Vision competition

The Institute of Data Science at Maastricht University invited submissions of visionary essays concerning the future of a data-driven society. The essays were submitted in any form of webpublished digital media, including text, visuals, software, an application, a website and so on. The best essay was selected by a jury of senior researchers.

Winner

The winner of the Vision Essay Competition is: Claudia Egher with her remarkable essay titled: Digital morning or manic by design.

The theme of her essay is: the future of people diagnosed with a mental condition, i.e. bipolar disorder, in a data-driven society

Claudia is a PhD Student at the Department of Technology & Society Studies (FASoS)

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Submissions

Pet Emotions Device by scanning facial expressing of cats and dogs on the internet

Digital morning or manic by design

Author
Claudia Egher

Affiliation, position
TSS, Candidate PhD

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The Marketplace of Data

Author
Andrew Gold

Affiliation, position
DKE, Student

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Vision of the future of a data-driven society

Author
Marc Rossing

Affiliation, position
SBE, Student

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The data divide

Author
Alexander Koch

Affiliation, position
PATH, PostDoc

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Big data in the courtroom: Bug or Feature?

Authors
Anna Sagana and Mario Senden

Affiliation, position
FPN, Assistant Professor and PostDoc

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A Data Driven Society Untangled

Author
Deverly Fedee

Affiliation, position
LAW, Student

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Reflections on progress

Author
Loukia Hadjiyianni

Affiliation, position
FPN, Student

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The Future of a Data-driven Society

Author
Valentin Calomme

Affiliation, position
DKE, Student, Alumni

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