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

• Aylin Caliskan
• Mike Caulfield
• Julia Deeb-Swihart
• Yunhe Feng
• Megan Finn
• Anna Lauren Hoffmann
• Bill Howe
• Tanu Mitra
• Carole Palmer
• Chirag Shah
• Emma Spiro
• Ott Toomet
• Melanie Walsh
• Nicholas Weber
• Jevin West
• Heather Whiteman
• Benjamin Xie

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

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

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