Presented by the Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation program in the College of Education, a SoDa Center Affiliate Organization Tuesday, November 9, 2021 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST The Measurement, Statistics, and Evaluation program in the College of Education offers PhD and MS degrees as well as certificate, focused solely on quantitative methodology. Although the…
SoDa Symposium: Big data and Small Experiments: Navigating theory building in a world with too much informationPresented by the Interdisciplinary Lab for Computational Social Science (iLCSS),a SoDa Center Affiliate Organization 12:00 – 1:00 PM EST October-12, 2021 (The link for registration is at the bottom of the page ) The iLCSS members will present three projects, followed…
CONNECT@IPSDS 2021DATA SCIENCE CONFERENCE Data is crucial to understanding and addressing many of our world’s most pressing challenges. But what is the role of data science in policy evaluation during a global pandemic, and what is the actual value of data for different sectors and domains?At our annual conference of the International Program in Survey and…
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Data Detectives Camp is a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) camp that focuses on statistics for rising 6th and 7th grade students. The camp has been conducted annually since 2016 as a commuter camp, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ll be holding our second virtual camp….
SoDa Research RoundtablesMonday, May 24, 20211:00pm EST Talk 1: Introduction to Brainhacks : a Bottom-Up Approach to Science.Junaid Merchant, UMD Neuroscience and Cognitive Science program.Link to this paper: https://www.cell.com/neuron/pdfExtended/S0896-6273(21)00231-2 Talk 2: Models vs. MachinesKeaton Hyuckmin Kweon Ellis, UMD Department of Economics. Join Zoom: https://umd.zoom.us/j/97464475234 Social Data Science CenterUniversity of Maryland1218 Lefrak HallCollege Park, MD, 20742
Gathering and Sampling Social Media Streams Social media are central to many civic, commercial, and public health activities. For this reason, social media streams are seen as rich windows into many aspects of social behavior. However, as with any data source, how the data is gathered and sampled is critical for ensuring the integrity of the information,…
Social Data Science and Collective Resilience: Opportunities and ChallengesSocial data science can both strengthen and damage the fabric of civil society. Predictive models allow us to respond as situations develop and either manage or magnify them. Social data enables quick responses to unrest and conflict, active engagement with developing narratives, and identification of individuals and…
Friday, April 30,20211:00pm – 3:00pm EST Data Defect Correlation: A Unified Quality Metric for Probabilistic and Non-probabilistic Samples. Xiao-Li Meng, P.hD.Editor-in-ChiefWhipple V. N. Jones Professor of Statistics, and Founding Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Data Science Review Xiao-Li Meng, the Whipple V. N. Jones Professor of Statistics, and the Founding Editor-in-Chief of Harvard Data Science Review, is well known…
Monday, March 22, 20211:00pm EST Talk 1: Offering Participant Control and Tailored Introductions in Smartphone-based Passive Data Collections to Avoid RefusalsPresented by doctoral student Alex Brown Breslin, JPSM Talk 2: Trends in Trust: Measuring Americans’ Expectations for Trustworthy Research Use of Social Media DataPresented by Sarah Gilbert, Postdoc, iSchool. Upcoming Roundtables April 26, 1 pm Youngho Kim,…
Event Date and Time : Friday, April 9, 2021 – 12:00 am to Sunday, April 11, 2021 – 11:59 pm Location : Washington DC About DataFest The 2021 DC Datafest is a 48-hour competition where teams of undergraduate students from the DC metro area compete virtually to analyze rich, complex data sets from a major organization. Students are…
