor delivered a keynote speech at the 2020 ICA-affiliated New Media International (Virtual) Conference

26 October 2020

Congratulations Noshir Contractor, ICA’s newest President-Elect-Select!

16 October 2020

Welcome to SONIC, Neelam and Aaron!

13 October 2020

Watch Noshir and Leslie’s Welcome Plenary at INGRoup 2020!

9 October 2020

Latest News from the Oxford Internet Institute

17 July 2020

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Latest News from the Oxford Internet Institute

19 December 2019

Summer 2019 Newsletter

7 August 2019

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OII Newsletter: Latest research, Summer Doctoral Programme and more

12 February 2019

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OII Newsletter - Michaelmas 2018

12 October 2018

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Mr.Shayantan Banerjee, MS scholar form RBCDSAI Secured the first rank in the HSBC AI challenge at...

3 December 2019

The mission of Shaastra AI Challenge is to create solutions and initiatives in AI, that will contribute to the social good and address the needs and challenges faced by humanity. The Robert Bosch Center for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, IIT Madras, organized the ‘Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Conclave’ focused on understand cutting-edge technology and innovation in the field with participation from top technology firms and think-tanks including Google, Amazon, Foxconn and TVS group among others. Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tamil Nadu e-Governance Agency here, to enhance data driven governence… [...]