Research Advising
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I've led 10 teams of 6-15 each (students, post docs and researchers), Advised and graduated 1 PhD student, 10 senior theses and co-advised multiple other projects.
- PhD Adviser of Jennifer Flenner, Applied Mathematics PhD 2017, Claremont Graduate University.
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Deep Non-negative Matrix Factorization Neural Networks (paper).
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Improving Situational Awareness using Topic Modeling
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Senior Thesis Adviser for...
- Wyatt Cooper (CMC ’17), Detecting hidden networks using topic modeling. Check out these links to the awesome data visualization!!! (
alice in worderland) (jungle book) (afghan data)
- Alex Waggoner (CMC ’17), Triple Non-negative Matrix Factorization Technique for Sentiment Analysis and Topic Modeling
- Dylan Baker (Harvey Mudd ’17), Document Similarity Network: A Novel Technique for Visualizing Relationships in Text Corpora
- Anna Novikova (Pomona ’17), Emotion Modeling and Analysis
- Ziv Green Epstein (Pomona ’17), Hierarchical Data Representations using Low Rank NMF. Check out these links to the awesome data visualization! (
afghan data) (news)
- Yicong (Nicole) Lin (CMC ’16), Topic Analysis of Hidden Trends in Patented Features Using Nonnegative Matrix Factorization
- Chong Shen (CMC ’16), Modeling the Syrian Refugee movement through social media using Topic Modeling, dual Mathematics and International Relations, CMC 2017
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- PhD Co-Adviser for PhD candidate Huiyi Hu, Multiplex Data Analysis, Applied Mathematics, UCLA, expected graduation 2015
Reseach Project Mentoring
- Academic Mentor for Social Networks REU project, UCLA, Summer 2015
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- Eric Lai (UC Irvine PhD Student), Katie Khuu (UC Irvine), Michael Boggess (CMC), Bo Jones (CMC) and Daniel Balague Guardia (UCLA Faculty)
- Academic Mentor for Big Data REU project, UCLA, Summer 2014
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- Bauchuan "Tracy" Yuan (Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China), Daniel Moyer (UCLA-USC), Cristina Lopez (Pomona College), Eric Lai (UC Irvine), Xiyang "Micheal" Luo (UCLA PhD student), Zhaoyi "Gloria" Meng (UCLA PhD student) and Alex Robicquet (ENS Cachan, France)
- Academic Mentor for Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS), Linking Social Media to Crime and Disorder with the LAPD, IPAM, UCLA, Summer 2013
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- Daniel Bernstein, Yang Hu, Anna ma, and Paul Sharkey
- Academic Mentor for Community Detection using Set Distnaces REU project, UCLA, Summer 2013
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- Juhyun Kim, Qui Pham and Ryan de Vera
- Academic Mentor for Content Based Document Search REU project, UCLA, Summer 2013
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- Jason Bello, Jerry Luo and Brian de Silva
- Academic Mentor for Modeling Longitudinal Medical Data REU project, UCLA, Summer 2013
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- Mindy Case, Paul Chavy-Waddy and John Wu (co-advised with Theo Kolokolnikov)
- Academic Mentor for Social Networks and Gangs REU project, UCLA, Summer 2012
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- Huiyi Hu, Anna Ma, Daniel Moyer, Brendan Schneiderman and Ryan de Vera (co-advised with Yves van Gennip)
- Academic Mentor for Geosocial Network Models REU project (co-advised with Yves van Gennip), UCLA, Summer 2011
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- Ray Ahn, Peter Elliott and Kyle Luh (co-advised with Yves van Gennip)
- Academic Mentor for Research in Industrial Projects for Students (RIPS), Topic Detection and Causal Influence in Microblogs with IBM Research, IPAM, UCLA, Summer 2010
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- Edward Chang, Ed Dewey, Seçkin Can Şahin and Maksim Tsikhanovich
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