Istanbul

June 16 to June 29, 2019 | Kadir Has University

Schedule & Materials

Sunday June 16, 2019 - 18:00 Welcome dinner

Monday June 17, 2019 - Introductions and ethics

9:00 - 10:30 Welcome: introductions, logicstics etc.
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 What is research ethics and why it matters? A global perspective slides
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Group exercise: Research ethics activity 1 activity 2
15:00 - 15:30 Break
15:30 - 16:30 Group exercise: Research ethics activity 1 activity 2
16:30 - 17:00 Introduction to computational social science [live stream]
17:00 - 17:30 Why SICSS? [live stream]
17:30 - 18:30 Reflections
18:30 - 19:30 Break
23:00 - 0:30 Guest speaker: Alondra Nelson [live stream, optional]

Tuesday June 18, 2019 - Automated data collection

9:00 - 9:30 Recap
9:30 - 10:00 Digital trace data: conceptualization, opportunities and problems slides
10:00 - 10:30 Break
10:30 - 11:30 Demo & try: Screen scraping code example
11:30 - 12:00 Demo: Applications in data collection
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 14:00 Demo & try: APIs code example
14:00 - 14:30 Break
14:30 - 17:30 Group exercise: Data collection activity
18:30 - 19:30 Break
23:00 - 00:30 Live stream: Beth Noveck (optional)

Wednesday June 19, 2019 - Text analysis

09:00 - 09:30 Recap
09:30 - 10:30 Qualitative analysis slides
10:30 - 11:00 Break
11:00 - 12:30 Computational approaches to qualitative analysis
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Group exercise: Automated text analysis activity
15:00 - 15:30 Break
15:30 - 17:30 Group exercise: Automated text analysis activity
17:30 - 18:30 Live stream: Brandon Stewart
18:30 - 19:30 Break
20:00 - 21:00 Live stream: Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld (optional)

Thursday June 20, 2019 - Machine learning and surveys

9:00 - 9:30 Recap
9:30 - 10:30 Quantitative analysis slide code
10:30 - 12:30 Group exercise: Machine learning activity
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Delayed stream: Alondra Nelson
15:00 - 15:30 Break
15:30 - 16:30 Group exercise: Machine learning activity
16:30 - 17:30 Surveys in digital research [live stream]
17:30 - 18:00 Computer-administered interviews and wiki surveys [live stream]
18:00 - 18:30 Combining surveys and big data [live stream]
18:30 - 19:30 Break
23:00 - 00:30 Live stream: Justin Grimmer (optional)

Friday June 21, 2019 - Experiments & surveys

09:00 - 09:30 Recap
09:30 - 11:00 Delayed stream: Justin Grimmer
11:00 - 11:30 Break
11:30 - 12:30 Online experiments slides
12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 15:00 Group exercise: surveys & online experiments activity
15:00 - 15:30 Break
15:30 - 16:00 Group exercise: surveys & online experiments activity
16:00 - 17:00 Group exercise: surveys & online experiments activity
17:00 - 17:30 Break
17:30 - 18:30 Introduction to mass collaboration
18:30 - 19:30 Break
23:00 - 00:30 Live stream: Annie Liang (optional)

Saturday June 22, 2019 - Mass collaboration

9:00 - 9:30 Recap

Sunday June 23, 2019 - Day off

Monday June 24, 2019 - Work on group projects

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
14:30 - 15:30 Live stream: Pablo Barbera (optional)
18:30 - 19:30 Break

Tuesday June 25, 2019 - Work on group projects

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
18:30 - 19:30 Break
19:30 - 21:00 Istanbul Cruise Tour party
23:30 - 0:30 Live stream: Alex Sandy Pentland (optional)

Wednesday June 26, 2019 - Work on group projects

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
18:30 - 19:30 Break
19:30 - 20:30 Live stream: Chris Wiggins or job-market panel
23:30 - 00:30 Live stream: Laura Nelson (optional)

Thursday June 27, 2019 - Work on group projects

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
18:30 - 19:30 Break

Friday June 28, 2019 - Presentation of group projects and farewell dinner

12:30 - 13:30 Lunch
18:30 - 19:30 Break

Host a Location

You can host a partner location of the Summer Institutes of Computational Social Science (SICSS) at your university, company, NGO, or government agency.