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Noshir Contractor presented at the University of Buffalo’s Virtual Brown Bag Series

25 November 2020

Noshir Contractor recently presented at the Virtual Brown Bag Series at the University of Buffalo. His presentation, titled “Using Digital Traces to Leverage Network Insights During COVID-19 Today – and in Space in the Future” featured some of our latest works on digital traces and how we can gain network insights from these data.… Read the rest [...]

Noshir Presenting at NCA 2020 Tomorrow!

20 November 2020

Tomorrow (11/20), Noshir Contractor will be presenting at the National Communication Association (NCA) Convention. He will discuss topics surrounding AI and teams as part of a panel titled Team Communication Research in the Age of Artificial Intelligence. Other speakers in the panel include: Brooke Foucault Welles from Northeastern University Javier Garcia from US CCDC Army Research Laboratory Nina Lauharatanahirun from University of Pennsylvania and US CCDC Army Research Laboratory Andrew Gambino from Penn State University Christoph Riedl from Northeastern University Leslide DeChurch from Northwestern University More details on the panel can be found below: Title: Team Communication Research in the… [...]

We have a new patent!

3 November 2020

We are pleased to announce the grant of US Patent No. 10,795,896. Our utility patent on Systems and Methods for Automatically Identifying Specific Teams of Users To Solve Specific and Real-time Problems describes a social network platform used to facilitate project team assembly.… Read the rest [...]

Watch Noshir Contractor’s SIOP 2020 and MORS Brownbag Talk

2 November 2020

A few months ago, Noshir Contractor presented at the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (SIOP 2020) as well as at the Management and Organizations (MORS) Brownbag Series. His talk is on (Re-)pairing Teams for the Moon, and it is based on our NASA CREWS project.… Read the rest [...]

Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award

1 November 2020

CNetS alumnus Mihai Avram is the recipient of the 2020 Indiana University Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award for his work on Hoaxy and Fakey: Tools to Analyze and Mitigate the Spread of Misinformation in Social Media. This award recognizes a “truly outstanding” Master’s thesis based on criteria such as originality, documentation, significance, accuracy, organization, and style. … Continue reading Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award → [...]

Journées INS2I Nouvelles imageries : journées en hommage à Christian Barillot

27 November 2020

16 au 17 déc. 2020 Dans notre monde numérique, les sciences de l’information jouent un rôle de premier plan dans nombre de domaines, en particulier celui de la santé. [...]

Scientifique inspirante, Wendy Mackay reçoit le Suffrage Science Award qui célèbre les femmes dans le domaine des STEM

27 November 2020

11/26/2020 - 10:57 Wendy Mackay, directrice de recherche au centre Inria Saclay – Île-de-France et à l’université Paris-Saclay, a été choisie pour recevoir le prestigieux Suffrage Science Award for Mathematics and Computing célébrant les réalisations des femmes dans le domaine des sciences, des technologies, de l’ingénierie et des mathématiques, les « STEM ». [...]

Pixil : entre France et Espagne, la géothermie transfrontalière

27 November 2020

11/23/2020 - 12:12 En mettant l’accent sur la géothermie, le projet Pixil (Pyrénées Imaging eXperience : an International network), qui vient de souffler sa première bougie, a offert une opportunité précieuse à l'équipe-projet Inria Magique-3D d’utiliser ses logiciels d’imagerie sismique. Et pour la région transpyrénéenne, il représente un atout majeur pour la transition énergétique. [...]

Colloque sur la recherche scientifique et action publique par la Cour des Comptes

27 November 2020

08 déc. 2020 La Cour des comptes, le CNRS et Inria organisent le premier colloque sur les sciences du numérique lors d'une visioconférence le mardi 8 décembre 2020. Un pas de plus dans les engagements du contrat d’objectifs et de performance d’Inria avec l’État. [...]

Grasp-IT : une interface cerveau-ordinateur pour améliorer la rééducation

26 November 2020

11/13/2020 - 10:09 Docteur fraîchement diplômé après une thèse effectuée au Loria financée par Inria, Sébastien Rimbert s'est vu distingué d'un Best student paper soutenu par la Brain Initiative et la société savante IEEE lors de la conférence internationale Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Le fruit de nombreuses collaborations avec l'équipe Neurosys sur les interfaces cerveau-ordinateur et la mesure de l'activité cérébrale, en particulier dans le cadre d'une tâche mentale spécifique : l'imagination motrice kinesthésique (IMK). [...]

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. [...]

WSI hosts Distinguished Lecture with Red Dot Founder & CEO, ElsaMarie D'Silva

19 November 2020

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Web Science Institute features in a special edition of Spotlight on Research

18 November 2020

In a special issue of Spotlight on Research, WSI Executive Director, Professor Dame Wendy Hall, shares her insight into the interdisciplinary work, the impact COVID-19 has had on future plans and details how you can get involved. [...]

The Future of Text Book: A 2020 Vision - join the launch event, 20 November 2020

18 November 2020

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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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Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award

1 November 2020

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 → [...]

Noshir Contractor presented at the University of Buffalo’s Virtual Brown Bag Series

25 November 2020

Noshir Presenting at NCA 2020 Tomorrow!

20 November 2020

We have a new patent!

3 November 2020

Watch Noshir Contractor’s SIOP 2020 and MORS Brownbag Talk

2 November 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 [...]

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… [...]