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With the advent of smartphones and tablets - devices users often carry with them everywhere they go - collected location data became a valuable source of
For many, the concept of the “data revolution” conjures up images of online transactions, genomic medical data, and ubiquitous sensor networks. But [...]
Lack of raw data to back up a dubious figure gets a paper retracted.
Two University of Maryland law professors allege that the social network's experiments—and OkCupid’s—count as "research," and thus violate state statute.
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On 1 August this year, Griffith University launched its Research Storage Service . I don't want to focus too much on the service itself in t...
Interesting for its list of digital forensics tools usable on Apple gadgetry.
"But where data mining is used to aid decisions, it has the potential to reproduce existing patterns of discrimination, inherit the prejudice of prior decisionmakers, or simply reflect the widespread biases that persist in society."
So, I survived my first time as a Data Carpentry instructor. Yes, it was a month ago, but I thought it would be good to take some time to reflect. Also, I’ve been busy. And travelling. And [e…
Using a mistaken-email-address situation to illuminate the "well, I didn't ASK for the data, it's just THERE" excuse and why it's creepy.
Several years ago I made a personal commitment to Open Science: I try to publish papers on which I am the lead author on in open access journals and I archive data for these papers in Dryad, Figsha…
Changes clarify procedures for telling participants in NIH-funded studies how their data might be used.