Data Analytics Research

Apparently Google is so into search that they have no hesitation having a policy allowing warrantless access to video from your home security cameras by police when police declare that it is an emergency, and […]

Many products and services that impact children directly or indirectly incorporate artificial intelligence. A recent report by the World Economic Forum includes a toolkit for those involved in developing systems, for those in corporate roles […]

A piece by Will Gendron in Input calls attention to the fact that video conferencing apps, including Zoom, Slack, Google Meet, and Discord, continue to gather data from users even after their mics are muted. […]

Despite the many calls for monitoring and improving the fairness of artificially intelligent applications, the problems they present may be more complicated and thus more challenging to address than is generally assumed. Writing in Vox, […]

Wondering how to begin learning Python either for personal reasons or as part of your preparation for further formal study? Check out Gareen Puglia’s account of her experience taking the Google Crash Course on Python […]

Writing in Axios, Ina Fried provides an update on the continuing battle regarding the use of facial recognition technology by various government agencies. Although critics have succeeded in getting the IRS to drop the use […]

Confronted with the growing use of artificial intelligence in its operations, the University of California created a Presidential Working Group to develop institutional policies for the responsible use of AI. The working group has issued […]

Tanya Kant traces the history of user tracking in an excerpt from her case study on algorithmic tracking. This history reminds us that the internet started as a free and open space where individuals could […]

Writing in Mashable, Jack Morse explains the many ways in which your car is collecting data about you. With modern automobiles more and more reliant on computerized systems to operate they often have many CPUs, […]

A new study from researchers from the University of Arizona looked at the growing number of data science programs for undergraduate students. Although these programs provide solid background in computer science and statistics, and mathematics, […]