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  08 Oct

  Event

  A Conversation with Dr. Alondra Nelson

  October 8, 2024 In-person

  A scholar at the intersections of science, technology, policy, and society.
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  12 Sep

  Event

  Data Science is for Me Speaker Series: Dr. Moiya McTier

  September 12, 2024 Hybrid

  The Data Science is for Me Speaker Series will kickoff with Dr. Moiya McTier, an astrophysicist and folklorist, on September 12 at 12:30pm.
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  A Text Analysis of the 2020 US Presidential Election Campaign Speeches

  Politics

  Society & Culture
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  Understanding Public Attitudes Toward COVID-19 with Twitter

  This project aims to study public attitudes toward COVID-19 on Twitter, a popular social network platform.

  Social Media

  Society & Culture
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  Forecasting the 2020 Presidential Election: A Comparison of Methods

  Accurate forecasts of U.S. Presidential elections are not only central to political journalism, but are used by campaigns to formulate strategy, impact financial markets, and aid businesses planning for the future.

  Politics

  Society & Culture
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  The Creation of Muharjirat in America

  With a grant from the National Institute of Justice, a research team is using machine learning to investigate how women are radicalized online.

  Cybersecurity, Science & Technology, Society & Culture
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  Project

  Of Trolls and Troublemakers

  2019 Capstone Research Project: Automatic Detection of Online Abuse and Analysis of Problematic Users in Wikipedia

  Wikipedia

  Science & Technology, Society & Culture
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  Project

  'Fake News' is nothing new

  Presidential Fellows Sarah McEleney and Alex Maxwell are using data science to detect fake news in the modern U.S. and Soviet-era USSR.

  Politics

  Society & Culture
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  Project

  Analyzing social media to assess extremist group threats

  MSDS 2018 Cohort students Kia Duan, Nitesh Prakash, Duncan Rule and Ni Zhuang worked to create a program that could more accurately assess threat levels from rallies and protests led by extremist groups.

  Social Media / Politics

  Society & Culture
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  Project

  Reading between the lines

  MSDS students' capstone research project sponsored by the U.S. Army Research Laboratory examines a system with language at its core.

  Deep Learning

  Society & Culture, Science & Technology, Education