SONIC Proudly Welcomes New Postdoc, Ivan Hernandez

2015-01-20Posted inBlog, News, SONIC News
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. [...]

Dan Newman to Present in SONIC Speaker Series – Jan. 29th

2015-01-15Posted inBlog, Events, SONIC News, SONIC Speaker Series
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 [...]

The Domino Effect in Online Decision Making

2015-01-12Posted inBlog
In recent years, the spread of information over social networks has become a global phenomenon. Scientists have begun to study how information spreads from person to person, and how individuals’ motivations can cause a cascade effect in behavior. Researchers note that often “cascading behavior in a social network is guided [...]

Scientists Review Worldwide Rise of “Network of Networks”

2015-01-12Posted inBlog
The study of the network of networks, or interdependent networks, has become increasingly important. Interdependent networks are hugely prevalent especially in food, water, and fuel delivery systems. Scientists at Northeastern, Beihang, and Bar-Ilan Universities wrote in the National Science Review that the study of network of networks is “one of the most important directions [...]

The Empathy of Group Success

2015-01-12Posted inBlog
What makes one a good group member? Is it intelligence? A recent study found that, “having a lot of intelligent people in the group did not necessarily mean that your group will have sure success.”  According to this study, what mattered more for group success was how individuals scored on the [...]

Proceedings of IEEE, “The Impact of Changing Technology on Social Networks”, Dec 2014

2015-01-12Posted inBlog
Here is the link to the special issue: http://mae.engr.ucdavis.edu/dsouza/Pubs/PIEEE_vol102_12.pdf ________________________________ From: Jemin George Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 10:35 AM To: sonicnorthwestern@gmail.com Subject: Proceedings of IEEE, “The Impact of Changing Technology on Social Networks”, Dec 2014 This special issue of the Proceedings of the IEEE focuses on how digital technology [...]

Workshop on Paradigms for Control in Social Systems

2015-01-12Posted inBlog, Events, News, SONIC News
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 [...]