Networks Seminar: Spring 2007
January 31
An Experimental Study of the Coloring Problem on Human Subject Networks
Sid Suri, Postdoctoral Associate, Computer Science
1:15-p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
February 7
Network Exchange Theory
Shane Thye, Associate Professor, Sociology, University of South Carolina
1:15 p.m.., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
February 13
NET Resistance Equations
Arnout van de Rijt, Sociology
3:30 p.m.,146 Myron Taylor Hall
February 14
Canceled due to weather.
February 21
Respondent Driven Sampling
Douglas Heckathorn, Prof. of Sociology
1 p.m.,146 Myron Taylor Hall
February 28
No Seminar
March 7
Cognitive and Affective Aspects of Network Relationships
Geri Gay, Kenneth J. Bissett Professor and Chair of Communication, & Connie Yuan, Asst. Prof. of Communication
1:30-3:00 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
March 13
Ongoing Wikipedia Projects: Evolution of Networks; Predicting Article Quality
Vladimir Barash, Dan Cosley, Gueorgi Kossinets, Tom Lento, Arnout van de Rijt, & Ted Welser
3:30-5:00 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
March 14
Ongoing Wikipedia Projects Part II: Diffusion of Innovations; Policy-Making
Vladimir Barash, Laura Black, Dan Cosley, Gueorgi Kossinets, & Ted Welser
1:30-3:00 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
March 28-31
Cornell Microsoft International Symposium on Self-Organizing Online Communities
423 ILR Conference Center
April 3
Building On-Line Reputations and How Obligations are Formed: A Study of Amazon.com and ACIDplanet.com
Trevor Pinch, Professor, Science & Technology Studies
3:30-5:00 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
April 11
Complex Contagions and the Weakness of Long Ties
Michael Macy, Professor of Sociology &
ISS Networks Project Leader
1:30-3:00 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
April 18
Trading Networks with Price-Setting Agents
David Easley, Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Sciences,
Director Center for Analytic Economics & ISS Networks Team Member
1:30-3:00 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
April 24
What Makes a Grade? The Respective Contribution of Pupils, Schools, and Peers in Achievement in English Primary Education
Amine Ouazad, CREST-INSEE and CEE
3:30-5 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
April 25
Networks in the Boardroom
Francis Kramarz, INSEE
1:30-3:00 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
May 1
British Telecom Network Data
Nathan Eagle, Research Specialist, MIT Design Laboratory
3:30-5:00 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
May 9
Virtual Worlds for The Study of Real Business (and Economics, Law, Politics, Sociology....)
Robert Bloomfield,
Nicholas H. Noyes Professor of Management & Professor of Accounting , JGSM
1:30-3:00 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
Networks Seminar: Fall 2006
September 5
Group Formation in Large Social Networks: Membership, Growth, and Evolution.
Dan Huttenlocher and Jon Kleinberg , ISS Networks Team Members & Profs. of Computer Science, Cornell
1:00-2:30 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
September 8
NSF -ITR Workshop on Synthetic Data.
8:00 a.m. -4:30 p.m., 109 Ives Hall
September 15
Empirical Analysis of an Evolving Social Network.
Gueorgi Kossinets, Web Lab Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell
10:30 a.m. -12:00 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
September 22
Networks Emerging in a Volatile World
Fernando Vega-Redondo, Visiting Prof. of Economics, Cornell
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
September 26
Diffusion of the Internet Among Corporate Elite
Mary Still, ISS Networks Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell
1:00-2:30 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
October 3
Recognizing Social Capital in Social Networks: Experimental Results
Kathleen O'Connor, ISS Networks Team Member & Prof. of Management, Cornell
1:00-2:30 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
October 10
No seminar (Fall Break)
October 13
Synthetic Data: We Made the Numbers Up, but It's OK to Use Them*
John Abowd,
Edmund Ezra Day Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Info. Science, Director of the Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research, & ISS Networks Team Member
10:00-11:00 a.m., 301 College Ave., Large Conference Room
*Primary sponsor: Info. Science Breakfast Series
October 17
Bluetooth Phone Project*
David Lazar, Asst. Prof. of Public Policy, Harvard University; Michael Macy, Networks Team Leader and Prof. of Sociology; and Gueorgi Kossinets, Weblab Postdoctoral Associate, &
1:00-2:30 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
*See Inferring Social Network Structure Using Mobile Phone Data and Supporting Online Material.
October 20
Social Network Capital, Economic Mobility and Poverty Traps
Chris Barrett and Pin Chantarat, Applied Economics and Management, Cornell
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
October 27
Explaining Retention in Voluntary Associations: The Role of Local Network Structure in Online Community
Ted Welser, ISS Networks Postdoctoral Associate, Cornell
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m ., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
October 31
Who Does an Elite Firm Emulate? Social Networks, Imitation, and Corporate Benchmarking
David Strang, ISS Networks Team Member and Prof. of Sociology, and Mary Still, ISS Networks Postdoctoral Associate
1:00-2:30 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
November 7
Identifying Community Structures from Network Data via Maximum Likelihood Methods
Matthew Jackson, Professor of Economics, Stanford
1:00-2:30 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
November 8-11
Search & Diffusion on Social Networks Workshop
423 ILR Conference Center
November 14
Statistical Modeling on Networks: A Discussion
John Abowd, Edmund Ezra Day Professor of Industrial and Labor Relations and Info. Science, Director of the Cornell Institute for Social and Economic Research, & ISS Networks Team Member, and Ian Schmutte, Economics
1:00 – 2:30 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
December 1
Automatic Mapping and Modeling of Human Networks
Alex (Sandy) Pentland, Human Dynamics Laboratory Director & Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences, The Media Laboratory, MIT
10:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m., 146 Myron Taylor Hall
