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Sharing spatially specific data, which includes the characteristics and behaviors of individuals, households, or communities in geographical space, raises distinct technical and ethical challenges.
Harry Brignull is a London, UK-based independent user experience designer with a PhD in cognitive science. He is also the founder of Dark Patterns, which is dedicated to, in his words, "naming and...
Let me start by saying that the ideals of the Open Data movement: transparency; accountability; and, citizen innovation, are ones that I hold near to my heart. Further, I admire and respect many of the leaders of the Open Data […]
Computers that learn from and repeat human behaviour save time and money, but what happens when they repeat flawed traits or errors thousands of times per second?
From Wired UK: In May 2013, Google's vice president took to stage and announced that Google was aiming to build "a perfect map of the world." An honorable notion with almost utopian connotations -- and why shouldn't it? After all, Google has been at the forefront of leading the biggest change to mapping since the 15th century, when maps went from manuscript to print. Now they're online and taking advantage of satellite imagery, maps are more detailed, accurate and multi-dimensional than they've ever been, but could such a thing as the perfect map ever exist?
I have developed 15 principles for my daily work as a data scientist. These are the principles that I personally follow : 1- Do not lie with data and do not bullshit: Be honest and frank about emp…
Data mining is troubling for some of the same reasons that social science in general is troubling. It suggests that our actions are legible from a perspective we don’t immediately possess, an…
Scientists recant in ethics row over publishing DNA genome of research's unwitting heroine
The companies that sell information about how much money you make — and whether you’re pregnant, divorced, or trying to lose weight — are facing new scrutiny.
SpiderOak Blue Private Cloud allows companies to store sensitive data within its own infrastructure, rather than a third party site.
Basically, it's really hard. Putting confidential data on SSDs is therefore demonstrably unwise. THIS GOES FOR USB STICKS TOO.
The big social media properties publish research on their data, but don't release their data.
Recent advances in genome-scale, system-level measurements of quantitative phenotypes (transcriptome, metabolome, and proteome) promise to yield unprecedented biological insights. In this environment, broad dissemination of results from genome-wide association studies (GWASs) or deep-sequencing effo …
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Federal judge refuses to quash subpoenas seeking research interviews at Boston College, but says academic freedom issues merit consideration.
Latanya Sweeney is doing amazing CS work aimed at protecting individuals' medical privacy.