SICSS-FGV/DAPP Brazil

June 14 to June 26, 2021 | FGV/DAPP | Virtual event

Schedule & Materials

All times are in Brazilian (Brasilia - Federal District) Time
Monday June 14, 2021 - Introduction and Ethics

  • 10:00 - 11:00 Introduction and logistics

  • 11:00 - 12:00 Small group discussions Lesson Instructions

  • 12:00 - 12:30 Break

  • 12:30 - 1:30 Small group lunches (optional)

  • 1:30 - 1:45 Break

  • 1:45 - 2:00 Introduction to the group exercise Lesson Instructions

  • 2:00 - 3:00 Small group discussion of case study

  • 3:00 - 3:30 Whole group debrief about case study (Zoom)

  • 3:30 - 4:00 Break

  • 4:00 - 5:00 Workshop: Algorithm Accountability, Daniel Trielli (Northwestern University and SICSS-Chicago).

Tuesday June 15, 2021 - Collecting Digital Trace Data

  • 10:00 - 10:15 Logistics and introduction to group exercise Lesson Instructions

  • 10:15 - 11:30 Phase 1: Designing a Research Question with Digital Trace Data (Small Groups)

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Phase 1: Discussing the Research Questions and Data (Everybody)

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

  • 1:00 - 1:15 Break

  • 1:15 - 2:30 Phase 2: Discussing Strengths & Benefits plus Hybrid Designs with Digital Trace Data (Small Groups)

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

  • 3:30 - 3:45 Debrief and logistics

  • 3:45 - 4:00 Break

  • 4:00 - 4:45 GUEST-SPEAKER: Patrícia Rossini:Rethinking Online Toxicity: Conceptual and Methodological Advantages of Disentangling Uncivil and Intolerant Discourse

Wednesday June 16, 2021 - Automated Text Analysis

  • 10:00 - 10:15 Logistics and introduction to group exercise (Zoom)

  • 10:15 - 11:30 Workshop: Automated Text Analysis with Spacy and LDAviz, Lucas Roberto (FGV DAPP)

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Break

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

  • 1:00 - 1:15 Break

  • 1:15 - 3:00 Text Analysis Group Exercise (Small Group) Lesson Instructions

  • 3:30 - 4:00 Debrief and logistics (Zoom)

Thursday June 17, 2021 - Surveys in the Digital Age

  • 10:00 - 10:15 Logistics (Zoom)

  • 10:15 - 11:00: Tutorial on Facebook Ads (Danilo Carvalho)

  • 11:00 - 11:15 Introduction to the group exercise (Zoom) Lesson Instructions

  • 11:15 - 12:30 Morning group exercise (Zoom)

  • 12:30 - 1:30 Small group lunches (optional) (Zoom)

  • 1:30 - 1:45 Break

  • 1:45 - 3:00 Afternoon group exercise (Zoom)

  • 3:00 - 3:30 Whole group debrief about group exercise (Zoom)

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

  • 4:00 - 4:45 GUEST-SPEAKER: Cezar Zucco: Conducting Digital and Survey Experiments in Brazil

Friday June 18, 2021 - 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 Fragile 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)

  • 3:45 - 4:00 Delete the Fragile Families data from your computer

  • 4:00 - 4:45 GUEST-SPEAKER: Thiago Marzagão: Putting a price on real estate:Data Science and Machine Learning in the Brazilian Government

Saturday June 19, 2021 - Day off
Sunday June 20, 2021 - Day off
Monday June 21, 2021 - DAPP Day and Base dos Dados

  • 10:00 - 12:00 - Apresentação de Metodologia Linguística, Dalby/Danilo

  • 12:00 - 1:30 Break

  • 1:30 - 3:00 - Implementação de Metodologia Linguística, Lucas Roberto e Polyana

  • 3:00 - 3:30 - FGV DAPP Call for Proposals

  • 3:30 - 4:00 Break

  • 4:00 - 4:45 - WORKSHOP: Fernanda Scovino - A Base dos Dados

Tuesday June 22, 2021 - Research Speed Dating

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

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

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Presenting Research Ideas (Everybody)

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

  • 1:00 - 1:15 Break

  • 1:15 - 2:15 Research Speed Dating Maximally Dissimilar Groups (Zoom)

  • 2:15 - 2:45 Presenting Research Ideas (Everybody)

  • 2:45 - 3:00 Break

  • 3:00 - 3:30 Group Debrief (join research teams) (Zoom)

Wednesday June 23, 2021 - Roundtable and Work on group projects (optional)

  • Roundtable: 10:00 - 12:00: Computational Social Science in the Academia - With Ernesto Calvo (ilCSS-UMD), and Rochelle Terman (UChicago)

Thursday June 24, 2021 - Roundtable and Work on group projects (optional)

  • 10:00 - 12:00 - Roundtable: Computational Social Science and the Industry - With Daniel Mariani (Folha de Sao Paulo), and Henrique Lorea (PicPay)

Friday June 25, 2021 - Roundtable and Present group projects

  • 10:00 - 12:00 - Roundtable: Computational Social Science and Data Journalism - With Cecíllia Oliveira (Fogo Cruzado), Cristina Tardáguilla (Agência Lupa), and Natália Leão (Gênero e Número)

  • 14:00 - 16:00 Present group projects (Zoom)

  • 16:00 - 17:00 Conclusion e Virtual Happy Hour

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