Introduction In this project, we will look at the 2020 estimate of the employment rates, unemployment rates, and labor force for New York City and California sub-county areas of Los Angeles. The dataset was pulled from their Local Area Unemployment Statistics ( https://www.labor.ny.gov/stats/LSLAUS.shtm). The Local Area Unemployment Statistics for (LAUS) and The Local Area Unemployment……

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Yisha Su Introduction Writing letters is a traditional way of communication. As a lover of the art of letter writing, I have a particular soft spot for sending and receiving letters. So I set out to explore people’s networks transmitting letters for my network analysis and visualization project. Materials Gephi is a free, open-source software……

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Introduction For this project I explored the bikes and subway paths across the five boroughs of New York City.  After checking out other bike maps I realized not many show a connection to Subway routes and stations.  I became curious on how many station routes run parallel with bike paths and if bike paths could provide the……

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Introduction The illicit drugs transiting the Atlantic into Spain from the Americas area are of growing concern to Spain and other countries. Between 2007 and 2009, police wiretapped and instigated four groups involved in cocaine trafficking in Spain. My visualization tries to show the network within these criminal organizations. Tools and Materials In this project, I……

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INTRODUCTION In 2003, a group of scientists published a study on a community of dolphins living in a fjord off the coast of New Zealand called the Doubtful Sound. They observed the associations between the dolphins over the course of 7 years and concluded that the particular geographic conditions led to a unique forming of……

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Introduction When a Facebook page for a business, organization, or public figure ‘likes’ the page of another business, that business establishes a connection that all Facebook users are able to see. A mutual like between two organizational pages is not only a sign of support between the organizations, but is also mutually beneficial for extending……

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Gephi lab report by Kyle Palermo, July 7, 2019. Background Campaign contributions are largely public record in the United States and a variety of web-based tools allow us to see lists of donors/contributions to various candidates and some basic trends of where campaign cash is coming in from (see the FEC data portal or OpenSecrets,……

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Introduction Digital humanities has brought on a wave of network analyses of popular books and movies. When applied to fiction, this can show fans how the characters they love connect and cluster together. I decided to visualize characters in the Lord of the Rings, one of my favorite bodies of work, using data from the……

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Introduction For the network analysis lab, I chose to focus on a network of human diseases and gene types. I wanted to not only explore the visualization but also to discover specific gene types and their relationship to diseases. I also wanted to understand the links between neurological diseases because many of my relatives were……

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Introduction Stack Overflow is an online community where users can learn coding and share their knowledge through the question and answer format of the website. In addition to troubleshooting problems, Stack Overflow also serves as a career resource where users can find job opportunities. One unique career feature from the site is its “Developer Stories,”……

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Introduction For this project I explored the social interactions between primary school children and their peers.  After reading over the findings from “High-Resolution Measurements of Face-to-Face Contact Patterns in a Primary School”. I wanted to see how students interact with peers outside of their grade level.  For example, how many interactions does a first grader have with……

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Introduction Zachary’s karate club is one of many examples as it relates to social relationships within a  small group or organization. This Karate club as a range of social affair activities apart from its regular scheduled karate lessons such as (parties, dances, banquets, etc.). The Club was very informal when it comes to decision making.……

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Introduction Social networks have become increasingly popular in the past decade. Mobile applications and websites such as Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook are becoming the primary means of communication for both individuals and businesses alike. But what can these social networks tell us about our communication patterns and social structures? By analyzing network data, we can……

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Introduction Internet use has exploded in the past few decades in practically every country around the world. Internet use can sometimes be used as a metric for measuring a country’s economic, social, and/or technological advancement. Higher internet use means greater social connectivity, allows for the expansion of commercial markets, and often leads to new technologies.……

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Introduction As the United States moves through the 2020 election season, recent actions by the Trump administration have left many asking whether the country is becoming less democratic. This is a difficult question, and it is not immediately obvious how to measure something as amorphous as “democracy”. But history shows us that the level of……

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Introduction This project will highlight the rates of Seven Major Felony in New York City between  2019 and 2020. I will focus on changes in the violent Offense rate during this period.  I will present visually,  the decrease and or increase in violent Offense rate in these selected eight areas of criminal Offenses (Assault, burglary, felony,  rape, robbery,……

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Yisha Su Introduction Building footprints represent the full perimeter outline of each building as viewed from directly above. As an urban planner, I have been dealing with building footprints and shapefiles to create maps in Geographic Information System(GIS). This time I was curious about what insights I can get from analyzing the data of Building……

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INTRODUCTION Toilet paper seems to be a very common household consumer product, and we use it every single day without valuing its importance. Recent COVID-19 pandemics had led a panic buy in toilet paper across the globe. Back in China 30 years ago, we didn’t have access to any toilet paper, but today is an……

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INTRODUCTION NYC311 is a resource for the public to submit service requests and complaints about issues such as street repairs, noise complaints, unsafe building conditions, etc. These complaints are submitted by phone or web and then routed to the appropriate city agency by the service. For this project, I was interested in exploring what 311……

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