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  • FDS Workshop: AI for Social Science Research Methods

    Social scientists are increasingly incorporating AI into their designs, data collection, analyses, and workflows. Alongside rapid adoption, important methodological questions remain: What are the principled approaches to validating measurements via AI tools? To what extent are AI-generated observations interchangeable with those from human respondents — and what does that mean for the future of survey…

  • Flagging misinformation on social media reduces engagement, study finds

  • FDS Workshop: New Directions in Social Algorithms Research

    As social media algorithms increasingly mediate social experiences, there has been a rapid increase in research on the effects of how these algorithms are configured, alternatives to engagement-centric models of content ranking, and algorithmic approaches to content moderation such as Community Notes. This workshop brings together leading experts in the area to foster collaborations and…

  • Yale’s new Institute for Foundations of Data Science will help faculty across dozens of disciplines infuse their research with next-generation insights.

    Institute for Foundations of Data Science debuts with interdisciplinary vision

    Yale’s new Institute for Foundations of Data Science will help faculty across dozens of disciplines infuse their research with next-generation insights. by Jim Shelton, YaleNews The future of data science at Yale will reside on one of the top floors of a re-imagined Kline Tower on Science Hill, starting in 2023 — but the university,…