Social and Behavioral Sciences
Wait or No Wait? Examining the Effect of Virtual Queuing on Customer Satisfaction (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2020—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Ao Qu to work in the laboratory of Professor Kejia Hu in the Owen Graduate School of Management during the summer of 2020. Ao anticipates graduating in May 2022 with a majors in Math and Economics and a minor in Scientific Computing. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand how...
Legal Natural Language Processing (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2020—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Henry Savich to work in the laboratory of Professor Brian Fitzpatrick in the Vanderbilt Law School during the summer of 2020. Henry graduated in May 2021 with a major in Mathematics and minors in Physics and Scientific Computing. The Legal Natural Language Processing (NLP) project, funded by this fellowship, aimed to...
Data Science Institute welcomes 18 undergraduate fellows for virtual summer research
Jun. 5, 2020—On Monday, June 1st the Data Science Institute (DSI) welcomed its second cohort of Summer Research fellows. The summer research program (DSI – SRP) engages students who are interested in carrying out data-science-related research with a Vanderbilt faculty member and integrates them into the institute’s community of data science scholars. This year the program will...
What we can Learn about Russian IRA Trolls during 2016 U.S. Election from Twitter (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2019—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Catherine (Nayeon) Kim to work in the laboratory of Professor Jennifer Larson in the Department of Political Science during the summer of 2019. Catherine graduated in 2020 with majors in Mathematics and English Creative Writing. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to study the impact of online propaganda on public...
Exploring Textual Data to Understand Educators’ Opinions and School Characteristics (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2019—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Jong Eun Jung to work in the laboratory of Professor Jason Grissom in the Department of Leadership Policy and Organization during the summer of 2019. Jong anticipates graduating in 2022 and is majoring in Human and Organizational Development and Computer Science. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand the...
Comparing Traditional Statistics and Machine Learning Methods for Predicting Metabolic Syndrome Status from Social Factors (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2019—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Rachel Fan to work in the laboratory of Professor Lauren Gaydosh in the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society during the summer of 2019. Rachel is an undeclared student who anticipates graduating in 2022. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand the effects of social relationships and isolation on...