Advancing The Science of Networks in Communities
AoM was definitely an exciting time for SONIC! We are delighted to share that our lab director, Dr. Noshir Contractor, was named this year’s recipient of the Academy of Management’s Organizational Communication & Information Systems (OCIS) Group Life Service Award. Congratulations, Noshir!
Dr. Alina Lungeanu, will present tomorrow (Aug 13th) in the session “A Matter of Time: Advancing the Study of Team Processes in Extreme Environments.” She will shed light on the topic Leading Teams Over Time Through Space.
Citation:
Lungeanu, A., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. (2019, August). Leading Teams Over Time Through Space. Academy of Management (AoM), Boston, MA.
Congratulations to Dr. Jacqueline Ng Lane for being selected as the Best Dissertation Award Finalist from the Technology & Innovation Management Division at the Academy of Management 2019! Her dissertation topic is “Organizing in the Digital Age: How Team Collaboration Networks Form and Why They Perform.”
Jackie received her PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences (IEMS) at Northwestern University. Currently, she is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard Business School conducting research at the Laboratory for Innovation Science at Harvard (LISH). She can be reached at jnlane@hbs.edu.
Our lab director, Dr. Noshir Contractor, is this year’s keynote speaker at Organizational Communication & Information Systems (OCIS) Plenary Session. He will speak on the topic “People Analytics: Understanding and Enabling the Future of Work.”
Our graduate student, Kyosuke Tanaka, is attending the 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management at Boston from August 8th- August 13th to present his work on human information routing in communication network. He will unpack the phenomenon via an organizational perspective and further the current research through developing a novel framework by introducing human cognition. The work he is presenting will be informing his dissertation.
Citation:
Tanaka, K. (2019). Toward Understanding Human Information Routing in Group Communication Networks. Poster to be presented at the 79th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, Aug 8-13, Boston, MA, USA.
This study explores how and why scholars find collaborators using team formation systems. Based on theories of teams and human and social capital, we describe how scholars’ traits and social networks influence their team formation processes. We conducted a field study in Argentina in which 43 scholars used an online platform and assembled into eight interdisciplinary teams. Our results show that scholars initially tended to invite prior contacts connections, but eventually, they assembled cohesive interdisciplinary teams with members they did not know before. We conclude by reflecting on how team formation platforms can enable individuals to expand their social capital.
Citation: Gómez-Zará, D., Andreoli, S., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. (2019). Discovering collaborators online: Assembling interdisciplinary teams online at an Argentinian University. Cuadernos.Info, (44), 21-41. https://doi.org/10.7764/cdi.44.1575
A recent article by Daniel Sewell develops a new approach for Cognitive Social Structures (CSS) data. Although there have been several models for CSS, his latent space models better capture micro-structures of CSS and provide insights into respondents’ perceptions.
If you’re interested in the paper, it’s available: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/network-science/article/latent-space-models-for-network-perception-data/0D24F6D47F4FF81EE19AAC083DADEB35.
Science Daily – “Weak spots for Mission to Mars revealed.”
The Times of India – “Weak spots for Nasa’s manned Mars mission revealed.”
New Atlas – “Simulated space journeys to help keep the peace on manned trips to Mars.”
The Economist Babbage Podcast – “Joker AAAStrounauts.”
AAAS Annual Meeting – “Building a Winning Team for Missions to Mars.”
Tech2 – “NASA developing models to predict conflicts among crew members for manned Mars missions.”
Global Science – “Pensiero creativo e problem solving: gli umani sfidano Marte.”
EuropaPress – “Un modelo para predecir fallos psicológicos en el viaje a Marte.”
Space.com – “Astronauts Struggle with Finishing Tasks on Mock Space Missions.”
CBC Radio – “It’s like a hall of mirrors: In a spacecraft, personalities work better than others.”
cnBeta.com – “西北大学开展模拟太空旅行计划 帮助宇航员更顺利抵达火星”
DigitalJournal.com – “Space agencies preparing for 3-year round-trip journey to Mars.”
rmf24.pl – “Lot na Marsa będzie jeszcze trudniejszy…”
The Daily Northwestern – “Northwestern professors build model for NASA Mars expedition.”
North by Northwestern – “On a mission to Mars, teamwork makes the dream work.”
The Times of India – “Mental health of Mars’ crew to be monitored.”
WBEZ – “Who Can Handle Trip To Mars? Northwestern Helps NASA Predict Strains On Astronauts.”
Website Link: https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/who-can-handle-trip-to-mars-northwestern-helps-nasa-predict-strains-on-astronauts/b4dbfec7-f2bc-4ea1-ba62-fa70dce4c592
Web link: https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/mental-health-of-mars-crew-to-be-monitored/articleshow/69315211.cms
