Data Analytics Practice Opportunity 2025/26

Organising Parties: CUHK Library and Data Science and Policy Studies, School of Governance and Policy Science, CUHK

Introduction

Please read the Overview page for details.

Resources

Data in the CUHK Research Data Repository
Data in the CUHK Digital Repository
Data in the The CN Yang Archive

*Access to Canva and other relevant subscription-based resources will be provided as needed

Suggested Research Topics:

Each team may choose one dataset from one of the following sources for their proposed project topic: (A) CUHK Research Data Repository OR (B) CUHK Digital Repository OR (C) The CN Yang Archive.

Name of collection/data	Suggested research topics
(A) CUHK Research Data Repository
1. Twitter Diffusion Data	A review of the factors influencing information propagation and their impact on the relationship between user similarity and retweeting behaviour.
2. Moderate-vigorous physical activity attenuates premature senescence of immune cells in sedentary adults with obesity: a pilot randomized controlled trial	Effects of demographic factors on the correlation between physical activity and biomarkers of immune cell senescence.
3. Effects of wearing a mask during exercise on physiological and psychological outcomes	Evaluation of the physiological impact of mask-wearing during physical exercise.
4. Perception of Online Communities towards the Use of Cancer Immunotherapy: A Data Mining Study of 3.6 Million Web-based Posts from Social Media Platforms Using BERTopic	Analysis of the composition and propagation of sentiment toward cancer immunotherapy.
(B) CUHK Digital Repository
1. Shiu-ying Hu Collection	Explore the vegetation cover characteristics from field work notebooks with digital scholarship methodologies.
2. College Publications in University Archives – 崇基校刊 (1951-1976; 1979-1980; 1982; 1984; 1989-1992) – 新亞生活 (1958-2018) – 聯合校刊 (1960-2006; 2008-2015)	Explore the development of Colleges in relations to CUHK development and the interaction between Colleges and the University.
3. Gender Studies: News and Views=性別硏究資訊 (1991-2001)	Explore the research trends and influences of gender studies from 1991 to 2001.
4. Publications from City Entertainment Magazine (電影雙周刊)	Exploration of entertainment industry in Hong Kong particularly the development of the Hong Kong movie industry from 1979 to 2007.
(C) The CN Yang Archive	Exploring the Role of Prof. C. N. Yang in US–China Scientific Relations: An Analysis of His Evolving Professional Network through Academic Documents, Correspondence, and Photographic Materials from the Archive.

Timeline

2 Jan – 23 Jan 2026	Application Period
Mid – end Jan 2026	Interview of candidates
First week of February 2026	Announcement of successful applicants
9 February 2026	Briefing session* (including students’ project overview presentations)
February– March 2026	Development of projects (including one mid-term progress sharing session at the beginning of March 2026)
27 March 2026	Final presentation* (as part of Data Excellence Week 2026)
End of April 2026	Completion of projects, codes, and websites