Unit: VisionWorks (Big Data & Cloud)
Title: Public Perception of Climate Change
Technology: Python, AWS

Context & Concept:

How do we react to extreme weather? How do we cope with it? And what does this say about our perception of climate change?
Sources:
https://www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/2019/02/26/abnormaal-weer-vinden-we-al-snel-heel-gewoon/
https://www.demorgen.be/wetenschap/we-vinden-ongewone-warmte-gauw-normaal-b32e3afc/
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2019/02/15/1816541116

Goal:
You will develop AWS-processes to
• Collect tweets reporting about weather, datasets with registered temperatures for previous periods, traffic jam data, storm damage, etc.
• Store and provide the data in such a way that it becomes easy the consult it ad-hoc and visualize it.

You will conduct a sentiment analysis on the Twitter messages, for example with Amazon Comprehend, and based on this you will tell a story about
• How fast do we get used to extreme weather conditions?
• How can we incorporate this in the bigger picture of climate change?

• Candidates should be following an IT-related study. Knowledge of Python is a plus.
• The internship will take place in our offices in Mechelen. Candidates must arrange their own transport
• Candidates can work autonomously without daily guidance