data science

Scientists decode what makes a New York Times bestseller

Northeastern network scientist Albert-László Barabási and his colleagues have developed a model that harnesses the power of early sales data to predict how many total…

by Allie Nicodemo April 6, 2018

#NUexperience around the globe on Snapchat

#NUexperience around the globe on Snapchat By Lia Petronio…

by Lia Petronio June 27, 2017

Frances M. Slowe, 1949-2017

Slowe, a cherished member of the Northeastern community for more than 40 years, died on Monday at the age of 68 after a yearlong battle…

by Jason Kornwitz April 28, 2017

New student sees ‘incredible amount of brainpower’ at Northeastern

Tanay Patri has only been on campus for six weeks, but he’s already joined three student groups and picked out the company for which he…

by Jason Kornwitz October 14, 2016

Hackathon examines power of Big Data to change lives

Entire mountain ranges of data are growing all around, and they will either bury us or help us climb to new heights of understanding. It…

by News@Northeastern September 30, 2016

Want the most telling presidential polling data? Professor says turn to Twitter

Knowing society’s constant demand for immediate, real-time information, assistant professor of political science Nick Beauchamp developed a model that uses tweets to gauge public opinion…

by Joe O'Connell September 22, 2016

Biological detectives use Big Data to track disease progression

Just as investigators use evidence to reconstruct crime scenes, Northeastern data scientist Olga Vitek hunts down and analyzes molecular changes that drive diseases to reconstruct…

by News@Northeastern August 8, 2016

New graduate programs aim to prepare future data scientists

Northeastern’s new suite of interdisciplinary data science programs will include a graduate certificate in data science and master’s degrees in business analytics and urban informatics.

by Jason Kornwitz December 1, 2014

Do women talk more than men? It depends

A new study using sociometers—devices that track individuals’ interactions with one another—suggests that context plays a large role in whether or not women talk more…

by Angela Herring July 15, 2014

Guest post: A Facebook apologia

Northeastern post-doctoral researcher Brian Keegan explains the science, the debate, and the implications of a recent Facebook study on the spread of emotion through the…

by Angela Herring July 3, 2014