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Twitter stock price prediction
After analyzing the correlation between Reddit data and stock prices from a blog post, we at the Unit for Data Science and Analytics began to wonder: “What about Twitter data”? We have seen in the past how certain tweets have affected stock prices, for better or for worse. So, we formulated the hypo...
Quantum Computing for Data Science
What is quantum computing? To better understand quantum computers, we must first know the basics of classical computing. First off, a classical computer is essentially the one you are using to read this post! They use voltage states across transistors to make their computations. This is called enco...
Facebook Information Diffusion and Protest Mobilization: State-Level Analyses of the 2018 March for Our Lives Demonstrations
ASU Library Tool Helps COVID-19 Researchers Sift, Analyze New Research Results
4-Step Reddit vs. NY Stock Exchange Sentiment Analysis
In light of recent headlines surrounding Reddit and the New York stock exchange, we at the Unit for Data Science and Analytics at ASU Library decided to do some analysis on the subject. For those unfamiliar, on January 22, 2021, a group of Reddit users organized themselves on the r/wallstreetbets su...
What COVID-19 Dashboards Aren’t Telling Us
What COVID-19 Dashboards Aren’t Telling Us These graphics and interactives are supposed to help us get a better understanding of the state of the pandemic. But too often, they offer incomplete pictures. By MICHAEL SIMEONE, GRACIE VALDEZ, and SHAWN WALKER FEB 08, 20211:36 PM ...
Visualizing a pandemic
Thinking through practices pertaining to gathering and visualizing the data of the COVID-19 pandemic The Challenges of Visualizing a Pandemic by Michael Simeone Data Visualization and Resilience by Michael Simeone Interdisciplinary Approach to Improve Representation of Most Vulnerable C...
Podcast helps make sense of nonsensical time
October 6, 2020 ASU Library data and analytics unit produces 'Misinfo Weekly' featuring professors Michael Simeone and Shawn Walker 2020 has been a year of extraordinary headlines. From a deadly pandemic to devastating wildfires to murder hornets, we’ve gotten used to doing double and even triple ...
Get certified in data science
Gain knowledge and learn how to solve problems with data. Now available through the ASU Library’s Unit for Data Science and Analytics, a free, new digital learning experience offers credentialing to students, faculty and staff of all levels and disciplines in need of an introductory course in data ...