Economics
A Comparative Study on the Application of Machine Learning to Dynamic Rebalancing (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 21, 2023—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Ziyao Zhang to work in the laboratory of Dr. Mike Neamtu, Ph.D. in the Department of Mathematics during the summer of 2023. Ziyao is a rising junior with majors in Computer Science and Mathematics and a minor in Economics. In this DSI research, Ziyao and his mentor studied the financial market...
Exploring Racial and Gender Differences in Opioid Use Disorder and Designing NLP-based Diagnosis Tools (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 21, 2023—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Chen Jin to work in the laboratory of Dr. Alvin D. Jeffery, Ph.D. in the School of Nursing during the summer of 2023. Chen is a rising senior with majors in Economics and Medicine Health and Society (MHS), and a minor in Data Science. Opioid Use Disorder (OUD) has become an...
Using Data Science to Investigate Climate Resilient Strategies Along US Inland Waterways (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 16, 2023—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Tyler Revering to work in the laboratory of Dr. Hiba Baroud, Ph.D. and Paul Johnson in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering during the summer of 2023. Tyler is a rising junior with a major in Economics and minors in Data Science and Scientific Computing. Tyler and his mentors have...
DSI hosts AI Revolutions Symposium
Mar. 29, 2023—The Data Science Institute would like to thank all of the attendees and speakers that made our AI Revolutions Symposium this week a great event for the Vanderbilt community. The two-day event showcased the latest developments and impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) in research and academia. The DSI’s Chief Data Scientist, Jesse Spencer-Smith, opened the...
Discrimination and Distress: A Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition of Sexual Minority Mental Health Disparities (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Harrison Stuart to work in the laboratory of Dr. Gilbert Gonzales, PhD, MHA in the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society during the summer of 2022. Harrison is a senior with majors in Economics and Medicine, Health, & Society. Sexual minority adults (including gay men, lesbian women, and bisexual individuals) are...
Modeling Multiattribute Food Decisions Using Semantic Representations (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Ke Lai to work in the laboratory of Professor Jennifer Trueblood in the Department of Psychology during the summer of 2022. Ke is a senior with majors in Psychology and Economics. Interested in how people people make decisions or judgments about food items, Ke and Professor Trueblood began by focusing on...
Social Media, Turnout Rate, and Election (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Yuqin (George) Yang to work in the laboratory of John Sides in the Political Science department during the summer of 2021. George is a junior with majors in Economics and Political Science. This project aims to examine how President Trump communicates with his voters and the general public during the 2020 election via twitter,...
The Effects of COVID-19 on Public Opinion and Political Behavior in the Americas (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Xinxin (Amy) Zhang to work in the laboratory of Elizabeth Zechmeister in the Political Science department during the summer of 2021. Amy is a junior with majors in Political Science and Economics and a minor in French. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand the relationship between COVID outcomes (COVID case...
Investigating fMRI Preprocessing Variations: Multi-echo ICA vs. Conventional Preprocessing (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Hangling Liu to work in the lab of Catie Chang during the summer of 2021. Hangling is a Junior with majors in Computer Science and Economics and a minor in Spanish. Hangling worked in the Neuroimaging & Brain Dynamics Lab during the summer of 2021, and focused on computational analyses and...
Applied Graph Convolutional Networks for Identifying Individuals with ASD Experiencing Mental Health Crises (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Benjamin Van Sleen to work in the Network and Data Science (NDS) laboratory led by Assistant Professor Tyler Derr in the Department of Computer Science during the summer of 2021. Benjamin is a junior with majors in Computer Engineering and Economics. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand relationships between autism...