This past Monday August 30th, Noshir Contractor presented the lecture “Reimagining Theories and Methods to Understand and Enable the Algorithmically Infused Changing Nature of Work” in the International Scholars Seminar Series for BK21 FOUR at Seoul National University!
Diego Gómez-Zará defends dissertation
A huge congratulations goes out to Diego Gómez-Zará for his PhD defense! His dissertation focuses on examining how recommender systems help people assemble teams. The dissertation committee included SONIC’s own Noshir Contractor, as well as Leslie DeChurch and Haoqi Zhang of Northwestern University, in addition to Melissa Valentine of Stanford University.
Contractor Recognized with Honors from ICA and INSNA
Congratulations to SONIC Director Noshir Contractor for his honors both with the Fellows Book Award from the International Communication Association and with the Simmel Award from the International Network for Social Network Analysis! More on this in the following Northwestern McCormick School of Engineering article: https://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/industrial/news-events/news/articles/2021/contractor-receives-honors-from-ica-insna.html
Contractor Giving a Keynote at Global Research Forum 2021
SONIC Director Noshir Contractor will be presenting a keynote on “Reimagining Theories and Methods to Understand and Enable the Algorithmically Infused Changing Nature of Work” for National University of Singapore’s Global Research Forum 2021! Be sure to join the forum running from August 23-25, with Noshir’s presentation on August 24.
Register here: https://nus-sg.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QYUf8OIbTo6fcGaEFpx7Ew?_x_zm_rtaid=Voe3Q3vPTcOXJ-Z14nyzqA.1629392617169.21390693421fefc137a8df623d8f77e4&_x_zm_rhtaid=136