Quantitative Analysis Center (QAC)

WWII Spending in the Electrical Machinery Industry Group

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Live Poster Session: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/92202852808?pwd=L0JSUExoZ3o0SHp4eFVsVVNBNm1VQT09Thursday, July 29th 1:45-2:45pm EDT Abstract: This project aims to further our understanding of the relationship between World War II military spending and the post-war U.S. economy. From the Civilian Production Administration, digitized summary data have been obtained which contains more than 190,000 contracts for U.S. war production with 30,000 unique product … Read more

Effective Geometry of Urban Travel Patterns

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Poster Session Link Abstract: The speed and scale of urbanization brings tremendous challenges to the development of sustainable cities. We hope that our research will yield novel mathematical and computational tools to address major issues in urban planning such as traffic congestions and accessibility. To that end, we are studying the routes that Google Maps … Read more

Mutual Fund/Corporation Director Overlaps: Two Studies

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Live Poster Session: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/97936875715?pwd=and5K2FXZDErVU9zODMzb25oZEVMQT09Thursday, July 29th 1:45-2:45pm EDT Abstract: Mutual funds own roughly one third of all U.S. equities, which gives them large say over the governance of publicly traded corporations. A board of directors advises and monitors the management of each mutual fund; often one board is responsible for multiple funds managed by a … Read more

A Monthly Index for The Irish Stock Market 1961-1965

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Live Poster Session:Zoom LinkThursday, July 29th, 1:45-2:45 p.m. EDT Abstract: Researchers have long wanted to understand the return of capital in the stock market, as it gives insight into how different sectors in the economy were behaving, how the stock market reacted to shocks historically, and how wealth distribution has changed over time. Capital returns … Read more

Aquatic Invasive Species Management in NH Waterbodies

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Live Poster Session: Thursday, July 29th 1:15-2:30pm EDT Video: Abstract: Aquatic invasive species not only pose a threat to the natural balance of ecosystems, but also impede recreational activities, and result in economic damage to individuals, towns, and states. Several studies have previously explored the impact aquatic invasive species can have on the natural environment; … Read more

GIS Visualization of Chinese Demographic Shifts between the 1970s and 1990s

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Abstract: My project this summer focuses on visualizing the demographic shifts of Chinese immigrants in New York City between the 1970s and the 1990s. The subject area includes four boroughs of New York City, namely Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. Through the visualization of historical US census data collected from the Census Bureau, the … Read more

Mutual Fund/Corporation Director Overlaps: Two Studies

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Live Poster Session:Zoom LinkThursday, July 29th, 1:45-2:45 p.m. EDT Abstract: Mutual funds own roughly one-third of all U.S. equities, which gives them a large say over the governance of publicly traded corporations. A board of directors advises and monitors the management of each mutual fund; often one board is responsible for multiple funds managed by … Read more

The Thermodynamic and Dynamic Behavior of Supercooled Water During Fragile-to-Strong Crossover

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Live Poster Session: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/99443973421?pwd=bGFaMXprMGJ2b0RrSyszVFMxbG05UT09 Abstract: Water is ubiquitous and people are familiarized with the fact that water manifests itself in its solid, liquid, and gas forms in nature. However, the dynamics and thermodynamics behind the phase diagram of water are not fully understood. In its supercooled region (below 0 °C/273 K), water undergoes a novel … Read more

Efficiently Extracting Text from Political Ad Videos

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Live Poster Session: Thursday, July 29th 2:45-3:45pm EDT Access Link Abstract: In order to better study political messaging, political scientists must be able to extract and analyze the text from campaign advertisements. Currently, popular text extraction tools are too costly to perform on hundreds or thousands of videos. The purpose of this research project is … Read more

Assess how Agricultural Income Shock Leads to Rural China Migration Decisions

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Live Poster Session: Thursday, July 29th 1:45pm-2:45pm EDT Zoom Link: https://wesleyan.zoom.us/j/91719445025?pwd=NDdnL053cGc0Y3d6UFl4eXMrbXg4UT09 Abstract: This research aims to develop a better understanding of rural-rural migration decision-making in 1990s China, where rural-social relationships peaked due to the village lineage collective’s conventions on land entitlements. Such land territorialization led villagers that did not have close kinship networks to allocate to … Read more