[2][4] Schrodt's work has largely been focused on automated coding of event data for political news.
In 1994, he created the Kansas Event Data System (KEDS) that won the “Outstanding Computer Software Award” from the American Political Science Association in 1995.
[5] He developed the Conflict and Mediation Event Observations (CAMEO) data coding framework along with Deborah J. Gerner and others.
A modification of TABARI, called JABARI-NLP, was used for the Integrated Conflict Early Warning System (ICEWS) database by Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Laboratories.
[8] Logistic regression models created by Schrodt were also successfully incorporated into the predictive algorithms used by Lockheed Martin for ICEWS.