Jun 3, 2019Great Power Bears Great Responsibility — Analysing Human Data in the 21st CenturyIn which I argue that collecting huge amounts of data on individuals and the recent innovations around Data Science are about to dramatically change business, research and society as a whole. We are already witnessing the first impacts — just think about how social media affects elections. Those analysing human…Data Science3 min read
Dec 5, 2018From Student to Modern Research Assistant — a Workout for Social ScientistsSo you have a research project where you use standard machine learning approaches to analyse text. A grant brought you money for a research assistant. But: students in the department have to overcome a bit of a knowledge gap if you want to employ them as RAs on your project. …Machine Learning2 min read
