Delighted to share that we have 5 presentations accepted at Sunbelt 2020! While this year the conference was virtual, we had a wonderful time presenting our research. Cited below are conference presentations we shared:

Learn more about Sunbelt 2020 events: https://www.insna.org/events/ 

Zurek, M., Harris, M., Johnson, J., N. S., DeChurch, L. A., Contractor, N. S. (2020, July 13-17). Bridging Analog Environments: comparison of group dynamics and cohesion between the human exploration research analog (HERA) and over-wintering Antarctic stations. Virtual Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA)

Johnson, J., Zurek, M., Contractor, N. S., DeChurch, L. A. (2020, July 13-17). The Social Network Ecology of Small Groups in Isolated and Confined Environments [Conference presentation]. Virtual Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA).

Antone, B., Néray, B., Munar, W., Koskinen, J., & Contractor, N. S. (2020, July 13-17). Missing Tie Imputation in Sparse Networks with Ego-Centric Responses [Conference presentation]. Virtual Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA).

Lungeanu, A., Whalen, R., Wu, Y. J., DeChurch L. A., & Contractor N. S. (2020, July 13-17). Text and Networks: Mapping changes in the expertise diversity of patent teams [Conference presentation]. Virtual Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA).

Tanaka, K., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. (2020, July 13-17). Origins of network acuity: Who has an ability to efficiently use their awareness of the group communication network [Conference presentation]. Virtual Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA).

Noshir teaches “Understanding and Leveraging Networks” in both the CLP and HLP programs within MSC. On July 15th, he delivered a webinar to admitted and incoming MSC students to share his research interests in the study of the formation, maintenance, and dissolution of dynamically linked social and knowledge networks within communities. He also spoke about his background, his teaching philosophy, and his experience teaching and getting to know students in the MSC program.

Congratulations to Diego who is awarded the National Science Foundation (NSF) Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant through the Decision, Risk and Management Sciences program! His research will focus on assembling teams supported by augmented intelligence, advised by Dr. Noshir Contractor.

This cycle we have 2 paper accepted at NCA. One led by graduate student Diego Góméz-Zará titled “Do I know you? The effects of offline social capital in self-assembled teams online.” The other,  led by our former visiting scholar Yuanxin Wang, PhD student at Peking University, titled: “Dynamics of processes and performance of teams using enterprise social media.”

Congratulations to authors Diego Góméz-Zará, Yuanxin Wang,  Noshir Contractor, Leslie DeChurch, Jiawei (Tony) Zhang, Steven Ding, and Rustom Ichhaporia!

Congratulations to our undergrad data science intern Mengzi Guo, the winner of Northwestern Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences (IEMS) Department’s Arthur P. Hurter Award for Outstanding Senior! We’ll miss – but are incredibly excited for – her as she begins her new adventure at UC Berkeley’s Engineering Ph.D. program after graduation!

Congratulations to authors Drs. Sophia Fu, Michelle Schumate, and Noshir Contractor!

https://academic.oup.com/joc/advance-article/doi/10.1093/joc/jqaa018/5857779?searchresult=1

Citation: Fu, J. S., Shumate, M., & Contractor, N. (2020). Organizational and individual innovation decisions in an interorganizational system: Social influence and decision-making authority. Journal of Communication, 70(4). doi:10.1093/joc/jqaa018

Congratulations to TSB grad student Diego Gómez Zará who won a Microsoft Research Grant for his dissertation, “Using Online Team Recommender Systems to Form Diverse Teams!” The grant supports the research of underrepresented students in the field of computing who are finishing their doctoral degrees at North American universities. Recipients receive up to $25,000 for the research and the award rate is at 4%!

Read more about Diego’s research here and grant information here: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/academic-program/dissertation-grant/?fbclid=IwAR2VYL0evVbRhKPZ0-1IAivtLjCT18nynZgr7PEum3LsDYWuos8nsTyQETg#!grant-recipients