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How Congress sees the world, in charts
This week is a big one for America’s global relations. While Congress started hashing out whether to hand the president authority to finish the largest trade deal in history, Obama was wrapping up the G-7 economic summit in Germany. Beneath the talking points, what are America’s real priorities when it comes to the rest of […]
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Take 5: The impact of Web personalization
Christo Wilson, an assistant professor in the College of Computer and Information Science at Northeastern University, discussed the ins and outs of Web personalization on Monday afternoon in the Raytheon Amphitheater. His lecture marked the latest installment in the Minds over Matters: NUterm Faculty Speaker Series, which features weekly presentations from top faculty scholars who […]
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What Could Economists Do With All That Cell-Phone Data?
GDP, unemployment numbers, and other indicators are rough estimates at best. Researchers might be able to do better with access to metadata, but would the public be comfortable with that?
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CCIS Professors Honored Before Retirement
Professors Harriet Fell and Viera Proulx of the College of Computer and Information Science were honored at separate receptions hosted by Dean Carla E. Brodley ahead of their retirements. Fell […]
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Code Showdown Tested Students’ Skills, Brought Alumni Back To Campus
Geek Week 2015 ended with the inaugural Code Showdown, hosted by Northeastern’s branch of the Association for Computing Machinery. Up for grabs were scholarships funded by Cipher Tech, a company […]
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Meet the Class of 2015
Four hundred and thirty-two CCIS students graduated and joined the ranks of Northeastern alumni this month. Among them were 107 undergraduates and 325 graduate students. A number of graduates reported […]
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Professor David Lazer | Researchers use mobile phone data to predict employment shocks
Northeastern University computational social scientist David Lazer and his interdisciplinary research team have demonstrated that mobile phone data can be used to quickly and accurately detect, track, and predict changes in the economy at multiple levels. The findings, published Wednesday in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, highlight the potential of mobile phone data to […]
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How to battle disease using Big Data
When it comes to fighting diseases in the 21st century, Big Data is becoming an integral weapon. At the forefront of this battle is world-renowned network scientist Alessandro Vespignani, who is using Big Data to predict a pandemic’s progression. Vespignani, the Sternberg Family Distinguished University Professor of Physics, Computer Science, and Health Sciences at Northeastern, […]
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How Companies Are Getting Collaboration Wrong
Businesses have embraced employee collaboration lately, from software that helps bring together remote teams to open, workspaces designed to better connect employees, with the hope that bringing different types of workers together will lead to breakthrough ideas and solutions. But is collaboration at work all it’s cracked up to be? Maybe not. Recent research led […]
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