BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:Europe/Berlin X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:VEVENT UID:270@hiig.de DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20151105T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20151105T203000 DTSTAMP:20190218T102746Z URL:https://www.hiig.de/en/events/making-sense-of-big-data/ SUMMARY:Making Sense of Big Data DESCRIPTION:To watch the keynote speeches of the event\, please go to our y outube channel here.\n\n\n[photospace ids="25593\,25594\,25595\,25596\,255 97\,25598\,25599\,25600\,25601\,25602\,25603\,25604\,25605\,25606"]\n\nThe keynote dialogue Making sense of big data is the first event in the serie s Big data: big power shifts?. The evening’s speakers\, Professor Mike Savage from the London School of Economics and Isabelle Sonnenfeld\, lead of Google’s News Lab in Germany\, are both eminent experts in und erstanding the importance of digital media and big data for modern societi es and their study.\n\n\nThe British Embassy Berlin in cooperation with th e Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG) host th is kick-off lecture for the series Big data: big power shifts?\, that the Humboldt Institute for Internet and society conducts in cooperation with the Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications.\n\nThe dialogue wil l also serve as the opening keynote for an academic conference on Media C ommunication Between Complexity and Simplification. Theories\, Methods\, P ractices organised by the German Communication Association (DGPuK).\n\n&n bsp\;\n\n\n\nProgramme\n\n\n\n18:00 – 19:00\nRegistration\nFor security reasons\, we kindly ask you to bring along your ID/passport with your regi stration confirmation. Please plan suffficient time for security control a t the embassy's entrance.\n\n\n19:00 – 19:10\nWelcome\nNick Leake\, Coun cellor\, Head of EU and Econ\, British Embassy Berlin\nDavid Deißner\, Di rector Strategy and Programmes\, Vodafone Institute for Society and Commun ications\n\n\n19:10 – 19:30\nMike Savage: The new politics of social sci ence data\nIn his talk Mike Savage argues that social scientists are pione ering a new kind of data based analysis which is attracting growing public interest. A number of innovative tools – visualisations\, network analy sis and 'relational analysis' – is reconfiguring the social scientific t ool kit. Rather than see big data as a threat to the social sciences\, the refore\, there is enormous potential for cross fertilisation. The talk wil l be illustrated with his own experience with the BBC's Great British Clas s Survey which is the most popular digital social scientific project ever conducted in the UK.Mike Savage is Martin White Professor of Sociology and Head of Department at the  London School of Economics and Political Scie nce. Before that\, he was Professor of Sociology at the University of Manc hester where he was Head of Department and founding Director of CRESC\, th e ESRC Centre for Research on Socio-Cultural Change. He moved to the Unive rsity of York in 2010\, where he was interim Head of Department\, and wher e he continues as Visiting Professor.\n\n\n19:30 – 19:50\nIsabelle Sonne nfeld: Telling stories with data\nIt’s hard to think of a more important source of information in the world than quality journalism. In order to e nsure that innovation in news leads to a more informed\, more democratic w orld Google created the News Lab as a new effort to empower innovation at the intersection of technology and media. It's mission is to collaborate w ith journalists and entrepreneurs to help build the future of media. One w ay is by getting helpful Google data sets in the hands of journalists ever ywhere. Data has been used in journalism for decades so data journalism is nothing new. The only factor that has changed is technology – technolog y that enables journalists or academics to analyse\, interpret and visuali se big data faster and more accurate. Data can tell a very human story whe n put in context.\nIsabelle Sonnenfeld has joined the Google News Lab as a cting News Lab Lead in Germany in October 2015. Before that\, she worked f or Twitter Germany\, where she spent four years as the Head of News\, Gove rnment &\; Politics. In her work at the Google News Lab\, Isabelle Sonn enfeld focuses on providing support for editors in data journalism\, promo ting Google tools for journalists\, and fostering cooperation with German media organizations.\n\n\n19:50 – 20:20\nDiscussion between Mark Savage and Isabelle Sonnenfeld\nModerated by Wolfgang Schulz\, Director\, Humbold t Institute for Internet and Society\n\n\n\nA keynote dialogue in the seri es Big data: big power shifts?\n\nBig data has been a major issue in inter net-related public debate for several years now and it is yet unclear what impact big data has on societies\, politics and markets. Big data means t he automatic generation of very large and diverse data sets which are main ly the result of the digitisation of modern societies\, their processing b y algorithms and their use for decision-making and regulation\, in the pri vate or public sector. This includes purposes such as profiling\, monitori ng\, predictive analysis and risk calculation. Mayer-Schönberger &\; C ukier claim that big data is a “revolution that will transform how we li ve\, work\, and think”. But whereas revolutions imply a profound shift i n power relations\, there is little evidence and debate about whether and\ , if so\, how big data affects power relations.\n\nThe lecture series will explore this topic with speakers from different backgrounds and be backed by a special issue of the Internet Policy Review.\n\nThe event series  Big data: big power shifts? is initiated by the Alexander von Humboldt In stitute for Internet and Society in cooperation with the Vodafone Institut e for Society and Communications and curated by Dr. Lena Ulbricht\, WZB R esearch Fellow.\n\n\n\nPlease note that the event is already booked solid. You can use the form below to register for our waiting list. 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