SICSS-Singapore

June 13 to June 24, 2022 | National University of Singapore

Schedule & Materials

Monday June 13, 2022 - Introduction and ethics

8:00 - 8:30 Introduction and logistics
8:30 - 10:00 Opening Keynote (virtual) by Dr. Sandra Gonzalez-Bailon (UPenn): Key Questions in Computational Social Science. (video)
10:00 - 12:00 Morning session
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 17:00 Afternoon session and group activities

Tuesday June 14, 2022 - Collecting digital trace data

9:00 - 10:00 Morning session
10:00 - 12:00 Guest lecture (virtual) by Suhem Parack (Twitter): Getting started with academic research using the Twitter API v2. (video coming soon)
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 17:00 Afternoon session and group activities

Wednesday June 15, 2022 - Text as Data

9:00 - 10:00 Morning session
10:00 - 12:00 Guest lecture (virtual) by Dr. Jisun An (SMU): Tackling social challenges with data science and AI. (video)
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 17:00 Afternoon session and group activities

Thursday June 16, 2022 - Experiments in the Digital Era

9:00 - 9:10 Morning session
10:00 - 12:00 Guest lecture (virtual) by Dr. Hai Liang (CUHK): Detection of Content Incivility and Its Causal Effects using Machine Learning. (video)
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 17:00 Afternoon session and group activities

Friday June 17, 2022 - Analysis of Social Networks

9:00 - 9:55 Morning session
10:00 - 11:55 Guest lecture (in person) by Dr. Prasanta Bhattacharya (A*STAR): Modeling the Dynamics of Social Networks and Behavior: Concepts, Methods and Applications. (video)
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 16:30 Afternoon session and group activities
17:30 - 18:00 Dinner and social event
18:00 - 20:30 Screening of play: Elisa followed by dialogue with director

Saturday June 18, 2022 - Day off

Sunday June 19, 2022 - Day off

Monday June 20, 2022 - Project Development

9:00 - 12:00 Participants work on group projects
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 17:00 Participants work on group projects

Tuesday June 21, 2022 - Project Development

9:00 - 12:00 Participants work on group projects
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 17:00 Participants work on group projects

Wednesday June 22, 2022 - Project Development

9:00 - 12:00 Participants work on group projects
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch
13:00 - 17:00 Participants work on group projects

Thursday June 23, 2022 - Project Development

9:00 - 12:00 Participants work on group projects
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 14:30 A conversation about Open Science with Dr. Renwen Zhang, Dr. Aimee Pink and Dr. Subhayan Mukerjee
14:30 - 17:00 Participants work on group projects

Friday June 24, 2022 - Project Presentations

10:00 - 12:00 Closing keynote by Dr. Kokil Jaidka: From Noisy Data to Interpretation: the Next Frontier for the study of South Asian online communities. (video)
12:00 - 13:30 Lunch
13:30 - 16:30 Group presentations

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