SICSS-FGV/ECMI Brazil

June 30 to July 11, 2025 | Fundacio Getulio Vargas, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Schedule & Materials

All times are in Brazilian (Brasilia - Federal District) Time. - We intend to run our partner edition mostly in Portuguese.
Monday June 30, 2025 - Introduction and Ethics

  • Zoom

  • 10:00 - 11:00 Introduction and logistics

  • 11:00 - 12:00 Small group discussions Lesson plan

  • 12:00 - 12:30 Break

  • 12:30 - 1:30 Small group lunches (optional)

  • 1:30 - 1:45 Introduction to the group exercise

  • 1:45 - 3:45 Small group discussion of the cases

  • 3:45 - 4:45 GUEST-SPEAKER:Tiago Ventura

  • 4:45 - 5:00 End of the Day + Daily Survey

Tuesday July 1, 2025 - Collecting Digital Trace Data

  • Zoom

  • 10:00 - 10:15 Logistics and introduction to group exercise

  • 10:15 - 11:30 Designing a Research Question (Small Groups)

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Phase 1: Discussing the Research Questions and Data (Everybody)

  • 12:00 - 12:30 Break

  • 12:30 - 1:00 Small group lunches (optional)

  • 1:00 - 1:15 Break

  • 1:15 - 2:30 Phase 2: Discussing Strengths & Benefits plus Hybrid Designs with Digital Trace Data (Small Groups)

  • 2:30 - 3:30 Discussing Strengths & Benefits plus Hybrid Designs

  • 3:30 - 3:45 Debrief and logistics

  • 3:45 - 4:00 Break

  • 4:00 - 5:00 GUEST-SPEAKER: Leonardo Nascimento

Wednesday July 2, 2025 - Automated Text Analysis

  • Zoom

  • 10:00 - 10:15 Logistics and introduction to group exercise

  • 10:15 - 11:30

  • 11:30 - 12:00 Break

  • 12:00 - 1:00 Small group lunches (optional)

  • 1:00 - 1:15 Break

  • 1:15 - 3:00 Text Analysis Group Exercise (Small Group)

  • 3:30 - 4:00 Debrief and logistics

  • 4:00 - 5:00 GUEST-SPEAKER: Davi Moreira

Thursday July 3, 2025 - Image Analysis

  • Zoom

  • 10:00 - 10:10 Logistics and introduction to group exercise

  • 10:10 - 11:10 Workshop: Image analysis techniques, Eurico Matos (FGV ECMI) e Matheus Pestana (FGV ECMI)

  • 11:10 - 11:25 Break

  • 11:25 - 12:30 Workshop: Image analysis techniques, Eurico Matos (FGV ECMI) e Matheus Pestana (FGV ECMI)

  • 12:30 - 1:00 Small group lunches (optional)

  • 1:00 - 1:30 Lunch break

  • 1:30 - 3:30 Image Analysis Group Exercise (Small Group)

  • 3:30 - 4:00 Debrief and logistics

  • 4:00 - 5:00 GUEST-SPEAKER: Elias Bitencourt

Friday July 4, 2025 - Research Speed Dating

  • Zoom

  • 10:00 - 10:30 Research Speed Dating Logistics

  • 10:30 - 12:00 Research Speed Dating Maximally Similar Groups

  • 12:00 - 12:15 Break

  • 12:15 - 1:30 Small group lunches (optional)

  • 1:30 - 1:45 Break

  • 1:45 - 2:00 Instructions

  • 1:45 - 3:15 Research Speed Dating Maximally Dissimilar Groups

  • 3:15 - 4:00 Group Debrief (join research teams)

  • 4:00 - 5:00 GUEST-SPEAKER: Profa. Kátia e Henrique Gomide

Saturday July 5, 2025 - Day off
Sunday July 6, 2025 - Day off
Monday July 7, 2025 - Work on Group Projects

  • Zoom

  • 4:00 - 5:00 GUEST-SPEAKER: Hugo Medeiros

  • All-day: group projects

Tuesday July 8, 2025 - Work on Group Project

  • Zoom

  • GUEST-SPEAKER: Jess Reia

  • All-day: group projects

Wednesday July 9, 2025 - Work on group projects (optional)

  • Zoom

  • All-day: group projects

Thursday July 10, 2025 - Work on group projects + Final Presentation

  • Zoom

  • 10:00 - 12:00: Office Hours

  • 14:00 - 4:00: Present group projects

Thursday July 11, 2024 - New event

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