Dark Data Project

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The Dark Data Project helps organizations surmount data barriers, particularly involving unstructured, obfuscated, inaccessible or otherwise problematic datasets.
Websitehttps://darkdataproject.org
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Oceanographers discover "24 new deep-sea creatures and a whole new evolutionary branch" reports Inside Climate News as NOAA moves forward with streamlining the regulatory process for commercial seabed mineral extraction https://insideclimatenews.org/news/26032026/scientists-discover-new-deep-sea-creatures https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/noaa-accelerates-permitting-timeline-for-deep-seabed-mining-applications
As reported in Nature, no bird flu outbreak has been found on Missouri dairy farms, arguably because the state "does not require farmers to test their cows" https://www.unmc.edu/healthsecurity/transmission/2024/09/24/is-bird-flu-spreading-among-people-data-gaps-leave-researchers-in-the-dark #darkdata
Is bird flu spreading among people? Data gaps leave researchers in the dark

Nature Researchers are anxiously awaiting data from the midwestern state about a mysterious bird flu infection in a person who had no known contact with potential animal carriers of the disease. Th…

The Transmission
Most data breaches don't result from zero-days or Ocean's Eleven-style heists
"Data on mine production, waste, pollution and consumption of water and energy are widely lacking," which can obscure illegal extraction, writes Victor Maus & Tim Werner in Nature https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-04090-3 #darkdata
Impacts for half of the world’s mining areas are undocumented

As the race to extract minerals and metals for clean-energy technologies accelerates, researchers must take more steps to map and study mines globally.

Uncounted vertically migrating fish may play an important role in stabilizing the climate, writes @moiradonovan in @WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/all-the-fish-we-cannot-see #darkdata
Since 1990, FEMA "no longer publishes countrywide assessments of risks from nuclear attacks," thereby underappreciating alarming impacts of fallout, writes Sébastien Philippe in Scientific American https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/who-would-take-the-brunt-of-an-attack-on-u-s-nuclear-missile-silos #darkdata @ChristiansenJen
Who Would Take the Brunt of an Attack on U.S. Nuclear Missile Silos?

These fallout maps show the toll of a potential nuclear attack on missile silos in the U.S. heartland

Scientific American
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Publications

Analyzing obfuscated datasets, with a specific focus on the neglect of disadvantaged populations

If you missed our IAC talk earlier this month about non-user experiences, you can still read or download the white paper at https://darkdataproject.org/nux #darkdata #ux #uxdesign #ia
Designing the Non-User Experience

Analyzing obfuscated datasets, with a specific focus on the neglect of disadvantaged populations

Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. Happy birthday, Albert Einstein. #PhotosWithAlbert
Our data-rich world is increasingly populated by individuals whose needs we can't infer, explains @darkdataproject's @timothyquinn at #IAC 2023 on 1-Apr-2023 in New Orleans https://www.theiaconference.com/iac23-program/#sat-01 #darkdata
IAC23 Program