Agenda: Computational Sociology Conference
August 15, 2014
9:00am - Diffusion & Migration
Brian Uzzi
KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Network Activation Spreading and Collective Errors
Filiz Garip
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Discovering Diverse Paths, Linking Fragmented Ideas: A Data-Driven Analysis of Mexico-U.S. Migration
Ming Leung
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR IN THE HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT UC BERKELEY
Contention and Contribution: Spontaneous Solidarity and Discourse in the Collective Production of Movie Reviews
Jure Leskovec
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF COMPUTER SCIENCE AT STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Learning About Human Behaviors from Digital Traces
11:00am - Organization & Networks
Noshir Contractor
MCCORMICK SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
Some Assembly Required: Organizing in the 21st Century
Andreea Gorbatai
HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AT UC BERKELEY
Enchanting Exchange: Evidence from the Maker Movement
Kevin Lewis
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT UC SAN DIEGO
Big Data and Big ERGMs: The Dangers of Computational Social Network Analysis
Michael Macy
GOLDWIN SMITH PROFESSOR OF ARTS AND SCIENCES, SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, CORNELL UNIVERSITY
The Mesh of Civilizations in the Global Network of Interpersonal Communications
1:30pm - Field Experiments
Sharique Hasan & Rem Koning
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS, STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Computational Field Experiments
Damon Centola
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF COMMUNICATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
The Evolution of Social Norms: New Theory and Experiments
Paolo Parigi
SOCIOLOGY DEPARTMENT, STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Engineering of Trust: An Experiment
Arnout van de Rijt
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY
Limits to Success-Breeds-Success Dynamics: Evidence from Field Experiments
3:30pm - Culture & Meaning
John Mohr
PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT UC SANTA BARBARA
Hermeneutic Science Meets Big Data: Tales from the Field
Amir Goldberg
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR AT THE STANFORD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
What Does Cultural Innovation Mean?
James Evans
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
Ambiguity and Intellectual Engagement
Fabio Rojas
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY AT INDIANA UNIVERSITY
Everything You Wanted to Know About the Tweet-Votes Curve, But Were Afraid to Ask