Wednesdays@NICO
Fall 2023 Seminar Speakers
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Beyond Core-Periphery: Uncovering the Impacts of Scientific Networks on Resources and Recognition
Alexander Gates, Assistant Professor, School of Data Science, University of Virginia
September 27, 2023, 12:00pm Central
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Complex Networks with Complex Nodes: Emergent Behaviors and Control
Raissa D'Souza, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering, University of California, Davis
October 4, 2023, 12:00pm Central
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Some simple rules governing macroscopic oscillatory neural activity in humans
Satoru Suzuki, Professor, Department of Pychology, Northwestern University
October 11, 2023, 12:00pm Central
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Understanding the punctuated dynamics of scientific and technological frontiers
Yian Yin, Assistant Professor of Information Science, Cornell University
October 18, 2023, 12:00pm Central
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The History of our Minds: Evidence for Co-Evolution of Cultural and Psychological Processes
Joshua Jackson, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
October 25, 2023, 12:00pm Central
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Evolution and mechanisms of planning through the lens of predator-prey dynamics, robotics, and artificial intelligence
Malcolm MacIver, Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University
November 1, 2023, 12:00pm Central
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Dynamical system models for voting and collective decisions
Vicky Chuqiao Yang, Assistant Professor in System Dynamics, Sloan School of Management, MIT
November 8, 2023, 12:00pm Central
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Mapping long-term change in attitudes and stereotypes
Tessa Charlesworth, Assistant Professor in Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
November 15, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Spring 2023 Seminar Speakers
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Going Against the Grain: Microrollers Flow Uphill as Granular Media
James Gilchrist, Ruth H. and Sam Madrid Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University
April 12, 2023, 12:00pm Central
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Policy learning 'without' overlap: Pessimism and generalized empirical Bernstein’s inequality
Zhimei Ren, Postdoctoral Researcher, Statistics Department, University of Chicago
April 19, 2023, 12:00pm Central
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Understanding Cities as Complex Systems: Two applications to Human Development in the US and Infrastructure Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa
Luís Bettencourt, Director the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
April 26, 2023, 12:00pm Central
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NICO Lightning Talks
With Northwestern Scholars!
May 3, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Speakers:
- Rod Abhari - PhD Student, Media, Technology, and Society
- Oh-Hyun Kwon - PhD Student, Kellogg School of Management
- Y. Jasmine Wu - PhD Candidate, Communication Studies
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From Padawan to Jedi Master: Machine Learning with a Star Wars Twist
Mark Tschopp, PhD, Research Scientist, Army Research Laboratory
May 10, 2023, 12:00pm Central
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Algorithm-mediated social learning in online social networks
William J. Brady, Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
May 17, 2023, 12:00pm Central
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Networks at Work: Officer Diversity, Racial Homophily, and Police Misconduct
Linda Zhao, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago
May 24, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Abstract and Bio | YouTube Video available by request
Winter 2023 Seminar Speakers
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Subterranean dynamics in Earth and Mars, inferred from big and small seismic data
Suzan van der Lee - Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University
January 25, 2023, 12:00pm Central
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Lightning Talks With Northwestern Scholars
February 1, 2023, 12pm Central
Speakers:
- Emilio Lehoucq - PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University
- Abby Smith - PhD Candidate, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Northwestern University
- Emma Zajdela - PhD Candidate, Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University
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Science on the Web: How networks bias academic communication online
Ágnes Horvát - Assistant Professor, Communication Studies, School of Communication, Northwestern University
February 8, 2023, 12pm Central
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Science of science, law of law, and patterns of patents: universal citation dynamics in knowledge systems
Yong-Yeol "YY" Ahn, Associate Professor, Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington
February 15, 2023, 12pm Central
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Fetal developmental plasticity as signal-noise problem: the case of nutrients and stress physiology
Chris Kuzawa, John D. MacArthur Professor, Department of Anthroplogy, Northwestern University
February 22, 2023, 12:00pm Central
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Tractable mathematical modeling of social systems: some successes and failures
Daniel Abrams, Professor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics and (by courtesy) Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University
March 1, 2023 12:00pm Central
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POSTPONED: Stigma’s Uneven Decline
Alina Arseniev-Koehler, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Purdue University
March 8, 2023, 12:00pm Central