Methodological studies aimed at research on legitimacy, youth, violence and cities: research from big data

• Grant number: 22/15417-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral
• Start date: February 01, 2023
• End date: January 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computing Methodologies and Techniques
• Principal Investigator: Sergio França Adorno de Abreu
• Grantee: Diego de Castro Rodrigues
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/07923-7 - Center of the Study of Violence - NEV/USP, AP.CEPID

Abstract

The project aims to develop of a Social Data Analysis Framework, notably mobilizing criminal records and applying descriptive computational techniques, such as: associative algorithms, extraction of decision tree rules, among others. The methods and instruments presented in the work will provide the discovery of patterns, enabling a guided way to identify similarities between recurrent situations in the social sphere, with descriptive techniques and data visualization. The study area was defined as the São Paulo city and the structuring of social data as a central idea, with special attention to the information quality. In light of this, a set of technological tools will be validated through such as a database, Python, ML libraries and tools for results visualization. Among the main deliveries related to technological products and the development of articles with discoveries made in the research stage. The effectiveness and usefulness of the results will depend on studies involving real data and validated both by domain experts and by identifying and comparing the patterns found in this study with other phenomena described in the literature. (AU)