ask my data ir15 korea
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Presentation in panel 'Algorithms' at IR15 (Internet Research) Conference, October 22, 2014, South Korea.TRANSCRIPT
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ANJA BECHMANN1 & MADS DARØ KRISTENSEN2
1DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS RESEARCH GROUP 2REDIA DENMARK
AARHUS UNIVERSITY OCTOBER 21, 2014
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ASK MY DATA WHEN DATA(BASES) MEET THROUGH ALGORITHMS
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ANJA BECHMANN, ASSOC. PROFESSOR & HEAD OF DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS RESEARCH GROUP, AARHUS UNIVERSITY MADS DARØ KRISTENSEN, PHD & PROGRAMMER AT REDIA IR15 CONFERENCE, DAEGU, SOUTH KOREA, OCTOBER 21, 2014 PANEL ON ALGORITHMS: INTERSECTION OF AGENCY, INFORMATION AND STRUCTURE
AARHUS UNIVERSITY
HEAD OF DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS RESEARCH GROUP, ASSOC. PROFESSOR ANJA BECHMANN
OCTOBER 21, 2014
“As the data we generate about ourselves continues to grow exponentially, brokers and aggregators are moving on from real-time profiling – they’re cross-linking data sets to predict our future behaviour. Decisions about what we see and buy and sign up for aren’t made by us any more; they were made long before. The aggregate of what’s been collected about us previously – which is near impossible for us to see in its entirety – defines us to companies we’ve never met.” - Madhumita Venkataramanan, My Identity for sale, Wired, November 2014, p. 105
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AARHUS UNIVERSITY
HEAD OF DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS RESEARCH GROUP, ASSOC. PROFESSOR ANJA BECHMANN
OCTOBER 21, 2014
DATA QUALITY
Claim: Algorithms are only powerful as filters for our everyday life if they have the RIGHT data to process
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AARHUS UNIVERSITY
HEAD OF DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS RESEARCH GROUP, ASSOC. PROFESSOR ANJA BECHMANN
OCTOBER 21, 2014
IDENTITY & DATA ESSENTIALISM -> IDEAL
CONSTRUCTIVISM -> REALITY
MULTI-VARIANT CONTRADICTORY DATA UNITS AND ALGORITHMIC WEIGHT
CONTEXT AWARENESS RELATIONAL AWARENESS
‘MOOD’ AWARENESS
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AARHUS UNIVERSITY
HEAD OF DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS RESEARCH GROUP, ASSOC. PROFESSOR ANJA BECHMANN
OCTOBER 21, 2014
PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS
Claim: In order to present relevant library material on Facebook we need to look at
the posts in the user’s newsfeed
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AARHUS UNIVERSITY
HEAD OF DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS RESEARCH GROUP, ASSOC. PROFESSOR ANJA BECHMANN
OCTOBER 21, 2014
THE DESIGN OF THE ALGORITHM
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KEYwords - verb: Read, Hear , See , Do , Listening , Writing , Games , Experience , Learning , Thinking , Entertain , think, Mene, Faith , Knowledge , Live , Play , Say Enjoy , Eat, Drink , Sing , Love , Check , Count , develop , Inform, Sit, Lie , Stand , Walk , Run , Hang , Waiting , download , download , Bike , Run, Understand , Suggest , Recommend , Pray, Hedde , Mention Miss , Penetrate , Hate , Mangle , Do without , Use, lose , grasping , Ane , Dunning , Hive , Search , Manage, Google pulling Explorer, Jot , Desire , Ask , Learn , Give, Receive , item, Deliver , Maile , Display , Send , Talk , Talk , Laugh , Laugh, cry, Solitude , Comfort, Travel, Flying , Sailing, Hiking , Dragon Shout , scream , Hyle , Feel Brand smells Keywords – noun: Book , Library, Movies , Songs , CD, Album , Track Number , Magazine , Newspaper , Magazine , Magazine , weeklies , short story , novel, poem, Crime , Anthology , Cartoon , Comic , Graphic Novel , Blog , Post, Tweet , Documentary , Program, Download , Travel, File , PC, Computer, Tablet , iPad , iPhone , Smartphone, Mac , Mobile, Audio book , eBook , E-book , Telephone, television , TV , Cinema, DVD, Blu - ray , Bluray , Stream , Chapter , Section , Series , Article , Pattern , Pattern , Picture , History , Adventure , App (ALSO keywords – adjectives (not listed here).
AARHUS UNIVERSITY
HEAD OF DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS RESEARCH GROUP, ASSOC. PROFESSOR ANJA BECHMANN
OCTOBER 21, 2014
ALGORITHMIC WEIGHT
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weight = 10 FOR EACH result in search result set DO FOR EACH subject in record DO IF subject in user's chosen categories THEN weight = weight * 1.5 END IF subject in user's like table THEN weight = weight * UserLikeWeighingFunction(subject user likes value) END END END
Personaliszation - category and topics ( library database): Category : Biographies Keywords: biographies, travelogues , biographical novels , memoirs , childhood memories Category : Novels Keywords : fiction , fiction Category : Mystery and suspense Keywords: crime , exciting books , criminal Category: Fantasy Keywords: fantasy , adventure stories Category : Home & Garden Keywords: gardens , houses, home decorating, DIY books Category : Food and Drink Keywords: cook books , baking , food, beer , wine Category : Personal Development Keywords: mental health, self-development , mental training , mindfulness , spirituality, meditation Category : History & Society Keywords: history, politics Category : Health Keywords : exercise, running, cycling , fitness Category : Family & Leisure Keywords: family , parenting , child psychology , play , outdoor activities , reading aloud , parents Category : Art Keywords: art , artists, visual works of art, photographs Category : Crafts Keywords: crochet, knitting, sewing, embroidery , patchwork Category : Movies - Possibly . item number 77.7 ? Category : Music Keywords: rock, pop, vocal , jazz , country, folk , world music
AARHUS UNIVERSITY
HEAD OF DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS RESEARCH GROUP, ASSOC. PROFESSOR ANJA BECHMANN
OCTOBER 21, 2014
RECOMMENDATION RESULT
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AARHUS UNIVERSITY
HEAD OF DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS RESEARCH GROUP, ASSOC. PROFESSOR ANJA BECHMANN
OCTOBER 21, 2014
LEARNING PREFERENCES
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UserLikeWeighingFunction: IF x >= 0 THEN MIN(2, 1 + log10(x/3+1)); ELSE MAX(0, 1 - log10(abs(x/3)+1)); END x in the previous function is positive if the user has pressed like and negative in the opposite case.
AARHUS UNIVERSITY
HEAD OF DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS RESEARCH GROUP, ASSOC. PROFESSOR ANJA BECHMANN
OCTOBER 21, 2014
PERSONALIZED RECOMMENDATIONS
Data sources
Weight of data source results
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AARHUS UNIVERSITY
HEAD OF DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS RESEARCH GROUP, ASSOC. PROFESSOR ANJA BECHMANN
OCTOBER 21, 2014
POOR DATA QUALITY/WRONG DATA
FINDINGS IN QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS FALSE Claim: In order to present relevant library material on Facebook we need to
look at the posts in the user’s newsfeed
Not optimal weight of data sources: we need more inputs e.g. relational status, post priority (ideally related to library use), more weight on interests
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AARHUS UNIVERSITY
HEAD OF DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS RESEARCH GROUP, ASSOC. PROFESSOR ANJA BECHMANN
OCTOBER 21, 2014
ALGORITHMIC RESULTS ARE LIKE SCHRODINGER’S CAT
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AARHUS UNIVERSITY
HEAD OF DIGITAL FOOTPRINTS RESEARCH GROUP, ASSOC. PROFESSOR ANJA BECHMANN
OCTOBER 21, 2014
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