Monthly Archives: February 2012

Senti-meter Scans the Twitterverse for Movie Sentiment: Oscar or Runner Up?

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

The Academy Awards are next Sunday, their 84th iteration, social-media aware as never before. The Academy invites you to “Join the Conversation” via the #Oscars and #CelebrateTheMovies Twitter hashtags and gives over major Web-page real estate to Oscar Blogs and … Continue reading →

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Would Beethoven Have Given a Rat’s Ass about Business Analytics?

Posted on February 7, 2012 by

This posting started off as a comment to Gary Cokins’ SAS blog article, Could Beethoven have implemented business analytics? I decided to share my thoughts more widely however, really reflections about where we in the analytics world came from, and … Continue reading →

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Sentiment Analysis for Business, Finance & Social Media Showcased at May 8, New York Symposium

Posted on February 5, 2012 by

The speaker line-up next Sentiment Analysis Symposium is out. This symposium, the fourth, is slated for May 8, 2012 in New York. With speakers and panelists leading firms (including American Express, Fidelity Investments, Kraft Foods, the Red Cross, Thomson Reuters, … Continue reading →

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Decoding Content at Tech@State: Real Time Awareness

Posted on February 3, 2012 by

I’m moderating the panel this afternoon at the Tech@State conference, convened by the State Department, taking place at George Washington University. We — David Broniatowski (Synexxus), Ravi Patel (Yahoo! Research), Noah Smith (Carnegie Mellon Univ), and V.S. Subrahmanian (Univ of … Continue reading →

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