Publications
Peer-reviewed publications on intelligent information systems and computational journalism, from research at Northwestern University's Intelligent Information Laboratory.
The News Context Project
Larry Birnbaum
Larry BirnbaumProfessor of computer science at Northwestern and co-director of its Intelligent Information Laboratory. Co-founded Narrative Science and was its chief scientific adviser.LinkedIn ↗, Miriam Boon
Miriam BoonScience journalist turned researcher. Did doctoral work in Technology and Social Behavior at Northwestern, building journalism prototypes at the InfoLab; now at the University of Regina.LinkedIn ↗, Scott Bradley, Jennifer Wilson
Jennifer WilsonDeveloper at Northwestern's Intelligent Information Laboratory and the Knight Lab, with a background in software startups; now at Test Innovators. Bachelor's in economics and MMSS from Northwestern, M.S. in computer science from DePaul.LinkedIn ↗IUI Companion '15 · ACM · 2015 · pp. 5–8
Putting News in Context, Automatically
Larry Birnbaum
Larry BirnbaumProfessor of computer science at Northwestern and co-director of its Intelligent Information Laboratory. Co-founded Narrative Science and was its chief scientific adviser.LinkedIn ↗, Miriam BoonMiriam BoonScience journalist turned researcher. Did doctoral work in Technology and Social Behavior at Northwestern, building journalism prototypes at the InfoLab; now at the University of Regina.LinkedIn ↗, Scott Bradley, Jennifer WilsonJennifer WilsonDeveloper at Northwestern's Intelligent Information Laboratory and the Knight Lab, with a background in software startups; now at Test Innovators. Bachelor's in economics and MMSS from Northwestern, M.S. in computer science from DePaul.LinkedIn ↗C+J 2015 · 2015
Finding the Local Angle in National News
Shawn O'Banion
Shawn O'BanionSenior software engineering manager at Google, working on large-scale machine learning. PhD in computer science from Northwestern, where he built The Local Angle at the InfoLab.LinkedIn ↗, Larry BirnbaumLarry BirnbaumProfessor of computer science at Northwestern and co-director of its Intelligent Information Laboratory. Co-founded Narrative Science and was its chief scientific adviser.LinkedIn ↗, Scott BradleyIUI Companion '13 · ACM · 2013 · pp. 89–90
Grant proposals
Socialcontext.ai: an AI-powered social media content strategy tool for PR agencies
Chris J. Vargo
Chris J. VargoAssociate professor of advertising and analytics at the University of Colorado Boulder, applying computational methods to social media data. CEO of Socialcontext and editor of The Agenda Setting Journal.LinkedIn ↗, Tobias Hopp
Tobias HoppAssociate professor of advertising at the University of Colorado Boulder and associate dean of graduate programs, studying digital media use and uncivil online communication.LinkedIn ↗, Scott BradleyUniversity of Colorado Lab Venture Challenge · 2019 · finalist, not funded
Efficiency, Integration, Interoperability: A 21st Century Approach to Organizing Sports Digital Assets for All Libraries
Steven L. MacCall, D. J. McMillan, Chris J. Vargo
Chris J. VargoAssociate professor of advertising and analytics at the University of Colorado Boulder, applying computational methods to social media data. CEO of Socialcontext and editor of The Agenda Setting Journal.LinkedIn ↗, Scott Bradley, Elizabeth A. AversaKnight Foundation News Challenge for Libraries · 2016 · not funded
Development of a Novel Digital Asset Organizing Method in Sports
Steven L. MacCall, Chris J. Vargo
Chris J. VargoAssociate professor of advertising and analytics at the University of Colorado Boulder, applying computational methods to social media data. CEO of Socialcontext and editor of The Agenda Setting Journal.LinkedIn ↗, Scott Bradley, Elizabeth A. AversaNational Science Foundation SBIR Phase I · 2015 · not funded