Knowledge Lab

The wisdom of polarized crowds

Study of more than 200,000 Wikipedia pages finds that collaborations which bridge the political spectrum produce higher quality work.
Skill discrepancies between research, education and jobs reveal the critical need to supply soft skills for the data economy

Here we analyze and visualize the dynamic skill (mis-)alignment between academia, industry and educational offerings.
Team expansion and paradigm stabilization: large teams develop science and technology, small teams disrupt it

We analyzed teamwork from more than 65 million papers, patents and software products over 100 years.
Improving the allocation of biomedical research resources with big data

Here, we present a health research opportunity index (health ROI) to measure the misalignment of biomedical needs and resources.

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Projects

Beagle: A tool that empowers individuals and teams to organize and share scientific insights

Edward S. Boyden
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Automatic curriculum generation from prerequisite concept networks

Hod Lipson
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Optimal Matching

How best to create and disseminate knowledge?
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Optimal Matching

Neurotree: Graphing the evolution of science through mentorship networks

Stephen V. David
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Aesthetics of Explanation

Most knowledge-making processes aim at explanation.
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Aesthetics of Explanation

Global Literary Networks

Global Literary Networks explores quantitative approaches to the sociology of literary and cultural production.
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Aesthetics of Explanation

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