June 1 to June 12, 2026 | New Brunswick, NJ
9:00 - 9:30 Informal breakfast
9:30 - 10:30 Introduction and logistics
10:30 - 12:00 Small Group Discussions
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 4:00 Instruction and Group Exercises on Ethics
4:00 - 4:30 Setup for Text as Data and Digital Trace Data Days
9:00 - 9:15 Logistics
9:15 - 11:00 Tutorials on Text as Data
11:00 - 12:00 Talk by Gandalf Nicolas: Spontaneous social cognition in humans & artificial intelligence language models
12:00 - 1:30 Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 More Tutorials on Text as Data
2:30 - 4:30 Group Exercises on Text as Data
9:00 - 9:15 Logistics
9:15 - 11:00 Tutorials on web scraping
11:00-12:30 Talk by Kiran Garimella: How People Use ChatGPT
1:30 - 2:30 More Tutorials on AI and APIs
2:30 - 4:30 Group Exercises on Digital Trace Data
9:00 - 9:15 Logistics
9:15 - 11:00 Tutorials on Measurement
11:00-12:30 Talk by Jennifer Allen: Political motives help rather than hinder crowdsourced fact-checking
1:30 - 2:30 Tutorials on AI and Machine Learning Slides
2:30 - 4:30 Group Exercises on Measurement, Machine Learning
9:00 - 9:15 Logistics
9:15 - 11:00 Overview of Digital Surveys and Experimentation
11:00-12:30 Talk by Ruobin Gong: Principled statistical inference from privacy-protected data: the importance of transparency
1:30 - 2:30 Speedy survey launch
3:00 - 4:30 Speedy experimental design
No meetings. Enjoy New Brunswick.
No meetings. Enjoy New Brunswick.
9:00 - 9:15 Logistics
9:15 - 11:00 Group Formation Process
11:00 - 12:30 Talk by Robert Schub: How Hawks Win: Dispositions and Advisory Influence in Foreign Policy Decision-Making
12:30 - 1:30 Lunch
12:30 - 4:30 Group Work
9:00-9:15am Breakfast available
9:15-9:30am Updates on the day’s schedule
9:30am- 12:00pm Group Work
12:10-1:30pm Lunch
1:30-4:30pm Group Work
9:00-9:15am Breakfast available
9:15-9:30am Updates on the day’s schedule
9:30am- 11:00am Group Work
11:00am Talk by Yamil Velez (via zoom)
12:15-1:30pm Lunch
1:30-4:30pm Group Work
9:00-9:15am Breakfast available
9:15-9:30am Updates on the day’s schedule
9:30am- 11:00am Group Work
11:00am Talk by Perry Carter (via zoom)
12:15-1:30pm Lunch
1:30-4:30pm Group Work
9:00-10:20am Breakfast available and final group work time.
10:25–10:45 AM - Presentation and Q&A 1
10:50–11:10 AM - Presentation and Q&A 2
11:15–11:35 AM - Presentation and Q&A 3
11:40 AM–12:00 PM - Presentation and Q&A 4
12:00–1:30 PM - Closing and Lunch
You can host a partner location of the Summer Institutes of Computational Social Science (SICSS) at your university, company, NGO, or government agency.