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Modeling Interconnected Social and Technical Risks in Open Source Software Ecosystems
William Schueller, Johannes Wachs
Open source software ecosystems consist of thousands of interdependent libraries, which users can combine to great effect. Recent work has pointed out two kinds of risks in these s…
Making Markets for Information Security: The Role of Online Platforms in Bug Bounty Programs
Johannes Wachs
Security is an essential cornerstone of functioning digital marketplaces and communities. If users doubt that data shared online will remain secure, they will withdraw from platfor…
Computational Approaches to the Study of Corruption
Isabela Villamil, János Kertész, Johannes Wachs
Studying corruption presents unique challenges. Recent work in the spirit of computational social science exploits newly available data and methods to give a fresh perspective on t…
Mining DEV for social and technical insights about software development
Maria Papoutsoglou, Johannes Wachs, Georgia M. Kapitsaki
Software developers are social creatures: they communicate, collaborate, and promote their work in a variety of channels. Twitter, GitHub, Stack Overflow, and other platforms offer…
Publishing patterns reflect political polarization in news media
Nick Hagar, Johannes Wachs, Emőke-Ágnes Horvát
Digital news outlets rely on a variety of outside contributors, from freelance journalists, to political commentators, to executives and politicians. These external dependencies cr…
Does Crowdfunding Really Foster Innovation? Evidence from the Board Game Industry
Johannes Wachs, Balazs Vedres
Crowdfunding offers inventors and entrepreneurs alternative access to resources with which they can develop and realize their ideas. Besides helping to secure capital, crowdfunding…