Project Topics
Time Series Analysis Topics
Choose from 15 diverse topics spanning finance, economics, healthcare, and more. Challenging topics offer bonus points!
Topic Selection Guide
Easy
Topic 1: Basic Stock Price Time Series (S&P 500)
Univariate forecasting of daily stock prices for one S&P 500 company. Perfect introduction to time series analysis.
Easy
Topic 2: Monthly Business Sales Time Series
Analyze and forecast monthly sales or revenue with clear seasonal patterns.
Easy
Topic 3: GDP Time Series for Multiple Countries
Forecast annual GDP for 1–3 countries and compare trends and growth patterns.
Easy
Topic 9: Airline Passenger Time Series
Classic monthly airline passenger series with trend and seasonality using statsmodels built-in dataset.
Easy
Topic 15: Healthcare Call Data Analysis During Emergency Times
Analyze and forecast healthcare call center data during emergency periods using time series analysis. Suitable for both traditional ARIMA/SARIMA and ML/DL methods.
Medium
Topic 4: US Macroeconomic Indicators
Model and forecast key US macro indicators including unemployment, inflation, and more.
Medium
Topic 5: Single-Stock Case Study: NVIDIA (NVDA)
Univariate forecasting and volatility exploration for a high-growth tech stock.
Medium
Topic 6: Multivariate Financial Time Series Bundle
Model several assets jointly using correlations, VAR, and multivariate forecasting techniques.
Medium
Topic 7: Human Vital Signs
Analyze and forecast physiological signals including heart rate, blood pressure, and SpO2.
Medium
Topic 8: High-Resolution Vital Signs with VitalDB
Work with high-frequency ICU/OR vital signs using the VitalDB Python library.
Medium → Hard
Topic 13: Retail Store Sales Time Series
Daily sales forecasting for multiple stores/items using Kaggle competition data (panel + time series).
Hard
Topic 10: EEG Analysis with MNE Sample Dataset
Use EEG time series from one or a few channels for analysis and simple modeling.
Hard
Topic 11: ECG Analysis with MIT-BIH
Work with ECG waveforms from the MIT-BIH Arrhythmia database using WFDB library.
Hard
Topic 12: Open Multidomain Time Series
Choose a series from a curated collection and design a custom forecasting/classification problem.
Hard
Topic 14: Electricity Load Diagrams
Model and forecast electricity demand with multiple time series and rich seasonality patterns.
Getting Started
Each topic folder contains:
- README.md - Detailed implementation guide with step-by-step instructions
- starter.ipynb - Jupyter notebook with installation and data loading code
- Featured image - Visual representation of the topic
Navigate to the Topic/ directory to explore each topic's resources.
Student Desk
📚 Additional Resources for Your Projects
The Student Desk provides comprehensive materials to support your project work:
- Paper & Poster Templates: Professional templates for your midterm baseline and final project submissions
- Topic Notebooks: Detailed notebooks with guidance and examples for each of the 14 project topics
- Research Materials: Additional references and resources to enhance your analysis
Note: Make sure you're signed in to your NEU Google account to access the materials.