Robots Reading the Carletonian

Members in Group: Oren and Chris Project Definition: We will use the digital records of the Carletonian 1965-2015 to track the interests of Carleton students over time as well as the evolution of the newspaper itself.   Proposed Methodology Data: For our project we hope to be able to use Carletonian issues

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Carleton Courses Throughout the Years

Max and I are planning to examine the Carleton academic catalogs throughout the years.  Our Obectives: Convert the data into a searchable database. Sort the data. Run various operations and analysis on the data. Amount of classes in different departments. Use of words over time. Number of classes taught by

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3D Modeling and Simulation

What Questions can be Answered by 3D modeling? 3D modeling and simulation is useful for answering and understanding many questions. Under certain circumstances and when used properly it can deepen our understanding and appreciation for what static pictures, sketches, and writing lack. Whether you want to model an ancient town

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3D Modeling

For which research questions would 3D modeling and simulation  be an appropriate methodology? How things were built How places and objects were actually used. What it felt like to interact at that point in time. When would manual modeling make the most sense? Procedural modeling? Scanning? Photogrammetry?  A combination of

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Text Analysis 101: XML, TEI, and VoyantTools

Over the past few weeks we have discussed and seen how the modern dynamic web—and the digital humanities projects it hosts—comprise structured data (usually residing in a relational database) that is served to the browser based on a user request where it is rendered in HTML markup.  This week we are exploring how

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