# PeopleMap
## About PeopleMap
PeopleMap is an interactive, web-based tool that uses natural language processing (NLP) techniques to improve the accuracy of the information and characterization of researchers. The tool maps out researchers through textual embeddings that make use of a variety of textual characteristics related to each researcher, such as college/school of their professorship, laboratory affiliation, titles and abstracts of their papers found on Google Scholar, and Google Scholar keywords.
Using the following steps, you will be to visually explore the research interests of any group of researchers with Google Scholar profiles. It will walk you through the steps of scraping Google Scholar profiles, processing the data, and exploring the visualizations generated by PeopleMap.
* To access two live demos of PeopleMap, please go to either of the following links:
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* To access the Github repository, please go to the following link:
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PeopleMap is brought to you by [Jon Saad-Falcon](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonsaadfalcon/), [Omar Shaikh](https://www.linkedin.com/in/oshaikh13/), [Jay Wang](https://zijie.wang/), [Austin Wright](https://austinpwright.com/), [Sasha Richardson](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sasha-richardson/), and [Polo Chau](https://poloclub.github.io/polochau/).
## Getting Started
* To begin the process of setting up PeopleMap, navigate to the page below:
{% content-ref url="getting-start" %}
[getting-start](https://poloclub.gitbook.io/people-map/getting-start)
{% endcontent-ref %}
## Setting Up PeopleMap Platform
* To jump to the steps for data collection and loading the PeopleMap platform, navigate to the page below:
{% content-ref url="setting-up-peoplemap" %}
[setting-up-peoplemap](https://poloclub.gitbook.io/people-map/setting-up-peoplemap)
{% endcontent-ref %}
## Functionalities in PeopleMap
* For more information on the functionalities of PeopleMap, navigate to the page below:
{% content-ref url="functionalities-in-peoplemap" %}
[functionalities-in-peoplemap](https://poloclub.gitbook.io/people-map/functionalities-in-peoplemap)
{% endcontent-ref %}
## FAQ
* For any questions about PeopleMap, debugging issues, and contacting the creators, navigate to the page below:
{% content-ref url="faq" %}
[faq](https://poloclub.gitbook.io/people-map/faq)
{% endcontent-ref %}
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