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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · Mar 4

Want to work with us? stellen.uni-konstanz.de/jobposting/8...

Postdoctoral Position in Computational Social Science

Deadline: 15.03.2025

stellen.uni-konstanz.de

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Eda Keremoglu @keremoglu.bsky.social · Dec 12

Herzlichen Glückwunsch, liebe Elena!

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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · Dec 9

Finally out in @polanalysis.bsky.social (w/ @stefan-scholz.bsky.social, @zacharyst.bsky.social, @keremoglu.bsky.social and Bastian Goldlücke): "Improving Computer Vision Interpretability: Transparent Two-Level Classification for Complex Scenes" Available #OpenAccess at doi.org/10.1017/pan....

Improving Computer Vision Interpretability: Transparent Two-Level Classification for Complex Scenes | Political Analysis | Cambridge Core

Improving Computer Vision Interpretability: Transparent Two-Level Classification for Complex Scenes

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Eda Keremoglu @keremoglu.bsky.social · Dec 3

Together \w @jbeisermcgrath.bsky.social, I wrote a blog post for @ecprtheloop.bsky.social on women in autocratic cabinets and how dictators treat their political elites.

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♟️Autocracies are giving more women political power, but that isn't necessarily good news for democracy

International observers generally praise the rise in female politicians in autocracies, but the inclusion of women in politics can also be a means by which autocrats polish their image without real re...

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Stefan Scholz @stefan-scholz.bsky.social · Oct 25

New paper forthcoming in PA, w/ @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, @zacharyst.bsky.social, @keremoglu.bsky.social and Bastian Goldlücke! We propose a method that makes image classification more transparent by identifying which objects on images are related to the outcome. Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2407.03786

Improving Computer Vision Interpretability: Transparent Two-level Classification for Complex Scenes

Treating images as data has become increasingly popular in political science. While existing classifiers for images reach high levels of accuracy, it is difficult to systematically assess the visual f...

arxiv.org

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Eda Keremoglu @keremoglu.bsky.social · Aug 27

How do European publics perceive autocratic hosts of sport events?

New study in PLOS ONE w/ Johannes Gerschewski,
@heikogiebler.bsky.social, Sebastian Hellmeier & Michael Zürn.

➡️ doi.org/10.1371/jour...

The limits of sportswashing. How the 2022 FIFA World Cup affected attitudes about Qatar

Non-democratic regimes have increasingly been hosting major sports events to boost their visibility and image abroad, which sparked debates about the potential for “sportswashing”. Using the case of t...

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Eda Keremoglu @keremoglu.bsky.social · Jun 18

with @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, Alex Gamero-Garrido, Esteban Carisimo, Alberto Dainotti, Alex C. Snoeren

Eda Keremoglu @keremoglu.bsky.social · Jun 18

Our study on autocrats' control over the Internet infrastructure is featured on Internet Society's Pulse Blog @internetsociety.bsky.social

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Mapping How Autocrats Retain Control Over Internet Infrastructure

Study shows how authoritarian governments exert considerable control over infrastructure at home and abroad through gov…

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Eda Keremoglu @keremoglu.bsky.social · Mar 20

Ich durfte mit dem Deutschlandfunk über unsere neue Studie zur Internet-Infrastruktur in Autokratien und Demokratien sprechen.

@unikonstanz.bsky.social

www.deutschlandfunk.de/autokratisch...

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Nils Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social · Mar 1

Check out our new comparative study on the Internet topology in democracies and autocracies, led by @keremoglu.bsky.social ! Final version of the article is now available at doi.org/10.1093/pnas....

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Eda Keremoglu @keremoglu.bsky.social · Feb 16

We find that non-democratic state providers retain control at the transit level domestically and at the access level internationally in other autocracies.

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Eda Keremoglu @keremoglu.bsky.social · Feb 16

How is the Internet infrastructure set up in autocracies and democracies?

New study at PNAS Nexus with @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, Alex Gamero-Garrido, Esteban Carisimo, Alberto Dainotti, Alex C. Snoeren.

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Eda Keremoglu @keremoglu.bsky.social · Oct 11

@profmusgrave.bsky.social Could you add me to the Polisky list, please? Thanks a lot!