SICSS-Atlanta

July 10 to July 21, 2023 | Georgia Institute of Technology

Schedule & Materials

All times are Eastern Standard Time
Monday July 10, 2023 - Introduction and Ethics
  • 10:00 - 11:00 Why SICSSS? Introductions & Announcements

  • 11:00 - 2:00 Ethics & Lunch: Kat Albrecht, GSU Criminal Justice and Criminology & Fellow with CJARS

  • 2:00 - 4:30 Groups: Work Session & Wrap-up

Tuesday July 11, 2023 - Text as Data
  • 10:00 - 1:00 Guest Lecturer & Lunch: Casey Wichman, GaTech Economics & University Fellow at Resources for the Future

  • 1:00 - 1:30 Lightning Talks

  • 1:30 - 3:00 Text Analysis Workshop

  • 3:00 - 4:30 Groups: Work Session & Wrap-up

Wednesday July 12, 2023 - Causal Inference
  • 10:00 - 1:00 Guest Lecturer & Lunch: Daniel Dench, Health Economics & Analytics Lab (HEAL) at GaTech Economics

  • 1:00 - 1:30 Lightning Talks

  • 1:30 - 3:00 Causal Inference Workshop

  • 3:00 - 4:30 Groups: Work Session & Wrap-up

Thursday July 13, 2023 - Mixed Methods Analysis
  • 10:00 - 1:00 Guest Lecturer & Lunch: Raeda Anderson, Shepherd Center & GSU Sociology, & Brad Willingham, Shepherd Center

  • 1:00 - 1:30 Lightning Talks

  • 1:30 - 3:00 Introduction to Surveys

  • 3:00 - 4:30 Groups: Work Session & Wrap-up

Friday July 14, 2023 - GitHub Copilot
  • 10:00 - 1:00 Guest Lecturer & Lunch: Alfredo Deza, Microsoft & Duke Engineering

  • 1:00 - 1:30 Lightning Talks

  • 1:30 - 3:00 Survey Analysis

  • 3:00 - 4:30 Group Formation For Week 2, Design Sprint

Saturday July 15, 2023 - Day off
Sunday July 16, 2023 - Day off
Monday July 17, 2023 - Group Project Work
Tuesday July 18, 2023 - Group Project Work
Wednesday July 19, 2023 - Group Project Work
Thursday July 20, 2023 - Group Project Work
Friday July 21, 2023

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