Datamob: academic

Koblenz Network Collection (KONECT)

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:39:22 -0500

The Koblenz Network Collection (KONECT) is a project to collect large network datasets of all types in order to perform research in the area of network mining. Data sources include Twitter, Flickr, Digg, Amazon, Prosper, Netflix and Wikipedia. Collected by the Institute of Web Science and Technologies of the University of Koblenz–Landau.

By Jérôme Kunegis.

url: http://konect.uni-koblenz.de/

Stanford Large Network Dataset Collection

Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:30:40 -0500

A collection of large network datasets: social networks, web graphs, road networks, internet networks, citation networks, collaboration networks and communication networks.

Includes data from Slashdot, Epinions, LiveJournal, Wikipedia, Amazon, Twitter and MemeTracker.

Posted as examples for use with the Stanford Network Analysis Platform (SNAP).

url: http://snap.stanford.edu/data/index.html

The New York Times Best Sellers API

Sat, 09 May 2009 19:56:51 -0400

Access data from all New York Times best-seller lists including rank history for specific best sellers. Four request types are available: get a best-seller list, search best-seller lists, get the history of a best seller and get the names of Times best-seller lists.

url: http://developer.nytimes.com/docs/best_sellers_api

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:47:26 -0400

Download zipped CSVs of admission and enrollment information about all U.S. colleges, including cost of attendance and room and board charges; selectivity, average SAT/ACT scores, and other admissions considerations; enrollment, retention, and graduation rates by gender, ethnicity, and age; degrees conferred by program and award level; number of students receiving financial aid; salaries, tenure, and benefits of full-time faculty; and full- and part-time staff by occupation. Data is available from 1980-present.

url: http://nces.ed.gov/ipedspas/

Trust Network Datasets

Sun, 11 May 2008 12:23:58 -0400

Collection of network datasets in which there are entities (people, robots) and some social relationship connecting two of these entities. From TrustLet, a cooperative environment for the scientific research of trust metrics on social networks. Released datasets are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0.

url: http://www.trustlet.org/wiki/Trust_network_datasets

DIMES Project Data

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:25:27 -0400

Data from the DIMES Project, a distributed scientific research project aiming to study and map the structure and topology of the internet. CSV format.

url: http://www.netdimes.org/DIMESControlCenter/MonthlyData.jsp

USGS Mineral Resources Data

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:37:16 -0400

Collection of downloadable datasets on mineral resources in the U.S.

url: http://tin.er.usgs.gov/

CiteSeer.IST

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:35:40 -0400

Scientific literature digital library and search engine with fully downloadable records.

url: http://citeseer.ist.psu.edu/oai.html

CiteULike Dataset

Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:49:32 -0400

Data on usage of the CiteULike service for organizing academic research papers.

url: http://www.citeulike.org/faq/data.adp

Big Apple Ed

Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:15:55 -0500

Big Apple Ed helps students, parents and teachers find out about New York City schools in one place by pulling together information from disparate sources, including view testing data, contact information, suspension rates and student/teacher ratios.

Third Place Overall Winner of the NYC Big Apps competition. Uses the School Search (NYC DOE) dataset from NYC Data Mine.

By Jonathan Soma, Adda Birnir and Kate Reyes.

url: http://www.bigappleed.com

MyChances.net

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:49:29 -0400

MyChances lets students compare their SAT scores, GPA, and other relevant metrics to the aggregate statistics from the National Center for Education Statistics for all U.S. colleges to determine their chances of admission.

Submitted by James Pirruccello

url: http://www.mychances.net/

SparkIP

Tue, 20 May 2008 12:06:06 -0400

U.S. patent search tool with clustering and visualization.

url: http://www.sparkip.com/