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SUMMARY:Seeing the Forest: Columbia University
DESCRIPTION:Patrick Ball\, director of research at HRDAG\, discusses how to analyze hidden patterns using (mostly) public data  about people killed in Syria\, 2011-2015. This is part of the Disrupting Unity and Discerning Ruptures: Focus Aleppo lecture series\, with Laura Kurgan and Avinaom Shalem. Please register: info @ c4sr.columbia.edu by March 24\, 2016.
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/seeing-the-forest-columbia-university/
LOCATION:Brown Institute for Media Innovation\, Pulitzer Hall\, 2950 Broadway\, New York\, NY\, 10027\, United States
CATEGORIES:Data,Human Rights,Syria
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SUMMARY:Pics or it didn’t happen—how does social media access affect what we know about killings in the Syrian conflict?
DESCRIPTION:On May 6\, 2015\, HRDAG affiliate Anita Gohdes presented a talk at re:publica 2015\, a conference on Internet and society\, about data culled from social media and their impact on our understanding of the Syrian conflict. \nPics or it didn’t happen—how does social media access affect what we know about killings in the Syrian conflict?\nAnita Gohdes\nMay 6\, 2015\nBerlin #rp15
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/pics-or-it-didnt-happen-how-does-social-media-access-affect-what-we-know-about-killings-in-the-syrian-conflict/
LOCATION:Re-publica\, Berlin
CATEGORIES:Syria
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SUMMARY:Examining the Crisis in Syria
DESCRIPTION:Conference Hosted by New America and Arizona State University’s Center on the Future of War and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Megan Price\, panelist. Washington\, D.C. January 15\, 2015.
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/examining-the-crisis-in-syria/
LOCATION:FHI 360 Conference Center\, 8th Floor 1825 Connecticut Avenue \, Washington DC\, 20009\, United States
CATEGORIES:Syria
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140424
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140425
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SUMMARY:You Are Not So Smart: How we miss what is missing and what to do about it
DESCRIPTION:YANSS podcast 022 \nOn the San Francisco program\, You Are Not So Smart\, HRDAG director of research Megan Price talked with host David McRaney about Syria\, human rights violations\, and statistical analysis. The topic was survivorship bias. Megan’s part in the podcast begins around Minute 27. From the YANSS blog: “Unfortunately\, survivorship bias stands between you and the epiphanies you seek.” \nYou Are Not So Smart\nMarch 11\, 2014 (podcast April 24\, 2014)\nSan Francisco\, California\nLink to YANSS podcast\n@notsmartblog\n@davidmcraney
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/you-are-not-so-smart-how-we-miss-what-is-missing-and-what-to-do-about-it/
CATEGORIES:Human Rights,Syria
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20140326
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SUMMARY:Pulling the Plug: Network Disruptions and Violence in the Syrian Conflict
DESCRIPTION:At this year’s International Studies Association Annual Convention\, Anita Gohdes presented a talk titled\, “Pulling the Plug: Network Disruptions and Violence in the Syrian Conflict\,” while director of research Megan Price served on the working group\, “Global Trends in War\, Conflict\, and Political Violence.” \nInternational Studies Association Annual Convention\nMarch 26-29\, 2014\nToronto\, Canada\nLink to ISA 2014 program
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/pulling-the-plug-network-disruptions-and-violence-in-the-syrian-conflict/
LOCATION:Sheraton Centre Toronto\, 123 Queen Street West\, Toronto\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Human Rights,Syria
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20140305
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SUMMARY:"Lightning Talk" at RightsCon 2014 - Using Math and Science to Count Killings in Syria
DESCRIPTION:Megan Price at RightsCon 2014 \nIn this afternoon “Lightning Talk” at RightsCon 2014\, Megan Price spoke about the importance of using models to adjust for variability when reporting human rights violations and mentioned innovative tools that can be used for tracking abuses. \nRIGHTSCON\nMarch 4\, 2014\nSan Francisco\, California\nLink to RightsCon program \nBack to Talks
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/lightning-talk-at-rightscon-2014-using-math-and-science-to-count-killings-in-syria/
CATEGORIES:Human Rights,Syria
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SUMMARY:STRATA 2014 - Record Linkage and Other Statistical Models for Quantifying Conflict Casualties in Syria
DESCRIPTION:How do we know how many people have been killed in Syria? The hard answer is we don’t. In this talk\, presented at Strata\, Megan Price addresses how HRDAG uses random forests\, multiple systems estimation\, and various Python and R packages to estimate conflict casualties. \nSTRATA\nFebruary 13\, 2014\nSanta Clara\, California\nLink to 10-minute talk on youtube \nBack to Talks
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/strata-2014-record-linkage-and-other-statistical-models-for-quantifying-conflict-casualties-in-syria/
LOCATION:Santa Clara Convention Center\, 5001 Great America Parkway\, Santa Clara\, CA\, 95054\, United States
CATEGORIES:Human Rights,Syria
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20120616
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SUMMARY:Counting the Toll: The Production and Consumption of Human Rights Data
DESCRIPTION:Counting the Toll: The Production and Consumption of Human Rights Data. Patrick Ball at Mozilla. June 2012. \n*** \nPatrick Ball has spent more than twenty years designing databases and conducting quantitative analyses for truth commissions\, non-governmental organizations\, international criminal tribunals\, national tribunals\, and United Nations missions in over twenty countries. Using examples from his projects in El Salvador\, Kosovo\, Colombia\, Timor-Leste\, and Sierra Leone\, Patrick will explore how human rights statistics can be misleading — and how the limitations can be overcome. Patrick will discuss how human rights data\, statistics\, and Firefox! have influenced prosecutions\, UN policy\, and advocacy campaigns in Guatemala and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
URL:https://hrdag.org/event/counting-the-toll-the-production-and-consumption-of-human-rights-data/
LOCATION:Mozilla\, 2 Harrison Street \, San Francisco\, CA\, 94105\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guatemala,Human Rights,Kosovo,Syria
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