Will rhetoric influence voter behaviour?
Could the winner’s rhetoric after a marginal election victory influence voter behaviour next time? The US mid-term elections may provide the answer…
How sensor data gets smart
Talk delivered at The Things Conference. Discussing the good, the bad, the ugly and the beautiful ways in which data traces from digitised physical interactions can be converted into actionable insights…
Digitally sensing people-place interactions
Introducing recent research and development in urban cognitive analytics to sense population dynamics and people-place interactions
Do not trust cognitive algorithms
Algorithms based on training data will incorporate any biases in that training data, including not accounting for the missing data
What expression is that!?
There are three leaders of countries in the news quite a lot at the moment. And each appears to have a set of expressions when in the public eye. So what can computer vision tell us about them? Read More
Forecasting the 2017 UK general election
Demonstrating a data-driven model to forecast election behaviour, reallocating votes between parties per constituency seat
Wealth, Taxes and a Basic Income
Exploring new mechanisms for taxation in an economy that provides a basic income – do you still need a minimum wage? Read More
Health, Happiness and a Basic Income
What does happiness have to do with offering a basic income? People are happier when they have security and autonomy, something a universal basic income could provide…
Trump’s Twittery Moods
What do the contents of Trump’s tweets tell us about his priorities and communications style? Using natural language processing for linguistic analysis
Hacking happiness
An analysis of election candidates profile photos and personal statements using cognitive algorithms. Does happiness matter? Can it be faked?
Joining Dots 