SICSS-Beijing

June 14 to June 25, 2021 | Network Science | Virtual event

Schedule & Materials

All times are in Beijing time -
  • Most of our guest talks are open to the public on Zoom webinar. We will be updating the zoom registration link on this page.

  • Other events are open to participants only, but we will post online some of materials.

Monday June 14, 2021 -
  • 8:00 - 8:25 Introduction and logistics

  • 8:30 - 9:25 Speed dating

  • 9:30 - 10:55 Reading group: Introduction to networks

  • 21:00 - 22:30 Sandy Pentland speaks at SICSS Beijing + Q&A; Topic: Idea Flow and Economic Growth (paper); Talk open to the public; [video]

Tuesday June 15, 2021 -
  • 8:30 - 9:25 Speed dating

  • 9:30 - 10:55 Reading group: Machine learning and networks

  • 21:00 - 22:00 Subhayan Mukerjee speaks at SICSS Beijing + Q&A (talk open to participants only) (video)

Wednesday June 16, 2021 -
  • 8:30 - 9:25 Speed dating

  • 9:30 - 10:55 Reading group: Social contagion and collective intelligence

  • 21:00 - 23:00 Nynke Niezink speaks at SICSS Beijing + 1:1 meetings; Topic: Modeling network dynamics and dynamics on networks; Talk open to the public; [video]

Thursday June 17, 2021 -
  • 8:30 - 9:25 Speed dating

  • 9:30 - 10:55 Reading group: Misinformation and polarization

  • 21:00 - 23:00 Chris Bail speaks at SICSS Beijing (Breaking the Social Media Prism: How to Make our Platforms Less Polarizing) + 1:1 meetings (talk open to the public; [video]

Friday June 18, 2021 -
  • 8:30 - 9:55 Group project research idea pitch

  • 10:00 - 11:55 Zhiyuan Liu speaks at SICSS Beijing + 1:1 meetings (Topic: A Tale of Two Representations: Symbols and Embeddings; talk open to the public; [video]

  • 21:00 - 23:00 Groups formed for the second week research team projects

Saturday June 19, 2021 - Day off
Sunday June 20, 2021 - Day off
Monday June 21, 2021 -
  • 8:30 - 9:55 Participants discuss team projects (organized by each team separately; each team can schedule extra meeting/discussion)

  • 10:00 - 11:00 Participants’ research presentation: Anfan, Anmol, Guang, Zhuo, Zhaowen

  • 21:00 - 23:00 YY Ahn speaks at SICSS Beijing (Understanding texts and networks with neural language models) + 1:1 meetings (talk open to the public; [video])

Tuesday June 22, 2021 -
  • 9:00 - 11:00 Yi Bu speaks at SICSS Beijing + 1:1 meetings (A discipline scheme-free interdisciplinarity measurement for academic journals; talk open to the public; registration link)

  • 21:00 - 22:00 Participants’ research presentation: Cheng-Jun, Chenshuo, Chao, Sophie

  • 22:05 - 22:55 Participants discuss team projects (organized by each team separately; each team can schedule extra meeting/discussion)

Wednesday June 23, 2021 -
  • 8:30 - 9:25 Participants discuss team projects (organized by each team separately; each team can schedule extra meeting/discussion)

  • 9:30 - 11:00 Participants’ research presentation: Kunru, Sachin, Shengchun, Shiyang, Jasmine

  • 21:00 - 23:00 Mohsen Mosleh speaks at SICSS Beijing (Inaccurate and Biased Information on Social Media) + 1:1 meetings (talk open to the public; registration link)

Thursday June 24, 2021 -
  • 8:30 - 9:25 Participants discuss team projects (organized by each team separately; each team can schedule extra meeting/discussion)

  • 9:30 - 11:00 Participants’ research presentation: Xiduo, Yanni, Yingdan, Yiyan, Xiangyu, Yang

  • 21:00 - 23:00 Morgan Frank speaks at SICSS Beijing (Universal resilience patterns in labor markets) + 1:1 meetings (talk open to the public; [video])

Friday June 25, 2021 -
  • 8:30 - 11:00 Group project presentation

  • 21:00 - 23:00 Shan Huang speaks at SICSS Beijing + 1:1 meetings (talk open to participants only)

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