What Twitter can tell us about the health of a community
While Twitter doesn’t provide a representative sample of the population, it can nonetheless reveal useful…
In a world of dark data, knowing what we don’t know is key
The new book Dark Data explores the data we don’t have, and the complications this…
How Twitter can help track the spread of COVID-19
The data can potentially reveal valuable and unique knowledge in regard to the pandemic, whether…
Freedom of thought is under attack – here’s how to save your mind
Technological and psychological advances are being forged into weapons to manipulate our knowledge.
Five projects that are harnessing big data for good
Data science can map where street harassment is most prevalent, ensure public bins don't overflow…
MIT spinout aims to make data scientists heroes
A new platform aims to let any lay person upload raw data and then query…
Big data and its investment prospects: The way towards knowledge integration – call for abstracts
24th Annual Conference & Exhibition of the Special Libraries Association Arabian Gulf Chapter (SLA/AGC), 6-8…
The “Calling Bullshit” university course
The creators are very happy for other institutions to adapt the materials for their own…
How organizations keep data safe in an AI world
A new guidance paper makes recommendations for data governance in the modern big data, AI…
How our social network influences our behavior
What can be inferred from our online public posts?