Data Skeptic

Updated: 14 Jun 2025 • 577 episodes
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The Data Skeptic Podcast features interviews and discussion of topics related to data science, statistics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and the like, all from the perspective of applying critical thinking and the scientific method to evaluate the veracity of claims and efficacy of approaches.

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14 Jun 2025 • EN

Networks and Complexity

In this episode, Kyle does an overview of the intersection of graph theory and computational complexity theory.  In complexity theory, we are about the runtime of an algorithm based on its input size.  For many graph problems, the interesting questions we want to ask take longer and longer to answer!  This episode prov

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01 Jun 2025 • EN

Actantial Networks

In this episode, listeners will learn about Actantial Networks—graph-based representations of narratives where nodes are actors (such as people, institutions, or abstract entities) and edges represent the actions or relationships between them.  The one who will present these networks is our guest Armin Pournaki, a join

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24 May 2025 • EN

Graphs for Causal AI

How to build artificial intelligence systems that understand cause and effect, moving beyond simple correlations? As we all know, correlation is not causation. "Spurious correlations" can show, for example, how rising ice cream sales might statistically link to more drownings, not because one causes the other, but due

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16 May 2025 • EN

Power Networks

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08 May 2025 • EN

Unveiling Graph Datasets

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30 Apr 2025 • EN

Network Manipulation

In this episode we talk with Manita Pote, a PhD student at Indiana University Bloomington, specializing in online trust and safety, with a focus on detecting coordinated manipulation campaigns on social media.  Key insights include how coordinated reply attacks target influential figures like journalists and politician

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