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Advances in data management, machine learning and artificial intelligence are reshaping the economy, science, politics and social life. Data-driven decision-making in business, science, government and civil society motivates research in new techniques and technologies as well as broader areas of data reasoning, data curation, data governance, security and privacy, social networks, data ethics, data cultures, and visualization. At the iSchool, we examine the data pipeline holistically, emphasizing methods, tools and practices for responsible data science.

Researchers

  • Yunhe Feng
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Current Projects and Grants

Co-Designing Protocols for Data Creation, Analysis, and Use among Local Care Networks in Seattle and Boston to Enhance Disaster Resilience 

Researcher: Nicholas Weber, Chris Coward, Emma Spiro, Carole Palmer
Funding: National Science Foundation, $49,997
Dates: 2021

West African Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases

Researcher: Jevin West
Funding: National Institutes of Health; University of Texas Medical Branch
Dates: 2020-2025

Empowering Open Law and Science

PI: Nicholas Weber
Funding: National Science Foundation, Law and Sciences; Syracuse University; $11,908
Dates: 2020-2023

Models and Methods for Understanding Covert Online Influence

PI: Tanu Mitra
Funding: U.S. Department of Defense Minerva Research Initiative, $245,366
Dates: 2020-2022

Auditing YouTube for Misinformation

PI: Tanu Mitra
Funding: The Poynter Institute, $54,707
Dates: 2020-2021

Empirical and Design Investigations to Address Misleading Online News in Social Media

PI: Tanu Mitra
Funding: National Science Foundation, $110,808
Dates: 2020-2021

Workshop on Intelligent Systems for Information Exploration and Access

PI: Chirag Shah
Funding: National Science Foundation, $23,815
Dates: 2020-2021

Online Q&A in STEM Education: Curating the Wisdom of the Crowd

PI: Chirag Shah
Funding: Institute of Museum and Library Services, $142,744
Dates: 2020-2021

How Scientific Data, Knowledge and Expertise Mobilize in Online Media during the COVID-19 Crisis

PIs: Emma Spiro, Kate Starbird, Jevin West
Funding: National Science Foundation, $197,538
Dates: 2020-2021

Rumor Dynamics Online during the COVID-19 Crisis

PIs: Emma Spiro, Kate Starbird, Jevin West
Funding: UW Population Health Initiative, $20,000
Dates: 2020

Ocean Data for Decision-Making

Researcher: Chris Rothschild, working with UW EarthLab
Funding: Nippon Foundation
Dates: 2019-2022

Information Integration and Informatics: Towards Explainable Recommendation Systems

Co-PI: Chirag Shah
Funding: National Science Foundation; Rutgers, State University of New Jersey; $499,735
Dates: 2019-2022

Data for Decision-Making

PIs: Chris Coward, Chris Rothschild
Funding: Tableau Foundation, $118,565
Dates: 2019-2021

Framework for Integrative Data Equity Systems

PI: Bill Howe
Funding: National Science Foundation, $656,000
Dates: 2019-2021

Information Fostering: Being Proactive in Information Seeking

PI: Chirag Shah
Funding: National Science Foundation, $473,336
Dates: 2019-2021

Workshop on Foundations of Responsible Data Science (FoRDS)

PI: Bill Howe
Funding: National Science Foundation, $100,000
Dates: 2019-2020

Gig Worker Focus Groups, Data Reporting, and Findings Presentation

PI: Nicholas Weber, Peaks Krafft, Meg Young, Mike Katell
Funding: City of Seattle Office of Labor Standards, $25,000
Dates: 2019-2020

UW Clinical Funding Analysis

PI: Jevin West
Funding: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, $52,659
Dates: 2019-2020

Data Reasoning for Philanthropy

PI: Jevin West
Funding: MacArthur Foundation, $25,000
Dates: 2019

Privacy Interoperability

PI: Nicholas Weber
Funding: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, $420,815
Dates: 2018-2020

DCC Curation Lifecycle Model 2.0

PI: Carole Palmer
Funding: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation (via Johns Hopkins University), $6,117
Dates: 2018-2019

Facilitating the Curation and Conversation of Biotech History

PI: Jevin West
Funding: Science History Institute, $19,992
Dates: 2018

Advance Data Analytic Support for Strategic PNW Partners by eScience Institute

PI: Bill Howe
Funding: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, $754,601
Dates: 2017-2022

Foundations of Responsible Data

PI: Bill Howe
Funding: National Science Foundation, $364,975
Dates: 2017-2021

Tracking and Unpacking Rumor Permutations to Understand Collective Sensemaking Online

PI: Emma Spiro
Funding: National Science Foundation, $494,188
Dates: 2017-2019

SI2-S2I2 Conceptualization: Conceptualizing a US Research Software Sustainability Institute (URSSI)

PI: Nicholas Weber
Funding: National Science Foundation (via University of California, Berkeley), $16,259
Dates: 2017-2018

Calling Bullshit in the Age of Fake News

PI: Jevin West
Funding: John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, $50,000
Dates: 2017-2018

Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI): Demonstrating and Evaluating Open Annotation for Publications Based on Qualitative Research

PI: Nicholas Weber
Funding: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (via Syracuse University), $22,385
Dates: 2017-2018

Fundamental Mathematical Models for Human Interactions

PI: Jevin West
Funding: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, $82,584
Dates: 2016-2017

Idaho Bailiff: HPDA Polystore Data System

PI: Bill Howe
Funding: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, $498,324
Dates: 2016-2017

Employing Data Science at the University of Washington

PI: Jevin West
Funding: University of Washington Royalty Research Fund, $39,404
Dates: 2016-2017

Improving market function in Open Access publishing through transparent comparison of journal price and quality

PI: Jevin West
Funding: Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, $124,370
Dates: 2016-2017

Expanding the Seattle-UW MetroLab

PI: Bill Howe
Funding: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, $250,000
Dates: 2016-2017

Mass Convergence of Attention During Crisis Events: Degree Dynamics and Emergency Response in Online Settings

PI: Emma Spiro
Funding: U.S. Army Research Office, $124,997
Dates: 2015-2019

Qualitative Data Repository

PIs: Nicholas Weber, Carole Palmer
Funding: National Science Foundation (via Syracuse University), $207,115
Dates: 2015-2018

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Photos of Harkiran Saluja and Duaa Zaheer

Student leaders give high schoolers a taste of Informatics at hackathon

Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Twenty-six middle and high school students in Washington state spent four days brainstorming technology solutions in an online challenge hosted by Information School student leaders.  The event, “Fear Less, Tech More,” is...
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Ashley Farley

MLIS alum is on a mission for open access

Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Countless hours and billions of dollars go into academic research each year. The product of all that time and money often lands behind paywalls or in expensive journals that collect dust on library shelves. It’s a system that values...
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