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How data tells you about AI

05 Thursday Jan 2017

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) becoming the buzzword of 2016.

On December 29, 2016, there is a “Master” of the mysterious player started showing up on Tygem and FoxGo servers and went on to play dozens of matches against some of the top Go players in the world.1.jpg

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Finally, 60 wins and 0 loss of the proud record, Master win this game.

Subsequently, Google’s DeepMind issued a notice, officially confirmed Master (formerly known as Magister) is AlphaGo.

More information: DeepMind’s work in 2016: a round-up

Artificial intelligence is everywhere. But before scientists trust it, they first need to understand how machines learn.

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Data News of the Week | Fake News

23 Friday Dec 2016

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After the US presidential election the argue about the fake news getting more and more attention. Media blitz portraying fake news sites as having a real impact in national politics — and even capable of affecting the outcome of a presidential election. Are Fake news sites struggle to reach any sort of real audience?

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  1. This Analysis Shows How Fake Election News Stories Outperformed Real News On Facebook

(This is a repost from BuzzFeed News, click the link to read the original:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/viral-fake-election-news-outperformed-real-news-on-facebook?utm_term=.ioqwLaQzE#.qiEXEBwRO)

A BuzzFeed News analysis found that top fake election news stories generated more total engagement on Facebook than top election stories from 19 major news outlets combined.

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Fake News|Data News of the Week

23 Friday Dec 2016

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After the US presidential election the argue about the fake news getting more and more attention. Media blitz portraying fake news sites as having a real impact in national politics — and even capable of affecting the outcome of a presidential election. Are Fake news sites struggle to reach any sort of real audience?

Let us see more:

  1. This Analysis Shows How Fake Election News Stories Outperformed Real News On Facebook

(This is a repost from BuzzFeed News, click the link to read the original:

https://www.buzzfeed.com/craigsilverman/viral-fake-election-news-outperformed-real-news-on-facebook?utm_term=.ioqwLaQzE#.qiEXEBwRO)

A BuzzFeed News analysis found that top fake election news stories generated more total engagement on Facebook than top election stories from 19 major news outlets combined.

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D&N Society Season 2.3 Colloquium: Storytelling with Data.

09 Friday Dec 2016

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For Season 2.3 Colloquium, we are so delighted to have Prof. Rick Dunham, visiting professor of Tsinghua University and Co-director of the Global
Business Journalism Program, to talk about Storytelling with Data:
How to do it and who does it best:

When: 10:30 AM-1:30 PM, Dec. 16， 2016 (Friday)

Where: CVA 516, HKBU

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Initium Media is Hiring…

15 Tuesday Nov 2016

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The Initium Media(@端傳媒） is looking to fill the following positions with higher priority:

1. Social media operation. ( https://www.facebook.com/initiumlab/ )
2. Interactive Charting ( mainly eCharts; such as last graph of this post: http://initiumlab.com/blog/20160730-Voting-Preference-Analysis-for-Hong-Kong-Legislative-Council-2012-2016/ )

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Data News of the Week | 用數據直播美國大選

09 Wednesday Nov 2016

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這周最熱話題莫過於美國總統大選。票選最終結果是共和黨總統候選人Donald J. Trump以289張選舉人票對民主黨候選Hillary Clinton 218張選舉人票勝出，成為美國第58屆總統。

在Trump發表獲勝感言的同時，讓我們來看看各大媒體是如何利用數據可視化進行美国大選的直播。

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用數據直播美國大選

09 Wednesday Nov 2016

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這周最熱話題莫過於美國總統大選。票選最終結果是共和黨總統候選人Donald J. Trump以289張選舉人票對民主黨候選Hillary Clinton 218張選舉人票勝出，成為美國第58屆總統。

在Trump發表獲勝感言的同時，讓我們來看看各大媒體是如何利用數據可視化進行美国大選的直播。

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The 7th Pulitzer Prize Winners Workshop/第七屆普立玆新聞獎得主工作坊

24 Monday Oct 2016

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ALL ARE WELCOME！  歡迎任何人士參加！

The 7th Pulitzer Prize Winners Workshop (PPWW) will be held on 24-28 October 2016 at Hong Kong Baptist University. Outstanding speakers who have won Pulitzer Prizes are invited to this great event and host a series of lectures, forum and class-sharing.

2016年度第七屆普立玆新聞獎得主工作坊將於2016年10月24日至28日在香港浸會大學舉行，邀請普立玆獎得主到校參與為期一星期的學術交流活動，以公開講座、論壇、研討會等形式與師生、傳媒及大眾交流心得，分享經驗。

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