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VINs can tell a story if you know what to look for.
A professor shows science students how humanities classes are the real stem that other disciplines sprout from. They learn that critical thinking and skepticism don’t stop when they leave the lab.
Existing regulations do not go far enough in protecting people’s information from being collected and shared when they visit websites.
South Africa’s ocean information management system is helping to mitigate security and environmental risks.
The average might come in handy for certain data analyses, but is any one person really ‘average’?
A new study shows how often lightning strikes and how it behaves, often hitting the ground with multiple strikes from the same flash.
Governments can exclude certain groups of people in policies and services not only by the type of data they collect but also how they collect, store, analyze and use the data.
New research shows that opt-in policies may not be as effective as intended when it comes to data protection and privacy regulations.
The use of large language models like ChatGPT is growing globally. These technologies are trained on datasets that recreate biases — as their use increases, their datasets must become more diverse.
Voter turnout, or the amount of people that turn up to vote in an election, is key to upholding democratic values. Does it matter on which day a country goes to the polls?
Future generations may not be able to access the digital artefacts we create today.
There are risks in huge datasets sitting in the hands of just a few companies.
Spreadsheet-related errors can have serious consequences in the private and public sector. But what can we do to overcome them?
Sarah Nance uses geologic data and a variety of artistic media to help people think about their place in the landscapes they use and occupy.
More tools are available to collate biodiversity data that can be used for conservation decision making.
They are popular because they are popular, which is a circular argument that suits a pie chart. But there are some serious downsides to using the humble pie.
Responsible data stewardship must take many factors into account including legal requirements, data governance, cybersecurity and user privacy.
Key findings on victims and perpetrators of interpersonal violence have been brought together in a new website that seeks to combine over 30 sources of data across Australia.
The agency hopes to make paying taxes less onerous for the majority of Americans who follow the rules.
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Co-Founder of The Data Tank and Co-Founder and Chief Research and Development Officer of the Governance Laboratory (GovLab), New York University
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Assistant Professor of Human Development and Family Studies, and Demography, Penn State
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Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Richmond
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Professor of Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia
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Professor of the Practice of Data Science, Washington University in St. Louis
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Data Science, University of Adelaide
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Former postdoctoral researcher on machine learning applied to chemical engineering and currently science communicator for the National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation (Miraikan), University of Tokyo
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Director of the International Laboratory of Demography and Human Capital, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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