SICSS-Helsinki

June 14 to June 25, 2021 | University of Helsinki | Virtual event

Schedule & Materials

Monday June 14, 2021 - Starting of SICSS
  • 9:30 - 10:00 SICSS introduction

  • 10:00 - 11:00 Ethics chapter review and conceptual exercise

  • 11:00 - 12:00 Validity and reliability chapter review and conceptual exercise

  • 12:00 - 13:30 Virtual lunch

  • 13:30 - 15:30 Software libraries

  • 15:30 - 16:00 Day wrapup

Tuesday June 15, 2021 - Data science
  • 9:30 - 10:00 Day kickoff

  • 10:00 - 10:30 Book chapter revise exercise

  • 10:30 - 12:00 Conceptual exercise

  • 12:00 - 13:00 Break

  • 13:00 - 13:30 Introdoction to programming task

  • 13:30 - 15:00 Working on programming tasks

  • 15:00 - 15:30 Break

  • 15:30 - 16:00 Day wrapup

Wednesday June 16, 2021 - Network analysis
  • 9:30 - 10:00 Day kickoff

  • 10:00 - 10:30 Book chapter revise exercise

  • 10:30 - 12:00 Conceptual exercise

  • 12:00 - 13:00 Break

  • 13:00 - 13:30 Introdoction to programming task

  • 13:30 - 15:00 Working on programming tasks

  • 15:00 - 15:30 Break

  • 15:30 - 16:00 Day wrapup

Thursday June 17, 2021 - Simulations and complex systems
  • 9:30 - 10:00 Day kickoff

  • 10:00 - 10:30 Book chapter revise exercise

  • 10:30 - 12:00 Conceptual exercise

  • 12:00 - 13:00 Break

  • 13:00 - 13:30 Introdoction to programming task

  • 13:30 - 15:00 Working on programming tasks

  • 15:00 - 15:30 Break

  • 15:30 - 17:00 Project week planning

  • 17:00 - 17:30 Day wrapup

Friday June 18, 2021 - Interactive systems
  • 9:30 - 10:00 Day kickoff

  • 10:00 - 10:30 Book chapter revise exercise

  • 10:30 - 12:00 Conceptual exercise

  • 12:00 - 13:00 Break

  • 13:00 - 13:30 Introdoction to programming task

  • 13:30 - 15:00 Working on programming tasks

  • 15:00 - 15:30 Break

  • 15:30 - 17:00 Project pairing

  • 17:00 - 17:30 Day wrapup

Saturday June 19, 2021 -
  • 11:00 - 14:00 Time for project planning and advising

Sunday June 20, 2021 -
Monday June 21, 2021 -
  • 9:30 - 10:30 Meeting with advisers

  • 12:00 - 13:00 Virtual lunch

  • 15:00 - 16:00 Meeting with advisers

Tuesday June 22, 2021 -
  • 9:30 - 10:30 Meeting with advisers

  • 12:00 - 13:00 Virtual lunch

  • 15:00 - 16:00 Meeting with advisers

  • 16:00 - 17:00 Visiting lecture: Trading zones in computational social science (Juho Pääkkönen, Samuli Reijula, Matti Nelimarkka)

Wednesday June 23, 2021 -
  • 9:30 - 10:30 Meeting with advisers

  • 12:00 - 13:00 Virtual lunch

  • 15:00 - 16:00 Meeting with advisers

Thursday June 24, 2021 -
  • 9:30 - 10:30 Meeting with advisers

  • 12:00 - 13:00 Virtual lunch

  • 13:00 - 14:00 Project presentations

Friday June 25, 2021 - Midsummer festival (holiday)

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