SONIC co-organized the NetScience and Web Science conference in 2012.
See NetSci2012.net and WebSci12.org for more info.
Alina Lungeanu presented at the 25th Organizational Communication Mini Conference 2012
SONIC lab PhD researcher Alina Lungeanu presented a poster titled “The Effects of Diversity on Collaborative Innovative Networks: The Case of the Oncofertility Scientific Subfield” at the 25th Organizational Communication Mini Conference hosted by the University of Oklahoma on October 6, 2012.
Building and Evaluating an Interdisciplinary Team in Oncofertility
Dr. Kate Waimey Timmerman and SONIC lab member Alina Lungeanu have written a blog post in Team Science Toolkit entitled Building and Evaluating an Interdisciplinary Team in Oncofertility. Be sure to check it out.
https://www.teamsciencetoolkit.cancer.gov/public/ExpertBlog.aspx?tid=4
A 61-million-person experiment in social influence and political mobilization
A 61-million-person experiment in social influence and political mobilization
Robert M. Bond, Christopher J. Fariss, Jason J. Jones, Adam D. I. Kramer, Cameron Marlow, Jaime E. Settle & James H. Fowler
Results from a randomized controlled trial of political mobilization messages delivered to 61 million Facebook users during the 2010 US congressional elections show that the messages directly influenced political self-expression, information seeking and real-world voting behaviour of millions of people. Furthermore, the messages not only influenced the users who received them but also the users’ friends, and friends of friends. The effect of social transmission on real-world voting was greater than the direct effect of the messages themselves. Read more…
Contractor featured in AP television story about Twitter and the Olympics
SONIC Lab Director Noshir Contractor featured in Associated Press television story on the role of Twitter in the 2012 Olympics. To view the clip go to: http://video.games.com/olympics-awash-in-twitter-for-better-or-worse-517431035
Contractor participates in a panel at INGroup
Noshir Contractor participated in a panel titled “Beyond the small group: Cohesion in complex teams” at the annual conference of the Interdisciplinary Network for Group Research (INGRoup) in Chicago on July 13th, 2012
For more information, go to http://www.ingroup.net/
Contractor and Srivastava present a tutorial at the Army Research Lab
Noshir Contractor and Jaideep Srivastava, University of Minnesota, presented a tutorial titled “Network Science Models and Computational Methods” on June 25th 2012 at the Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD under the auspices of the Network Science: Collaborative Technology Alliance (NS-CTA)
For more information go to http://www.ns-cta.org
Contractor presents paper at Multilevel Social Networks Symposium
Noshir Contractor presented a paper titled “Correspondence Analysis in Multilevel Networks” co-authored with Mengxiao Zhu, Northwestern University and Stanley Wasserman, Indiana University at the Multilevel Social Networks Symposium in Manchester on June 19th 2012 organized by the Multilevel Network Modeling Group
For more information go to http://www.mnmg.co.uk/
Contractor delivers Big Data Presentation
Noshir Contractor delivered a presentation titled “Can Big Data Motivate New Theories and Methods?” in Manchester on June 18th 2012 at the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Data Horizons workshop as part of the ESRC Digital Social Research program.
Contractor facilitates Networking Exercise in Brazil
Noshir Contractor facilitated a networking exercise in Rio de Janeiro on June 16th 2012 at an event titled Women Networking for Sustainability: Celebrating the Past & Envisioning the Future held concurrently with the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.