Word cloud online. Part 2

We have already described how to create a word cloud online using https://wordscloud.pythonanywhere.com. This site allows you to create beautiful pictures, however it’s limited in its use.

The Word Cloud Generator by Jason Davies is an online tool that allows you to load the desired text and adjust various parameters, down to the scale and orientation of the text.

Try and choose what is convenient for you!

What is RMarkdown, or how to make an incredibly excellent report in R

Analytical work isn't just about building models; after all, it's about interpreting and transferring the results into an analytical report. How do you make R become a valuable tool for data analysis and an instant compiler to produce a document that includes the text, the necessary code, and the results?

RMarkdown, which is a kind of add-on in RStudio, allows you to create documents in any format directly in R with the ability to change text formatting to your liking, include third-party images in the text, and use other useful features.

Your data tells a story. Tell it with R Markdown.

​​John Tukey, a well-known mathematician and statistician, wrote that «The greatest value of a picture is when it forces us to notice what we never expected to see.» A picture is worth a thousand words; that is why it is crucial to develop visual thinking. We are bombarded by so much information daily, printed and online, that we simply don’t have time to read it all. However, a chart or a graph can make life easier, and business reporting is not an exception.

The offline English-taught master’s programme «Applied Statistics with Network Analysis» (MASNA) and its «online mirror» «Master of Data and Network Analytics» (MDNA) on the Coursera platform invite you to their joint open doors day webinar «Visual thinking for developing business reports» with Elena Beylina, the winner of a Russian countrywide infographics competition, “Sociography-2021.” The event will take place on May 19, 2021, at 19:00 Moscow Time (GMT +3).

During the webinar, you will learn the basics of visual communications and be inspired to create your infographics, dashboards, or slide docs. If you’re interested in how our programmes' courses will help you improve your reports, come, ask questions, and enjoy!

​​All of us are connected to many other people by an acquaintance, friendship, family, professional, and other social ties. The set of all these connections constitutes the structure of a complex social network we all belong to. The topology of this structure has a substantial influence on every individual and society's functioning via many mechanisms. These mechanisms are described by the Social Network Analysis (SNA) discipline. SNA allows to measure, quantify and analyze social networks and has proved to be a powerful source for understanding group and individual behavior. Unsurprisingly, it became an indispensable instrument for business management. By uncovering the hidden social structure of an organization, informed use of SNA gives a manager access to an organizational “control panel.”

The offline English-taught master’s programme «Applied Statistics with Network Analysis» (MASNA) and its «online mirror» «Master of Data and Network Analytics» (MDNA) on the Coursera platform invite you to their joint open doors day webinar «Social Network Analysis: application for business management and consulting» with Elizaveta Chernenko. She graduated from our programme last year, but this does not mean that she stopped studying network analysis. MASNA allowed Lisa to pursue her favorite field of study – business networks, and successfully enter Oxford this year.

In this webinar, Lisa Chernenko will show business cases that illustrate the power of SNA for organizational management. Join us on May 25, at 19:00 Moscow Time (GMT +3).

Data mining for everyone: from decision-making to predicting the future with Orange

Join our webinar on 13 July at 7pm Moscow time (GMT+3) to learn about data mining techniques that can be used by everyone!

In this webinar Dr. Dmitry Zaytsev, deputy academic supervisor of the «Master of Data and Network Analytics» and a social / data / network scientist with over 15 years of experience in data mining, will show you how free, user-friendly software called “Orange” can help analyze raw data and generate insights for everyday analytics, from decision-making support to creating forecasts.

Can't make it? Register anyway, and we'll send over the recording as soon as it's available.
Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/6016237542496/WN_yikEjEroRAeeurRwp_MDHQ

Discovering the capabilities of time-driven network analysis

Discover the field of network science and start developing hands-on time-related network analysis skills at HSE University’s upcoming webinar on 20 July at 7pm Moscow time (GMT+3).

Did you know that “networks” can be so much more than online social platforms? That there is even a field for all network-related theory and methods, called “network science”? And that within the network science field, there is a range of tools that allow analyzing networks over time? In this webinar Valentina Kuskova, PhD Indiana University, academic supervisor of the MDNA program and a data and network scientist with over 20 years of experience, will show how easy it is to work with dynamic networks! You will also find out how HSE's MDNA program can help you leapfrog the competition in the data analytics job market.

Can't make it? Register anyway, we'll send over the recording as soon as it's available.
Registration link: https://clck.ru/WCsti

Heart and Mind: Sentiment analysis in R

How do you know if people like your product? Or what they think about different features on your website? Join HSE University’s webinar on 27 July at 7pm Moscow time (GMT+3) to learn more about sentiment analysis - one of the most useful customer analysis techniques available today.

In this webinar HSE University will cover several techniques that will allow you to get an insight into people's sentiments in R. Ask your own questions and learn the specifics of opinion mining from Grigoriy Khvatskiy, alumnus of the «Masters of Applied Statistics with Network Analysis» degree programme («MASNA») and ANR Lab researcher.

Can't make it? Register anyway, and we'll send over the recording as soon as it's available.

Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/9116237551114/WN_4Tqa2ZYBRjOEjkEhlOMJwg

Manage your (data) relations: overview of databases from an expert in relational analysis

Have you heard that 95% of data analysis is data cleaning? Cleaning and organizing data is the most time-consuming part of the analytics process. But you can significantly shorten this process. Dr. Valentina Kuskova, academic supervisor of the «Master of Data and Network Analytics» program, who started her relations with databases with first releases of the 4th Dimension, will share tips and tricks for organizing data for any project, big or small.

Join us on August 3 at 19:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3). Can't make it? Register anyway, and we'll send over the recording as soon as it's available.
Registration link:
https://zoom.us/.../4716260823018/WN_K-9FnluJR7usDZ_XKAtnig

Best markers of a program's success: the alumni

Before you join a program, talk to the program's graduates. No other source of information can tell you what the student experience is like, what the opportunities for students and graduates can be, and how you can make your studies the most successful.
In the webinar held by Ms. Elena Beylina, the «Master of Data and Network Analytics» program alumni and a current instructor, you will have a chance to meet with other program graduates and hear their stories of struggle and success.

Join us on August 10 at 19:00 Moscow Time (GMT+3). Can't make it? Register anyway, and we'll send over the recording as soon as it's available.
Registration link: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/3516260832581/WN_udIo51nzRkuA0z2XwVF5cQ

Dear all,

Laboratory of Algorithms and Technologies for Network Analysis of National Research University Higher School of Economics (LATNA) invites you to participate the upcoming activities in this week:

📎 The 11th International Conference on Network Analysis.

Conference web page
Link more details: https://nnov.hse.ru/en/latna/conferences/net2021

📎 6th Winter School on Data Analytics (DA 2021).

Winter School web page
Link and more details: https://nnov.hse.ru/en/latna/conferences/da2021

Correction to the Program: Plenary lecture of Professor Maskin (Novel prize, Harvard University) will be given October 19, at 20:00 (Moscow time)
-  Eric Maskin (Nobel prize, Harvard University, USA)
Arrow’s Theorem, May’s Axioms, and Borda’s Rule
Corrected Conference program is attached
Zoom connection to this lecture (only to this lecture)  is
https://zoom.us/j/98947260691?pwd=cVVCcko1VkdyQWJNcFFtOXdzNk9Jdz09
Conference ID: 989 4726 0691