Enhancing Situational Awareness by Mining Big Social Media Data in Near-real Time for Disaster Management: A CyberGIS Approach. Co-PI: Amir Karami. University of South Carolina Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence (ASPIRE I). $14,861. 2017-2018.
Computational Analysis of Thousands of Car Insurance Complains and Compliments. Research Mentor: Amir Karami. USC Honors College Science Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) Program. $3000. 2017-2018.
Computational Analysis of the US 2016 Presidential Election in Social Media. PI: Amir Karami. USC Provost Office Social Science Research Grant Program. $15,019. 2017-2018.
Twitter Analysis of LGBT Health Concerns. Research Mentor: Amir Karami. USC Magellan Scholar & SC Honors College Exploration Scholars Programs. $7000. 2017-2019.
Development of Open Source Sentiment Analysis Software. Research Mentor: Amir Karami. USC Honors College Science Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) Program. $3000. 2016-2017.
Medical Case Reports Analytics (MCRA) in Neurology. PI: Amir Karami. USC Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence (ASPIRE I). $14,625. 2016-2017.
Functional Wellness Among Women Living with HIV in South Carolina. Co-PI: Amir Karami. USC Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence (ASPIRE I). $14,625. 2016-2017.
Course Revision Grant. USC Office of Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost. 2017. $1500.
SMART Program Support. USC Office of Vice President for Research. $1000. Summer 2016.
Public Opinion Mining: Bernie Sanders 2016. Research Mentor: Amir Karami. South Carolina Alliance for Minority Participation. $4000. 2016.
A Computational Framework for Tracking Reports, Opinions and Feelings of People in Social Media Before, During and After a Natural Disaster: Twitter Case Study in the 2015 South Carolina Flood. PI: Amir Karami. USC Internal Funding to Pursue Research on October 2015 Catastrophic Flooding. $12,000. 2015-2016.
A Foundational Information Infrastructure for Future SCFLOODS Impact Research. Co-PI: Amir Karami. USC Internal Funding to Pursue Research on October 2015 Catastrophic Flooding. $30,000. 2015-2016.
Building a Disaster-Resilient Community: A Study of Community Social Support During the 2015 Flooding. Consultant: Amir Karami. USC Internal Funding to Pursue Research on October 2015 Catastrophic Flooding. $20,050. 2015-2016.
Explaining Positive/Negative Sentiment Regarding Political Candidates on Twitter. Research Mentor: Amir Karami. USC Honors College Exploration Scholars Research. $3000. 2015-2016.