ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´â€™s Areas of Excellence in Data Sciences including Big Data, Data Analytics, and Social Sentiment Analytics

Among the best comprehensive universities in Canada, ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University is actively involved in data sciences, with over 170 researchers from five faculties and 26 university departments, schools and institutes (including cross-appointments) actively engaged in immensely varied research, with applications as far-ranging as criminal profiling, seismic modelling, statistical analysis, business intelligence, and linguistic studies.

Examples of current research include:

  • Business analytics in marketing, finance, human resources, and operations
  • Sensor data analytics
  • Patient monitoring
  • DNA and molecular modeling data
  • Data from the Confederation Bridge
  • Cloud computing
  • Information retrieval and web information access
  • Natural language processing
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Database and information integration

Research Groups

Among all the many projects and research interests at ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ University, there are several emerging areas of concentration in data science. The eight main areas of particular interest to ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ researchers are: