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SONIC at OCMC 2020

25 September 2020

Although this year’s OCMC 2020 have a different feel (i.e. virtual conference), we are delighted to announce that four of our graduate students (Diego Gomez-Zara, Jasmine Wu, Kyosuke Tanaka, and Niloufar Izadinia) are presenting there! Diego Gomez-Zara kicks off our SONIC speakers at OCMC 2020 with his poster presentation titled “Do I know you?… Read the rest [...]

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 → [...]

Check out our latest publication!

25 September 2020

We are beyond thrilled to share our latest publication at the Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Patent Similarity Data and Innovation Metrics. Congratulations to authors Drs. Ryan Whalen, Alina Lungeanu, Leslie de Church, and Noshir Contractor! Citation: Whalen, R., Lungeanu, A.,… Read the rest [...]

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 → [...]

Conférence Comprendre et Agir sur la reconnaissance faciale avec Asma Mhalla - Grenoble

29 September 2020

23 oct. 2020 Asma Mhalla, Maitre de Conférences à SciencesPo Paris, interviendra le vendredi 23 octobre 2020 lors d'une conférence Comprendre et Agir. Son intervention portera sur la reconnaissance faciale, ultime avatar du capitalisme de surveillance : quels enjeux pour la démocratie ? Rendez-vous de 11h30 à 13h dans le Grand Amphithéâtre du centre Inria Grenoble - Rhône-Alpes à Montbonnot. [...]

Regard d’un entrepreneur : Baptiste Fosty, trois ans après la création d’EKINNOX

29 September 2020

09/23/2020 - 11:03 EKINNOX développe des solutions d’analyse du mouvement humain, simples à mettre en place, fiables, à destination des établissements de santé. Issue d’un projet qui a démarré en 2015 chez Inria, la société a été créée en 2017. Elle figure parmi les 13 startups françaises lauréates du programme NEXT French Healthcare. Organisé par Business France et Bpifrance, ce programme sélectionne les meilleures startups françaises de la santé numérique pour conquérir le marché Nord-Américain. La startup basée à Sophia Antipolis poursuit son développement et annonce la finalisation d’une levée de fonds auprès d’IT-Translation. Rencontre avec Baptiste Fosty, son fondateur. [...]

Conférence Comprendre et Agir - Pensée et pratique de l’action par Cécile Renouard

29 September 2020

08 oct. 2020 Cécile Renouard, présidente du Campus de la Transition, interviendra le jeudi 8 octobre 2020 de 11h30 à 13h, lors d'une conférence Comprendre et Agir intitulée "Pensée et pratique de l’action : Comprendre pour agir, se former pour transformer”. [...]

Mille et un robots

25 September 2020

07 oct. 2020 Les robots, tout le monde connaît. Depuis 1970, ils remplacent l’homme pour l’exécution de tâches répétitives dans l’industrie. Aujourd’hui, qu’en est-il ? On ne dit plus robot mais cobot ! L’enjeu n’est plus l’exécution mais la collaboration, entre l’intelligence humaine et les capacités robotiques, pour faire mieux, plus sûr et plus efficace. [...]

Sciences, ça pousse !

25 September 2020

08 oct. 2020 Les plantes, entre deux mondes. D'un côté, une recherche mise au service de la culture, plus précisément ici à celui des jardiniers, avec le développement d'algorithmes spécifiques à leurs activités. De l'autre, celui de l'infiniment petit que l'on peut découvrir, explorer et dont on peut dépasser les frontières du contact visuel grâce aux outils numériques. [...]

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. [...]

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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WebSci20 panel feature in BBC's Digital Planet

8 July 2020

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WebSci'20 launches virtually!

5 July 2020

COVID-19 pandemic lockdown meant plans to hold the international ACM Web Science Conference 2020 (#WebSci20) physically at the University of Southampton were in tatters. [...]

'The Future of work in the Age of Covid-19' with Dr Daniel Susskind

15 June 2020

On 10 June, the WSI, in partnership with the Work Futures Research Centre hosted a virtual Distinguished Lecture. This was the first time that the WSI had hosted a Distinguished Lecture online and it was thrilled to have almost 250 participants. [...]

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

25 September 2020

UPDATE: BotSlayer tool to expose disinformation networks

18 September 2020

Botometer V4

2 September 2020

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 → [...]

SONIC at OCMC 2020

25 September 2020

Although this year’s OCMC 2020 have a different feel (i.e. virtual conference), we are delighted to announce that four of our graduate students (Diego Gomez-Zara, Jasmine Wu, Kyosuke Tanaka, and Niloufar Izadinia) were presenting there! Diego Gomez-Zara kicks off our SONIC speakers on Friday (09/25) at OCMC 2020 with his poster presentation titled “Do I know you?… Read the rest [...]

Check out our latest publication!

25 September 2020

New NSF funded project!

8 August 2020

Excited to share that we have a new project funded by the National Science Foundation to study teaming in the time of Covid-19: understanding how technology affordances can enable collaboration during sudden workplace disruption. Congratulations to PIs Noshir Contractor, co-I Leslie DeChurch, and collaborators Paul Leonardi, Jackie Ng Lane, and Michael Johnson!… Read the rest [...]

Noshir delivered talks at AoM OCIS

7 August 2020

Noshir delivered 2 talks at online sessions of Academy of Management 2020: “Using AI to turbocharge organizational network analysis” “Unravelling the sequential structural signatures of success in human agent teams:… Read the rest [...]

CSCW 2020 Paper acceptance

27 July 2020

Sharing some wonderful news – We have a paper accepted to CSCW 2020!! Congrats to lead author Diego Gómez-Zará and his co-authors Dr. Leslie DeChurch and Dr. Noshir Contractor. The paper is titled “Model of Online Team Assembly (MOTA): A Conceptual Framework for Understanding How Teams Emerge in Online Spaces.”… 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… [...]