SICSS-Rutgers

June 17 - June 28, 2024 | Rutgers University

Schedule & Materials

All times are in Eastern Daylight Time. - The schedule will run between approximately 9:00AM-5:00PM.

  • Specific schedule details subject to change.

Monday June 17, 2024 - Introduction and Ethics

  • 9:30 - 10:30 Introduction and logistics

  • 10:30 - 12:00 Small Group Discussions

  • 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

  • 1:30 - 3:15 Small Group Exercise on Ethics: Ethics Slides, Group Activity

  • 3:30 - 4:45 Guest Talk by Tiago Ventura

Tuesday June 18, 2024 - Digital Trace Data

  • 9:00 - 9:30 Logistics

  • 9:30 - 11:00 Tutorials on Screen Scraping: Materials

  • 11:00 - 12:00 Tutorials on Using AI in Research

  • 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

  • 1:30 - 5:00 Small Group Exercise: Digital Trace Data

Wednesday June 19, 2024 - Text as Data and Intro to Machine Learning

  • 9:00 - 9:15 Logistics

  • 9:15 - 10:45 Tutorials on Text as Data: Materials

  • 10:45-12:00 Group Exercise, Session I

  • 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

  • 1:00 - 2:00 Group Exercise, Session II

  • 2:00 - 2:30 Presentations

  • 2:30 - 4:30 Tutorial on Machine Learning by Jianing Li: Materials

Thursday June 20, 2024 - Machine Learning and Network Analysis

  • 9:00 - 9:15 Logistics Slides

  • 9:15 - 10:30 Continued practice on Machine Learning: Activity

  • 10:30 - 11:45 Guest Talk by Kiran Garimella

  • 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

  • 1:30 - 3:30 Guest Talk on Network analysis by Katya Ognyanova

  • 3:30 - 5:00 Practicing Network Analysis Materials

Friday June 21, 2024 - Digital Surveys and Experiments

  • 9:00 - 9:15 Logistics

  • 9:15 - 9:45 Catching up on previous day topics and terms

  • 9:45 - 10:30 Digital Surveys Slides

  • 10:30 - 12:00 Small Group Exercise Activity

  • 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch Break

  • 1:30 - 2:30 Digital Experiments Slides

  • 2:30 - 4:00 Small Group Exercise Activity

Saturday June 22, 2024

  • No meetings. Enjoy New Brunswick.

Sunday June 23, 2024

  • No meetings. Enjoy New Brunswick.

Monday June 24, 2024 - Group Formation

  • 9:00 - 9:15 Logistics

  • 9:15 - 10:30 Group Formation

  • 10:30 - 12:00 Initial Group Meetings Slides

  • 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

  • 1:00 - 2:30 Continued group work

  • 2:30 - 4:00 Guest Talk from Ethan Busby

  • 4:00 - 5:00 Submit first group milestone

Tuesday June 25, 2024 - Group Formation

  • 9:00 - 10:45 Group Work

  • 10:45 - 12:00 Guest Talk from Robert Schub

  • 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

  • 1:00 - 5:00 Group Work

Wednesday June 26, 2024 - Group work day

  • 9:00 - 10:45 Group Work

  • 10:30 - 12:00 Guest Talk from Tom Davidson: Start Generating: Harnessing Generative Artificial Intelligence for Sociological Research

  • 12:00 - 1:00 Lunch

  • 1:00 - 5:00 Group Work

Thursday June 27, 2024 - Group work day

  • 9:00 - 12:00 Joint Session with C-SPAN Video Institute

  • 12:00 - 1:30 Lunch

  • 1:30 - 5:00 Group Work

Friday June 28, 2024 - Group Presentations and Closing Lunch

  • 9:00 - 9:30 Finalize Group Projects

  • 9:35 - 10:00 Group presentation 1

  • 10:00 - 10:25 Group presentation 2

  • 10:25 - 10:50 Group presentation 3

  • 10:50 - 11:00 Break

  • 11:00 - 11:25 Group presentation 4

  • 11:25 - 11:50 Group presentation 5

  • 11:50 - 12:15 Group presentation 6

  • 12:15 - 1:30 Closing Remarks Slides and Lunch

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