SICSS-Edinburgh

May 26 to June 6, 2025 | Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Schedule & Materials

Sunday May 25, 2025 - Arrival and Informal Gathering

Evening: Optional meeting with attendants who arrived early

Monday May 26, 2025 - Introduction to CSS and Platforms

09:00 - 10:00 Welcome
10:00 - 11:00 Intro to CSS
11:00 - 12:00 Methodology
12:00 - 12:30 Data Sources
12:30 - 14:00 Long Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Reddit Tutorial
15:00 - 16:00 YouTube Tutorial
16:00 - 17:00 Activity

Tuesday May 27, 2025 - Data Analysis and Scaling

10:00 - 11:00 Data Analysis
11:00 - 12:00 Data Analysis Exercise
12:00 - 12:30 Analysis Using AI
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Scaling
16:00 - 17:00 Research talk: Dr Nicola Rennie

Wednesday May 28, 2025 - Network Analysis

10:00 - 11:00 Social Network Theory
11:00 - 12:30 Applied Network Analysis
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Applied Network Analysis
16:00 - 17:00 Research talk: Dr Adam Chalmers

Thursday May 29, 2025 - Text Analysis and NLP

10:00 - 11:00 Intro to Text
11:00 - 12:00 Global Analysis
12:00 - 12:30 Individual Analysis
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Text Analysis Tutorial
16:00 - 17:00 Research talk: Dr Yusuf Cetinkaya

Friday May 30, 2025 - CSS in Practice and Ethics

10:00 - 11:00 CSS in Practice
11:00 - 12:00 Caveats & Ethics
12:00 - 12:30 Exercise
12:30 - 14:00 Long Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 Group Formation
15:00 - 16:00 Group Discussion
16:00 - 17:00 Lightning Talks

Saturday May 31, 2025 - Social Activity

10:00 - 17:00 Optional Trip

Sunday June 1, 2025 - Weekend day off

Monday June 2, 2025 - Group Work

10:00 - 12:30 Group work
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Research talk: Dr Marion Lieutaud
16:00 - 17:00 Exercise & Q&A

Tuesday June 3, 2025 - Group Work

10:00 - 12:30 Group work
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Group work
16:00 - 17:00 Research talk: Dr Peaks Krafft

Wednesday June 4, 2025 - Group Work

10:00 - 12:30 Group work
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Group work
16:00 - 17:00 Activity

Thursday June 5, 2025 - Group Work

10:00 - 12:30 Group work
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 16:00 Group work
16:00 - 17:00 Research talk: Dr Akhil Arora

Friday June 6, 2025 - Final Day / Presentations

10:00 - 12:30 Project Presentations
12:30 - 14:00 Lunch
14:00 - 15:00 CSS Pre-Viva Talk
15:00 - 16:00 Closing Remarks & Feedback
16:00 - 17:00 Farewell Activity

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