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Professor David Blei presents "Beyond Roll Call: Inferring Politics from Text"

September 28, 2023

On September 27, 2023, BIDS’ Center for Cultural Analytics hosted its inaugural event with special guest Professor David Blei. His topic exemplifies the Center's focus on data-driven analysis of cultural phenomena.

Beyond Roll Call: Inferring Politics from Text

"The ideal point model is a staple of quantitative political science. It is a...

Dr. Tim Thomas presents his research "Developing a National Eviction, Displacement, and Housing Precarity Risk Model in a Post-Pandemic World"

September 21, 2023

In the first BIDS seminar of the 2023 Fall semester, Dr. Tim Thomas -- Director of Berkeley’s Eviction Research Network, Research Director for the Urban Displacement Project, and BIDS Data Scientist -- presented his team's research on using data and social science tools to mine court record text, link evictions to consumer and administrative data, and develop machine learning models to identify where the highest levels of housing precarity are located....

George Obaido welcomes Dr. Blessing Ogbuokiri as the first guest on his "Data Science Toolbox" series

September 29, 2023

Discussion about innovative research within the realm of data science is the focus of BIDS-CHAI Data Science Research Scholar George Obaido's new "Data Science Toolbox" series. The series began on September 28, 2023, with guest Dr. Blessing Ogbuokiri discussing his work.

Vaccine Hesitancy Hotspots in Africa: An Insight from Geotagged Tweets

"Vaccine...

BIDS - Annual Report - 2021

July 13, 2022

Download the 2021 Berkeley Institute of Data Science (BIDS) Annual report here.