Teach Global Impact in CSP | Resources and Strategies

Finding Credibility Clues on Twitter

February 6, 2017February 8, 2017 by Michael Morguarge

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Published By: Georgia Tech News Center, 1/26/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Georgia Tech Researchers have created an early prototype system that uses a language model to predict the perceived credibility of social media messages,…

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Private Medical Data Is For Sale – and It’s Driving a Business Worth Billions

February 3, 2017February 2, 2017 by Anna Clark

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Published By: The Guardian, 1/10/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Private medical data is a multi-million dollar industry that is growing rapidly, according to Adam Tanner at Harvard's Institute for Quantitative Social Science. When medical…

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This App Offers Personal Recommendations While Keeping Your Data Private

January 30, 2017February 8, 2017 by Michael Morguarge

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Published By: MIT Technology Review, 1/23/2017 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers developed an app that suggests news stories using locally stored personal data. They are investigating ways to provide services to users without storing…

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Big Data Analytics — Nostradamus of the 21st Century

December 7, 2016December 13, 2016 by John Daniell

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Published By: Griffith University, 11/30/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers at Griffith University successfully predicted the winner of the 2016 presidential election, including the outcomes in 49 out of 50 states, using data collected from…

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Meeting of the Minds for Machine Intelligence

December 5, 2016December 13, 2016 by Nnamdi Onwumere

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Published By: MIT News Office, 11/22/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Industry leaders and computer scientists are pushing for more use of machine intelligence so that machines can aid doctors, business corporations, investors and many…

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Want to Avoid Vendor Lock-In? Software-Defined Storage Could Be the Answer

November 29, 2016December 13, 2016 by Nnamdi Onwumere

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Published By: Computing, 11/28/2016 >> View the Article << Summary At a Computing IT Leaders Forum, panelists discussed the potential of software-defined storage (SDS) to help companies avoid vendor lock-in and allow more flexibility in planning…

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Machine-Learning Algorithm Can Show Whether State Secrets Are Properly Classified

November 18, 2016November 18, 2016 by Julia Bernd

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Published By: MIT Technology Review, 11/14/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers from Columbia University and a Brazilian think tank have developed a machine-learning algorithm to predict whether now-declassified U.S. State Department cables from the…

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Quantifying Urban Revitalization

October 27, 2016November 11, 2016 by Jonathan Corley

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Published By: MIT News, 10/24/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers have developed a system that estimates how safe visitors will perceive an area to be based on photographs of the area. The researchers began…

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Social Media Companies Rescind Access to Geofeedia

October 25, 2016November 9, 2016 by Anna Clark

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Published By: The Baltimore Sun, 10/11/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram have revoked commercial access to their data by social-media analysis company Geofeedia, which had been providing information obtained on their…

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How Vector Space Mathematics Helps Machines Spot Sarcasm

October 24, 2016November 9, 2016 by John Daniell

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Published By: MIT Technology Review, 10/13/2016 >> View the Article << Summary Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology are focusing on a new strategy for recognizing sarcasm automatically. This development represents a step forward in helping…

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UA Uses Big Data to Solve Bus Woes in Brazil

October 19, 2016November 11, 2016 by John Daniell

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Published By: UANews, 10/12/2016 >> View the Article << Summary The University of Arizona is using big data to help resolve public transportation issues in Fortaleza, Brazil. The algorithms they have created help identify problem areas that…

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Big Data Help CIA Predict Social Unrest 5 Days Before It Begins

October 10, 2016October 13, 2016 by mmaginniss

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Published By: Tech Times, 10/7/2016 >> View the Article << Summary The CIA and their new Directorate of Digital Innovation are working on "anticipatory intelligence" to predict future events. The Deputy Director says that they can…

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