SICSS-London

June 14 to June 25, 2021 | University College London | Virtual event

Schedule & Materials

All times are in UK local (BST)
Location for all events is Joshua's university zoom link (see email)
Sunday June 13, 2021
  • 3pm - 4:30pm Meet-and-greet (based on this model) (Zoom)

Monday June 14, 2021 - Introduction and Ethics
  • 10:00 - 10:30 Introduction and logistics (Faculty Leader: Joshua Becker) (Zoom)

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

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Break

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

  • 1:00 - 1:15 Break

  • 1:15 - 1:30 Introduction to the group exercise Lesson plan (participants); Lesson plan (instructors) (Zoom)

  • 1:30 - 2:30 Small group discussion of case study (Zoom)

  • 2:30 - 3:00 Whole group debrief about case study (Zoom)

  • 3:00 - 3:30 Break

  • 3:30 - 4:00 Wrap up & Logistics (Zoom)

  • 4pm - 6pm Guest Speaker: David Lazer

Tuesday June 15, 2021 - Collecting Digital Trace Data
  • Background Lectures

  • 10:00 - 11:00 Intro and logistics (Faculty leader: Nicola Perra) (Zoom)

  • 11:00 - 11:15 Break

  • 11:15 - 12:00 Work on projects (familiarize with API and define research questions) (Zoom)

  • 12:00 - 1:00 Group lunches (optional) (Zoom)

  • 1:00 – 2:00 Work on Projects (collect and assess data) (Zoom)

  • 2:00 — 2:30 Epidemic modeling overview (Nicola) (Zoom)

  • 2:30 – 4:00 Work on projects (Zoom)

  • 4:00 - 6:00 Guest Speaker: Ken Benoit

Wednesday June 16, 2021 - Automated Text Analysis
  • 10:00 - 12:00 Introduction and group activity (Faculty leader: Mike Yeomans) (Zoom)

  • 12:00 - 1:00 Group lunches (optional) (Zoom)

  • 1:00 - 4:00 Group activity and wrap-up

Thursday June 17, 2021 - Surveys in the Digital Age
  • 10:00 - 10:30 Intro & logistics (Faculty leader: Joshua Becker) 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 Participant flash talks (encouraged) (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 (Zoom)

  • 3:45 - 4:00 Logistics & Empirica install (Zoom)

Friday June 18, 2021 - Computational Models and Virtual Lab Experiments
  • Background Lectures

  • 10:00 - 11:00 Intro & discussion (Faculty leaders: Joshua Becker & Milena Tsvetkova) (Zoom)

  • 11:00 - 12:00 Empirica tutorial Part 1a: a basic guessing game (Zoom) Completed Code

  • 12:00 - 1:00 Group lunches (optional) (Zoom)

  • 1:00 - 2:00 Empirica tutorial Part 1b: custommizing (Zoom) Completed Code

  • 2:00 - 3:00 Empirica tutorial Part 2: adding chats (Zoom) Completed Code

  • 3:00 - 3:45 Empirica tutorial Part 3: adding bots (*Zoom) Completed Code

  • 3:45 - 4:00 Wrap-Up

Saturday June 19, 2021 - Day off
Sunday June 20, 2021 - Day off
Monday June 21, 2021 - Group projects and/or SICSS Festival
  • 10:00 - 12:00 Research ‘speed dating’, group formation, coworking and workshops

  • 12:00 - 2:00 Coworking and workshops

  • 2:00 - 3:30 Faculty talk: Andrea Baronchelli

Tuesday June 22, 2021 - Group projects and/or SICSS Festival
  • 10:00 - 4:00 Coworking and workshops

  • 4:00 - 6:00 Guest Speaker: Eszter Hargittai

Wednesday June 23, 2021 - Group projects and/or SICSS Festival
  • 10:00 - 11:30 Guest Speaker: Peaks Krafft

  • 11:30 - 4:00 Coworking and workshops

Thursday June 24, 2021 - Group projects and/or SICSS Festival
  • 10:00 - 2:30 Coworking and workshops

  • 1:00 - 2:30 Guest Speaker: Viktoria Spaiser

  • 2:30 - 4:00 Coworking and workshops

Friday June 25, 2021 - Group projects and/or SICSS Festival
  • 10:00 - 4pm Coworking and workshops

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