Summer School Series on Methods

for Computational Social Science

 

July 30th – August 4th, 2018

 

Los Angeles, USA

 

APPLICATION IS CLOSED

The second summer school of this series focuses on methods for analyzing und modeling textual data (e.g. sentiment analysis, latent semantic models, causal inference methods for text data). We have invited outstanding speakers from different disciplines that will teach different methods and show how textual data can be used to answer interesting research questions that are relevant for the social sciences and gain insights into social phenomena like conflicts, radicalization, polarization and bias. Students will conduct small projects in which they will apply the newly learned methods and will be supervised by the invited speakers.

We will offer full financial support for up to 10 students (or early career researchers). Students have to apply for the travel grants and a committee of experts will select scholars based on academic excellence, financial needs and diversity (e.g., gender, ethnic and disciplinary diversity).

ORGANIZERS

 

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Cheryl Abundo, Nanyang Technological University
Anupama Aggarwal, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Laura Maria Alessandretti, ENS Lyon
Pablo Aragón, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Andrea Baronchelli, City University
Arnim Bleier, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Simone Centellegher, University of Trento
Marco De Nadai, Fondazione Bruno Kessler
Bruno Gonçalves, New York University
Iacopo Iacopini, Queen Mary University of London
Milan Janosov, Central European University
Cristina Kadar, ETH Zurich
Márton Karsai, ENS de Lyon
Marijn Keijzer, University of Groningen
Haiko Lietz, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Jan Lorenz, Jacobs University Bremen
Sandro Meloni, University of Zaragoza
Lisa Merten, Hans-Bredow-Institut für Medienforschung Hamburg
Bruno Ribeiro, Purdue University
Johann Schaible, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Rossano Schifanella, University of Turin
Sebastian Stier, GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences
Michele Tizzoni, ISI Foundation
Pinelopi Troullinou, The Open University
Milena Tsvetkova, University of Oxford
Enrico Ubaldi, University of Parma
Diliara Valeeva, University of Amsterdam

Semantically Enhanced Text Analysis: Ontologies, Knowledge Bases, Metadata and Applications

Word Embeddings – Semantics: What is in my Documents

Neural Nets for Language Modeling

Measuring Culture using Big Data

The Geometry of Meaning: Embedding and systematically interpreting text, tags and social networks

Getty Center: Museum, Architecture, Gardens

Hitchhiker’s Guide to affect Detection from Text

Addressing Mental Health Challenges with Social Media

Choosing the right Method for the Task: Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches to Automated Content Analysis

Descriptive Inference for Text: Similarity, Sophistication, Style and Statistical Properties

SpeakerTitle
Bruno GonçalvesNeural Nets for Language Modeling
Damian TrillingChoosing the right Method for the Task: Bottom-Up and Top-Down Approaches to Automated Content Analysis
James EvansThe Geometry of Meaning: Embedding and systematically interpreting text, tags and social networks
Chris BailMeasuring Culture using Big Data
Munmun De ChoudhuryAddressing Mental Health Challenges with Social Media
Arthur SpirlingDescriptive Inference for Text: Similarity, Sophistication, Style and Statistical Properties
Miriam FernandezSemantically Enhanced Text Analysis: Ontologies, Knowledge Bases, Metadata and Applications
David GarciaHitchhiker's Guide to affect Detection from Text
Laura DietzWord Embeddings - Semantics: What is in my Documents
APPLY FOR PARTICIPATION

The summer school will take place at the Information Sciences Institute of the University of Southern California (USC) in , Los Angeles in the USA.

Accomodation options

Speakers and students with travel grants will stay at Jamaica Bay Inn, a waterfront hotel in Marina del Rey. Other participants are welcome to book their accomodation at Jamaica Bay Inn.

Alternatively, you can arrange your accomodation in one of the many hotels and Airbnb located in the city.

Arriving in

is around 4 miles away from the Los Angeles International Airport. At Terminal 7, take the airport shuttle bus Lax Lot C Shuttle to “Lax Lot C Shuttle Depot”, then take the bus R3 to “Lincoln Nb & Mindanao Fs” and walk around 4 minutes from the bus stop to USC Information Sciences Institute.

For step by step directions and updated schedules, please click here to check.

ADDRESS

Information Sciences Institute

University of Southern California

4676 Admiralty Way, Suite 1001

Marina del Rey, CA 90292

USA

CONTACT

Organizing Team

css.summerschool@gmail.com

+49 (0221) 47694-254

 

 

 

 

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