Agenda: Geospatial Computational Social Science Conference 2014

October 20, 2014

8:30am to 10:15am - Session 1: The American West


Bruce Cain

CHARLES LOUIS DUCOMMUN PROFESSOR IN HUMANITIES AND SCIENCES, FACULTY DIRECTOR OF THE BILL LANE CENTER FOR THE AMERICAN WEST, AND PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Opening Remarks


Geoff McGhee

CREATIVE DIRECTOR FOR MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS, BILL LANE CENTER FOR THE AMERICAN WEST, STANFORD

Using Data Visualization and Interactivity to Engage, Inspire, and Explain


Gordon Chang

OLIVE H PALMER PROFESSOR IN HUMANITIES, PROFESSOR OF AMERICAN HISTORY, AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR EAST ASIAN STUDIES AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Visualizing the Work of the Chinese on the Transcontinental Railroad

Chang will be presenting with Shelley Fisher Fishkin and Hilton Obenzinger.


Shelley Fisher Fishkin

JOSEPH S. ATHA PROFESSOR OF HUMANITIES, PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH, AND DIRECTOR OF THE AMERICAN STUDIES PROGRAM AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Visualizing the Work of the Chinese on the Transcontinental Railroad


Hilton Obenzinger

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE STANFORD CHINESE RAILROAD WORKERS IN NORTH AMERICA PROJECT

Visualizing the Work of the Chinese on the Transcontinental Railroad


James Holland Jones

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ANTHROPOLOGY AND A SENIOR FELLOW AT THE WOODS INSTITUTE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Statistical Pattern-Recognition and the Search for Low-Birthweight Etiology

Jones will be presenting with Postdoctoral Researcher, Philip Labo.


Iris Hui

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOW AT THE BILL LANE CENTER FOR THE AMERICAN WEST AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Trillion Dollar View: Spatial and Temporal Analysis of California Coastal Development


 

10:30am to 12:30pm - Session 2: American Political Geography


Jonathan Rodden

PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Geography and Electoral Bias: Evidence from Redistricting Simulations

Rodden will present with Jowei Chen.


Jowei Chen

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Geography and Electoral Bias: Evidence from Redistricting Simulations


Wendy Tam Cho

PROFESSOR IN THE DEPARTMENTS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND STATISTICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN

"An Extreme Scale Optimization Approach to Redistricting Analysis"


Adam Bonica

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

The Judicial Selectorate: How the Political Cartelization of the Legal Profession has Shaped the Judiciary


Solomon Messing

RESEARCH SCIENTIST AT FACEBOOK

Digital Representation: Constituent Communication and Political Geographies on Facebook


Clayton Nall

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Why Partisans Don't Sort


 

1:15pm to 2:30pm - Session 3: International Development and Conflict


Ken Schultz

PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

The Politics of Territorial Disputes: A Geospatial Approach Applied to Africa


Alberto Diaz-Cayeros

SENIOR FELLOW AT THE CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY DEVELOPMENT AND RULE OF LAW AT THE FREEMAN SPOGLI INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY

Territorial Inequality and the Governance of Public Health in Mexico


Brian Min

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Energy Security and Political Instability


 

2:45pm to 4:15pm - Session 4 - Geospatial Visualization and Modeling


Jan Overgoor

DATA SCIENTIST AT AIRBNB

Maps of Relevance: How Airbnb Models Geographic Relations Using Behavioral Data


Neel Sundaresan

SENIOR DIRECTOR AND HEAD OF EBAY DATA LABS

Does One Size Fit All? A Data-Driven Understanding of the Role of Nature, Technology, Business, and Government in Influencing Commerce Without Borders


Ed Chi

RESEARCH SCIENTIST AT GOOGLE

The Dynamics of the Location Field in Twitter User Profiles


 

4:30pm to 5:15pm - Roundtable: Vision of Spatial Research Support and Cross Institutional Collaboration


Henry Brady

DEAN OF THE GOLDMAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC POLICY AND CLASS OF 1941 MONROE DEUTSCH PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND PUBLIC POLICY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY


Julie Sweetkind-Singer

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF GEOSPATIAL, CARTOGRAPHIC AND SCIENTIFIC DATA & SERVICES AND ACTING HEAD OF THE BRANNER EARTH SCIENCES LIBRARY & MAP COLLECTIONS AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY


 

Solomon Messing

RESEARCH SCIENTIST AT FACEBOOK


Jonathan Rodden

PROFESSOR OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY


Zephyr Frank

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF LATIN AMERICAN HISTORY AND DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER FOR SPATIAL AND TEXTUAL ANALYSIS (CESTA)