Programme available – CMSS summer workshop
The website for the CMSS summer workshop has been updated with the programme and information about the workshop location, including maps.
NWU Computational Social Sciences Summit
The Kellogg School of Management at Northwerstern University, Evanston, Illinois are hosting the 2015 Computational Social Sciences Summit, from May 15-17th. See the conference webpage for more information.
Summer workshop roundup
We managed to get video recordings of almost all of the presentations. These are available to view on the CMSS YouTube channel or via the CMSS Google plus page.
We also have a video of the Seelye public lecture by Matt Jackson.
In the week before the workshop, Matt Jackson was interviewed by Katherine Ryan on Nine to Noon. You can listen to, or download, the interview from Radio New Zealand National website.
Final call for participation: CMSS Summer Workshop
9th & 10th December 2014, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Attendance at the workshop is free of charge and includes the workshop dinner. Yet, as places are limited, we require registration via the workshop webpage.
The deadline for registration is 17th October.
This year’s theme is diffusion in social networks, but submissions on any aspect of mathematical social science or complex networks are welcome.
Keynote presentations are:
* Matt Jackson (Stanford University) – Identifying Central Individuals in Networks and Diffusion Processes
* Damon Centola (University of Pennsylvania) – The Origins of Social Order: New Theory and Experiments
Financial assistance for travel costs is available for students wishing to attend the workshop. Please contact Dion O’Neale (d.oneale@auckland.ac.nz) for more information.
For more information about the workshop, please see the website listed above or contact one of the organisers:
Patrick Girard (Philosophy) p.girard@auckland.ac.nz
Dion O’Neale (Physics) d.oneale@auckland.ac.nz
Mark C. Wilson (Computer Science) mc.wilson@auckland.ac.nz
Call for participation Summer Workshop 2014-15
The Centre for Mathematical Social Science (CMSS) is pleased to announce that its 6th Summer Workshop will be held at the University of Auckland in the week of 8-12 December 2014. The CMSS is an inter-disciplinary research centre whose members include mathematicians, computer scientists, philosophers and economists. Information on the CMSS, and details of previous Workshops, can be found on our website: http://cmss.auckland.ac.nz/.
This year’s theme is diffusion in social networks, but submissions on any aspect of mathematical social science are welcome.
Confirmed speakers include:
– Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University) — Seelye Foundation Fellow
– Damon M. Centola (University of Pennsylvania)
If you would like to participate in the Workshop, please contact any of the organisers listed below by 15 October 2014. Contributed slides or papers will be archived on the CMSS website. We will be glad to hear from you.
There is no fee for participating in the Workshop.
Patrick Girard (Philosophy) p.girard.auckland.ac.nz
Dion O’Neale (Physics) d.oneale@auckland.ac.nz
Mark C. Wilson (Computer Science) mc.wilson@auckland.ac.nz
University of Auckland
Workshop on social network methodologies
* What: informal CMSS workshop to discuss methodology for social network analysis, and try to build a community at UoA in this area
* Where/When: Monday 17 Feb in Room 303.561 (Maths/Physics Building, corner Wellesley St and Princes St)
* Advice for speakers: Informal talks without slides are OK. There is a whiteboard. Slides are also OK, in fact preferred slightly – please bring them on a flash drive or similar. The key idea is to find common ground for interdisciplinary research, so please focus on the questions and methodology, not your research results. Basic questions to answer: who are you, where are you from, where social networks arise in your research area, what methodology have you been using to study them, which methodological expertise that you don’t have would benefit your research?
* Approximate schedule:
0900-1030 session 1
Patrick Girard (Philosophy, School of Humanities)
Nelson Aguirre (School of Population Health)
David Welch (Department of Computer Science)
Lorenzo Ductor (Massey-Albany, School of Economics and Finance)
Jenny Long (Department of Psychology)
1030-1100 Informal discussion (catering provided)
1100-1230 session 2
Mark Wilson (CMSS, Dept of Computer Science)
Dion O’Neale (Department of Physics)
Holly Darling (Claremont Graduate University, Education)
Yun Sing Koh (Department of Computer Science)
Quentin Atkinson (Department of Psychology)
1230-1330 lunch (self-organized)
Afternoon (will include spontaneous breaks)
1330-1400 brainstorming
1400-1500 small group discussions
1500-1600 report back and wrap up
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