Why SICSS?

Chris Bail
Duke University

website: https://www.chrisbail.net
github: https://github.com/cbail
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/chris_bail

CHALLENGES

1. Big Problems in the World

2. Our Field is Growing

https://www.chrisbail.net/post/mapping-computational-social-science

3. Our Field is Interdisciplinary

https://www.chrisbail.net/post/mapping-computational-social-science

4. Training Opporunities are Rare

SOLUTIONS

Goal #1: Provide State-of-the-Art Training

Goal #2: Challenge Disciplinary Divides

Goal #3: Reach a Broad Audience

And many more people are following along online!

Goal #4: Open-Source

Goal #5: Teach the Teachers

Goal #6: Create a Diverse Community

You can view the entire list of people who have ever participated in SICSS here: https://compsocialscience.github.io/summer-institute/participants

HOW SICSS WORKS

Schedule

Lecture Schedule

Day	Topic
Monday	Intro/Ethics (Matt & Chris)
Tuesday	Collecting Digital Trace Data (Chris)
Wednesday	Automated Text Analysis (Chris)
Thursday	Surveys in the Digital Age (Matt)
Friday	Mass Collaboration (Matt)
Saturday	Field Experiments (Matt)

Accessing Materials

Go to this site: https://compsocialscience.github.io/summer-institute/2019/#schedule

Visiting Speakers

Link to Schedule Across all SICSS Sites: https://bit.ly/2I1SXE5

All talks will be archived on our YouTube Channel

Asking Questions to Speakers

To ask a question to a speaker, please choose one of the following options:

a) Post your question to the sicss2019.slack.com workspace entitled #speakerquestions;

b) Tweet your question to @chris_bail or @msalganik; or

c) Tweet your question to one of our teaching assistants: (@T_mWolff, @Danielleitaaa, @alextkindel, or @simonezhang)

Group Projects

Build a Web-Based Group Project!

Add your name to a list of people hoping to create a web-based group project here:

Why SICSS?

CHALLENGES

1. Big Problems in the World

1. Big Problems in the World

2. Our Field is Growing

2. Our Field is Growing

3. Our Field is Interdisciplinary

3. Our Field is Interdisciplinary

4. Training Opporunities are Rare

4. Training Opporunities are Rare

SOLUTIONS

Goal #1: Provide State-of-the-Art Training

Goal #1: Provide State-of-the-Art Training

Goal #2: Challenge Disciplinary Divides

Goal #2: Challenge Disciplinary Divides

Goal #2: Challenge Disciplinary Divides

Goal #2: Challenge Disciplinary Divides

Goal #3: Reach a Broad Audience

Goal #3: Reach a Broad Audience

Goal #3: Reach a Broad Audience

Goal #3: Reach a Broad Audience

Goal #4: Open-Source

Goal #4: Open-Source

Goal #5: Teach the Teachers

Goal #5: Teach the Teachers

Goal #6: Create a Diverse Community

Goal #6: Create a Diverse Community

HOW SICSS WORKS

Schedule

Schedule

Lecture Schedule

Accessing Materials

Visiting Speakers

Asking Questions to Speakers

Group Projects

Build a Web-Based Group Project!

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

Openness

Patience

Togetherness

Generosity

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