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Augmenting semantic lexicons using word embeddings and transfer learning
Thayer Alshaabi, Colin M. Van Oort, Mikaela Irene Fudolig +3
Sentiment-aware intelligent systems are essential to a wide array of applications. These systems are driven by language models which broadly fall into two paradigms: Lexicon-based…
Sentiment and structure in word co-occurrence networks on Twitter
Mikaela Irene Fudolig, Thayer Alshaabi, Michael V. Arnold +2
We explore the relationship between context and happiness scores in political tweets using word co-occurrence networks, where nodes in the network are the words, and the weight of…
Object Tracking and Geo-localization from Street Images
Daniel Wilson, Thayer Alshaabi, Colin Van Oort +3
Geo-localizing static objects from street images is challenging but also very important for road asset mapping and autonomous driving. In this paper we present a two-stage framewor…
Blending search queries with social media data to improve forecasts of economic indicators
Yi Li, Asieh Ahani, Haimao Zhan +6
The forecasting of political, economic, and public health indicators using internet activity has demonstrated mixed results. For example, while some measures of explicitly surveyed…
Say Their Names: Resurgence in the collective attention toward Black victims of fatal police violence following the death of George Floyd
Henry H. Wu, Ryan J. Gallagher, Thayer Alshaabi +7
The murder of George Floyd by police in May 2020 sparked international protests and renewed attention in the Black Lives Matter movement. Here, we characterize ways in which the on…