SONIC Lab Multimedia Production
SONIC Lab Multimedia Production
Application Period: May 4th to June 8th
Duration: Approximately 130-195 hours between June 1st and August 30th
Compensation: $10-14 hourly
Contact: Meghan McCarter, Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator
Contact Email: m-mccarter@northwestern.edu
Contact Phone: (636) 284-5218
Location: SONIC Lab, Frances Searle Building 1-459, 2240 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60201
Organization Overview:
The Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) research group advances social network theories, methods, and tools to better understand and meet the needs of diverse communities.… Read the rest
What we’re reading – and how it ties us together
Michael Levy of the Center for Environmental Policy and Behavior at UC Davis created a bipartite network of using his coworkers and their preferred journals to illustrate the functional clusters within the highly interdisciplinary lab. He then converted the visualization into a single mode network using ggnet - a ggplot implementation (via the GGally package) and calculated degree, betweenness, and eigenvector centrality for each journal for a more detailed picture of the overlapping interests within his community. He provides his r code for anyone who wants to apply try the excersize with their own lab.… Read the rest
SONIC Research Practices High School Internship
SONIC Research Practices High School Internship
Application Period: May 14th to June 8th, 2015
Duration: Approximately 120 hours between June 8th and August 28th
Compensation: $9-12 hourly
Contact: Meghan McCarter, Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator
Contact Email: m-mccarter@northwester.edu
Contact Phone: (636) 284-5218
Location: SONIC Lab, Frances Searle Building 1-459, 2240 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60201
Organization Overview:
The Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) research group advances social network theory, and methodology through the development of cutting-edge techniques to study and improve knowledge networks in distributed working groups, virtual teams, and other large communities.… Read the rest
Noshir Contractor Serves as Keynote Speaker at ARS 2015 Workshop
At the ARS 2015 in Anacapri, Italy on April 29th, Noshir Contractor was the keynote speaker for the Large Networks and Big Data Workshop. His speech was titled “Leveraging Network Science to Address Great Societal Challenges”. Topics included how network science is the solution to making sense of big data and monitoring and anticipating global problems to design effective solutions.… Read the rest
SONIC Recruitment Officer
SONIC Recruitment Officer
Application Period: April 27th to June 15th
Duration: Approximately 120 hours between June 8th and August 28th
Compensation: $9-12 hourly
Contact: Meghan McCarter, Recruitment and Outreach Coordinator
Contact Email: m-mccarter@northwestern.edu
Contact Phone: (636) 284-5218
Location: SONIC Lab, Frances Searle Building 1-459, 2240 Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60201
Organization Overview:
The Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) research group advances social network theory, and methodology through the development of cutting-edge techniques to study and improve knowledge networks in distributed working groups, virtual teams, and other large communities.… Read the rest
Prasad Balkundi to Present in SONIC Speaker Series on May 7th, 2015
SONIC Lab is proud to welcome Prasad Balkundi, who will present a talk on Thursday, May 7th, 2015 at 2:00 PM in the SONIC Lab in the Frances Searle Building 1-459. All are welcome to attend. To schedule a one-on-one meeting with Professor Balkundi please schedule a time here.
Balazs Vedres to Present in SONIC Speaker Series on April 22nd, 2015
SONIC Lab is proud to welcome Balazs Vedres, who will present a talk on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2015 at 10:00 AM in the SONIC Lab in the Frances Searle Building 1-459. All are welcome to attend. To schedule a one-on-one meeting with Professor Vedres please schedule a time here.… Read the restLibby Hemphill to Present in SONIC Speaker Series on April 16th, 2015
SONIC Lab is proud to welcome Libby Hemphill, who will present a talk on Thursday, April 16th, 2015 at 2:00 PM in the SONIC Lab in the Frances Searle Building 1-459. All are welcome to attend. To schedule a one-on-one meeting with Professor Hemphill please schedule a time here. Please […]
Noshir Contractor Delivers Presentation at Northwestern University Office for Sponsored Research
At the Northwestern Office for Sponsored Research (NU OSR) in Evanston, Illinois on February 27th, Noshir Contractor delivered a Brown Bag presentation titled “Using Computational Social Science to Address Grand Societal Challenges”. The office is Northwestern’s arm for assisting and developing funded programs in support of the university’s research mission. […]