BAY-SICSS

June 15 to July 3, 2020 | UC Berkeley | Virtual event

Schedule & Materials

All times are in Pacific Standard Time
Monday June 15, 2020 - Introduction and Ethics
  • 1:00 - 1:20 Welcome to BAY-SICSS and Logistics

  • 1:20 - 1:45 Introductory remarks from David Harding, UC Berkeley D-Lab

  • 1:45 - 2:45 Small Group Discussion Lesson Plan

  • 2:45 - 3:45 Break

  • 3:45 - 4:00 Introduction to the group exercise

  • 4:00 - 4:45 Small group discussion of Case study

  • 4:45 - 5:00 Whole group debrief about case study

  • 5:00 - 6:00 Debrief, logistics, and Virtual Happy Hour

Tuesday June 16, 2020 - Collecting Digital Trace Data
  • 1:00 - 1:30 Logistics and introduction to group exercise

  • 1:30 - 3:00 Group excercise

  • 3:00 - 3:15 Whole group debrief about group excercise

  • 3:15 - 4:00 Break

  • 4:00 - 5:00 Johannes Eichstadt (Stanford Psychology)

  • 5:00 - 5:15 Debrief and logistics

Wednesday June 17, 2020 - Automated Text Analysis
  • 1:00 - 1:30 Logistics and Introduction to the group exercise

  • 1:30 - 3:15 Group Exercise (Zoom)

  • 3:15 - 3:30 Whole group debrief about group excercise

  • 3:30 - 4:30 Break

  • 4:30 - 5:30 Sharad Goel (Stanford Computational Policy Lab)

  • 5:30 - 5:45 Debrief and logistics

Thursday June 18, 2020 - Surveys in the Digital Age
  • 1:00 - 1:30 Logistics and Introduction to the group exercise

  • 1:30 - 2:30 Catch-up for Previous Activities/Preparation for PSS Activity

  • 2:30 - 3:00 Break

  • 3:00 - 4:45 Meet the Partners: HopeLab, No More Silence, Panacea Lab/UCSF

  • 4:45 - 5:45 Group excercise

  • 5:45 - 6:00 Debrief and logistics

Friday June 19, 2020 - Mass collaboratation and machine learning
  • 1:00 - 1:30 Logistics and Introduction to the Fraglie Families Challenge

  • 1:30 - 3:30 Participate in the Fraglie Families Challenge Lesson plan (participants), Lesson plan (instructors) (Zoom)

  • 3:30 - 4:00 Break

  • 4:00 - 5:30 Meet the Partners: DonorsChoose, Code for America

  • 5:30 - 6:00 Debrief and logistics

Saturday June 20, 2020 - Day off
Sunday June 21, 2020 - Day off
Monday June 22, 2020 - Work on partner projects and participate in SICSS Festival (optional)
  • 4:00 - 5:00 Luke Terra (Stanford Community Engaged Learning and Research)

  • 5:00 - 5:30 Debrief and logistics

Tuesday June 23, 2020 - Work on partner projects and participate in SICSS Festival (optional)
  • 4:00 - 5:00 Dennis Feehan (UC Berkeley Demography)

  • 5:00 - 5:30 Debrief and logistics

Wednesday June 24, 2020 - Work on partner projects and participate in SICSS Festival (optional)
  • 4:00 - 5:00 Johan Ugander (Stanford Management Science & Engineering)

  • 5:00 - 5:30 Debrief and logistics

Thursday June 25, 2020 - Work on partner projects and participate in SICSS Festival (optional)
  • 4:00 - 5:00 Sameer Srivastava (UC Berkeley Haas School of Business)

  • 5:00 - 5:30 Debrief and logistics

Friday June 26, 2020 - Work on partner projects and participate in SICSS Festival (optional)
  • 4:00 - 5:00 Susan Athey (Stanford Graduate School of Business)

  • 5:00 - 5:30 Project Check-Ins

Saturday June 27, 2020 - Day off
Sunday June 28, 2020 - Day off
Monday June 29, 2020 - Work on partner projects
  • 4:00 - 5:00 Rob Reich (Stanford Political Science)

  • 5:00 - 5:30 Debrief and logistics

Tuesday June 30, 2020 - Work on partner projects
  • 4:00 - 5:00 Eli Ben-Michael (UC Berkeley Statistics)

  • 5:00 - 5:30 Debrief and logistics

Wednesday July 1, 2020 - Work on partner projects
  • 4:00 - 5:00 Speaker TBD

  • 5:00 - 5:30 Debrief and logistics

Thursday July 2, 2020 - Work on project presentations
  • 4:00 - 5:30 Aniket Kesari (UC Berkeley D-Lab), Final Presentations

Friday July 3, 2020 - PPP (Partner Project Presentations)
  • 4:00 - 5:30 Final Presentations

  • 5:30 - 6:00 Closing Remarks

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