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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Dark Data Project2d ago
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
Dark Data ProjectOct 2, 2024
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
Dark Data ProjectAug 17, 2024
Most data breaches don't result from zero-days or Ocean's Eleven-style heists
Dark Data ProjectJan 3, 2024
"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.

Dark Data ProjectDec 29, 2023
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
Dark Data ProjectDec 1, 2023
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
Dark Data ProjectOct 2, 2023
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Publications

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

Dark Data ProjectApr 7, 2023
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

Dark Data ProjectMar 14, 2023
Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. Happy birthday, Albert Einstein. #PhotosWithAlbert
Dark Data ProjectMar 6, 2023
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