Investigative Journalism + + Topic Modelingwallach/talks/2014-03-01_Bit_by_Bit.pdf · 3/1/2014 ·...
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Investigative Journalism ++ Topic Modeling
Hanna Wallach & Nick Lemann
What? Who? When? Where? Why?
“ The FBI has released a new cache of material on John Lennon. The file contains little, if any, new information about Lennon, though it does present some bizarre details, like a description of an antiwar activist trying to train a parrot to speak profanities...
― NYT, September 2007
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gene ncbi computer patent
genome national modeling patenting
dna information data claims
genetic technology algorithm intellectual
genes database analyses property
sequence molecular method rights
human biology model ip
protein genbank information innovation
rna pubmed efficient claim
genomic references complexity claiming
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pro
babili
ty
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probability
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probability
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uranium bloc viet korea
material soviet enemy chinese
nuclear economic province korean
materials countries killed communist
enriched sino losses north
safeguards ussr vietnam forces
safety free forces communists
commission communist city war
nrc west attack manchuria
energy western vietnamese troops
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pro
babili
ty
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Department of StateWhite House
Central Intelligence AgencyNational Security CouncilDepartment of Defense
Federal Bureau of InvestigationsDepartment of the TreasuryAtomic Energy Commission
United States Information AgencyArms Control and Disarmament Agency
commission
oppenheimer
aec
strauss
energy
chairman
review
presidential
classification
date
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test
tests
nuclear
series
aec
energy
atomic
yield
testing
shots
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atomic
energy
restricted
weapons
data
commission
defense
act
department
document
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f avera
ge d
ocu
men
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church
catholic
pope
vatican
religious
bishop
cardinal
archbishop
priests
paul
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draft
service
manpower
volunteer
selective
age
calls
volunteers
deferments
pay
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of
avera
ge d
ocu
men
t
atomic
weapon
bomb
bombs
weapon
energy
thermonuclear
development
hydrogen
stockpile
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of
avera
ge d
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men
t
What's in the spike?
$$$
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draft
service
manpower
volunteer
selective
age
calls
volunteers
deferments
pay
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