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
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)