Chicago

August 4 to August 8, 2024 | Chicago | Northwestern University

Schedule & Materials

Sunday August 4, 2024 - Day 1: Welcome & Ice-breaking
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

    Check-in and Breakfast

  • 9:00am

    Icebreaking

  • 10:30am

    Opening Remarks (Brian Uzzi)

  • 12:00pm

    Lunch

  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

    Ethics and Text (Ji Hae Choi)

  • 3:00pm

    Coffee Break

  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

    Team Project/Activity

  • 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

    Campus Tour

  • 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM

    Dinner

Monday August 5, 2024 - Day 2: Workshops and Seminars
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

    Breakfast

  • 9:00am

    Multi-modal Analysis (Manling Li)

  • 10:30am

    Multi-modal Analysis (Yingdan Lu)

  • 12:00pm

    Lunch

  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

    Seminar (Rob Voigt)

  • 3:00pm

    Coffee Break

  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

    Team Project/Activity

Tuesday August 6, 2024 - Day 3: Advanced Topics
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

    Breakfast

  • 9:00am

    Generative AI (Hancheng Cao & William Thompson)

  • 10:30am

    Complexity & Networks (Binglu)

  • 12:00pm

    Lunch

  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

    Seminar (Solène Delecourt)

  • 3:00pm

    Coffee Break

  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

    Team Project/Activity

Wednesday August 7, 2024 - Day 4: Seminars and Projects
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

    Breakfast

  • 9:00am

    Scalable Experiment (Binglu Wang)

  • 10:30am

    Seminar (Matthew Groh)

  • 12:00pm

    Lunch

  • 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

    Seminar (Damon Centola)

  • 3:00pm

    Coffee Break

  • 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

    Team Project/Activity

Thursday August 8, 2024 - Day 5: Data Blitz and Closing
  • 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

    Breakfast

  • 9:00am

    Data Blitz 1

  • 10:20am

    Data Blitz 2

  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

    Lunch

  • 1:00pm

    Seminar (Sameer Srivastava)

  • 2:45pm

    Closing Remark (Dashun Wang)

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