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NICO Seminars
- May 30, 2012, Janet Pierrehumbert, Professor of Linguistics, WCAS, Northwestern University
Word Frequency and Predictability?
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- May 2, 2012, Fabian Bustamante, Associate Professor, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Northwestern University
Crowd Soft Control – Moving Beyond the Opportunistic?
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- April 25, 2012, Vijay Kumar, UPS Foundation Professor, School of Engineering & Applied Sciences, University of Pennsylvania
Autonomous Agile Aerial Robots?
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- April 18, 2012, Kevin O'Leary, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
Can Complexity Science Help Improve Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety?
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- April 4, 2012, Heinrich Jaeger, Professor of Physics at the University of Chicago
Robotics with Granular Materials
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- March 28, 2012, Yan Chen, Department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science Northwestern University
Towards Online Spam Filtering in Social Networks
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- March 7, 2012, Sidney Redner, Chair of the Physics Department at Boston University
The Role of Reinforcement on Social Dynamics
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- February 22, 2012, Willemien Kets, Assistant Professor of Managerial Economics & Decision Sciences at the Kellogg School of Management
Inequality and Network Structure
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- February 15, 2012, Neda Bagheri, McCormick Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University
Computational Analysis of Dynamic T Cell Signaling to Elucidate Immune Function
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- February 8, 2012, Daniel Romero, Center for Applied Mathematics at Cornell University
The Mechanics of Network Formation and Diffusion of Topics in Social Media Sites
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- January 18, 2012, James Bagrow, Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University
Cell phones, communities and complex networks
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- November 16, 2011, Frank Schweitzer, Professor and Chair of Systems Design at ETH Zurich
The next level of modeling social interaction: How to detect, quantify and utilize emotional influence
Jacobs-Kellogg, Room 276 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- November 2, 2011, Danny Abrams, Assistant Professor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University
Modeling the decline of religion: do social networks matter?
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- October 19, 2011, Alex Bentley, Professor of Anthropology and Archeology, University of Bristol, UK
Social influence and drift in collective behavior
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- October 12, 2011, Vetle Torvik, Assistant Professor of Information Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Probabilistic identification of biomedical author-inventors across PubMed and USPTO
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- October 5, 2011, Aaron Clauset, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder
The large-scale and long-term dynamics of terrorism and civil wars
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- May 18, 2011, Eszter Hargittai, Associate Professor of Communication Studies, Northwestern University
Beyond gigs of log data: The challengs of studying social behavior based on people's digital footprints
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- May 11, 2011, David Crandall- Assistant Professor, School of Informatics and Computing, Indiana University
Studying the world and human activity by mining photo-sharing websites
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- May 4, 2011, Jason Hartline- Assistant Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Northwestern University
The theory of crowdsourcing contests
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- January 26, 2011, Betsy Sinclair- Assistant Professor, University of Chicago, Political Science
Detecting Spillover in Social Networks: Design and Analysis of Multi-level experiments
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- January 19, 2011, Johan Bollen - Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Informatics and Computing
Measuring the Public Mood State from Large-Scale Microblogging
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- December 1, 2010, Julio Ottino - McCormick Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
Video: Watch Julio Ottino's talk at NICO
Human Creativity
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- November 17, 2010, Serguei Saavedra - Kellogg School of Management and NICO
The Tragedy of the Commons in Mutualistic Networks
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- November 10, 2010, Dirk Brockmann - McCormick Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
Human Mobility and Icelandic Volcanoes
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
- November 3, 2010, Hani S. Mahmassani - William A. Patterson Distinguished Chair in Transportation
Collective Effect of Individual Decisions in Traffic Network: Intelligent Management through Predictive Information and Dynamic Pricing Strategies
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- October 27, 2010, William Kath - McCormick Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics
Computational Modeling of Neurons
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- October 13, 2010, Kevin M. Lynch - McCormick Mechanical Engineering
Decentralized Control of Mobile Sensor Networks
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- May 26, 2010, Paul M. Leonardi - Department of Communication Studies, Northwestern U.
Knowledge Creation and Innovation in Global Product Development Networks: The Strategic Use of Captive Offshore Centers
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- May 19, 2010, Takashi Nishikawa - Department of Mathematics-Clarkson University
TBA
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- May 12, 2010, Daniel B. Stouffer - Integrative Ecology Group, Seville, Spain
Understanding food-web persistence
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- April 28, 2010, Su Zhao - Department of Mathematics, University of California, Irvine
Signal Specificity and Epigenetic Regulation
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- April 21, 2010, Robert Dean Malmgren - Chemical & Biological Engineering Department
How far does the apple fall from the tree?
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- March 17, 2010, Spiro Maroulis - Kellogg School of Management
Modeling Market–Based Reforms in Education
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- February 24, 2010, Richard Wiener - Research Corporation for Science Development
A Toy Model of Peak Oil
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- February 17, 2010, Matthias Kaschube - Princeton University
High-precision cross-scale analysis of tissue morphogenesis
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- February 10, 2010, Scott Branting - Oriental Institute, Ancient Middle Eastern Landscapes, University of Chicago
Dead Men Walking: Using Simulations of Pedestrian Traffic to Explore an Ancient City at Kerkenes Dag, Turkey
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- January 27, 2010, Marta Gonzalez - MIT
Title TBA
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- January 20, 2010, Serguei Saavedra - Kellogg School of Management
"Instant-Messaging Networks and the Collective Genius of Profitable Day Traders"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- January 13, 2010, PJ Lamberson - System Dynamics Group, MIT Sloan School of Management
"From Pathogens to Products: Linking Network Structure and Diffusion"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- December 9, 2009, Stefano Allesina - Department of Ecology & Evolution, Computation Institute, University of Chicago
"Connecting the Dots: How to Build a Food Web from Scratch"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- December 2, 2009, David Lazer - Public Policy & Program on Networked Governance, Harvard University
“Life in the Network: The Coming Age of Computational Social Science”
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- November 18, 2009, Randall Berry - Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering
“Interference Games in Wireless Networks”
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- November 4, 2009, Jeanette Colyvas - Human Development & Social Policy; Learning Sciences, School of Education & Social Policy
"Academic Laboratories and the Reproduction of Proprietary Science: Modeling Organizational Rules through Autocatalytic Networks"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- October 28, 2009, Pu Wang - Department of Physics, University of Notre Dame & CCNR, Northeastern University
"From Human Behavior to the Spread of Mobile Viruses"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- October 21, 2009, Michael Schnabel - Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
"Orientation Maps in the Visual Cortex: A Story with a Twist"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- October 14, 2009, Sean Crosson - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Chicago
"Rapid, Heritable, and Tunable Division Control in Single Cells"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- October 7, 2009, Seth Corey, MD & Zak Whichard, BA - Pediatrics, Feinberg School of Medicine
“SHIP-less in Myelodysplastic Syndromes - A Mathematical Solution”
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- May 29, 2009, Dongning Guo - Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
"Compressed Sensing and Its Application in Large Wireless Networks"
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- May 20, 2009, Karen Smilowitz - NICO & Industrial Engineering and Management Sciences
"Supply Chain Broker Operations: A Network Perspective"
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- May 6, 2009, Bruce Spencer - Statistics & Institute for Policy Research
"Estimating the Accuracy of Verdicts in Criminal Trials When Truth Is Unknown"
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- April 29, 2009, Bruce Sherin - Learning Sciences, School of Education & Social Policy
"Applying Computational Methods to the Study of Commonsense Science Knowledge"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- April 8, 2009, Denise Scholtens - Preventive Medicine & Biostatistics, Feinberg School of Medicine
"Statistical Modeling of Graph Theoretic Data in Systems Biology
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add to Calendar
- April 1, 2009, Frank R. Baumgartner - Political Science, The Pennsylvania State University
"Power Laws in Government Budgeting"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- March 11, 2009 , Jukka-Pekka Onnela, Fulbright Scholar - John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
"Measuring and Modelling Social Networks and Social Influence"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- March 4, 2009, Aleksandar Kuzmanovic - Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering
"The Genesis of Location-Aware Mobile Social Networking"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- February 25, 2009, Nicole Immorlica - Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering
"The Role of Compatibility in Diffusion of Social Networks"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add to Calendar
- February 18, 2009, Anna Di Rienzo - Human Genetics, University of Chicago
"Genetic Adaptations to Differnt Habitats and the Suscesptiblity to Common Diseases"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- February 11, 2009, Igal Szleifer - Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering
"Domain Formation and Morphologies in Polymers with Self-Regulating Charge"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- February 4, 2009, Eyal Sagi - Cognitive Psychology, Weinberg College of Arts & Sciences
"Tracing Semantic Change with Latent Semantic Analysis"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- January 28, 2009, Neelesh A. Patankar - Mechanical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering
"The Influence of Hydrodynamics on the Evolution of Fish Form and the Neuromechanics of Aquatic Locomotion"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- January 14, 2009, Roger Guimera - Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems; Chemical & Biological Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering
"Modules and Statistical Models of Complex Networks"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- December 3, 2008, Matthew Goldrick - Linguistics & Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems
"Brain Injury as a Window Into the Structure of the Mind: Insights From Behavioral Studies & Neural Network Models"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- November 19, 2008, Marta Sales, Chemical & Biological Engineering, NU Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute (NUCATS), Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
"Phenomenological Systems-Level Theory of the Metabolism of Escherichia Coli"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- November 5, 2008, Linda J. Broadbelt - Chemical & Biological Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering
"Complex Reaction Networks: Analysis & Discovery"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- October 29, 2008, Kenneth A. Frank - Measurement & Quantitative Methods; Counseling, Educational Psychology & Special Education; Fisheries & Wildlife; Michigan State University
"Distribution of Knowledge and Organizational Change"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- October 22, 2008, Eduardo G. Altmann - Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems, Northwestern University
"Language and Social Behavior in Usenet Groups"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- October 15, 2008, Jason Hartline, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Northwestern University
"Optimal Mechanism Design: from the 2007 Nobel Prize in Economics to the Foundations for Internet Design"
*Please note different time! 12:15 PM - 1:15 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- October 1, 2008, Fabian Bustamante - Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, McCormick School of Engineering
"Sustainable Development in Globally Distributed Systems"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calnedar
- September 24, 2008, Dirk Brockmann - Engineering Sciences & Applied Mathematics, McCormick School of Engineering
"Feel Sick? Follow the Money! New Perspectives on Global Mobility & Disease Dynamics"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- March 12, 2008, Saikat Ray Majumder - Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
"Price Dynamics in Political Prediction Markets"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- November 28, 2007, Marco Nie - Civil and Environmental Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering
"Arriving on Time: Routing in a Stochastic Network"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- November 14, 2007, Noshir Contractor - Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences, School of Engineering, School of Communication and the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University
"Enabling Knowledge Networks to Enhance Innovation"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- October 10, 2007, Gordon Shepherd - Physiology, Northwestern University
"Connectivity Matrix Analysis of Excitatory Cortical Networks"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- September 26, 2007, Janet Pierrehumbert, Adilson Motter, Chun-Liang Chan and Seth Myers; Northwestern University
"Wordemics"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- June 6, 2007, Robert Daland & Andrea D. Sims - Linguistics
"Much Ado About Nothing: A Social Network Model of Russian Paradigmatic Gaps"
- May 30, 2007, Brian Rogers - Kellogg School of Management
"Meeting Strangers and Friends of Friends: How Random are Social Networks?"
- May 16, 2007, Florian Herold - Kellogg School of Management
"Carrot or Stick: The Evolution of Reciprocal Preferences in a Haystack Model"
- May 2, 2007, Alp Atakan - Kellogg School of Management
"Competitive Equilibira in Decentralized Matching with Incomplete Information"
- April 25, 2007, Benjamin F. Jones - Kellogg School of Management
"The Burden of Knowledge"
- April 18, 2007, Robert van Rooij - Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC), University of Amsterdam
"Signaling Games: Quatity Implicatures and Stereotypes"
- February 28, 2007, John Beggs - Department of Physics, Biocomplexity Institute, Indiana
"The Criticality Hypothesis: How Local Cortical Networks Might Optimize Information Processing"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- March 14, 2007, James Evans - Department of Sociology, University of Chicago
"Industry Collaboration and Theory in Academic Science"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- February 2, 2007, Daniel Diermeier (NICO Co-Director), Bei Yu (Post Doc), and Stefan Kaufmann (Asst. Professor)
"Mass Opinion - Extraction, Classification, and Measurement"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- January 31, 2007, Sumitrajit Dhar - Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
"Spontaneous Otoacoustic Emissions: A Non-Invasive Window Into Cochlear Mechanics"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- January 24, 2007, Dr. Sevan Ficici - Post Doctoral Fellow, Harvard University
"Evolutionary Dynamics and Equilibria in Finite Agent Populations"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- January 17, 2007, Dr. Gary An - Assistant Professor, Trauma and Critical Care, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
"Multi-hierarchical ABM Approaches to Biomedical Modeling"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- January 10, 2007, Dr. Stefan Wuchty - NICO Post Doc
"The Increasing Dominance of Teams in the Production of Knowledge"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- November 29, 2006, Jessica Maye - Assistant Professor, Communication Sciences and Disorders
"Learning to Hear a Language: Perceptual Reorganization for Speech Sounds in Infancy"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- November 8, 2006, Marta Sales - Ph.D., Research Associate
"Hierarchies in Complex Systems: From Protein Families and Evolution to the Organization of Complex Networks"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- October 25, 2006, Dr. William Rand - NICO Postdoc
"Advancing the State of the Art in Agent-Based Modeling"
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM / Add Event to Calendar
- October 18, 2006, Professor Luis Amaral - NICO Faculty
"True Interdisciplinarity: A Route to Foster Innovation and Creativity"
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