June 19 to June 29, 2022 | Duke University
4:00 - 5:00 Check In
5:00 - 7:30 Durham Bulls Baseball Game
8:00 - 10:00 Welcome Dinner
9:00 - 9:15 Logistics
9:15 - 9:40 Chris Bail What is Computational Social Science?
9:40 - 10:00 Chris Bail Why SICSS?
10:00 - 10:45 Casey Fiesler (University of Colorado Boulder) Data Ethics Section 1: Data isn’t just data, and Ethical Considerations
10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 11:45 Casey Fiesler Data Ethics Section 2: Ethical Considerations and Case Study
11:45 - 12:00 Q&A
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 Group Exercises
2:30 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:30 Group Exercises
4:30 - 5:00 Wrap Up
6:00 - 7:00 Dinner
9:00 - 9:15 Check In
9:15 - 10:30 Ridhi Kashyap (Oxford University): Digital Trace Data Introduction
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:00 Ridhi Kashyap: Digital Trace Data Case Studies Using Social Media Advertising Data
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 Suhem Parack (Twitter)
2:30 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:30 Group Exercises
4:30 - 5:00 Wrap Up
6:00 - 7:00 Dinner
9:00 - 9:15 Check In
9:15 - 10:30 Justin Grimmer (Stanford University) & Brandon Stewart (Princeton University): Representing Text as Data
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 12:00 Justin Grimmer & Brandon Stewart: Measurement and Causal Inference using Text as Data
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 Group Exercises
2:30 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:30 Group Exercises
4:30 - 5:00 Wrap Up
6:00 - 7:00 Dinner
9:00 - 9:15 Check In
9:15 - 10:30 Lisa Argyle (Brigham Young University): Computational Advances in Social Science Experiments
10:30 - 10:45 Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:15 Chris Bail (Duke University): Behind the Bot Study
11:15 - 11:30 Coffee Break
11:30 - 12:00 Lisa Argyle: Experimental Possibilities of Generative Language Models
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch and Guest Lecture: Daniel Argyle, Natural Language Processing
1:00 - 2:30 Group Exercises
2:30 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:30 Group Exercises
4:30 - 5:00 Wrap Up
6:00 - 7:00 Dinner
7:00 - 8:00 (Optional) Group Yoga Session
9:00 - 9:15 Check In
9:15 - 10:30 Chris Bail (Duke University): How to Publish an Article in Computational Social Science
10:30 - 11:15 Chris Bail: How to Get a Job in Computational Social Science
11:15 - 11:45 Chris Bail: How to Get a Grant in Computational Social Science
11:45 - 12:15 Chris Bail: How to Publish a Book in Computational Social Science
12:15 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 Group Exercises: Mapping Career Pathways in Computational Social Science
2:30 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:30 Group Exercises
4:30 - 5:00 Wrap Up
6:00 - 7:00 Dinner
9:00 - 9:15 Check In
9:15 - 9:30 Introduction to Research Speed Dating Activity
9:30 - 11:00 Research Speed Dating
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:00 Research Speed Dating Activity
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 Project Group Formation
2:30 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:30 Group Project Work
4:30 - 5:00 Wrap Up
6:00 - 7:00 Dinner
9:00 - 9:15 Check In
9:15 - 11:00 Group Projects Work
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:00 Group Projects Work
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 Group Projects Work
2:30 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:30 Group Project Work
4:30 - 5:00 Wrap Up
6:00 - 7:00 Dinner
9:00 - 9:15 Check In
9:15 - 11:00 Group Projects Work
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:00 Group Projects Work Continued
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:30 Group Projects Work Continued
2:30 - 3:00 Break
3:00 - 4:30 Group Project Final Presentations
4:30 - 5:00 Wrap Up
6:00 - 8:00 Farewell Dinner
Participants depart
You can host a partner location of the Summer Institutes of Computational Social Science (SICSS) at your university, company, NGO, or government agency.