SICSS-UDC

Schedule is under development and may change.

Institute Dates: June 14–26, 2026

Though the Institute formally begins on June 14, programming begins in earnest on Monday, June 15.

Format: Virtual (Zoom)

Daily schedule: 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Optional welcome and technical check-in (time TBD)

8:45–9:00 - Welcome and review of logistics

9:00–10:15 - Welcome from UDC (Eddington, Massey, and Fleming)

10:15–10:30 - Break

10:30–12:00 - Keynote (presentation and Q&A)

12:00–1:00 - Lunch

1:00–2:15 - Speaker session

2:15–2:30 - Break

2:30–4:00 - Workshop (ethics)

4:00–5:00 - Guided synthesis discussion #1 (ethical scenarios)

8:30–9:00 - Orientation and daily framing (student tech and setup)

9:00–10:15 - Speaker session (UDC students lead Q&A)

10:15–10:30 - Break

10:30–12:00 - Workshop (apply speaker concepts)

12:00–1:00 - Lunch

1:00–2:15 - Speaker session

2:15–2:30 - Break

2:30–4:00 - Workshop

4:00–5:00 - Guided synthesis discussion

8:30–9:00 - Orientation and daily overview

9:00–10:15 - Speaker session

10:15–10:30 - Break

10:30–12:00 - Workshop

12:00–1:00 - Lunch

1:00–2:15 - Speaker session

2:15–2:30 - Break

2:30–4:00 - Workshop

4:00–5:00 - Guided synthesis discussion

8:30–9:00 - Orientation and framing (intersection between R and AI)

9:00–10:15 - Speaker session

10:15–10:30 - Break

10:30–12:00 - Workshop

12:00–1:00 - Lunch

1:00–2:15 - Speaker session

2:15–2:30 - Break

2:30–4:00 - Workshop

4:00–5:00 - Guided synthesis discussion

8:00–9:00 - Orientation, overview, and logistics

9:00–10:15 - Speaker session (Juneteenth focus)

10:15–10:30 - Break

10:30–12:00 - Workshop

12:00–1:00 - Lunch

1:00–2:15 - Speaker session

2:15–2:30 - Break

2:30–4:00 - Group formation and project alignment

4:00–5:00 - Group planning and consultation

No programming

8:00–12:00 - Group project work

12:00–1:00 - Lunch

1:00–5:00 - Group project work and consultations

8:00–9:00 - Final preparation and technical checks

9:00–12:00 - Group presentations

12:00–1:00 - Lunch

1:00–3:00 - Group presentations (continued)

3:00–4:00 - Program reflection

4:00–5:00 - Celebration and official close-out

Computational social science

Data justice, ethics, and algorithmic accountability

Computer science and artificial intelligence

Sociology, criminology, and social inequality

Political science, democracy, and governance

Public health, biology, and population science

Speech-language pathology and communication sciences

Neuroscience, cognition, and social behavior

Computational linguistics and speech technologies