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14 June 2021

Graduation weekend finally arrived after one of the most challenging years so far (yes, we’re referring to the pandemic) — and we’d love to celebrate the exciting achievements of all our SONIC members! CONGRATULATIONS to all of our seniors — Arshya Srinivas, Aryaman Gupta, Chiagozie Anyanwu, Lauren Tran, Louis Ingram, Othman Muhammad, Selena Rita Suarez, Victoria Kam!… Read the rest [...]

ICWSM Test of Time Award

11 June 2021

Our 2011 paper Political Polarization on Twitter was recognized at the 2021 AAAI International Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM) with the Test of Time Award. First author Mike Conover, who was then a PhD student and is now Director of Machine Learning Engineering at Workday, accepted the award at a ceremony at the … Continue reading ICWSM Test of Time Award → [...]

Contractor & DeChurch at the AI@NU Presentation

4 June 2021

Yesterday, Professor Noshir Contractor and Leslie DeChurch presented a talk on The Impact of Performance Dynamics of Human-Robot Teams at the AI@NU Community. Their presentation is the last presentation of the Spring Quarter AI@NU Presentation Session. … Read the rest [...]

Contractor presented a keynote at the 71st ICA Annual Conference Regional Hub – China

1 June 2021

Last Friday, Noshir Contractor presented a keynote titled People Analytics: Using Digital Exhaust from the Web to Leverage Network Insights in the Workplace at the 1st Workshop on Computational Methods in Social Sciences at the 71st ICA Annual Conference Regional Hub – China. … Read the rest [...]

Congratulations Diego for the Top 4 Paper Award at ICA 2021!

1 June 2021

At the 71st International Communication Association (ICA) Conference, our Graduate Student Diego Gomez-Zara, Leslide DeChurch, and Noshir Contractor received the Top 4 Paper Award for their paper “Do I Know You? The Effects of Social Capital on Self-Assembled Groups.” Click here for more information about the conference.… Read the rest [...]

Mieux expliquer les algorithmes pour développer une IA de confiance

18 June 2021

06/09/2021 - 18:25 L’intelligence artificielle (IA) qui ne cesse de se développer depuis plusieurs décennies s’invite de plus en plus dans notre quotidien en influençant toujours plus de décisions humaines. Si son efficacité s’avère incontestable dans un grand nombre de secteur, l’IA demeure mystérieuse, complexe et incomprise par la plupart des utilisateurs. Développer des solutions pour rendre l’IA plus accessible et compréhensible, c’est le défi du projet européen TRUST-AI. [...]

Nouveau partenariat de recherche franco-brésilien : Inria et LNCC signent un protocole d’accord

17 June 2021

07/02/2020 - 09:25 Inria, l’institut national français de recherche en sciences et technologies du numérique, et le LNCC, le laboratoire national brésilien de calcul scientifique, signent un protocole d’accord pour renforcer la coopération scientifique entre Inria et le LNCC, notamment dans le domaine du HPC (High Performance Computing), des données massives (Big Data) et en intelligence artificielle. [...]

Informatique au lycée : des ingénieurs de recherche Inria contribuent à la formation des professeurs

17 June 2021

05/07/2020 - 10:37 Au lycée, en première et terminale S, l'option “Numérique et science informatique” (NSI) devient une matière à part entière. Cette discipline sera enseignée par des professeurs titulaires du nouveau Capes d'informatique délivré à partir de 2020. Le centre Inria Rennes – Bretagne Atlantique contribue actuellement à la formation des premiers enseignants qui vont déployer cette spécialité dans l'académie. [...]

Transformation numérique de l’éducation : Inria dévoile ses recommandations

17 June 2021

11/04/2020 - 08:00 Dans le cadre des États généraux du numérique pour l'éducation, qui se tiennent les 4 et 5 novembre 2020 à Poitiers, Inria a publié sur la plate-forme participative sept propositions pour mettre le numérique au service de l’éducation. Des propositions à retrouver plus en détail sous forme de recommandations dans le livre blanc "Éducation et numérique : défis et enjeux" de l’institut, téléchargeable dans cet article. [...]

Favoriser l’apprentissage du rythme avec un bracelet connecté : le projet d’EVA, de l’Instituto d’O Passo et du Conservatoire de Besançon

17 June 2021

11/04/2020 - 12:00 Un dispositif connecté pour favoriser l’apprentissage du rythme musical : c’est le nouveau projet de recherche baptisé "ThomThom" et signé par l’équipe EVA (Inria de Paris), en collaboration avec l’Instituto d’O Passo et le Conservatoire de Besançon. [...]

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. [...]

New data sharing initiative in Southampton to improve public health and patient care

19 May 2021

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13th ACM Web Science Conference 2021 hosted by the University of Southampton - REGISTRATION OPEN!

29 March 2021

Join world leaders in Web Science research, technology, industry and policy-making at this global, interdisciplinary event to explore how Web Science can help us address the challenges and opportunities we face from the effects of the pandemic and other global threats. [...]

WSI announces new Director

8 March 2021

The Web Science Institute is delighted to announce that Anneke Lucassen will be joining our team as WSI Director. [...]

Dr Matthew Ryan named as new Policy Director

15 January 2021

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Z21 project uses artificial intelligence to protect online customers

15 January 2021

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ICWSM Test of Time Award

11 June 2021

New grant on AI and multilayer networks

10 May 2021

The Army Research Office has awarded the grant Multilayer network embeddings and applications to real-world problems to CNetS faculty Santo Fortunato and Filippo Radicchi. The project lies at the interface between artificial intelligence and network science and aims at developing embeddings of multilayer networks in vector space. While graph embeddings have become very popular over … Continue reading New grant on AI and multilayer networks → [...]

Talk by Chris Connell

5 May 2021

When: Friday, May 14, 2021 Where: https://iu.zoom.us/j/87346711649 Speaker: Chris Connell Title: The DynACPD network embedding algorithm for prediction tasks on dynamic networks Abstract: Classical network embeddings create a low dimensional representation of the learned relationships between features across nodes. Such embeddings are important for tasks such as link prediction and node classification. We consider low … Continue reading Talk by Chris Connell → [...]

Postdoctoral position available in CNetS!

10 March 2021

A postdoctoral position in the lab of Professor Santo Fortunato is available, starting this summer. Candidates interested in working on the science of science are strongly encouraged to apply. Topics include citation and collaboration dynamics, science evolution, interdisciplinarity, novelty, among others. The ad of the position is here [...]

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 → [...]

Congratulations, graduate!

14 June 2021

Contractor & DeChurch at the AI@NU Presentation

4 June 2021

Contractor presented a keynote at the 71st ICA Annual Conference Regional Hub – China

1 June 2021

Congratulations Diego for the Top 4 Paper Award at ICA 2021!

1 June 2021

Congratulations to Professor Contractor for the ICA Fellows Book Award presented at ICA2021!

1 June 2021

Last Friday, Noshir Contractor’s book Theories of Communication Networks (co-authored with Peter Monge) was awarded the Fellows Book Award at the International Communications Association (ICA) 2021. This is the second awared the book received following its launched. Previously, the book received the Outstanding Book Award (2003) from the National Communication Association (Organizational Communication Division).… Read the rest [...]

WSL Research Workshop – May’21

15 May 2021

The Web Science Lab at IIIT-B conducts biannual research workshop that aids research scholars to share and present the latest development in their field of work. These interactive brainstorming sessions encourage everyone to new ways of thinking and lays out a fresh perspective on ongoing research problems. Due to the present COVID-19 situation, the workshop […] [...]

Workshop on Web Science for Digital Capabilities (WSDC 2021)

22 March 2021

Co-located with the 13th ACM Web Science Conference June 21, 2021, Online workshop Schedule Time Session Presenters Affiliation 9:30 – 10:00 Session 1:Introduction to the Workshop Bidisha Chaudhuri / Srinath Srinivasa IIIT Bangalore . 10:00 – 11:30 Session 2 Discussant: Nirmal Sivaraman LNMIIT Leveraging technology to improve quality of mental health care in Karnataka (Full […] [...]

Media Mentions

20 February 2021

2021 Prof. Srinath Srinivasa was interviewed by the Center for IT and Public Policy, about his course called “The Web and the Mind” and the increasing relevance of Web Science in today’s times. Podcast of the interview may be found from any of these locations: Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Anchor. (31 May 2021). […] [...]

Workshop on Web Science for Development (WS4D2021)

20 January 2021

Theme: Web Science for the new normal IIIT-Bangalore, 19-20 Feb 2021 Workshop Chairs: Bidisha Chaudhuri (IIITB), Jai Ganesh (Mphasis), Srinath Srinivasa (IIITB) Venue: Online WS4D 2021 Registration: Click Here (Note: Registration for Brave Conversations is valid for WS4D 2021 attendance as well) The Web Science for Development (WS4D 2021) workshop is part of the web […] [...]

Activity Log 2021

13 January 2021

15 Apr 2021. Raksha P S successfully defended her PhD thesis entitled “A Computational Model for Online Social Discourse”. This is the 7th PhD scholar to graduate from WSL. 25 Mar 2021. Srinath Srinivasa, participated as an external committee member of the Faculty Selection Committee meeting of the LN Mittal Institute of Information Technology (LNMIT), […] [...]

Latest News from the Oxford Internet Institute

11 December 2020

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Latest News from the Oxford Internet Institute

17 July 2020

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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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… [...]