Information Science at CU Boulder

There is so much godforsaken news every day, but the tiniest bit of good news was that I was awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor at @colorado.edu! connections.cu.edu/stories/tenu...

YouTube video by TEDx Talks Griefbots and the New Afterlife: How AI is Changing the Ways We Mourn | Dylan Thomas Doyle | TEDxCU

🎉🎉 I DID A TED TALK! 🎉🎉

Even better, it’s all about #AI and humanity (but also death and grief, if you’re into that). Please like, comment, and SHARE — both because I’m super proud of it, but also because of the algorithm (!) #HCI #computing #technology #faith

youtu.be/K7b_qYCJOUw?...

Revolutionizing Rideshare: Researchers Develop FairFare App to Empower Workers - CITP Blog On February 1, 2025, Colorado’s Transportation Network Transparency Bill (SB24-075) took effect. CITP scholars, along with their colleagues, played a key role in supporting advocacy around the bill by...

NEW Blog Post! Check out how CITP researchers are making real-world impact on the side of workers. Read "Revolutionizing Rideshare: Researchers Develop FairFare App to Empower Workers" 🔻

🙌 @andresmh.com @samanthadalal.bsky.social @dana.witchy.business

blog.citp.princeton.edu/2025/03/25/r...

Law and ethics Post-API Age XML and JSON IP and HTTP Static web pages Archives web pages Dynamic web pages PDFs Wikipedia Government APIs Social APIs Automation AI APIs

Got around to pushing all my @cuboulder.info Web Data Science @jupyter.org notebooks to @github.com

Enjoy! github.com/cuinfoscienc...

The CU Boulder Media Studies Department is hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor! We’re seeking candidates with expertise in global media, screen cultures, and digital production cultures. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

This is a good example where the "feel" of data can really vary by a simple chart change - from pie chart to bar graph.

While the 🥧 pie chart looks like 3 roughly-equal groups of people, the "didn't vote" group jumps out in a 📊 bar graph

Same data plotted below: barvpie.netlify.app?numbers=31.5...

Evan Peck on considered choices and career moves: from liberals arts to a research uni (CAL114, S6E8) - Changing Academic Life What factors to consider when making a career move? Evan Peck shares his considered career path move from a liberal arts to a research uni.

After moving from Bucknell to CU, folks often ask me "why switch to R1?"

But in the background, I also weighed teaching-track + liberal arts offers. I hope this conversation about shifting careers + a value-centered job search resonates with some

changingacademiclife.captivate.fm/episode/evan...

Exploring the Challenges of Fair Dataset Curation: Insights from NeurIPS 2024 – Sony AI Sony AI’s paper accepted at NeurIPS 2024,

A write-up on our #NeurIPS2024 work on the challenges curators face trying to curate fair ML datasets. For those attending NeurIPS, @dorazhao.bsky.social will be presenting this work as an oral on December 13 :)
ai.sony/blog/Explori...

An Exploration of the Twitter to Mastodon Migration Survey Results from Current and Former Twitter and Mastodon Users

And as background for this, some of the findings from @brianckeegan.com's and my NSF funded work on Twitter-Mastodon migration with @mattnicholson.bsky.social @blakeley.bsky.social & @jojuliz.bsky.social are described here: medium.com/cuinfoscienc...

Bluesky isn’t the ‘new Twitter,’ but its resemblance to the old one is drawing millions of new users Bluesky, the microblogging alternative to X, is having a moment. A social media researcher explains why people are flocking to it – and why it isn’t likely to recapture the early days of Twitter.

I wrote for @us.theconversation.com about how I see Bluesky's recent growth in the context of research on social media migration!

I don't think folks here necessarily WANT a "new Twitter," but that Bluesky has the potential to recapture some of what people liked. theconversation.com/bluesky-isnt...

Gravestone with tools, symbolizing DIY death care

Excited to announce our new project and grant: “DIY Commemoration of the Dead”, a Discovery Project funded by the Australian Research Council (ARC) 🎉⚰️

Led by experts from #unimelbourne, @ox.ac.uk, and @cuboulder.info. Details in the thread.

#deathcare #deathpositive #deathsky #griefsky #research

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New ✍️ from @sarialtschuler.bsky.social, Ian Huntington, @laurenfklein.bsky.social, and me!

An interdisciplinary reflection in The Lancet on the shifting narrative roles of clinicians amidst increased use of automated medical scribes and increased patient access to notes.

#nlp #mlsky #healthcare

Hi, so I've spent the past almost-decade studying research uses of public social media data, like e.g. ML researchers using content from Twitter, Reddit, and Mastodon.

Anyway, buckle up this is about to be a VERY long thread with lots of thoughts and links to papers. 🧵

Jed Brubaker & Dylan Thomas-Doyle: Data After Death The World We Are Building · Episode

Huge thanks to Ally Cohen and The World We Are Building Podcast for having @whatknows.bsky.social and I on to discuss the @digital-legacy.bsky.social Digital Legacy Clinic! Listen to Jed say smart things about death and tech. I also say things. @colorado.edu @cuboulder.info shorturl.at/chlbk

👋 We're just ramping up our lab that focuses on data equity and access. More soon, but until then...

📊❤️ Our group is growing! PhD apps due Dec. 1st: vis.community

👉 Follow PhD student @fridamudsam.bsky.social & PI @peck.phd

🏔️🦬 Follow our dept @cuboulder.info

Welcome to the official account for the University of Colorado Boulder, aka CU Boulder, in @bsky.app! We are excited to be here. Stay tuned... 💛🖤

Slide from a presentation: “You’re ready.” Liz Gerber (Northwestern) @ CSCW 2023

My favorite slide from a talk I gave this week about the launch of the Digital Legacy Clinic (@digital-legacy.bsky.social) at @cuboulder.info. I wasn’t certain if I had done enough research, but a year ago Liz Gerber gave me the right push at the right time. Grateful for her support! #digitallegacy

The second role is a three-year position with an opportunity for renewal.

Teaching undergraduate core and elective courses in computational and quantitative methods.

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

We are hiring two instructors for 2025–2026!

The first role is a one-year position with an opportunity for renewal.

Teaching undergraduate core and elective courses in computational and quantitative methods.

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

The Department of Media Studies at CU Boulder is hiring! We’re seeking an open-rank scholar with a critical, interdisciplinary approach to media, culture, and the environment.

jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDeta...

Trying something new:
A 🧵 on a topic I find many students struggle with: "why do their 📊 look more professional than my 📊?"

It's *lots* of tiny decisions that aren't the defaults in many libraries, so let's break down 1 simple graph by @jburnmurdoch.bsky.social

🔗 www.ft.com/content/73a1...

My colleagues are up to something VERY cool.
Think: kind of like a law school clinic but for helping you out in with dealing with a deceased loved one's social media accounts or other digital affairs. Led by @whatknows.bsky.social and students in @cuinfoscience.bsky.social.

Our department has a starter pack! Follow our incredible faculty with one click:

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Follow our community of researchers with this starter pack! bsky.app/starter-pack...

Information science is the study of the relationships between people, places and technology.

Our interdisciplinary approach—drawing on social science, computer science and the humanities—prepares students for a future characterized by new ways of working, communicating and creating.