SICSS-Beijing

June 30 to July 12, 2024 | Beijing | Beijing Normal University

Schedule & Materials

Sunday June 30, 2024 - Day 1: Welcome & Ice-breaking

  • 12:20 - 13:20 Registration

  • 13:20 - 13:30 Welcome note - Fang Luo (Beijing Normal University)

  • 13:30 - 14:30 Keynote speech (online) - Matthew J. Salganik (Princeton University)

  • 14:30 - 15:30 Keynote speech - Xing Xie (Microsoft)

  • 15:30 - 17:30 Ice-breaking World Café- Kanglei Meng (Beijing Normal University)

Monday July 1, 2024 - Day 2: Large Language Model (LLM)

  • 9:00 - 12:00 Lecture 1 and Lab 1: Large Language Model (LLM) - Yankai Lin (Renmin University of China)

  • 14:00 - 17:00 Lecture 2 and Lab 2: Foundation Model (multi- modal) - Xiting Wang (Renmin University of China)

Tuesday July 2, 2024 - Day 3: Social media and text analysis

  • 9:00 - 12:00 Lecture 3 and Lab 3: web crawler and natural language processing - Lei Cao (Beijing Normal University)

  • 14:00 - 15:20 Group work

  • 15:20 - 17:00 Group presentations (Beijing Normal University & Tsinghua University)

Wednesday July 3, 2024 - Day 4: Network analysis

  • 9:00 - 12:00 Lecture 4 and Lab 4: Network analysis and visualization - An Zeng (Beijing Normal University)

  • 14:00 - 15:20 Group work

  • 15:20 - 17:00 Group presentations (Microsoft & Beijing Normal University)

Thursday July 4, 2024 - Day 5: Psychometrics

  • 9:00 - 12:00 Lecture 5 and Lab 5: Item Response Theory (IRT) - Kondwani Kajera Mughogho (University of Cambridge)

  • 14:00 - 17:00 Lecture 6 and Lab 6: Factor analysis - Luning Sun (University of Cambridge)

Friday July 5, 2024 - Day 6: Societal AI

  • 9:00 - 12:00 Lecture Series: Societal AI – (Microsoft Research Aisa)

  • 14:00 - 15:30 Guest speaker – Diyi Yang (Stanford University)

  • 15:30 - 17:00 Microsoft Research Aisa Tour

Saturday July 6, 2024 - Day 7

  • Attend International Conference on Cognitive and Psychological Assessment and Enhancement (ICCPAE)

Sunday July 7, 2024 - Day 8

  • Attend International Conference on Cognitive and Psychological Assessment and Enhancement (ICCPAE)

Monday July 8, 2024 - Day 9: Day off
Tuesday July 9, 2024 - Day 10: Talks and Group work

  • 9:00 - 10:30 Guest speaker(online) – David Stillwell (University of Cambridge)

  • 10:30 - 12:00 Group work

  • 14:00 - 17:00 Group work

Wednesday July 10, 2024 - Day 11: Talks and Group work

  • 9:00 - 10:30 Guest speaker(online) – Jose Hernandez-Orallo (Universitat Politècnica de València)

  • 10:30 - 12:00 Group work

  • 14:00 - 17:00 Group work

Thursday July 11, 2024 - Day 12: Talks and Group work

  • 9:00 - 10:30 Guest speaker – Yong Li (Tsinghua University)

  • 10:30 - 12:00 Group work

  • 14:00 - 17:00 Group work

Friday July 12, 2024 - Day 13: Group presentations and Closing

  • 9:00 - 12:00 Group presentations

  • 14:00 - 16:00 Group presentations

  • 16: 00 - 17:00 Closing note

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