Summer School on Computational Social Science: Text and Decisions

http://lipari.cs.unict.it/LipariSchool/ComputationalSocialScience/index.php

* July 16 - July 23, 2011, Lipari Island*, Italy

*Deadline: May 01, 2011*

** REGISTRATION OPEN **


The Jacob T. Schwartz International School for Scientific Research starts a
new summer school series on Computational Social Science

The 2011 edition addresses PhD students and young researchers to the
forefront of research activity on Data and Text Mining based approach to
Computational Social Science.

Recognized authorities in the field will give formal lectures tailoring
these for an interdisciplinary audience.

Participants will also have the opportunity to present the results of their
research during a short communication session.

As a whole, the planned summer school will allow participants to be exposed
to cutting edge results in one of the most challenging research area, while
at the same time enjoying the relaxing atmosphere of one of the most
beautiful Italian islands.

Speakers

.        Claudio Cioffi-Revilla: A Computational Social Science Framework for
Text Analysis and Social Media Modeling.
Director of the Center for Social Complexity, Krasnow Institute for Advanced
Study, George Mason University, Washington DC.

.        Huan Liu: Community Detection and Mining in Social Media.
School of Computing, Informatics, and Decision Systems Engineering, Arizona
State University.

.        Roel Popping: Computer-assisted text analysis, and the relevance of
decision making and text mining.
Department of Sociology, University of Groningen

.        Marc A. Smith: Charting Collections of Connections in Social Media:
Maps and Measures with NodeXL.
Chief Social Scientist, Connected Action Consulting Group

.        Calogero Zarba: Introduction to matrix algebra
Neodata Intelligence s.r.l., Italy

.        Alessandro Pluchino: Netlogo: An agent based simulation programmable
environment.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Catania, Italy


Participants will be arranged in a comfortable hotel at very special rates.
The conference room (in the same hotel) is air-conditioned and equipped with
all conference materials. Special areas are reserved to students for the
afternoon coursework and study. The island of Lipari can be easily reached
from Milazzo, Palermo, Naples, Messina and Reggio Calabria by ferry or
hydrofoil (50 minutes from Milazzo).

Two kinds of participants are welcome. Students: Participants who are
expected to do afternoon courseworks and take a final exam (The grades will
be given following the ECTS grading scale). The course will involve a total
of 24 hours of teaching. According to our university rules passing the final
exam gives right to an equivalent of 6 ECTS credits in any Ph.D. program.
Auditors: participants who are not interested in taking the final exam.

Short Communication Session

Accepted participants may submit an abstract to present their research
activity. The abstract should be submitted before 30 May 2011.

Registration fee:

Graduate and undergraduate Students Euros 450 (Late registration Euros 550).

Registration fee does not include hotel and meals.

Deadline for application is May 01, 2011 (admission notification will start
on March 1st according to registration time).

Applicants must include a short curriculum vitae and specify two professors
whom letters of recommendation will be asked to, if deemed necessary.
Applicants will be notified about admission by May 10, 2011.

The official language is English.

School director: Prof. Claudio Cioffi-Revilla, George Mason University, USA

Scientific Committee

- Prof. Alfredo Ferro, University of Catania, Italy
- Prof. Giovanni Giuffrida, University of Catania, Italy
- Prof. Carlo Pennisi, University of Catania, Italy
- Prof. Alberto Trobia, University of Palermo, Italy
People interested in receiving further information about the school can
contact:

Lipari School Organization

Prof. Alfredo Ferro -- Susanna Caramello (Lipari School secretary)
Universita' degli Studi di Catania - Dipartimento di Matematica e
Informatica Citta' Universitaria - Viale A.Doria, 6 - 95125 Catania - ITALY
Tel: +39 095 7383071
Fax: +39 095 7337032 / +39 095 330094
E-mail: school@dmi.unict.it - susanna@dmi.unict.it

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