Hi all, We would like to invite you to join our webinar to explore the exciting data science methods and visualisations we developed as part of the Next Generation Internet Initiative, and learn more about how you can use these kinds of data-driven insights in your own work. *Our work * Over the past year, we’ve been laying the groundwork for building the research and funding agenda of the Next Generation Internet initiative, the European Commission’s new flagship programme which seeks to build a more inclusive, resilient and democratic future internet by the end of the next decade. As part of this work, we used cutting-edge data-driven methods to map the latest trends in emerging technologies and social issues surrounding the internet. This webinar will showcase the most interesting insights we generated, and guide you through using the methodologies developed DELab (Digital Economy Lab of the University of Warsaw) and Eurecat (Technology Centre of Catalonia), two partners in the EU Engineroom consortium. When it comes to making decisions about which new technologies or solutions to invest in, where to focus our attention when it comes to future social challenges or other important decisions that require making our own guesses about what the future might hold, we often rely on anecdotal evidence or outdated data, such as company surveys or patent data (often a couple years behind the real trends). New big data methodologies have made it possible to use web data sources like Wikipedia, Reddit, Meetup or articles in the tech media, which have proven much better at picking up early signals of change. In this webinar, we will tell you more about how our data science team used, for example, natural language processing, network analysis and machine learning to gather insights about how hacker communities talk about quantum computing, where we find most startups active in the ethical AI space, or how the media has covered GDPR. *Our data* All the methodologies we’ve developed and the underlying data, code and insights are freely available to the public, have a look at our GitHub <https://github.com/NGI4EU>and Zenodo <https://zenodo.org/communities/ngi4eu?page=1&size=20>to learn more. Please also have a look at our interactive results page <https://ngi.delabapps.eu/>, which will feature in the webinar. Want to know more? Do join <https://ngidatamappingwebinar.splashthat.com/> us, learn about our methods and ask any questions you might have. *The Webinar * After a brief introduction about the project, we will have short presentations on different methods. David Laniado (Eurecat), Laura Portell (Eurecat), and Cristian Consonni (University of Trento) will talk about using Wikipedia data to study for example the relationships between different internet-related topics and trends over time. Kristóf Gyódi and Michał Paliński will explain their quantitative text mining analysis, based on a novel dataset of 140.000 technology news articles. The methodology implements various natural language processing techniques: analysis of term frequencies, co-occurrences, sentiment analysis and topic modeling. Participating in this webinar does not assume any prior technical knowledge. When and where Our webinar will take place on March 27, from 14:00 – 15:00 CET. You will be able to join it using Zoom at https://nesta.zoom.us/j/123531306 or by calling the right number for where you are <https://zoom.us/zoomconference> and using Meeting ID: 123 531 306. Please contact us for local dial in numbers for where you are. Time Webinar outline Lead by 14:00 (5 mins) Introduction Katja Bego (Nesta) 14:15 (15 mins) Quantitative Text Mining using NLP Kristóf Gyódi, Michał Paliński (DeLab) 14:30 (15 mins) Wikipedia Network Analysis: Temporal Trends Analysis on Reddit discussions David Laniado (Eurecat), Laura Portell (Eurecat), and Cristian Consonni (University of Trento) 14:40 (25 mins) Q&As All 15:00 Finish All Hosts DELab is a transdisciplinary research institute established in 2014. DELab examines the social, economic and cultural meanings of digitalisation and serves as a platform for cooperation and the exchange of ideas between academia, business and public institutions. Website: http://www.delab.uw.edu.pl/en/ EURECAT is the leading Technology Centre in Catalonia, and the second largest private research organization in Southern Europe. Eurecat manages a turnover of 38M€, counts with +500 professional and has a customer portfolio of over 1.000 companies. 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