New publication available here. Machine learning techniques have shown their usefulness in accurately predicting greyhound races. Many of the studies within this domain focus on two things; win-only wagers and using a very particular combination of race history. Our study investigates altering these properties and studying the results. In particular we found a race history …
2018 archive
Oct 09 2018
CIIMA paper – A Descriptive Analysis of Abnormal Stock Price Movement Following Financial News Article Release
A new publication is available. What effect does a financial news article have on stock price? To answer this question we investigate stock price movements within the minutes following financial news releases, broken down by media outlet, time of release and article sentiment. Our data shown a Sharpe ratio (a measure for calculating risk-adjusted return) …
Aug 07 2018
Keynote for icABCD 2018
Dr. Schumaker was keynote at the IEEE International Conference on Advances in Big Data, Computing and Data Communication Systems (icABCD) on August 7, 2018 on “Lessons from the Future: Predictions in Finance, Sports and Medicine.”
Jul 28 2018
Keynote for the Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM) – Kolkata
Dr. Schumaker was keynote at the Institute of Engineering and Management (IEM) – Kolkata on July 28, 2018 on “Becoming a Data Scientist.” This lecture is part of the ACM’s Distinguished Speakers Program.
Jul 26 2018
Keynote Speaker for the University of Engineering and Management (UEM) – Jaipur
Dr. Schumaker was keynote at the University of Engineering and Management (UEM) – Jaipur on July 26, 2018 on “Machine Learning the Harness Track: Crowdsourcing and Varying Race History.” This lecture is part of the ACM’s Distinguished Speakers Program.
Jun 20 2018
Keynote Speaker for US Army Corp of Engineers through the ACM Distinguished Speakers Program
Dr. Schumaker spoke about his NFL Sentiment Analysis research to the US Army Corp of Engineers in Vicksburg, MS on June 20, 2018. This lecture is part of the ACM’s Distinguished Speakers Program.
Mar 11 2018
Keynote Speaker for ABES Engineering College through ACM Distinguished Speakers Program
Dr. Schumaker provided a keynote to ABES Engineering College in Ghaziabad, India on March 13, 2018 on “Evaluating Sentiment in Financial News Articles.” This lecture is part of the ACM’s Distinguished Speakers Program.
Feb 23 2018
Crystal Quill Award
On February 21, 2018, Dr. Schumaker was presented with the Crystal Quill Award to recognize outstanding contributions to the Soules College of Business.
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CS Dept - COB 315.05
University of Texas at Tyler
Tyler, TX 75799