Author: Kalev Leetaru
First International Crisis Mapping Conference (ICCM2009)
Kalev presented a number of talks at the First International Crisis Mapping Conference (ICCM2009), held at John Carrol University, including "Automated…
New Media vs Old Media: The Drudge Report
Twice featured by Columbia Journalism Review and covered by a wide range of national press, this study traces the evolution…
UC Berkeley: Soul of the New Machine: Human Rights, Technology, and New Media
Kalev was an invited discussant at the UC Berkeley conference "Soul of the New Machine: Human Rights, Technology, and New…
Interview with Que Leer: What will the world of the library look like in 2020? Six experts predict the future
The influential Spanish cultural magazine Que Leer ("What to Read") recently interviewed Kalev for his thoughts on where the future of the…
Interview with Que Leer Magazine
The influential Spanish cultural magazine Que Leer ("What to Read") recently interviewed Kalev for his thoughts on where the future of the…
Airbrushing History: American Style
Featured in the New York Times and international media, this study traced how key White House press releases were constantly…
The Deeper Story of Google Books and the Open Content Alliance
Featured in Que Leer, the preeminent Spanish cultural magazine, this study was the first to quantitatively compare the Google Books…
Harvard University Conflict Early Warning Workshop
Kalev spoke at Harvard University's Conflict Early Warning Workshop, focusing on how automated coding of the world's open information streams will…
Invited Participant at 2008 DNI OSINT Conference
Kalev was an invited participant at the 2008 United States Director of National Intelligence Open Source Intelligence Conference.
An OSINT Study of Media Coverage of WorldCom
Just three years into the new millennium, two of the greatest symbols of American capitalism had imploded in a display of…
Instant Messaging as a Hypermedium in the Making
The recent rise of Instant Messaging systems as a centerpiece of online communication has brought with it many questions about the…
Opening of Columbia University's Human Rights Archive
Kalev spoke at Columbia University's Center for Human Rights Documentation and Research Conference before an audience of more than "240 scholars,…
Invited Participant at 2007 DNI OSINT Conference
Kalev was an invited participant at the 2007 United States Director of National Intelligence Open Source Intelligence Conference.
Office of Naval Research: Federal Funding Exploration System
Together with Alan Craig, Kalev developed this advanced platform which combines a range of open data streams on federal funding…
Funding Location Technology for Emergency Preparedness
Kalev and Alan Craig presented at the 2006 NCSA Private Sector Program Annual Meeting on their TRECC-supported system for mass-scale…
Apple Executive Briefing: Data Mining and Interface for the Digital Humanities
Kalev presented on "Data Mining and Interface for the Digital Humanities" at Apple Computer headquarters in Cupertino as part of…
The Use of Data Mining Methods to Evaluate Public Interest in Carbon Sequestration
Kalev and Hannes Leetaru presented "The Use of Data Mining Methods to Evaluate Public Interest in Carbon Sequestration" at the Fifth…
Profile of a Campus Project
My landmark 2006 study on the state of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus garnered signficant attention when the…
Kauffman Thoughtbook 2005 Featured Student Entrepreneur
Kalev was the 2005 Kauffman Thoughtbook Featured Student Entrepreneur. Read The Full Biography.
ICHOLS: Computational Study of Language
Kalev's collaboration with Douglas Kibbee and Alan Craig was presented at the 10th International Conference on the History of the Language Sciences,…
Kauffman Foundation: Empowering the Entrepreneur
Kalev and Alan Craig spoke at the Kauffman Foundation's headquarters on "Empowering the Entrepreneur: Bringing the Power of Information Technology…
SPIE: Shadowlight: A Flexible Environment for Multipurpose Design and Evaluation
Kalev presented at the 2005 International Symposium on Electronic Imaging Science and Technology (IS&T / SPIE) on "Shadowlight: A Flexible Environment…
ShadowLight Virtual Reality Video
This 2004 video offers a glimpse into what it was like to work in ShadowLight.
SIGGRAPH 2004: ShadowLight Virtual Reality Platform
Kalev presented his ShadowLight system at ACM SIGGRAPH 2004 in "ShadowLight: A Flexible Architecture for Immersive Rapid Prototyping and Design". See…