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    Category: Computational Social Science

    Diversity from Emojis and Keywords in Social Media

    Posted on Wednesday 22 July 2020 by Unknown

    Building on our initial work on emojis  use and and how one can carry out a systematic comparison of emojis across individual user profiles and communication patterns within social media, we have a new paper entitled: “Diversity from Emojis and Ke…

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    Computational Social Science, emojis, twitter

    Diversity from Emojis and Keywords in Social Media

    Posted on Wednesday 22 July 2020 by Unknown

    Building on our initial work on emojis  use and and how one can carry out a systematic comparison of emojis across individual user profiles and communication patterns within social media, we have a new paper entitled: “Diversity from Emojis and Ke…

    Continue reading »
    Computational Social Science, emojis, twitter

    Utilizing Agents To Explore Urban Shrinkage

    Posted on Sunday 3 May 2020 by Unknown

    While more people are living in urban areas than ever before, and this is expected to grow in the coming decades, this growth is not equal. Some cities are actually shrinking, such as Detroit in the United States. The causes of urban shrinkage have bee…

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    ABM, ABM Applications, Computational Social Science, GIS, Netlogo, ODD, Urban Modelling

    Utilizing Agents To Explore Urban Shrinkage

    Posted on Sunday 3 May 2020 by Unknown

    While more people are living in urban areas than ever before, and this is expected to grow in the coming decades, this growth is not equal. Some cities are actually shrinking, such as Detroit in the United States. The causes of urban shrinkage have bee…

    Continue reading »
    ABM, ABM Applications, Computational Social Science, GIS, Netlogo, ODD, Urban Modelling

    Models from Teaching CSS Fall 2019

    Posted on Thursday 2 January 2020 by Unknown

    Avid readers of this blog (if there are any) may be familiar with my routine of combing end of semester projects into a short movie and blogging about it. Well its that time again. Last semester I gave a class entitled Introduction to Computational So…

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    ABM Applications, Agent Based Models, Class Models, Computational Social Science, CSS, system dynamics

    Models from Teaching CSS Fall 2019

    Posted on Thursday 2 January 2020 by Unknown

    Avid readers of this blog (if there are any) may be familiar with my routine of combing end of semester projects into a short movie and blogging about it. Well its that time again. Last semester I gave a class entitled Introduction to Computational So…

    Continue reading »
    ABM Applications, Agent Based Models, Class Models, Computational Social Science, CSS, system dynamics

    Communities, Bots and Vaccinations

    Posted on Wednesday 4 September 2019 by Unknown

    Following on from our work on bots and health discussions in relation to online social networks (OSNs), Xiaoyi Yuan, Ross Schuchard and myself have just published a paper entitled “Examining Emergent Communities and Detecting Social Bots within the Pol…

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    Bots, Computational Social Science, health, Machine Learning, social media, Social network analysis

    Communities, Bots and Vaccinations

    Posted on Wednesday 4 September 2019 by Unknown

    Following on from our work on bots and health discussions in relation to online social networks (OSNs), Xiaoyi Yuan, Ross Schuchard and myself have just published a paper entitled “Examining Emergent Communities and Detecting Social Bots within the Pol…

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    Bots, Computational Social Science, health, Social network analysis

    Computational Social Science of Disasters: Opportunities and Challenges

    Posted on Friday 26 April 2019 by Andrew Crooks

    Figure 1: Relation of computational social science of disasters (CSSD) with other fields.Past posts have discussed or demonstrated how  computational social science (CSS) (i.e. the study of social science through computational methods) can be uti…

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    Agent Based Models, Big Data, Computational Social Science, Crowdsourcing, CSS, Disasters, social media, Web 2.0

    Computational Social Science of Disasters: Opportunities and Challenges

    Posted on Friday 26 April 2019 by Andrew Crooks

    Figure 1: Relation of computational social science of disasters (CSSD) with other fields.Past posts have discussed or demonstrated how  computational social science (CSS) (i.e. the study of social science through computational methods) can be uti…

    Continue reading »
    Agent Based Models, Big Data, Computational Social Science, Crowdsourcing, CSS, Disasters, social media, Web 2.0

    New Paper: Close, But Not Close Enough

    Posted on Monday 28 November 2016 by Andrew Crooks

    At the 2016 The Computational Social Science Society of Americas Conference,  Tom Briggs and myself had a paper accepted entitled “Close, But Not Close Enough: A Spatial Agent-Based Model of Manager-Subordinate Proximity”. In the paper we present …

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    ABM Examples, Computational Social Science, CSS, Models

    New Paper: Close, But Not Close Enough

    Posted on Monday 28 November 2016 by Andrew Crooks

    At the 2016 The Computational Social Science Society of Americas Conference,  Tom Briggs and myself had a paper accepted entitled “Close, But Not Close Enough: A Spatial Agent-Based Model of Manager-Subordinate Proximity”. In the paper we present …

    Continue reading »
    ABM Examples, Computational Social Science, CSS, Models

    Spatial Agent-based Models of Human-Environment Interactions: Spring 2016

    Posted on Tuesday 28 June 2016 by Andrew Crooks

    During the past spring semester I taught a class entitled “Spatial Agent-based Models of Human-Environment Interactions”. As with many of my courses, students were expected to complete a end of semester project, in this case, develop an agent-based mo…

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    ABM, ABM Examples, Computational Social Science, GIS, Netlogo

    Spatial Agent-based Models of Human-Environment Interactions: Spring 2016

    Posted on Tuesday 28 June 2016 by Andrew Crooks

    During the past spring semester I taught a class entitled “Spatial Agent-based Models of Human-Environment Interactions”. As with many of my courses, students were expected to complete a end of semester project, in this case, develop an agent-based mo…

    Continue reading »
    ABM, ABM Examples, Computational Social Science, GIS, Netlogo

    A semester of CSS

    Posted on Monday 21 December 2015 by Andrew Crooks

    For the last few years one of the classes that I have given is the Introduction to Computational Social Science (CSS). This is often the first class many students take within our program and as such its objectives are:To understand the motivation for t…

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    Agent Based Models, Computational Social Science, networks, Social network analysis

    A semester of CSS

    Posted on Monday 21 December 2015 by Andrew Crooks

    For the last few years one of the classes that I have given is the Introduction to Computational Social Science (CSS). This is often the first class many students take within our program and as such its objectives are:To understand the motivation for t…

    Continue reading »
    Agent Based Models, Computational Social Science, networks, Social network analysis

    Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Computational Social Science

    Posted on Tuesday 13 October 2015 by Andrew Crooks

    Readers of this blog might be interested in the following position.

    Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Computational Social Science 

    The George Mason University Computational and Data Sciences (CDS) Department in the College of Science invites applicants for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. 

    Responsibilities:
    Beginning Fall 2016, this position is intended to primarily support the Computational Social Science (CSS) Program within CDS, including support of the Ph.D. degree in CSS, a master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, and a CSS certificate. This position will also support undergraduate programs that are currently under development.

    Qualifications:
    Potential for success in both research and teaching are the primary criteria for this position. Applicants should have a promising research record, with a deep knowledge of and interest in computation as applied to one or more of the social sciences. While we are open to expertise in all areas of computational social science, we are particularly interested in social network specialists interested in both theory and data. Applicants must have a Ph.D. (expected completion by August 2016 is acceptable) from an accredited institution.

    About the Program:

    Methodologically, the CSS Program focuses on data-driven social science models using social network and agent-based computational approaches from a complexity perspective. Current faculty members have domain expertise in economics and finance, political science and international relations, geography and geographic information systems, land use and cover change, and public policy. As one of the first programs of its type in the world, CSS has had significant success in both research and professional placement. Our students come from all over the world (the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia) and have been placed at a variety of top universities (e.g., University of Oxford, University College London), at government agencies, as well as in the private sector, including start-up companies.

    More Information: 

    • Job Posting https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/36295
    • CSS Program Facebook page
    • CSS Program Webpage 
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    Computational Social Science, CSS

    Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Computational Social Science

    Posted on Tuesday 13 October 2015 by Andrew Crooks

    Readers of this blog might be interested in the following position.

    Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Computational Social Science 

    The George Mason University Computational and Data Sciences (CDS) Department in the College of Science invites applicants for a full-time, tenure-track faculty position at the Assistant Professor level. 

    Responsibilities:
    Beginning Fall 2016, this position is intended to primarily support the Computational Social Science (CSS) Program within CDS, including support of the Ph.D. degree in CSS, a master’s degree in interdisciplinary studies, and a CSS certificate. This position will also support undergraduate programs that are currently under development.

    Qualifications:
    Potential for success in both research and teaching are the primary criteria for this position. Applicants should have a promising research record, with a deep knowledge of and interest in computation as applied to one or more of the social sciences. While we are open to expertise in all areas of computational social science, we are particularly interested in social network specialists interested in both theory and data. Applicants must have a Ph.D. (expected completion by August 2016 is acceptable) from an accredited institution.

    About the Program:

    Methodologically, the CSS Program focuses on data-driven social science models using social network and agent-based computational approaches from a complexity perspective. Current faculty members have domain expertise in economics and finance, political science and international relations, geography and geographic information systems, land use and cover change, and public policy. As one of the first programs of its type in the world, CSS has had significant success in both research and professional placement. Our students come from all over the world (the Americas, Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia) and have been placed at a variety of top universities (e.g., University of Oxford, University College London), at government agencies, as well as in the private sector, including start-up companies.

    More Information: 

    • Job Posting https://jobs.gmu.edu/postings/36295
    • CSS Program Facebook page
    • CSS Program Webpage 
    Continue reading »
    Computational Social Science, CSS

    Lipari School on Computational Social Science

    Posted on Friday 20 March 2015 by Andrew Crooks

    If you are wondering what to do between July 26 and August 1, this summer, you might be interested in this years Lipari School on Computational Social Science which is focusing on Algorithms, Data, and Models for Social and Urban Systems. What wil…

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    complexity, Computational Social Science, CSS, Workshops

    Lipari School on Computational Social Science

    Posted on Friday 20 March 2015 by Andrew Crooks

    If you are wondering what to do between July 26 and August 1, this summer, you might be interested in this years Lipari School on Computational Social Science which is focusing on Algorithms, Data, and Models for Social and Urban Systems. What wil…

    Continue reading »
    complexity, Computational Social Science, CSS, Workshops

    Example Models from CSS600

    Posted on Wednesday 17 December 2014 by Andrew Crooks

    Even after several years of teaching it is always amazing how quickly a semester passes. One of the courses I taught this semester was CSS 600: Introduction to Computational Social Science. This is often the first CSS class many students take here at …

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    Agent Based Models, Computational Social Science, CSS, Netlogo, networks, Social network analysis

    Example Models from CSS600

    Posted on Wednesday 17 December 2014 by Andrew Crooks

    Even after several years of teaching it is always amazing how quickly a semester passes. One of the courses I taught this semester was CSS 600: Introduction to Computational Social Science. This is often the first CSS class many students take here at …

    Continue reading »
    Agent Based Models, Computational Social Science, CSS, Netlogo, networks, Social network analysis

    Comparing the spatial characteristics cyber and physical communities

    Posted on Friday 7 March 2014 by Andrew Crooks

    Readers of the blog know that I have an interest in social media, and how through it we can gain an understanding of society at large. The question is how does the cyber community reflect the corresponding physical community? To this end, papers from 6…

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    Computational Social Science, GeoSocial, SNA, social media, twitter

    Comparing the spatial characteristics cyber and physical communities

    Posted on Friday 7 March 2014 by Andrew Crooks

    Readers of the blog know that I have an interest in social media, and how through it we can gain an understanding of society at large. The question is how does the cyber community reflect the corresponding physical community? To this end, papers from 6…

    Continue reading »
    Computational Social Science, GeoSocial, SNA, social media, twitter

    Agent_Zero

    Posted on Wednesday 26 February 2014 by Andrew Crooks

    Readers of the blog might be interested in reading Josh Epstein’s new book “Agent_Zero: Toward Neurocognitive Foundations for Generative Social Science” To quote from the publisher:”In this pioneering synthesis, Joshua Epstein introduces a new theoreti…

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    ABM, Complexity Science, Computational Social Science

    Agent_Zero

    Posted on Wednesday 26 February 2014 by Andrew Crooks

    Readers of the blog might be interested in reading Josh Epstein’s new book “Agent_Zero: Toward Neurocognitive Foundations for Generative Social Science” To quote from the publisher:”In this pioneering synthesis, Joshua Epstein introduces a new theoreti…

    Continue reading »
    ABM, Complexity Science, Computational Social Science

    Agent_Zero

    Posted on Wednesday 26 February 2014 by Andrew Crooks

    Readers of the blog might be interested in reading Josh Epstein’s new book “Agent_Zero: Toward Neurocognitive Foundations for Generative Social Science” To quote from the publisher:”In this pioneering synthesis, Joshua Epstein introduces a new theoreti…

    Continue reading »
    ABM, Complexity Science, Computational Social Science

    Compuational Social Science @ GMU

    Posted on Friday 5 April 2013 by Andrew Crooks

    The Department of Computational Social Science (CSS) at George Mason University is the first of its kind. It has active PhD, Master and Certificate programs in CSS. If readers are wondering what CSS is hopefully the quote from our Facebook page should …

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    Computational Social Science, CSS

    Compuational Social Science @ GMU

    Posted on Friday 5 April 2013 by Andrew Crooks

    The Department of Computational Social Science (CSS) at George Mason University is the first of its kind. It has active PhD, Master and Certificate programs in CSS. If readers are wondering what CSS is hopefully the quote from our Facebook page should …

    Continue reading »
    Computational Social Science, CSS

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