Twitter's new data fees leave scientists scrambling for funding – or cutting research
Twitter has long allowed anyone to access its data about who tweeted what and when. This has been a boon to research, from public health to criminology. The new fees put that research at risk.
Jon-Patrick Allem, Assistant Professor of Research in Population and Public Health Sciences, University of Southern California •
conversation
Feb. 8, 2023 • ~7 min
Feb. 8, 2023 • ~7 min
Building machines that work for everyone – how diversity of test subjects is a technology blind spot, and what to do about it
It’s easy for researchers to fall back on using test subjects from the communities around them – students and employees. Branching out is key to avoiding technology that fails certain populations.
James Gibert, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University •
conversation
Jan. 17, 2022 • ~9 min
Jan. 17, 2022 • ~9 min
18 months of the COVID-19 pandemic – a retrospective in 7 charts
A lot has happened since the WHO declared the coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. A portrait in data highlights trends in everything from case counts, to research publications, to variant spread.
Katelyn Jetelina, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston •
conversation
Sept. 9, 2021 • ~10 min
Sept. 9, 2021 • ~10 min
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