Project EPIC

EPIC is a research effort at CU and UCI to support the information needs of members of the public during times of mass emergency.

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

Our latest post looking into @realDonaldTrump's "amplification machine" 10 months ago. When he retweeted @CDCgov, the signal was boosted to 70M+ followers, but only when he chose to. This "selective amplification" of the CDC (3M followers) was bizarre to witness and analyze.

[PostMortem @realDonaldTrump @PostMortemRDT]

On Becoming Accidental Disinformation Researchers: The Case of the Curious @CDCgov Tweet

A view into the refracted signal of machine/human-automated accounts that follow @realDonaldTrump retweeting whatever that account tweeted, no matter the content.
https://t.co/04b8XEN6kW

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

Today we're launching a short blog series describing our accidental foray into disinformation research—read the first report of our postmortem examination of the now defunct @realDonaldTrump account!

[PostMortem @realDonaldTrump @PostMortemRDT]

This overview of the now defunct @realDonaldTrump account describes its high-level features, the first in a series of posts offering post mortem insight into its influence. https://t.co/LnFVrT3X9L

[Jennings Anderson @jennings_in_geo]

Excited for my #HICSS talk Thursday morning at 10am in Pikake 1! It's about our new @Twitter data collection infrastructure that improves analysis by adding more conversational and geographic context with @casassaez, @kenbod, @palen, & @RebeccaMorss https://t.co/TeOGluD5U7

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

Check out our work on how people interpret (or misinterpret) hurricane forecasts:

[Jennings Anderson @jennings_in_geo]

Excited to see @melissajbica's research in the news! @Twitter is a crucial information source, so we need a better understanding of how people perceive forecast information on social media! https://t.co/AYNwKmPICQ via @KDVR @epiccolorado @kenbod @palen

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

PhD candidate @rsoden presenting his talk on risk communication in flood events now at #chi2017! Honorable mention awardee!

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

More brainstorming. @JenningsatCU #crisisinfo17

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

Brainstorming the grand challenges for HCI and crisis informatics research! #crisisinfo17

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

.@bsemaan talks about building resilience in ongoing disruption, creating a new normal rather than bouncing back #crisisinfo17

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

Ashley Walker from #Northwestern presents on temporality and crisis - time is experienced subjectively and disrupted in crisis #crisisinfo17

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

.@WendyNorris presents a view of temporality in digital humanitarianism and how info is past-, present-, and future-oriented #crisisinfo17

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

.@ademon kicks off 4th session Crisis Temporalities: people adapt their responses based on the type of disruption #crisisinfo17

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

Information ecosystem can differ between endogenous and exogenous crisis events, but distinction only helpful at a high level #crisisinfo17

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

Julie Demuth discusses how weather risks are understood, communicated, and acted upon #crisisinfo17

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

.@geosoco discusses decision-making given the uncertain environment that crises create & methods for studying such uncertainty #crisisinfo17

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

.@melissajbica discusses the spectrum of information validity of social media data, esp. visual imagery, in crisis events #crisisinfo17

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

.@marinakoganCS talks about human-centered data science methods and disasters as natural experiments #crisisinfo17

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

Julie Demuth from NCAR in @bouldercolorado introduces our 3rd session on Context and (Mis)communication #crisisinfo17

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

Resilience issue recognized during 2013 Boulder floods: no first responders actually lived in @bouldercolorado. @gregguibert
#crisisinfo17

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

Boulder's Chief Resilience Officer @gregguibert gives a talk on the 100 Resilient Cities network #crisisinfo17

[Project EPIC @epiccolorado]

.@Nick_Lalone talks about actionable work in crisis informatics: “Should we ever leave the field?” #crisisinfo17