SICSS-Duke

June 14 to June 26, 2020 | Duke University | Virtual event

Schedule & Materials

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time
Sunday June 14, 2020

  • 5:00pm Meet-and-greet (based on this model) (Zoom)

Monday June 15, 2020 - Introduction and Ethics

  • 10:00 - 10:30 Introduction and logistics (Zoom)

  • 10:30 - 11:30 Small group discussions Lesson plan (Zoom)

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Break

  • 12:00 - 1:00 Small group lunches (optional) (Zoom)

  • 1:00 - 1:30 Break

  • 1:30 - 1:45 Introduction to the group exercise Lesson plan (participants) Lesson plan (instructors) (Zoom)

  • 1:45 - 2:45 Small group discussion of case study (Zoom)

  • 2:45 - 3:15 Whole group debrief about case study (Zoom)

  • 3:15 - 3:45 Debrief and logistics (Zoom)

Tuesday June 16, 2020 - Collecting Digital Trace Data

  • 10:00 - 10:15 Logistics and Intro to Group Exercise (Zoom)

  • 10:15 - 11:30 Designing a Research Question with Digital Trace Data(Zoom)

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Break

  • 12:00 - 1:00 Small group lunches (optional) (Zoom)

  • 1:00 - 1:15 Break

  • 1:15 - 2:30 Collecting Digital Trace Data(Zoom)

  • 2:30 - 3:30 Discussing Strengths & Benefits plus Hybrid Designs (Zoom)

  • 3:30 - 3:45 Debrief and logistics (Zoom)

  • 3:45 - 4:00 Break

  • 4:00 - 5:30 Dan Ariely: How to change behavior for good using principles from social science

Wednesday June 17, 2020 - Automated Text Analysis

  • 10:00 - 10:15 Logistics and Intro to Group Exercise (Zoom)

  • 10:15 - 11:30 Group Exercise (Zoom)

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Break

  • 12:00 - 1:00 Small group lunches (optional) (Zoom)

  • 1:00 - 1:15 Break

  • 1:15 - 3:30 Group Exercise (Zoom)

  • 3:30 - 3:45 Debrief and logistics (Zoom)

  • 7:30 - 9:00 Sharad Goel: Title TBA (optional)

Thursday June 18, 2020 - Surveys in the Digital Age

  • 10:00 - 10:15 Logistics (Zoom)

  • 10:15 - 10:30 Introduction to the group exercise Lesson plan (participants) Lesson plan (instructors) (Zoom)

  • 10:30 - 11:30 Morning group exercise (Zoom)

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Break

  • 12:00 - 1:00 Small group lunches (optional) (Zoom)

  • 1:00 - 1:15 Break

  • 1:15 - 3:00 Afternoon group exercise (Zoom)

  • 3:00 - 3:15 Break

  • 3:15 - 3:30 Whole group debrief about group exercise (Zoom)

  • 3:30 - 3:45 Debrief and logistics (Zoom)

Friday June 19, 2020 - Mass collaboration and machine learning

  • 10:00 - 10:15 Logistics (Zoom)

  • 10:15 - 10:30 Introduction to the group exercise Video Slides (Zoom)

  • 10:30 - 11:30 Participate in the Fraglie Families Challenge Lesson plan (participants), Lesson plan (instructors) (Zoom)

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Break

  • 12:00 - 1:00 Small group lunches (optional) (Zoom)

  • 1:00 - 1:15 Break

  • 1:15 - 3:00 Continue participating in the Fragile Families Challenge (Zoom)

  • 3:00 - 3:15 Break

  • 3:15 - 3:30 Whole group debrief about group exercise (Zoom)

  • 3:30 - 3:45 Debrief and logistics (Zoom)

Saturday June 20, 2020 - Day off
Sunday June 21, 2020 - Day off
Monday June 22, 2020 - Work on group projects (optional) and/or participate in SICSS Festival

  • 10:00 - 10:30 Research Speed Dating Logistics (Zoom), Slides for Instructors

  • 10:15 - 11:30 Research Speed Dating Maximally Similar Groups (Zoom)

  • 1:15 - 3:15 Research Speed Dating Maximally Dissimilar Groups (Zoom)

  • 3:15 - 3:30 Group Debrief (join research teams) (Zoom)

  • Festival: 12:00 - 1:00 Panel discussion on teaching computational social science

Tuesday June 23, 2020 - Work on group projects (optional) and/or participate in SICSS Festival

  • Festival: 1-2 Measuring cultural change in digital trace data using diversification rates

  • Festival: 3:30 - 4:30 Discussion on diversity in computational social science

Wednesday June 24, 2020 - Work on group projects (optional) and/or participate in SICSS Festival

  • Festival: 10-11:15 Computational social science to address the (post) COVID-19 reality

  • Festival: 11:30-12:30 Panel discussion on digital and computational demography

  • Festival: 1-2:30 Using Empirica for high-throughput virtual lab experiments (Session 1)

Thursday June 25, 2020 - Work on group projects (optional) and/or participate in SICSS Festival

  • 1:00 - 2:00 Small group meetings with Elizabeth Bruch

  • 4:00 - 5:00 Elizabeth Bruch: How (and why) Online Dating Experiences Differ Across U.S. Cities

  • Festival: 11-12 Creating open source software as part of an academic career

  • Festival: 12:30-2 Panel discussion on the non-academic job market in computational social science

  • Festival: 2-3 What Can the SICSS Community Do to Recognize and Eradicate Anti-Black Racism in Computational Social Science?

Friday June 26, 2020 - Present group projects and/or participate in SICSS Festival

  • 12:00 - 4:00 Present group projects (Zoom)

  • 4:00 - 4:30 Debrief and conclusion

  • Festival: 10-11 Opportunities and challenges with industry collaborations

  • Festival: 10-11:30 Using Empirica for high-throughput virtual lab experiments (Session 2)

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