CU �鶹ӰԺ receives $1 million grant to fund minority PhD STEM students

Anonymous — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 20:54:10 +0000

CU �鶹ӰԺ receives $1 million grant to fund minority PhD STEM students Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 08/25/2022 - 14:54

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The fellowship will provide tuition support, a $34,000 stipend for two years and a unique support system for 12 students to advance their PhD studies and research in computer science and other fields.

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Professors address crisis informatics challenges in 'Science' article

Anonymous — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 06:00:00 +0000

Professors address crisis informatics challenges in 'Science' article Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 07/14/2016 - 00:00

When disaster strikes, those affected often turn to social media to request aid, offer assistance, or share other information in real time. In recent years, data scientists have begun analyzing millions of Facebook posts and tweets in order to study the collective response before, during and after a crisis.

In the face of this mountain of information, however, it can be hard to identify the most relevant posts and trends. But thanks to a close collaboration between social science and software engineering, �鶹ӰԺ researchers Leysia Palen and Kenneth Anderson are innovating new ways to find the underlying human behaviors hidden within noisy data.

“The trick is understanding the potential of large-volume social media information along with its limits,” says Palen, chair of the Department of Information Science in the College of Media, Communication and Information at CU �鶹ӰԺ. “Just because we have a lot of data doesn’t mean that we have all the answers.”

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