SICSS-Lingnan

10:00 - 12:30 Welcome & Data Collection 1: Selecting the Proper Sources and Tools

14:00 - 16:30 Data Collection 2: Gathering Behaviors and Communications

17:00 - 18:20 Guest Lecture
Speaker: Eun Kyong Shin, Korea University
Title: Leveraging Machine Learning for Cutting-Edge Innovations in Social Science Research

10:00 - 12:30 Introduction to Text Analysis

14:00 - 16:30 Supervised Text Analysis

17:00 - 18:20 Guest Lecture
Speaker: Alex Preda, Lingnan University
Title: Blind Date: Status Competitions and Network Initiation in an Influencer Economy

10:00 - 12:30 Unsupervised Text Analysis I

14:00 - 16:30 Unsupervised Text Analysis II

17:00 - 18:20 Guest Lecture
Speaker: Siqi Han, CUHK
Title: Measuring Diversity: Knowledge and Skill Cross-Fertilization with Computational Methods

10:00 - 12:30 LLM-Agents for Classification I

14:00 - 16:30 LLM-Agents for Classification II

17:00 - 18:20 Guest Lecture
Speaker: Gleb Papyshev, HKUST
Title: Not Bugs but Features: Unavoidable Risks of Large Language Models

10:00 - 12:30 Image as Data I

14:00 - 16:30 Image as Data II

17:00 - 18:20 Guest Lecture
Speaker: TBA

10:00 - 11:20 Introduction to Group Projects

11:30 - 12:30 Group Work

14:00 - 16:30 Group Work

17:00 - 18:20 Guest Lecture
Speaker: Pablo Beytía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Title: Monitor Social and Its Creation of Computational Social Science Tools for Organizations and Citizens

10:00 - 11:20 Guest Lecture
Speaker: Alan Lee, Lingnan University
Title: Computational vs Data-Science Approaches in Understanding Psychological Processes

11:30 - 12:30 Group Work

14:00 - 16:30 Group Work

17:00 - 18:20 Guest Lecture
Speaker: Francisco Cisternas, CUHK
Title: Sustainability Meets Data Science: Predicting and Nudging Sustainable Consumer Choices

10:00 - 11:20 Guest Lecture
Speaker: Frankie H.C. Wong, Lingnan University
Title: Fantastic AIs and Where to Find Them: Demystifying the Technology and Its Social Implications

11:30 - 12:30 Pep Talks

14:00 - 16:30 Group Work

17:00 - 18:20 Guest Lecture
Speaker: Pedro Seguel, Toronto Metropolitan University
Title: Navigating Skill Changes in IT: The Role of IT Occupational Vision in Emerging Data Science Jobs

10:00 - 11:20 Guest Lecture
Speaker: Francisco Olivos, Lingnan University
Title: Integration of AI in Teaching and Learning

11:30 - 12:30 Group Work

14:00 - 16:30 Group Work

17:00 - 18:20 Guest Lecture
Speaker: Yiting Chen, Lingnan University
Title: Better and Faster Decisions with Recommendation Algorithms

10:00 - 11:20 Guest Lecture
Speaker: TBA

11:30 - 12:30 Group Presentations

14:00 - 16:30 Group Presentations

17:00 - 18:20 Dinner at Chinese Restaurant, Lingnan Campus