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sonicnu SONIC Research Group @sonicnu ·
3 Feb

SIAM News: Diego Gómez-Zará & Noshir Contractor (@noshir) on AI for better, more representative teams.

In MyDreamTeam (380+ participants), creativity was highest when people chose teammates—with representation-aware AI nudges.

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9 Jan

In an in-press study, Leslie DeChurch, Alina Lungeanu, Megan Chan, and Noshir Contractor analyze data from NASA space analog teams and Ancient Rome, finding that dyadic shared leadership is uniquely unstable, while solo or 3+ leader structures persist.

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11 Dec

New @KelloggSchool Insight: Researchers Noshir Contractor (@noshir) & Leslie DeChurch reveal science-based best practices to help NASA crews survive a 3-year Mars mission.

Read more: https://insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/houston-we-have-a-solution

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22 Nov

We’re excited to share that Dr. Noshir Contractor, former President of the International Communication Association will be speaking at the MU–ICA Conference 2025.

📅 MU–ICA Conference on Human & Digital Mutualism
🗓 21–22 November 2025
📍 Mahindra University, Hyderabad

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21 Oct

We’re proud to share that Professor Noshir Contractor delivered a keynote at the 2025 ICA Regional Conference on “Generative AI in Research: Challenges, Opportunities, and Innovations”

Thank you to Mengxiao Zhu and the International Communication Association.

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