Data Analytics Research

Google has released a final version of Dataset Search, which first appeared in beta in September 2018. TechCrunch reports that the search allows users to examine over 25 million datasets of varying sizes and subjects. […]

An article in PC Magazine provides a good discussion of how algorithms used in health care AI systems can be biased against certain populations. In addition to several clear examples of bias with deadly consequences […]

The UK Information Commissioner’s Office has released a Code of Practices for Age Appropriate Design for Online Services. The code contains 15 standards for age appropriate design. These standards, rooted in the GDPR, offer the […]

The Wildflower network of Montessori schools is testing the use of interior location data on children to augment the observational data kept on students by their teachers. Using a system of sensors and video cameras, […]

A report in the South China Morning Post discusses the growing evidence of citizen discomfort with the facial recognition technology that is becoming more prevalent throughout Chinese society. Chinese citizens have raised objections to the […]

Most of us would not list our state Department of Motor Vehicles among the likely entities to compromise our personal data, but according to a Motherboard report, we might want to check our assumptions. It […]

With the growth of surveillance technologies and the corresponding growth of surveillance practices, there is mounting concern and resistance from various quarters. The arts community has a long history of participating in and at times […]

Freedom House has released their Freedom on the Net 2019 report that tracks the state of the internet in 65 countries around the world. The report focuses on the growing threat to freedom posed by […]

At a time of growing concern about facial recognition systems and facial data and the potential uses and misuses, a story in New York Magazine suggests that such concerns may be too little too late. […]

Location tracking can be done with a number of different technologies and for quite different purposes. An emerging practice, at least on some large college and university campuses seems to be the use of beacon […]