SICSS-Calabar

September 18 to September 29, 2023 | University of Calabar

Schedule & Materials

Sunday September 17, 2023 - Arrival of Participants

Monday September 18, 2023 - Day 1: Introduction to SICSS and CSS

10:30 - 12:00 Housekeeping & Logistics (Juliet Inyang) (Augustine Otobi)
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:30 Introduction: About SICSS & CSS (Prof Chris Bail (SICSS Founder, USA)) , (Matthew J. Salganik(USA)
15:30 – 16:00 Tea Break
16:00 - 17:00 Research Speed Dating I: Getting to know you and your research (Grace Ihejiamaizu)

Tuesday September 19, 2023 - Day 2: Understanding Computations with R

10:30 - 12:00 R for Social Sciences and Humanities (Prof Mbe Nja) [Slides]
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:30 Data Sources and Types (Dr. (Mrs.) I. Eteng (Nigeria)) [Slides]
15:30 – 16:00 Tea Break
16:00 - 17:00 Dashboarding with R (SICSS Howard/Mathematica (USA)) [Video,Annotated Code]

Wednesday September 20, 2023 - Day 3: Web Scraping

10:30 - 12:00 Web scraping fundamentals (Augustine Otobi), (Mr. Elijah Appiah (Ghana)) [Slides, R Script, Video]
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:30 Advance Web scraping (Augustine Otobi), (Mr. Elijah Appiah (Ghana))
15:30 – 16:00 Tea Break
16:00 - 17:00 Research Speed Dating II: Research Insight Sharing (John Inyang)

Thursday September 21, 2023 - Day 4: Social Science Data Modelling and Collaboration

10:30 - 12:00 Version Control/Collaboration in Computational Social Science (GitHub) (Sven Lampe (Germany)), (Augustine Otobi) [Slides, Video]
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:30 Social Science Data Modelling with R (Mr. Elijah Appiah (Ghana)), (Augustine Otobi) [Slides, Video, Car DataSet, Employee Dataset]
15:30 – 16:00 Tea Break
16:00 - 17:00 Town & Gown Networking/Office hours (Augustine Otobi), (Joseph David)

Friday September 22, 2023 - Day 5: Text Analysis

10:30 - 12:00 Text Analysis (SICSS Howard/Mathematica (USA)) [Slide & Annotated Code]
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:30 Text Analysis (Augustine Otobi), (Joseph David) [Video]
15:30 – 16:00 Tea Break
16:00 - 17:00 Project Group Formation (Augustine Otobi), (Joseph David)

Saturday September 23, 2023 - off-day

Sunday September 24, 2023 - off-day

- WEEK 2

Monday September 25, 2023 - Day 6: Introduction to CSS Group Projects

10:30 - 12:00 Research mentorship/Grant applications (Prof Igri Okon) [Slides, Video]
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:30 Group Project (Augustine Otobi)
15:30 – 16:00 Tea Break
16:00 - 17:00 Town & Gown Networking/Office hours (Augustine Otobi), (Joseph David))

Tuesday September 26, 2023 - Day 7: Talk-Show and CSS Group Projects

10:30 - 12:00 New Frontiers in Research and Technology: “AI + Automation + Work” (Prof Joe Duke) [Slides, Video]
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:30 Group Project (Augustine Otobi)
15:30 – 16:00 Tea Break
16:00 - 17:00 Town & Gown Networking/Office hours (Augustine Otobi), (Joseph David)

Wednesday September 27, 2023 - Day 8: Geospacial Analysis and CSS Group Projects

10:30 - 12:00 Geospacial Analysis with R (Edith Darin (USA)) [Video,Materials, Slides & Annotated Code]
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:30 Group Project (Augustine Otobi)
15:30 – 16:00 Tea Break
16:00 - 17:00 Town & Gown Networking/Office hours (Augustine Otobi), (Joseph David)

Thursday September 28, 2023 - Day 9: Machine Learning and CSS Group Projects

10:30 - 12:00 Machine Learning (Social Science Predictive Analytics) (SICSS Howard/Mathematica (USA))) [Slide & Annotated Code, Video, Exercise]
12:00 – 13:30 Lunch Break
13:30 - 15:30 Group Project (Augustine Otobi)
15:30 – 16:00 Tea Break
16:00 - 17:00 Town & Gown Networking/Office hours (Augustine Otobi), (Joseph David) [ Dr. Diana-Abasi Ibanga Video]

Friday September 29, 2023 - Day 10: Group Presentation and Farewell

10:30 - 14:00 Group Presentations Augustine (Augustine Otobi) [ Video: Group Presentation Highlight]
14:00 - 15:00 Closing Remarks/Farewell (Juliet Inyang), (Augustine Otobi), [ Video: Group Presentation Highlight]

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