Advancing The Science of Networks in Communities
At the nPOD Annual Conference on February 22nd in St. Pete Beach, Florida, Noshir Contractor delivered the keynote address on “The Science of Team Science” in the biomedical field. The agenda of the conference elaborated: “To learn about how collaborations work, we have one of the country’s experts on the topic of ‘The Science of Team Science’ giving a lecture on multidisciplinary, international collaborations, their impact in the biomedical field, and how Team Science works.”
Ivan Hernandez is a collaborative post-doctoral researcher at Northwestern University and the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received his B.S. in Psychology from the University of Florida, and his PhD in Social Psychology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
He is currently working on the Gates Project here at SONIC.
http://sonic.northwestern.edu/people/postdocs-graduate_students/ivan-hernandez/
SONIC Lab is proud to welcome Dan Newman, who will present a talk on January 29th, 2015 at 2:00 P.M. in SONIC Lab in the Frances Searle Building, room 1.459. All are welcome to attend. To schedule a one-on-one meeting with a Dr. Newman please schedule a time at http://bit.ly/SonicSpeaker. Please contact Nancy McLaughlin with any questions/comments.PARADIGMS FOR CONTROL IN SOCIAL SYSTEMS
@ International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS) 2015
Jun 1-3 2015
Reykjavík, Iceland
http://networkdynamics.org/events/iccs2015_control/http://networkdynamics.org/events/iccs2015_control/
While the control of complex networks has recently emerged as an active area of research, the notion of control remains relatively undefined for social and economic systems. For example, what does it mean to control a co-purchase network, a web of trust, or an interbanking loan system? In this workshop, we invite researchers to explore what control means in such inherently social systems and how these notions of control can either be quantitatively modeled using existing techniques or necessitate the development of new modeling approaches.
We seek original submissions aimed at exploring challenges in the control of social systems, including:
* Case studies of control in social systems
* Formalizing objectives in social systems as control problems
* Models of dynamics and control in social systems
* Relationships between control mechanisms from different social systems
The organizers hope to engage a broad group of researchers to nucleate a discussion on understanding control in the context of social, economic, and business systems. Papers should be original, but can take the form of mini-survey papers or position papers on these topics. Travel support is available for some selected papers.
We aim to make this workshop hands on, with breakout sessions to delve into specific research questions and agendas.
Accepted papers will be included in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series.
Submission Instructions
Papers are limited to 10 pages with a deadline of January 22, 2015.
Submissions will be made through the ICCS 2015 EasyChair system.
The National Communication Association Distinguished Scholar award was bestowed upon SONIC Director, Noshir Contractor, at the 100th annual NCA conference held in Chicago, IL on November 20-23, 2014. This is a great honor not only for Professor Contractor, but also for the entirety of the SONIC research group. Congratulations Noshir!
The NCA Distinguished Scholar Award was created in 1991 to recognize and reward NCA members for a lifetime of scholarly achievement in the study of human communication. Recipients are selected to showcase the communication profession. The award is supported by the Mark L. Knapp Distinguished Scholar Fund. Since 1992, those recognized as NCA Distinguished Scholars nominate and elect members to join this select group.
Article available at: http://abs.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/11/14/0002764214556804
While both strong and weak ties have their place in social networks, which type better supports team collaboration and problem solving?
CFP_ParadigmsSocialControl-1.pdf