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[[File:CDSC at Pok Pok (2017-03).jpg|250px|thumb|right|[[People|CDSC members]] at Pok Pok in March 2017. Clockwise from top left: Sneha, Mako, Aaron, Emilia, Nate, Jeremy, Sayamindu, Salt.]]
The '''Community Data Science Collective''' is an interdisciplinary research group made of up of faculty and students at the [http://www.com.washington.edu/ University of Washington Department of Communication], the [http://www.communication.northwestern.edu/departments/communicationstudies/ Northwestern University Department of Communication Studies], the [https://sils.unc.edu/ University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science], the [https://www.carleton.edu/computer-science/ Carleton College Computer Science Department], and the [https://www.cla.purdue.edu/academic/communication/ Purdue University School of Communication].
 
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[[File:CDSC-group photo-20210306-fun.png|thumb|1741px|[[People|CDSC members]] at the CDSC group retreat in March 2021 ([[:wikipedia:COVID-19 pandemic|pandemic virtual edition #3]]). Left to right by row, starting at top: Connor (special guest!), Regina, Nick, Floor, Aaron, Nate, Sohyeon, Carl, Stef, Emilia, Salt, Jeremy, Charlie, Kaylea, Sneha, Mako. Check out our other [[group photos]]!]]
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The '''Community Data Science Collective''' is an interdisciplinary research group made of up of faculty and students at the [http://www.com.washington.edu/ University of Washington Department of Communication] and the [http://www.communication.northwestern.edu/departments/communicationstudies/ Northwestern University Department of Communication Studies].


We are social scientists applying a range of quantitative and qualitative methods to the study of online communities. We seek to understand both how and why some attempts at collaborative production — like Wikipedia and Linux — build large volunteer communities and high quality work products.
We are social scientists applying a range of quantitative and qualitative methods to the study of online communities. We seek to understand both how and why some attempts at collaborative production — like Wikipedia and Linux — build large volunteer communities and high quality work products.
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Our research is deeply interdisciplinary, most frequently consists of “big data” quantitative analyses, and lies at the intersection of communication, sociology, and human-computer interaction.
Our research is deeply interdisciplinary, most frequently consists of “big data” quantitative analyses, and lies at the intersection of communication, sociology, and human-computer interaction.


== Workshops and Courses ==
== Research News ==


In addition to research, we run workshops and teach classes. Some of that work is coordinated on this wiki. A more detailed lists of workshops and teaching material on this wikis is on our [[Workshops and Classes]] page. In this page, we only list ongoing classes and workshops.
Follow us as [https://twitter.com/comdatasci @comdatasci on Twitter] and subscribe to the [https://blog.communitydata.cc/ Community Data Science Collective blog].


=== Public Data Science Workshops ===
Recent posts from the blog include:


'''[[Community Data Science Workshops]]''' — The Community Data Science Workshops (CDSW) are a series of workshops designed to introduce some of the basic tools of programming and analysis of data from online communities to absolute beginners. The CDSW have been held roughly twice a year since beginning in Seattle in 2014. So far, more than 100 people have volunteered their weekends to teach more than 500 people to program in Python, to build datasets from Web APIs, and to ask and answer questions using these data.
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== Courses ==
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In addition to research, we teach classes and run workshops. Some of that work is coordinated on this wiki. A more detailed lists of workshops and teaching material on this wikis is on our [[Workshops and Classes]] page. In this page, we only list ongoing classes and workshops.
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=== Northwestern Courses ===
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=== University of Washington Courses ===
* '''[Fall 2021]''' '''[[Introduction_to_Graduate_Research_(Fall_2021)|Introduction to Graduate Research (MTS 501, Fall, 2021)]]''' &ndash; The goal of this seminar is to introduce first-year students in the Northwestern University TSB and MTS Ph.D. programs to (1) current research in these fields, and (2) key challenges involved in pursuing an impactful, responsible, and fulfilling research career. Taught by [[User:Aaronshaw|Aaron Shaw]]


* '''[Fall 2017]''' '''[[HCDS (Fall 2017)|DATA512: Human Centered Data Science]]''' — Fundamental principles of data science and its human implications. Data ethics; data privacy; differential privacy; algorithmic bias; legal frameworks and intellectual property; provenance and reproducibility; data curation and preservation; user experience design and usability testing for big data; ethics of crowdwork; data communication; and societal impacts of data science.
=== Purdue Courses ===


* '''[Fall 2017]''' '''[[Innovation Communities (Spring 2017)|COM597: Innovation Communities]]''' — A [http://http://commlead.washington.edu/ UW Communication Leadership’s] elective in the “Masters in Communication in Communities and Networks” program covering using online communities to harness user innovation taught by [[User:Benjamin Mako Hill|Benjamin Mako Hill]].
* '''[Fall 2021]''' '''[[Communication and Social Networks (Fall 2021)|Communication and Social Networks (COM 411, Fall 2021)]]''' &ndash; This class focuses on understanding how the structure of relationships between people influence communication patterns and behavior. This perspective can help us to understand a broad set of phenomena, from online communities to friendships to businesses. The course will also introduce students to using network visualizations to gain and share insights about network phenomena. Taught by [[User:Jdfoote|Jeremy Foote]].
* '''[Fall 2021]''' '''[[Intro to Programming and Data Science (Fall 2021)|Intro to Programming and Data Science (COM 674, Fall 2021)]]''' &ndash;  This course is intended to give students an introduction to programming principles, the Python programming language, and data science tools and approaches. Taught by [[User:Jdfoote|Jeremy Foote]].


=== Northwestern Courses & Workshop ===
=== University of Washington Courses ===


* '''[[BYOR|Bring Your Own Research Workshop (BYOR)]]''' — A research workshop for CDSC affiliates and fellow travelers at Northwestern convened by [[User:Aaronshaw|Aaron Shaw]]. Participants present work and provide peer feedback/accountability in weekly meetings. Most members of the group are affiliates of the [http://mts.northwestern.edu Media, Technology & Society] and [http://tsb.northwestern.edu Technology & Social Behavior] programs at Northwestern and study online communities, collective action, organizations, collaboration, and related topics.
* '''[Fall 2021]''' '''[[Professional Development Proseminar: Funding (Fall 2021)|COM594: Professional Development Proseminar: Funding (Fall 2021)]]''' — A one-credit course on grants and funding that is part of the UW MA/PhD program's professional development proseminar series. Taught by [[User:Mako|Benjamin Mako Hill]].


== Research Resources ==
* '''[Fall 2021]''' '''[[DUB Seminar (Fall 2021)|HCID590: Design, Use, Build (DUB) Seminar]]''' — A one-credit course in the [https://mhcid.washington.edu/ MHCI+D program at UW] built around the [https://dub.washington.edu/seminar.html DUB Seminar] speakers series. Taught by [[User:Mako|Benjamin Mako Hill]].


If you are a member of the collective, perhaps you're looking for [[CommunityData:Resources]] which includes details on email, TeX templates, documentation on our computing resources, etc.
== Public Data Science Workshops ==
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== Research News ==
'''[[Community Data Science Workshops]]''' — The Community Data Science Workshops (CDSW) are a series of workshops designed to introduce some of the basic tools of programming and analysis of data from online communities to absolute beginners. The CDSW have been held six times in Seattle between 2014 and 2020. So far, more than 100 people have volunteered their weekends to teach more than 500 people to program in Python, to build datasets from Web APIs, and to ask and answer questions using these data.


Follow us as [https://twitter.com/comdatasci @comdatasci on Twitter] and subscribe to the [https://blog.communitydata.cc/ Community Data Science Collective blog].
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Recent posts from the blog include:
== Research Resources ==


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== About This Wiki==
== About This Wiki==
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* There's a CAPTCHA enabled. If you create an account and then contact any [[People|collective member]] with the username (on or off wiki), they can turn the CAPTCHA off for you.  
* There's a CAPTCHA enabled. If you create an account and then contact any [[People|collective member]] with the username (on or off wiki), they can turn the CAPTCHA off for you.  
* [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Math Extension:Math] is installed so you can write math here. Basically you just add math by putting TeX inside <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki> tags like this: <nowiki><math>\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}</math></nowiki>
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Revision as of 17:14, 8 October 2021


The Community Data Science Collective is an interdisciplinary research group made of up of faculty and students at the University of Washington Department of Communication, the Northwestern University Department of Communication Studies, the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Science, the Carleton College Computer Science Department, and the Purdue University School of Communication.

CDSC members at the CDSC group retreat in March 2021 (pandemic virtual edition #3). Left to right by row, starting at top: Connor (special guest!), Regina, Nick, Floor, Aaron, Nate, Sohyeon, Carl, Stef, Emilia, Salt, Jeremy, Charlie, Kaylea, Sneha, Mako. Check out our other group photos!


We are social scientists applying a range of quantitative and qualitative methods to the study of online communities. We seek to understand both how and why some attempts at collaborative production — like Wikipedia and Linux — build large volunteer communities and high quality work products.

Our research is particularly focused on how the design of communication and information technologies shape fundamental social outcomes with broad theoretical and practical implications — like an individual’s decision to join a community, contribute to a public good, or a group’s ability to make decisions democratically.

Our research is deeply interdisciplinary, most frequently consists of “big data” quantitative analyses, and lies at the intersection of communication, sociology, and human-computer interaction.

Research News

Follow us as @comdatasci on Twitter and subscribe to the Community Data Science Collective blog.

Recent posts from the blog include:

Replication data release for examining how rules and rule-making across Wikipedias evolve over time
While Wikipedia is famous for its encyclopedic content, it may be surprising to realize that a whole other set of pages on Wikipedia help guide and govern the creation of the peer-produced encyclopedia. These pages extensively describe processes, rules, principles, and technical features of creating, coordinating, and organizing on Wikipedia. Because of the success of …
— sohw 2024-03-25
Sources of Underproduction in Open Source Software
Although the world relies on free/libre open source software (FLOSS) for essential digital infrastructure such as the web and cloud, the software that supports that infrastructure are not always as high quality as we might hope, given our level of reliance on them. How can we find this misalignment of quality and importance (or underproduction) …
— kaylea 2024-01-23
FLOSS project risk and community formality
...operating less formally and sharing power is associated with lower risk...
— mgaughan 2024-01-22
A new paper on the risk of nationalist governance capture in self-governed Wikipedia projects
Wikipedia is one of the most visited websites in the world and the largest online repository of human knowledge. It is also both a target of and a defense against misinformation, disinformation, and other forms of online information manipulation. Importantly, its 300 language editions are self-governed—i.e., they set most of their rules and policies. Our new …
— zarine 2024-01-15

Courses

In addition to research, we teach classes and run workshops. Some of that work is coordinated on this wiki. A more detailed lists of workshops and teaching material on this wikis is on our Workshops and Classes page. In this page, we only list ongoing classes and workshops.

Northwestern Courses

  • [Fall 2021] Introduction to Graduate Research (MTS 501, Fall, 2021) – The goal of this seminar is to introduce first-year students in the Northwestern University TSB and MTS Ph.D. programs to (1) current research in these fields, and (2) key challenges involved in pursuing an impactful, responsible, and fulfilling research career. Taught by Aaron Shaw

Purdue Courses

  • [Fall 2021] Communication and Social Networks (COM 411, Fall 2021) – This class focuses on understanding how the structure of relationships between people influence communication patterns and behavior. This perspective can help us to understand a broad set of phenomena, from online communities to friendships to businesses. The course will also introduce students to using network visualizations to gain and share insights about network phenomena. Taught by Jeremy Foote.
  • [Fall 2021] Intro to Programming and Data Science (COM 674, Fall 2021) – This course is intended to give students an introduction to programming principles, the Python programming language, and data science tools and approaches. Taught by Jeremy Foote.

University of Washington Courses

Public Data Science Workshops

Community Data Science Workshops — The Community Data Science Workshops (CDSW) are a series of workshops designed to introduce some of the basic tools of programming and analysis of data from online communities to absolute beginners. The CDSW have been held six times in Seattle between 2014 and 2020. So far, more than 100 people have volunteered their weekends to teach more than 500 people to program in Python, to build datasets from Web APIs, and to ask and answer questions using these data.

Research Resources

If you are a member of the collective, perhaps you're looking for CommunityData:Resources which includes details on email, TeX templates, documentation on our computing resources, etc.

About This Wiki

This is open to the public and hackable by all but mostly contains information that will be useful to collective members, their collaborators, people enrolled in their projects, or people interested in building off of their work. If you're interested in making a change or creating content here, generally feel empowered to Be Bold. If things don't fit, somebody who watches this wiki will be in touch.

This is mostly a normal MediaWiki although there are a few things to know:

  • There's a CAPTCHA enabled. If you create an account and then contact any collective member with the username (on or off wiki), they can turn the CAPTCHA off for you.
  • Extension:Math is installed so you can write math here. Basically you just add math by putting TeX inside <math> tags like this: <math>\frac{\sigma}{\sqrt{n}}</math> and it will write .