Monthly Archives: November 2014
NULab Core Faculty Nick Beauchamp featured on WGBH
Written on November 12, 2014 at 5:49 pm, by NULab Administrator
Watch Prof. Nick Beauchamp, NULab Core Faculty member and professor of political science at Northeastern, discuss political behavior and what moves people to the polls on WGBH. Watch the clip here!
NULab Fellow Reading Group Series
Written on November 12, 2014 at 5:24 pm, by NULab Administrator
The NULab Fellows are continuing their reading group series next week with a recent article on archival silence and digital methods recommended by Professor Ryan Cordell. We will meet next Wednesday, November 19th at noon in the DSC. A pdf is attached! The Image of Absence: Archival Silence, Data Visualization, and James Hemings Lauren F. Klein Continue Reading »
IDV Lecture: Applying a grammar of visualization to millions of texts: the Bookworm Project
Written on November 12, 2014 at 4:55 pm, by NULab Administrator
Applying a grammar of visualization to millions of texts: the Bookworm project Benjamin Schmidt, Assistant Professor at Northeastern University core faculty at the NuLab for Texts, Maps, and Networks Introduction: Isabel Meirelles, Northeastern University Wednesday, November 12th, 5.30pm Ground floor Auditorium, Visitor Center Leon street 40 Boston 02115 Abstract: Large textual collections in the humanities Continue Reading »
Gephi Workshop with NULab Fellow Devin Gaffney
Written on November 6, 2014 at 2:57 pm, by NULab Administrator
NULab Fellow Devin Gaffney, of the Network Science Department, will lead a workshop on November 5 at 1:00 pm on the network visualization tool Gephi. The workshop will be held in the Center for Complex Network Research, Dana Hall, 5th floor. The workshop will take place in two phases. Phase I, from 1:00-2:00 pm, will Continue Reading »
Google updates flu prediction algorithm thanks to David Lazer
Written on November 4, 2014 at 5:24 pm, by NULab Administrator
Thanks to a study by NULab co-director Professor David Lazer, Google has updated the algorithm it uses to predict flu outbreaks. Read more at the Wall Street Journal‘s blog.