On January 28th, we had the first meeting of Michigan State University’s DH Reading Group. There was a good turn out to discuss topic modeling. Topic modeling involves algorithmic methods for organizing, sorting, and utilizing large corpuses of information. These topics can be modeled over time as well as in relation to other topics. They are not restricted to texts but can also be used for images, sounds, and other media structures. We read and discussed the following articles: Megan R. Brett, 2012, Topic Modeling: A Basic Introduction, Journal of Digital Humanities, 2.1, http://journalofdigitalhumanities.org/2-1/topic-modeling-a-basic-introduction-by-megan-r-brett/ David M. Blei, 2012, Topic Modeling and the…

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