A SoDa Symposium: Enhancing Living Standards Surveys in LMICs using Large Language Models A Presentation with Q&A Tuesday, February 24, 2026 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm (ONLINE) REGISTER HERE Abstract: In low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), household surveys remain the main tools for understanding living standards, designing effective policies, and monitoring progress toward development goals….
Mpact Conference on Understanding Regional Opportunities and Partnerships to Drive American Competitiveness March 25-27, 2026 Samuel Riggs Alumni Center University of Maryland College Park, Maryland The University of Maryland is hosting the Mpact Conference on Understanding Regional Opportunities and Partnerships to Drive American Competitiveness on March 25-27, 2026 at the Samuel Riggs Alumni Center in College…
An ASA | SoDa Symposium In Celebration of Privacy Week: Balancing Statistical and Non-Statistical Uses of Federal Data: Privacy, Governance, and Public Trust Co-Sponsored by the American Statistical Association Privacy and Confidentiality Committee and the UMD Social Data Science Center Two Presentations with Q&A Wednesday, January 28, 2026 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm (ONLINE) WATCH VIDEO…
SoDa Symposium: Human-Centered Data Collection for Quality AI: Lessons from Survey Research A Presentation with Q&A presented on Tuesday, December 16, 2025 12 pm – 1 pm (Online) WATCH VIDEO Slides: SODA_Symposium_Stephanie_Eckman16Dec2025 Abstract: Machine learning and AI model performance depends critically on training data quality, yet many researchers lack systematic approaches to human data…
SoDa Symposium | Seed Grant Series: Data Preprocessing Strategies to Enhance Fairness in Machine Learning A presentation with Q&A presented on Tuesday, October 21, 2025 12 pm – 1 pm (Online) WATCH VIDEO Abstract: Data science methods are increasingly being applied to large-scale educational data, but there has been less attention on the possibility of…
SoDa Symposium: Crowdsourced Adaptive Surveys A Presentation with Q&A presented on Tuesday, May 6, 2025 12 pm – 1 pm (Online) WATCH VIDEO Abstract: Public opinion surveys are vital for informing democratic decision-making, but responding to rapidly changing information environments and measuring beliefs within hard-to-reach communities can be challenging for traditional survey methods….
SoDa Symposium: Prompt Engineering to Support AI Enabled Research A webinar presentation and discussant followed by Q&A presented on Tuesday, April 1, 2025 12 pm – 1 pm (Online) WATCH VIDEO! Abstract: Generative AI tools are an increasingly integral part of the social science research process. AI tools can be used to support…
A SoDa | ASA Symposium: In Celebration of Privacy Week, a conversation with Prof. Rochelle E. Tractenberg and Prof. Dr. Ivan Habernal Co-Sponsored by the American Statistical Association and the UMD Social Data Science Center Two Talks with Q&A presented on Tuesday, January 28, 2025 From Dialogue to Data: How Statisticians Can Safeguard Privacy and…
This past event took place on October 7, 2024.Please click the link below to view archived information and materials from the event. https://socialdatascience.umd.edu/survai-workshop/
Fall Executive Certificate in Data Literacy & Evidence Building The Executive Certificate in Data Literacy and Evidence Building at the University of Maryland’s Social Data Science Center in conjunction with the Coleridge Initiative and the Kentucky Center for Statistics is a not-for-credit certificate program that trains participants in valuable data literacy skills and how to…
