Brazilian Protest Themes in the Global Knowledge Graph
This is a guest post by Andrew Halterman. The Global Knowledge Graph, in the words of Kalev Leetaru, aims to “connect every…
Kalev's Research Powers New SyFy Reality Series Opposite Worlds
The SyFy channel's flagship new reality series, Opposite Worlds, is a prototype of the future of television in which the…
Guest Knight Blog Post on Internet Archive Virtual Reading Room
Roger Macdonald of the Internet Archive and GDELT creator Kalev Leetaru wrote this guest post for the Knight Foundation's blog…
Kalev to Teach Georgetown University's First Comprehensive Big Data Course
Kalev will be teaching Georgetown University's first comprehensive "big data" course as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Edmund A….
FP's Favorite Reads of 2013
Each year Foreign Policy magazine's editors and columnists review their favorite reads of the year. For 2013 Kalev reviewed Anthony…
King Snowden and the Fall of Wikileaks – Network Mapping of Newsmakers
The GDELT Global Knowledge Graph to identify all people mentioned in articles referencing Edward Snowden, Julian Assange, and Wikileaks. A…
SBP 2014 Conference Grand Data Challenge Features GDELT
The Grand Data Challenge of the 2014 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, & Prediction (SBP14) is titled "Computing…
Over 100 Turn Out for GDELT DC Hackathon Hosted by Gallup
Over 100 people showed up for the GDELT hackathon held in Washington, DC on December 18, 2013 hosted by Gallup…
GDELT DC Hackathon – Hosted by Gallup
GDELT DC HACKATHON – HOSTED BY GALLUP Wednesday, December 18, 2013 Washington, DC – The Gallup Building Following the tremendously…
Global Twitter Heartbeat Featured as #1 Social Media Study of 2013
Harvard's Nieman Journalism Lab produces a monthly roundup of "the top papers in digital media and journalism" and at end…
Mapping Half a Million Hours of the Internet Archive's TV Archive: Three-Year Animation
In collaboration with the Internet Archive Kalev mapped nearly half a million hours of American television news programming covering the…
Mapping the Geography of American Television News
This collaboration with the Internet Archive's Television News Archive is exploring the geography of American television news using the Archive's…
Mapping Half a Million Hours of the Internet Archive's TV Archive: Interactive Geographic Search
In collaboration with the Internet Archive Kalev mapped nearly half a million hours of American television news programming covering the…
Foreign Policy Magazine's Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2013
Foreign Policy magazine has named GDELT creator Kalev Leetaru as one of its Top 100 Global Thinkers of 2013, recognizing…
EIHR Estonian Conference on Human Rights and Freedom to Association
In December 2013, on the 65th anniversary of the passage of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Kalev traveled to…
Quoted in Discover Magazine's 100 Top Stories of 2013
Kalev was quoted as an "expert in big data," discussing the ways in which data exhaust is being used by…
The Tehran Connection – A Big Data Network View of Iran's Leadership
The GDELT Global Knowledge Graph to identify all people mentioned in articles referencing any location in Iran between April and…
Mapping Obamacare through the GDELT Global Knowledge Graph
Using a combination of the GDELT Global Knowledge Graph and the Internet Archive's Television News Archive, Kalev Leetaru analyzed national…
Georgetown Presentation on Big Data, Global Diplomacy and Our Digital Heartbeat
Sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Diplomacy and the Master of Science in Foreign Service Program, GDELT creator…
Featured Voice for Foreign Policy Magazine
GDELT creator Kalev Leetaru is now a Featured Voice for Foreign Policy magazine, writing a regular column covering the ways…
USAID/HU Tech Challenge for Atrocity Forecasting Uses GDELT
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and Humanity United Model Challenge, the final round of the Tech Challenge…
Presentation at Centre of Excellence for National Security in Singapore
Kalev presented today at the "Social Media and Digital Maturity: Implications for National Security" summit at the Centre of Excellence…
GDELT now available in Palantir
For those using Palantir’s data analysis and visualization platform, you can now import the complete quarter-billion-record GDELT database, along with…
Internet Archive Annual Gala: Mapping the General of American Television News
Kalev and Roger MacDonald, Director of the Internet Archive Television News Archive, spoke on their project to map the geography…