Originally published here. In this day and age of data, making decisions based on data is important. As a data analyst, I understand the vast benefits data and the use of it for decision making has for organisations. However in order to make decisions based on data, you need the data first and sometimes this […]
In April 2014, my colleagues and I published an article in the IEEE Transactions on Affective Computing journal titled “Are They Different? Affect, Feeling, Emotion, Sentiment, and Opinion Detection in Text.” In writing the paper, I didn’t know that it was going to end up being one of one my most read and cited paper. The paper made […]
One of my areas of interest and expertise is emotion detection. In this post, I look at the existing theories of emotion, in particular the assumptions and limitations they set on the detection of emotion in text. In the literature on emotion detection, no unified or generally accepted theory of emotion exists. However, there are […]
In academia, they say that you either publish or perish, thus it was good news to know that this year, I was not going to be falling under the latter. In June and July, I received news of six publications that were accepted, putting me in an even better mood before going for summer holidays. […]
Last week, I took part in my first Tech Research Showcase. As a researcher who is interested in entrepreneurship I wondered afterwards why I had never attended a pitching event where the sole focus was my research. The tech research showcase event was organised by Icebreaker.vc at the startup hub Maria 01. Icebreaker invited tech researchers from […]