2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Developing chronological databases of social events in the Hispanic regions for policy applications
| Project/Area Number |
22530531
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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Principal Investigator |
WADA Takeshi 東京大学, 総合文化研究科, 准教授 (20534382)
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| Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha) |
UEDA Hiroto 東京大学, 大学院総合文化研究科, 教授 (20114796)
RUIZ TINOCO Antonio 上智大学, 外国語学部, 教授 (80296889)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010-04-01 – 2013-03-31
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| Keywords | データベース / 社会運動 / 中南米地域研究 |
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| Research Abstract |
We have developed a software program which collects, on a real-time basis, news articles published by major news agencies in Latin America. By employing natural language processing techniques, we have also created a software program which assigns syntactical and semantic tags to the texts automatically. Our ultimate goal is to generate a chronological database of political, social, and economic events worldwide. While our software programs have not produced such a database of practical use yet, we have already made a major impact through our presentations and publications in a variety of academic fields such as linguistics, language and information sciences, Latin American studies, political science, and sociology. Our project's international visibility is quite high because our journal articles and presentations are mostly in English or Spanish and we have participated rather aggressively in international conferences in countries such as the United States, Chile, Spain, and Italy.
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