Tourism needs to become sustainable: How data science can help
As pandemic-induced travel restrictions are falling, tourism is recovering faster than expected and so are related emissions. To meet the sector's climate targets… Read more »
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Airbnb-ing around the world
From Beijing to Buenos Aires, from London to New York: what city neighborhoods do Airbnb guests prefer to travel to? And what makes their stays most satisfactory?… Read more »
Identifying urban features for vulnerable road user safety in Europe
Which traffic participants and which urban features are most associated with road deaths? Recently published work in EPJ Data Science explores this question with… Read more »
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Algorithms Suggest Epic Moments in Live Streaming
How to spot a memorable or "epic" moment in a live video content? Meeyoung Cha and Kunwoo Park talk about their recently published… Read more »
The Guarneri in the Attic
How was it possible to attribute a violin of uncertain dating to the famous Giuseppe Guarneri filius Andreae (1666–1740)? Mauro… Read more »
Developing Mobility as a Service: user, operator and governance perspectives
Mobility as a Service (MaaS) is an emerging concept aiming to fulfill individual mobility needs in a sustainable way by combining… Read more »
Typed Citations in the Journal of Cheminformatics
Citations form the basis of many metrics in the academic publishing world. While they are often seen as a mark of scientific… Read more »
Using network analysis to understand and predict the Parliament’s Brexit Shenanigans
Can network science help us understand and possibly predict the voting behavior on contentious political issues? In a recent… Read more »