{"id":511,"date":"2018-12-20T15:09:06","date_gmt":"2018-12-20T13:09:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/?p=511"},"modified":"2018-12-20T15:30:43","modified_gmt":"2018-12-20T13:30:43","slug":"2018-the-ddis-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/2018\/12\/20\/2018-the-ddis-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"2018 &#8211; The DDIS Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>2018 has been a turbulent and exciting year, and has provided many opportunities to do exciting research. More and more data is being produced, which calls for <strong>data mining &amp; machine learning<\/strong> to make sense of this data. Technology is becoming more ubiquitous, and research on <strong>human computer interaction &amp; computer supported cooperative work <\/strong>helps transition more pleasantly into this technological area. When data has semantic knowledge captured in it, such as in the <strong>semantic web<\/strong>, <strong>large graph processing<\/strong> allows to use this enriched data. Increasingly, data is not just static anymore; <strong>stream processing<\/strong> deals with the continuous stream of new data being generated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-10.21.29-1024x620.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-512\" width=\"437\" height=\"264\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-10.21.29-1024x620.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-10.21.29-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-10.21.29-768x465.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-10.21.29-220x133.png 220w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-10.21.29.png 1190w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><figcaption>The different research areas and number of publications per (combined) area in 2018.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-10.35.47.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-513\" width=\"301\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-10.35.47.png 804w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-10.35.47-300x291.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-10.35.47-768x745.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-10.35.47-220x213.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 301px) 100vw, 301px\" \/><figcaption>Types of publications in 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Events<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There were many events DDIS organised or helped, including the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conferences<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/ci.acm.org\/2018\/\">CI 2018<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humancomputation.com\/2018\/\">HCOMP 2018<\/a>&nbsp;were cohosted at the University of Zurich.&nbsp;<\/li><li>At <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.ch\/wikicon-2018-welcome-switzerland\/\">Wikicon<\/a>, Cristina Sarasua gave a keynote talk and participated in the panel discussion, and was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.luzernerzeitung.ch\/leben\/das-spannendste-projekt-das-ich-je-gesehen-habe-ld.1056819\">interviewed<\/a> by the Luzerner Zeitung for the occasion.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/wikicon-keynote-678x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-516\" width=\"233\" height=\"351\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/wikicon-keynote-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/wikicon-keynote-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/wikicon-keynote-768x1159.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/wikicon-keynote-146x220.jpg 146w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/wikicon-keynote.jpg 793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><figcaption>Cristina Sarasua being interviewed by journalists at WikiCon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Workshops<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Invitation based workshop on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifi.uzh.ch\/en\/ddis\/events\/streamreasoning2018.html)\">stream reasoning<\/a> , co-organized by Daniel Dell&#8217;Aglio<\/li><li>CrowdBias 2018 @ HCOMP: Cristina Sarasua co-organized this workshop and edited the <a href=\"http:\/\/ceur-ws.org\/Vol-2276\/\">proceedings<\/a><\/li><li>Web Stream Processing workshop @ WWW: Daniele Dell&#8217;Aglio co-organized this workshop and edited the <a href=\"https:\/\/www2018.thewebconf.org\/proceedings\/\">proceedings<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dinacon.ch\/en\/sessions\/2018\/linked-data-experience\/\">Linked Data Experience workshop<\/a> at DINAcon, co-organized by Cristina Sarasua<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Crowdbias-workshop-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-517\" width=\"377\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Crowdbias-workshop-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Crowdbias-workshop-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Crowdbias-workshop-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Crowdbias-workshop-220x165.jpg 220w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Crowdbias-workshop.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/><figcaption>CrowdBias 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hackathons<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/2018\/06\/14\/wikidata-datathon\/\">Wikidata Datathon<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Wikidata:Events\/Wikidata_Zurich_Hackathon\">Wikidata Hackathon<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltag.swiss\/en\/schedule-18\/uzh-digital-day-hackathon\/\">Swiss digital day hackathon<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.twist2018.ch\/\">\ufeffTwist Hackdays<\/a>&nbsp;co-located with Swiss Statistics Day, where Cristina Sarasua was part of the organization team led by the statistical offices of the canton and the city of Zurich.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/wikidata-hackathon2-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/wikidata-hackathon2-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/wikidata-hackathon2-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/wikidata-hackathon2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/wikidata-hackathon2-220x124.png 220w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/wikidata-hackathon2.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption> Wikidata Hackathon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other events<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>SRF theme night: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.srf.ch\/kultur\/dataland\">Dataland<\/a> &#8211; the future of Switzerland, featuring Prof. Abraham Bernstein Ph.D.<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Wikidata:Events\/Wikidata_Zurich_Meetup\">Wikidata meetup<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Employees and Students<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>DDIS consists of senior staff, regular PhD students and PhD students in a joined cooperation with the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL). Over the last year, DDIS has decreased its size due to successful PhD students graduating: Shen Gao, Michael Feldman, Tobias Grubenmann and Bibek Paudel. However, the trend will be increasing again, after two new PhD students joined: Narges Ashena and Romana Pernischov\u00e1. In fact, we are currently looking for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifi.uzh.ch\/en\/ddis\/jobs.html\">postdoc and PhD student<\/a> so, do not hesitate to message us if you are interested or forward it to someone who is!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-13.05.58-1024x392.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-13.05.58-1024x392.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-13.05.58-300x115.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-13.05.58-768x294.png 768w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-13.05.58-220x84.png 220w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-13.05.58.png 1564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>DDIS Group Composition in 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Various courses were supported or provided by DDIS:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/studentservices.uzh.ch\/uzh\/anonym\/vvz\/index.html?sap-language=EN&amp;sap-ui-language=EN#\/details\/2018\/003\/SM\/50792030\">Informatik und Wirtschaft<\/a> (German, Bachelor course)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/studentservices.uzh.ch\/uzh\/anonym\/vvz\/index.html?sap-language=EN&amp;sap-ui-language=EN#\/details\/2017\/004\/SM\/50662146\">Big data analytics<\/a> (English, Master course)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/studentservices.uzh.ch\/uzh\/anonym\/vvz\/index.html?sap-language=EN&amp;sap-ui-language=EN#\/details\/2017\/004\/SM\/50574529\">Practical artificial intelligence<\/a> (English, Master course)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/studentservices.uzh.ch\/uzh\/anonym\/vvz\/index.html?sap-language=EN&amp;sap-ui-language=EN#\/details\/2017\/004\/SM\/50820965\">Social computing<\/a> (English, Bachelor course)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/studentservices.uzh.ch\/uzh\/anonym\/vvz\/index.html?sap-language=EN&amp;sap-ui-language=EN#\/details\/2017\/004\/SM\/50830417\">Big Data: Technology and Law<\/a> (English, Master course)<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/studentservices.uzh.ch\/uzh\/anonym\/vvz\/index.html?sap-language=EN&amp;sap-ui-language=EN#\/details\/2018\/003\/SM\/50309069\">Semantic web engineering<\/a> (English, Master course)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Besides courses, the group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ifi.uzh.ch\/en\/ddis\/theses\/topics.html\">offers<\/a> the possibility to pursue master and bachelor theses, as well as master projects (which are part of the master&#8217;s program at the faculty).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-13.26.17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-515\" width=\"293\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-13.26.17.png 734w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-13.26.17-300x285.png 300w, https:\/\/www.uzh.ch\/blog\/ifi-ddis\/files\/2018\/12\/Screenshot-2018-12-20-at-13.26.17-220x209.png 220w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 293px) 100vw, 293px\" \/><figcaption>Successfully completed student supervision in 2018<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research 2018 has been a turbulent and exciting year, and has provided many opportunities to do exciting research. 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