Data Science

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

Current Projects and Grants

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

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

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

Tracking and Unpacking Rumor Permutations to Understand Collective Sensemaking Online

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

Foundations of Responsible Data

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

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

Qualitative Data Repository

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

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

News

Q&A: Gaming, music fandom groups provide human connection during the pandemic

Tuesday, November 24, 2020

With COVID-19 cases spiking again across the United States, many states are issuing new curfews and lockdowns that look similar to the first stay-at-home orders issued in March. These announcements are coming right in time for...

'Force of nature': Jill McKinstry's passion for libraries runs deep

Friday, November 6, 2020

Universities expect graduate students to engage in scholarly research. Undergraduates, not so much. Jill McKinstry, champion of rigorous undergraduate learning, set out to change that on the University of Washington campus....

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