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1. Data Stream Mining and Analysis : Clustering Evolving Data
Abstract : Streaming data is becoming more prevalent in our society every day. With the increasing use of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and 5G networks, the number of possible data sources steadily increases. Therefore, there is a need to develop algorithms that can handle the massive amount of data we now generate. READ MORE
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2. Legal Implications of Data Mining : Assessing the European Union’s Data Protection Principles in Light of the United States Government’s National Intelligence Data Mining Practices
Abstract : This dissertation addresses some of the data protection challenges that have arisen from globalization, technological progress, terrorism and seamless cross-border flows of personal data. The focus of the thesis is to examine ways to protect the personal data of EU citizens, which may be collected by communications service providers such as Google and Facebook, transferred to the US Government and data mined within the context of American national intelligence surveillance programs. READ MORE
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3. The comfort of alignment: Mining, green steel, and killjoy desires in Sweden/Sápmi
Abstract : This dissertation deals with Swedish extractivism in Sápmi through the examples of a planned iron ore mine in Gállok/Kallak and the hydrogen-based steel transition. The main aim is to understand the trust that is placed in extraction as a means to arrive at a happy, prosperous, green future. READ MORE
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4. Mining Booms in Africa and Local Welfare Effects: Labor Markets, Women’s Empowerment and Criminality
Abstract : The role that extractive industries can play in processes of economic development is frequently described as, at best non-existent, or at worst, persistently negative. Extractive industries, while focusing on unearthing large sub-soil wealth, are sometimes linked to adverse political and macroeconomic outcomes in developing countries. READ MORE
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5. When Employees Leap to Self-Employment
Abstract : The dissertation studies the determinants of self-employment entry through an economics of entrepreneurship lens, and examines two sources of data: 7 years of employer--employee matched panel data and a laboratory experiment. The results suggest that employees are more likely to take the leap to self-employment when they have their own business idea, and are employed in occupations with high wage variance. READ MORE