Look into the “Side Facts” Data of COVID-19: A Practice of Data Visualization Automation

This project aims to understand the side-facts about COVID-19, to see how people in different countries reacting to the reported numbers about the pandemic.

New York City Restaurant Performance of Compliance with City and State Food Safty Regulation Rules Varies By Cuisines Suggested Existence of Bias

The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) executes unannounced inspections on restaurants in the New York City area and utilized a letter grading system to evaluate the result. This research tried to determine whether bias is included in this system.

The Colorful Lego: the History of Lego Blocks’ Color Expansion

According to a 2018 Lego study, “the vocabulary of bricks has increased significantly resulting in sets sharing fewer bricks.” Tracing the number of Lego bricks over time may be telling of the increasing specialization and complexity of Lego sets. Looking at the number of specialized pieces in relation to interchangeable pieces may also help us determine if increased specialization has resulted in fewer shareable bricks.

The Colorful NYC: A Map of Street Trees’ Blossom and Defoliation

The outcome is a dot map shows how the top 15 street tree species’ color varies monthly, and a series of choropleth map based on the GIS calculation of this data, expecting to answer questions such as where to see the cherry blossom, or where is the most “colorful” area in the New York City.

Human Grouping VS Clustering in Network Analysis, Taking FIFA 2019 Soccer Player Data as an Example

This is a network among the registered players in FIFA 2019, a well-known video game of soccer, with the nodes as players, and the edges as the shared skillset. In this network, the players have more similar skill set will have a stronger connection.