An academic ChatGPT needs a better schooling
Originally published in the Times Higher Education If you know how ChatGPT works, you won’t be surprised to learn that AI detection
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Data Science
Quantum computers are kaleidoscopes: unusual metaphors explain the unusual better
The article was originally published in The Conversation Quantum computing is like Forrest Gump’s box of chocolates: You never know what you’re
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How out-of-control transaction costs spawn preferential attachment
Online human networks are highly centralized, with a few nodes raking in most connections. The conventional wisdom is that this
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The Social Media Analysis of French Presidential Elections: Telescope or Microscope?
The results of the French elections are in and the two front runners in the polls did indeed come up
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Does Social Media Data Suggest that Marine Le Pen and Jean-Luc Mélenchon Will Compete in the Second Tour of the French Presidential Elections?
What does the social media crystal ball say about the biggest global event of the day, the French presidential campaign?
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Sorin Adam Matei leads Purdue – Google partnership for enhancing teaching and research in “data storytelling”
Purdue’s Brian Lamb School of Communication is joining the Google News Lab University to better prepare students for 21st century careers
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Purdue Digital Storytelling Network Launched, partners with Google News Lab University
Today I launch a new teaching and research initiative which will empower Purdue students aspiring to embrace careers in big
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Did social media elect Donald Trump?
Donald Trump’s social media campaign is known for its virulence, but relatively less was said about its virality. Trump had
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I, you, we: Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton word fight on Facebook emphasize the importance of assuming personal responsibility
The rhetorical struggle between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump is not only about issues, actions and change, but also about
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Donald Trump’s Facebook campaign leads Hillary Clinton’s by a large margin, building on Twitter strength
Donald Trump rip-roars his way through social media, keeping Hillary Clinton’s Campaign in a tight spot. An average official Trump
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Donald Trump Twitter campaign outperforms Hillary Clinton’s in all dimensions: output, engagement, performance
I dipped the R cup in the Twitter font of wisdom and here is what I found… For the period
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The message of Trump is Trump. And Hillary Clinton’s, too!
Donald Trump has an obsession: Donald Trump. But so does Hillary Clinton. This might give the Donald an extra umpf
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Seven Layers of Social Media Analytics
A useful resource for those interested in mining data out of social media flows, the book introduces the novice researcher
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Sociometers: a new way to quantify social interactions
How about a Fitbit for social interaction? Instead of measuring steps and calories, such a device measures proximity of others
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Toward deciphering the social media genome: big data and computational social science may explain social embriology
Nothing seems more random to the naked eye than the babble of online exchanges. Are the posting patterns on Wikipedia
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Technology use in America, a Pew Internet Survey (summer 2014)
Most important highlights of the latest Pew Internet Study – 18-24 year olds compared to 30 year olds are almost twice
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Find out how Facebook ranks your friends
There is much talk nowadays about the “wise crowds” that automagically emerge on social media to democratically decide what is
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Test for wannabe data scientists: do thieves prefer stealing American Cars in Indiana?
This article claims that car thieves prefer American cars in Indiana. Absent a very important piece of information, this is
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