One of the most difficult tasks for scientists and researchers is to communicate the results of their activities and the effects on the everyday life.
In 2012 two research scientists at Imperial College London, Dr Michael Motskin and Dr Praveen Paul, started the Pint of Science events to have people meeting scientists in front of a pint of beer. In few years Pint of Science has quickly conquered hundreds of cities, in different countries in all continents.
The increasing interest on data science from both the academic and industrial worlds led to the creation of a brand new Ph.D.
At the Data Driven Life Workshop organized by the European Data Protection Supervisor, Dirk Helbing and Dino Pedreschi have been invited as panelists and Jeroen van den Hoven was the moderator. In the full recording of the workshop (see above) the panel starts at 6:27:30.
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution on the fundamental rights implications of big data.
At the "Measuring Migrations" workshop, a side event of the NTTS2017 conference, Fosca Giannotti, Dino Pedreschi and Alina Sirbu have contributed with a talk titled "Exploring human mobility and migration with BigData: research at SoBigData.eu".
Algorithm can create a bridge between Clinton and Trump supporters -a research from Aalto University
A growing number of people have expressed their concern about high levels of polarization in the society. For instance, the World Economic Forum’s report on global risks lists the increasing societal polarization as a threat – and others have suggested that social media might be contributing to this phenomenon.
Google rewards a research of the University of Pisa. It is the third Google Research Award, within the "Algorithms and Optimization" class of awards.
Yesterday morning SoBigData researchers went in Livorno (Italy) to the ITI Galilei High Scholl. They met the young students and told them what role big data plays in everyday life. Dino Pedreschi (University of Pisa) explained the data scientist job and young data scientists from University of Pisa and CNR showed their latest works and answered to student's questions. Can we say if a music song is happy by analysing data? What ca we understand through Instagram selfie? Does women and men have the same chanches in the labour market? What are the main migrant's ways today?
The WSDM 2017 best student paper award goes to “Reducing Controversy by Connecting Opposing Views” by Venkata Rama Kiran Garimella, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales, Aristides Gionis, and Michael Mathioudakis, from Aalto University (from SoBigData) and Qatar Computing Research Institute. Congratulations!