The user generated content on Social Media platforms produces an impressive quantity of information overload.
This induces the need for summarization, discovery of latent dimensions in the text and the necessity to draw conclusions. The course is a hands-on applicative walk-through Text Mining and Analysis, offering tools and solutions applied to Marketing. Students who enrol in this course will learn from basic to advanced techniques of text manipulation. They would also get an insight into information extraction methods and outcome analysis. The ultimate purpose is to find decision making solutions which are useful for consumers and managers alike.

• Use the R/RStudio environment in order to apply Text Mining and Analysis;

• Autonomously gather text information from various sources;

• Discover latent aspects/dimensions in the text through various techniques;

• Label the discovered aspects/dimensions;

• Have an good insight on big volumes of text;

• Understand some popular Machine Learning algorithms applied to Text Analysis;

• Blend Text Mining and Marketing;

• Draw conclusions based on the results obtained.

Minimum attendance of 80%.

The course is based on interactive lectures, class discussions, individual work, and group work. Classroom discussion is encouraged. Attendance and participation in class as well as interactive discussions are key ingredients to successfully learn the material of the course and will be part of your grading. Arriving late or turning in assignments over due time will affect the final grading

    • In-class participation, 15%;
    • Assignments, 35%;
    • Final project, 35%;
    • Student presentations, 15%.

There will be a total of three assignments to be submitted individually but done in groups. The final project will be an applicative team-work job based on the assignments. The final presentation will be done by each workgroup member and it will be based on the project. The estimated duration of the presentation is 20 minutes. 

Some basic R language knowledge. Own laptop computer with R or RStudio installed.

The enrolment in the course is done on a first-come first-served basis. The maximum number of participants is 20.

Office hours: Fridays 15:00 - 17:00 or by appointment.

Electronic Device Policy: Any device admitted if related to the class taught.
Food and Drink Policy: Water and soft drinks are allowed, snacks or food only during the breaks.