Tag "ideas & experience"
Meetup 'Local Meetings and Global Connections'
On November 9, a hybrid meetup was held by the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research (ANR-Lab) and the Master's programme 'Data Analytics and Social Statistics' (DASS). The event brought together students and graduates of the DASS (ex-MASNA) master's programme, team and friends of the laboratory to discuss how the programme is doing and what opportunities for collaboration exist.
Anna Kartasheva explained why it is profitable to build networks.
In the new episode of '+/- 10 minutes,' Anna Kartasheva, PhD in Philosophy, research fellow at the International Laboratory of Applied Network Research at the HSE University, and director of the publishing house 'Business Book,' explained why it is profitable to build networks, what systemic distortions of technologies exist, how they work, why quality content does not always get many views and likes, and what is the difference between echo chambers and filter bubbles.
Аnna Kartasheva told how data turns into knowledge
The expert of the new issue of the "+/- 10 minutes" column is Anna Kartasheva, PhD in Philosophy, research fellow at the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, and director of the publishing house "Business Book". In the lecture, we will look at how data becomes information, and information becomes knowledge. We will also discuss whether data can be a neutral and error-free record of facts, and how the specifics of knowledge formation affect modern information systems.
Anna Semenova explained why centralities are needed in networks
In the "+/-10 minutes" release, Anna Semenova, a junior research fellow at the Laboratory of Applied Network Research and the International Centre of Decision Choice and Analysis, a postgraduate student at the Faculty of Computer Science and a representative of the online master's programme "Data Analytics and Social Statistics", told how one can explain why Moscow became the capital of Russia or why you received fake news last week. Anna analyzed such problems from the point of view of centrality measures, and also explained what types of centrality exist and what other studies can be conducted in this way.