Crowdsourced Expertise
Derek Lim joins us to discuss the paper Expertise and Dynamics within Crowdsourced Musical Knowledge Curation: A Case Study of the Genius Platform.
21 Syys 202027min
The Spread of Misinformation Online
Neil Johnson joins us to discuss the paper The online competition between pro- and anti-vaccination views.
14 Syys 202035min
Consensus Voting
Mashbat Suzuki joins us to discuss the paper How Many Freemasons Are There? The Consensus Voting Mechanism in Metric Spaces. Check out Mashbat's and many other great talks at the 13th Symposium on Algorithmic Game Theory (SAGT 2020)
7 Syys 202022min
Voting Mechanisms
Steven Heilman joins us to discuss his paper Designing Stable Elections. For a general interest article, see: https://theconversation.com/the-electoral-college-is-surprisingly-vulnerable-to-popular-vote-changes-141104 Steven Heilman receives funding from the National Science Foundation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
31 Elo 202027min
False Consensus
Sami Yousif joins us to discuss the paper The Illusion of Consensus: A Failure to Distinguish Between True and False Consensus. This work empirically explores how individuals evaluate consensus under different experimental conditions reviewing online news articles. More from Sami at samiyousif.org Link to survey mentioned by Daniel Kerrigan: https://forms.gle/TCdGem3WTUYEP31B8
24 Elo 202033min
Fraud Detection in Real Time
In this solo episode, Kyle overviews the field of fraud detection with eCommerce as a use case. He discusses some of the techniques and system architectures used by companies to fight fraud with a focus on why these things need to be approached from a real-time perspective.
18 Elo 202038min
Listener Survey Review
In this episode, Kyle and Linhda review the results of our recent survey. Hear all about the demographic details and how we interpret these results.
11 Elo 202023min
Human Computer Interaction and Online Privacy
Moses Namara from the HATLab joins us to discuss his research into the interaction between privacy and human-computer interaction.
27 Heinä 202032min
