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Unit for Data Science and Analytics Fall 2022 Schedule

The Unit for Data Science is a hub for research collaborations and student mentorship. It is a one-of-a-kind resource at ASU Library. Opportunities to get involved and learn about data science are through  a free online Canvas course, a Podcast, and/or attend our open virtu...

Sowing Doubt: Parler

Sowing Doubt: Anti-“Big Tech” Narratives, Parler, and the Alt-Tech Attention Economy

By  Michael Simeone  and Shawn Walker June 1, 2022 It was the spring of 2020, and the presidential election was only a few months away when Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) decided to gamble big on an all-out political offensive. From the start of the 2020 presidential election cycle, there were early sig...

Barda challenge Miro detail board

BARDA challenge

Our team was approached to take part in the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) challenge during the Fall 2021 semester at Arizona State University (ASU). This competition was interested in predicting hospitalizations in children under the age of 18 with COVID. The analysi...

A first distant reading of randomly selected French content (30% sample) using Iramuteq (F. Clavert)

Research Applications with Web Archives: Collaboration Among Archives Unleashed Cohorts

Photo by Riccardo Annandale on Unsplash   Web archives present opportunities to explore and enhance our understanding of our digital cultural heritage. After a quarter-century of intentional collection and curation, they offer a br...

An oblique perspective of a three dimensional digital model of the forthcoming Map and Geospatial Hub unit at ASU Library. The model contains various rectangular prisms and other 3D shapes rendered in different colors -- black, white, red, blue, green, and various shades of grey.

The Map and Geospatial Hub is Moving -- Hayden 2020

The time is finally upon us! The ASU Library Map and Geospatial Hub is moving its physical operations to a specialized new suite in Hayden Library, on ASU’s Tempe campus. The move will begin in early December 2019. The brand new Hub will be open to the public starting in January 2020. The $90,000,...