The SONIC Speaker Series Job Talk: Brian Keegan on Nov. 13th, 2015

2015-11-11Posted inBlog, SONIC News, SONIC Speaker Series

SONIC Lab is proud to welcome Brian Keegan, who will present a talk on Friday, November 13th, 2015 at 1:30 PM in the SONIC Lab in the Frances Searle Building 1-459. All are welcome to attend.

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Collaboration in Bursty Information Systems: Wikipedia’s Coverage of Breaking News Events

Abstract

Bursts are characterized by a sudden onset, significant change in intensity, and temporary duration of collective social behavior.… Read the rest

Kits & Cats Day at the SONIC Lab

2015-10-15Posted inBlog, SONIC News

To celebrate Kits and Cats Day, SONIC Lab welcomed 14 inquisitive sophomores from Evanston Township High School to test their social network knowledge using our 6DOS dashboard. Spoiler alert, teenagers are pretty good at disseminating information! To read more about the 6DOS project in the context of the Gates Project, click here.… Read the rest

Ludo Waltman’s Talk is Now Live on Youtube

2015-09-25Posted inBlog, SONIC News, SONIC Speaker Series

DSC_0035On September 9th, 2015, Ludo Waltman visited Northwestern University’s SONIC Lab to give a talk on Large-scale analysis of bilbliometric networks: Tools, techniques, and applications. Ludo’s full abstract, as well as the presentation, can be seen below.

Large-scale analysis of bibliometric networks: Tools, techniques, and applications

Abstract

The analysis of bibliometric networks has the potential to offer deep insights into the structure and dynamics of science.… Read the rest

Alina Lungeanu Successfully Defends Dissertation: Assembly Mechanisms of Interdisciplinary Scientific Teams and Their Impact on Performance

2015-09-21Posted inBlog, SONIC News

Alina Lungeanu successfully defended her dissertation proposal titled “Assembly Mechanisms of Interdisciplinary Scientific Teams and Their Impact on Performance” on September 7th, 2015. The committee it was presented to included Noshir Contractor (chair), Darren Gergle, Brian Uzzi, Uri Wilensky, and Teresa Woodruff.… Read the rest

Noshir Contractor gives keynote address at the 2015 ASONAM Conference

2015-08-28Posted inBlog, News, SONIC News

Noshir Contractor gave a keynote talk at the 2015 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining on August 27th in Paris, France. The title of his speech was “Leveraging Computational Social Science to address Grand Societal Challenges.”

To read more about the conference and it’s keynote speakers, including Contractor, click here.… Read the rest