SICSS-Duke

June 19 to June 29, 2022 | Duke University

Schedule & Materials

Sunday June 19, 2022
  • 4:00 - 5:00 Check In

  • 5:00 - 7:30 Durham Bulls Baseball Game

  • 8:00 - 10:00 Welcome Dinner

Monday June 20, 2022 - Introduction and Ethics
  • 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

Tuesday June 21, 2022 - APIs and Digital Trace Data
Wednesday June 22, 2022 - Text as Data
  • 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

Thursday June 23, 2022 - Experiments in the Digital Era
  • 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

Friday June 24, 2022 - Professionalization
Saturday June 25, 2022 - Day Off
Sunday June 26, 2022 - Day Off
Monday June 27, 2022 - Project Development
  • 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

Tuesday June 28, 2022 - Project Development
  • 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

Wednesday June 29, 2022 - Project Development
  • 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

Thursday June 30, 2022
  • Participants depart

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