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FireMind: Using Neural Networks to Model Wildfire
FireMind: Using Neural Networks to Model Wildfire
2018 was the deadliest and most destructive year for wildfire in California history. The Camp Fire killed 85 people, and burnt almost 240…
Michael Burnam-Fink
Jul 8, 2019
What is Scientific about Data Science?
What is Scientific about Data Science?
Before I became a data scientist, I was a philosopher of science.* Letters after my name, peer-reviewed publications, conference talks…
Michael Burnam-Fink
Jan 21, 2019
Finding Books That Should Be Loved But Aren’t Yet, Using Goodreads Ratings
Finding Books That Should Be Loved But Aren’t Yet, Using Goodreads Ratings
Lots of people have read The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo and sequels. It is an international bestseller that has spawned American and…
Michael Burnam-Fink
Nov 12, 2018
Detecting Novel Research Abstracts With Natural Language Processing
Detecting Novel Research Abstracts With Natural Language Processing
Scientometrics, evaluating scientists and scientific groups by their publications, is how I got into data science. Many of my projects…
Michael Burnam-Fink
Dec 28, 2018
Distraction at 20: An Interview with Bruce Sterling
Distraction at 20: An Interview with Bruce Sterling
This piece is a companion to my article in Slate on Distraction at 20, which is my very favorite book and one that everyone should be…
Michael Burnam-Fink
Oct 25, 2018
What Makes for a Popular Book Review on Goodreads.com
What Makes for a Popular Book Review on Goodreads.com
I’ve done a lot of cool stuff: Earned a doctorate, set foot on all seven continents, skied down Philipe’s (Not my footage. I’m strongly…
Michael Burnam-Fink
Oct 25, 2018
Mapping Research Groups
Mapping Research Groups
I’d like to take a moment to write about my ongoing research using bibliometrics to map and understand research groups. One of the…
Michael Burnam-Fink
Oct 14, 2018
Science Fiction Prototyping: A Preliminary Assessment
Science Fiction Prototyping: A Preliminary Assessment
This is post is a write up of the second day of the first Arizona State University Emerge event back in 2012, and my reflections on the…
Michael Burnam-Fink
Oct 13, 2018
Bibliographic Network Visualization for Academic Literature Reviews
Bibliographic Network Visualization for Academic Literature Reviews
The lit review is an obligatory part of the research process. You read a lot of prior literature to understand what’s been done, and how…
Michael Burnam-Fink
Oct 13, 2018
Seeing the Impact of Interdisciplinary Science Grants
Seeing the Impact of Interdisciplinary Science Grants
I’d like to sum up the past two weeks of Data Science in Public posts (on my personal website) to discuss what I did, and what we learned…
Michael Burnam-Fink
Oct 13, 2018
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