Behind the Paper
The real stories behind the latest research papers, from conception to publication, the highs and the lows
Watching the Watchers: Using AI To Empower The People
Our recent paper In Nature Human Behavior (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-022-01372-0) presents a new learning framework to precisely forecast crime in the urban environment, and simultaneously demonstrates how such precise predictors may be used to reveal signatures of enforcement biases.
Emu: a novel computational tool for more precise community profiles from full-length 16S sequences
Emu is a novel software designed to establish microbial community profiles with full-length 16S rRNA gene sequences from error-prone nanopore devices.
The SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant is associated with less severe disease in a high-risk cohort of Veterans
Globally, reports have shown that the COVID-19 Omicron variant results in less severe disease compared to previous variants, including Delta. The extent to which disease severity differs based on vaccination status and in high-risk populations is poorly characterized.
Fairly sharing the effort in the EU’s Green Deal
Just today we’ve learned that the European Council agreed on a number of issues in the Fit for 55 Package; a proposal to reach the goal of reducing emissions by 55% compared to 1990 by the year 2030. We developed a tool to be used in negotiations and reflect on the fairness of the current proposal.
Distribution matters: Socioeconomic data distribution impacts future water scarcity
A global-scale study estimating the economically challenged and water-scarce population for the future showed the association of significant uncertainty due to the assumption of population distribution at the subgrid-scale, even though the future path taken by the society remains the same.
