SICSS-Princeton

June 14 to June 25, 2021 | Princeton University | Virtual event

Schedule & Materials

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time
Sunday June 13, 2021

  • 5:00 - 6:00pm Meet-and-greet (Zoom) (you have received the link over email)

Monday June 14, 2021 - Introduction and Ethics

  • 10:00 - 10:30 Introduction and logistics (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 - 1:30 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)

  • 3:20 - 3:45 Debrief and logistics (Zoom)

  • 3:45 - 4:00 Apply for data access for Fragile Families Challenge activity if you haven’t already

Tuesday June 15, 2021 - Collecting Digital Trace Data

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

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

  • 11:30 - 12:15 Break

  • 12:15 - 12:30 Flash talk by Katherine Keith (optional) (Zoom)

  • 12:30 - 12:45 Flash talk by Killian McLoughlin, ‘Moral outrage is associated with the spread of misinformation across social media platforms’ (optional) (Zoom)

  • 1:00 - 1:15 Break

  • 1:15 - 2:30 Develop a Sampling Frame (Zoom)

  • 2:30 - 3:30 Populate the Sampling Frame with Screen-Scraping (Zoom)

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

Wednesday June 16, 2021 - Automated Text Analysis

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

  • 10:15 - 11:30 Extract Features from Trump Tweets (Zoom)

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Break

  • 12:00 - 12:15 Flash talk by Tamara van der Does, ‘Measuring Boundary Rhetoric’ (optional) (Zoom)

  • 12:15 - 12:30 Flash talk by Jacy Reese Anthis, ‘Frame Analysis with NLP, Particularly Discourse Atoms’ (optional) (Zoom)

  • 1:00 - 1:15 Break

  • 1:15 - 3:30 Predict Features of Tweets associated with Retweets and Produce Visualization (Zoom)

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

Thursday June 17, 2021 - 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 - 12:15 Flash talk by Nozomi Nakajima (optional) (Zoom)

  • 12:15 - 12:30 Flash talk by Carolina Coimbra Vieira, ‘The Role of Migration in Shaping Cultural Proximity across Countries: Evidence from Facebook Data on National Cuisines’ (optional) (Zoom)

  • 12:30 - 12:45 Flash talk by Andrey Indukaev (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 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 actvity Lesson plan (participants); Lesson plan (instructors) (Zoom)

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Break

  • 12:00 - 12:15 Flash talk by Mario Molina (optional) (Zoom)

  • 12:15 - 12:30 Flash talk by Luca Maria Pesando, ‘Harnessing the Potential of Online Searches for Understanding the Impact of COVID-19 on Intimate Partner Violence in Italy’ (optional) (Zoom)

  • 12:30 - 12:45 Flash talk by Marcos Gallo (optional) (Zoom)

  • 1:00 - 1:15 Break

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

  • 5:00 - 6:30 Munmun de Choudhury Guest Lecture (Different Zoom link, posted on Slack)

Saturday June 19, 2021 - Day off
Sunday June 20, 2021 - Day off
Monday June 21, 2021 - Work on group projects (optional) and/or participate in SICSS Festival (optional)

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

  • 10:30 - 11:45 Research Speed Dating Maximally Similar Groups (Zoom)

  • 11:45 - 1:15 Break

  • 1:15 - 2:30 Research Speed Dating Maximally Dissimilar Groups (Zoom)

  • 2:30 - 2:45 Break

  • 2:45 - 3:00 Group Debrief (join research teams) (Zoom)

Tuesday June 22, 2021 - Work on group projects (optional) and/or participate in SICSS Festival (optional)

  • 11:00 - 12:00 Using images and video data for social science: Challenges and opportunities (Zoom) Register here

  • 1:00 - 2:00 Introduction to Text Analysis in Python: A Hands-on Tutorial (Zoom) (Registration closed)

Wednesday June 23, 2021 - Work on group projects (optional) and/or participate in SICSS Festival (optional)

  • 12:00 - 1:00 Panel discussion on the non-academic job market in computational social science (Zoom) Register here

  • 12:30 - 1:30 Panel discussion on the (many) paths to computational social science research in law (Zoom) Register here

Thursday June 24, 2021 - Work on group projects (optional) and/or participate in SICSS Festival (optional)

  • 11:00 - 12:30 Tutorial on deep learning for causal inference (Zoom) Register here

  • 1:00 - 2:00 Taking Quantitative Description Seriously (Zoom) Register here

Friday June 25, 2021 - Present group projects

  • 1:00 - 4:00 Present group projects (Zoom)

  • 4:00 - 4:30 Debrief and conclusion

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