Copenhagen Seminar on Computational Social Science (CS-CSS), 2014

The seminar features a gathering of researchers from 3 Danish and 2 US universities who will present and discuss philosophical, theoretical, methodological, analytical and instrumental issues in and aspects of computational social science.

Torsdag, 4 december, 2014 - 09:00 to 15:30

Time & Place

09:00-15:30 on Thursday, 04 December 2014
Department of IT Management
Copenhagen Business School
Howitzvej 60, 5.floor
Frederiksberg, 2000, Denmark
Contact: Ravi Vatrapu (vatrapu@cbs.dk)

About

Computational social science is an emerging research field that investigates foundational issues in social science using computational techniques, methods and tools with a broad range of applications ranging from systems development, translation, management and epidemiology.

The seminar features a gathering of researchers from 3 Danish and 2 US universities who will present and discuss philosophical, theoretical, methodological, analytical and instrumental issues in and aspects of computational social science.

Participation

Participation in the seminar is by invitation only given the seminar format and space constraints. We do have a few places available. If you are interested in participating, please contact the seminar convenor, Prof. Ravi Vatrapu (vatrapu@cbs.dk).

Program

09:00-09:10

Welcome
Social Introductions

09:10-10:00 Keynote: Scott Robertson, University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
The Core of Data Science Is Human Science
10:00-10:30 Network Science #1: Sune Lehman, Danish Technical University, Denmark
Measuring Complex Networks
10:30-11:00 Network Science #2: Luca Rossi, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Exploring the Multiplex Nature of Online Social Networks
11:00-11:30 BREAK
11:30-12:00 Computational Linguistics #1: Michael Carl, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Ten years of Translation Process Research at CRITT
12:00-12:30 Computational Linguistics #2: Daniel Hardt, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Text Analysis and Social Media
12:30-13:00 Group Informatics: Sean Goggins, University of Missouri, USA
CSS  for Open Online Communities: Toward an Open Collaboration Data Factory
13:00-14:00 LUNCH
14:00-14:30 Organizations #1: Nicolai Pogrebnyakov, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Developing a typology of Twitter messages of emergency response organizations
14:30-15:00 Organizations #2: Ravi Vatrapu, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Set Theoretical Approach to Big Social Data Analytics
15:00-15:30 Plenary Discussion
Next Steps: CS-CSS 2015? Grant Proposal?
Conclusio

 

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