Events — Colloquia & Seminars
Life in the Network: The Coming Age of Computational Social Science
Speaker: David Lazer, Associate Professor of Public Policy/Director, Program on Networked Governance, John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University
Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Talk: 1:30 PM, 366 WVH
Abstract
An increasing fraction of human interactions are digitally captured. These digital breadcrumbs, combined with substantial computational power, create enormous opportunities for ground breaking science. This talk will discuss what some of the potential opportunities are for developing an improved understanding of collective human behavior, as well the potential barriers to the emergence of a "computational social science." In particular, the objective of this talk will be to spur discussion regarding how to bridge the gap between various methods for data mining and enhancing understanding of human behavior.
Brief Biography
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