IDeaS (Interpretive Data Science) is an emerging and vibrant community that is forming around the study of three interrelated topics:
- New Data Analytics Techniques in the Social Sciences: The reflexive and theoretically informed use of new data analytic techniques in the social sciences that leverage sophisticated algorithms such as topic modeling, natural language processing, and other forms of machine learning.
- The Everyday Work of Data Analysts in Organizations: The everyday work of data analysts in organizations – how they construct knowledge practices, and the epistemic infrastructures of organizations; both as an interesting ethnographic and qualitative topic in its own right, and as a means of encouraging our own reflexivity.
- The Societal Transformation Attending the Rise of Data: The societal, social, and cultural transformations attending the rise of data and analytics including changing forms and interpretations of privacy and governmentality – to which social scientists should be able to speak.
Details about our first dedicated conference last year can be found here: http://www.interpretivedatascience.com/
In addition to the PDW on Topic Modeling Advances at the AOM conference this year (click here for details), we warmly invite graduate students, post-docs and junior faculty who are keen to be part of our community to attend the informal session: "IDeaS Students: Network and Fun Session." We have activities planned that will help everyone break the ice, share research interests, and foster collaboration!
The session will happen virtually on Sunday August 9, 2020 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM ET via Zoom OUTSIDE of AOM's virtual meeting platform (i.e., it is not necessary to be registered for the AOM conference to attend this event). The link and password for the session will be sent ahead of time, via e-mail, to all participants that RSVP by August 7th using the form in this link: https://forms.gle/GKgbC3ZenA92zvaL8.
We look forward to (re)connecting with you!
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Warm regards,
Rodrigo Valadao & Maggie Cascadden
University of Alberta
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