BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Syracuse University Events - ECPv6.0.12//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://calendar.syracuse.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events calendar for the Syracuse University community REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220128T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220128T130000 DTSTAMP:20240329T110453 CREATED:20220105T153247Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220105T153247Z UID:58850-1643371200-1643374800@calendar.syracuse.edu SUMMARY:Research Talk: Using Data Science to Understand Online Hate with Megan Squire DESCRIPTION:The Center for Computational & Data Science (CCDS) at the Syracuse University iSchool present a Virtual Research Talk with Dr. Megan Squire. \nMean people with bad ideas: Using data science to understand online hate \nData science is a systematic process for applying techniques from statistics\, data mining\, and machine learning to solve complex problems. In this talk\, Dr. Megan Squire will explain how she uses data science to understand complex socio-technical phenomena such as extremist group membership and the spread of dangerous propaganda. Dr. Squire‘s work understanding online radicalization and measuring extremism on social media has been featured in numerous media publications including the BBC\, NPR\, The New York Times\, and CNN. \nBiography\n \nDr. Megan Squire is a professor of Computer Science at Elon University (North Carolina\, USA). Her main research area is applying data science techniques to understand niche and extremist online communities\, particularly radical right-wing groups on social media. Dr. Squire is the author of two books on data cleaning and data mining\, and over 40 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters\, including several Best Paper awards. In 2017\, she was named the Elon University Distinguished Scholar. She currently serves as a Senior Fellow for data analytics at the Southern Poverty Law Center\, and as a Belfer Fellow for the ADL. URL:https://calendar.syracuse.edu/events/2022-jan-28/research-talk-using-data-science-to-understand-online-hate-with-megan-squire/ LOCATION:Virtual (see event details) NY CATEGORIES:Information and Library Science END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR