Estimating affective polarization on a social network, by Marilena Hohmann and Michele Coscia, published in PLOS ONE.| nerds.itu.dk
Estimating affective polarization on a social network, by Marilena Hohmann and Michele Coscia, published in PLOS ONE.| NEtwoRks, Data, and Society (NERDS)
They presented their latest research project, focusing on how algorithmic bias can affect decisions in sensitive areas of public policy. In particular, they focused on their FAccT paper about a Decision Support System used by the Danish social sector, where algorithms have been tested to assess the risk of maltreatment for children. Their work showed that the algorithm was biased with respect to age: for instance, a 16-year-old shoplifter was rated at higher risk than a 2-month-old baby livin...| NEtwoRks, Data, and Society (NERDS)
We welcome our latest NERDS member: Morten Boilesen. Morten joins as a new PhD student, coming with degrees in mathematics, musicology, and engineering, and experience as a start-up data scientist. […]| NEtwoRks, Data, and Society (NERDS)
We have a new exciting publication out! 🎸 Is it getting harder to make a hit? Evidence from 65 years of US music chart history, by Marta Ewa Lech, Sune […]| NEtwoRks, Data, and Society (NERDS)
Uncovering large inconsistencies between machine learning derived gridded settlement datasets, by Vedran Sekara, Andrea Martini, Manuel Garcia-Herranz & Do-Hyung Kim, published in EPJ Data Science| NEtwoRks, Data, and Society (NERDS)
On August 14 2025, our Jonas Juul was awarded the 2025 H.C. Ørsted Research Talent Prize.| NEtwoRks, Data, and Society (NERDS)
Congratulations to the organizers of this year’s IC2S2 for another smashing edition! We know how hard it is to organize an IC2S2 and make it so successful, and hope you will see us at many more future IC2S2. Over the years this conference has become the one which us NERDS tend to attend in highest numbers. Apart from the general fit to our research, this is also thanks to the awesomely open computational social science community and the always exciting mix of sub-topics plus fresh new keyno...| NEtwoRks, Data, and Society (NERDS)
BikeNodePlanner: A data-driven decision support tool for bicycle node network planning, by A. Vybornova, A.R. Vierø, K.K. Hansen, and M. Szell, published in Environment and Planning B| NEtwoRks, Data, and Society (NERDS)
The NERDS have just returned from an exciting week at the NetSci conference in Maastricht. Alessia G. presented her work on mapping climate discourse on TikTok both at the main […]| NEtwoRks, Data, and Society (NERDS)
Extracting Participation in Collective Action from Social Media, by Arianna Pera and Luca Maria Aiello, published in Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media.| NEtwoRks, Data, and Society (NERDS)
Failing Our Youngest: On the Biases, Pitfalls, and Risks in a Decision Support Algorithm Used for Child Protection, by T.M. Hansen, R. Sinatra, and V. Sekara, published at FAccT’24| NEtwoRks, Data, and Society (NERDS)