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Friday, Sept. 25, 2009 |
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| 7:30am - 8:30am Breakfast and Opening Remarks |
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| 8:30am - 10:00am Session A |
| From Networks to Human Activity Patterns. Albert-László Barabási (University of Notre Dame and Northeastern University). |
| Social Attention. Bernardo Huberman (HP Labs). |
| Behavioral Experiments in Strategic Networks. Michael Kearns (University of Pennsylvania). |
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| 10:00am - 10:30am Coffee Break |
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| 10:30am - 12:00pm Session B |
| Community Structure of Large Information Networks. Jure Leskovec (Stanford University). |
| Graph Mining: Patterns, Generators and Tools. Christos Faloutsos (Carnegie Mellon). |
| Reality Mining for Honest Signals, or, How Social Networks Network Best. Alex (Sandy) Pentland (MIT). |
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| 12:15 - 1:45 pm Lunch and Poster Slam I |
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| 1:45pm - 3:00pm Session C |
| Distinguishing Influence Based Contagion from Homophily Driven Diffusion in Dynamic Networks. Sinan Aral (NYU Stern and MIT), with Lev Muchnik (NYU Stern), Arun Sundararajan (NYU Stern) |
| Audience Selection for On-line Brand Advertising: Privacy-friendly Social Network Targeting. Foster Provost (NYU Stern), with B. Dalessandro, R. Hook, X. Zhang, and A. Murray. |
| Spreading the Oprah Effect: The Diffusion of Exogenous Demand Shocks in Recommendation Networks. Arun Sundararajan (NYU Stern), with Eyal Carmi (Tel-Aviv University), Gal Oestreicher-Singer (Tel-Aviv University). |
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| 3:00pm - 3:30pm Coffee Break |
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| 3:30pm - 5:00pm Session D |
| Modeling and Optimizing Word of Mouth with Markov Logic. Pedro Domingos (University of Washington), with Anirudh Nath (University of Washington), Matt Richardson (University of Washington). |
| How Homophily Affects Diffusion and Learning in Networks. Matt Jackson (Stanford University), with Ben Golub (Stanford University). |
| Using the Web to Do Social Science. Duncan Watts (Columbia University). |
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| Parallel Session E KMC 3-50 |
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Parallel Session F KMC 3-65 |
| How Consumer Networks’ Acquisition and Acceleration Create Value for Firms. Eitan Muller(New York University), Barak Libai (Tel Aviv University), Renana Peres (Hebrew University and the Wharton School). |
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Finding Structure in Dynamic Networks. Tanya Berger-Wolf, Mayank Lahiri, Chayant Tantipathananandh, and David Kemp (University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Southern California). |
| Networks, Information Flow and Information Worker Productivity. Erik Brynjolfsson (MIT), Sinan Aral (NYU Stern and MIT), Marshall Van Alstyne (BU and MIT). |
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Finding Valuable Information Flows in Networks. Ching-Yung Lin, Zhen Wen (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center). |
| Literature Search through Mixed-Membership Community Discovery. Tina Eliassi-Rad (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), Keith Henderson (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory). |
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Networking on Twitter: A Case Study of a Networked Social Operating System. Barry Wellman (NetLab Sociology, University of Toronto), Anatoliy Gruzd (Information Management, Dalhousie University), Yuri Takhteyev (Information, University of Toronto). |
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| 6:30pm - 8:00pm Poster Session and Reception |
| A Structural Model of Learning and Dynamics in Mobile Media Content: User Learning from Own Usage and Via Social Networks. Sang Pil Han (NYU Stern), Anindya Ghose (NYU Stern). |
| Duality of Social Structure and Cultural Structure: A Flexible Framework for Modeling Information in Networks. James G. Ennis (Tufts University). |
| Introducing Causality and Traceability in Word-of-Mouth Algorithms. Heath Hohwald (Data Mining and User Modeling Group, Telefonica Research), Enrique Frías-Martínez (Data Mining and User Modeling Group, Telefonica Research), Manuel Cebrián (Data Mining and User Modeling Group) and Nuria Oliver (Data Mining and User Modeling Group,Telefonica Research). |
| Law as a Seamless Web? Comparison of Various Network Representations of the United States Supreme Court Corpus (1791-2005). Michael J Bommarito II (University of Michigan), Daniel Martin Katz (University of Michigan), Jon Zelner (University of Michigan). |
| Link Prediction Based on Graph Topology: The Predictive Value of the Generalized Clustering Coefficients.
Zan Huang (Pennsylvania State University). |
| Local Algorithms for Finding Interesting Individuals in Social Networks. Mickey Brautbar (University of Pennsylvania), Michael Kearns (University of Pennsylvania). |
| Modularity and Text Mining in the Political Blogosphere. Wojciech Gryc (University of Oxford). |
| Naive Learning in Social Networks and the Wisdom of Crowds. Benjamin Golub (Stanford University), Matthew O. Jackson (Stanford University). |
| Nudging Mechanisms for Technology Adoption. Jacomo Corbo (University of Pennsylvania), Yevgeniy Vorobeychik (University of Pennsylvnia). |
| On Analyzing Multi-Modal Networks Using Tensors An Application to Significance Computation. Nachiketa Sahoo (Carnegie Mellon University), Ramayya Krishnan (Carnegie Mellon University). |
| Optimal Marketing and Pricing over Social Networks. Vahab Mirrokni (Google Research). |
| Searching For Answers: Networks of Practice Among Public Administrators. Maria Christina Binz-Scharf (City College of New York / CUNY), David Lazer (Harvard University), Ines Mergel (Syracuse University). |
| Social Influence, Peer Visibility and Online Charitable Giving. Lauren Rhue (NYU Stern), Arun Sundararajan (NYU Stern). |
| Socio-Dynamic Discrete Choice on Networks. Elenna R. Dugundji (Universiteit van Amsterdam). |
| The Future of Content: A Strategic Network Formation Perspective on New Business Models for News. Chris Dellarocas (Boston University), William Rand (University of Maryland). |
| The Influence of Network Structure on the Quality of Peer Produced Medical Information. Gerald C. Kane (Boston College), Sam Ransbotham (Boston College). |
| The Many Faces of Guilt-by-Association. Sofus A. Macskassy (Fetch Technologies). |
| The Networked Biased Voting Problem?
Jinsong Tan (University of Pennsylvania), Michael Kearns (University of Pennsylvania). |
| Using Web 2.0 Collaboration Networks in Organisations to Uncover Reputation and Structure. Elizabeth M. Daly (IBM Dublin Software Lab, Ireland). |
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| 8:00am - 9:30am Session G |
| Meme-tracking, Diffusion, and the Flow of Information through On-Line Networks. Jon Kleinberg (Cornell University), with Lars Backstrom (Cornell University), Jure Leskovec (Stanford University), and David Liben-Nowell (Carleton College). |
| Robust Networks. Sanjeev Goyal (University of Cambridge), Adrien Vigier (University of Cambridge) |
| The New Petri-Dish: Social Science Experiments on the Internet. Damon Centola (MIT). |
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| 09:30 - 10:00 am Coffee Break |
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| 10:00am - 11:30am Session H |
| Bent Preferences: Re-Thinking Agency and Motivation in Social Networks. Ronald S. Burt (University of Chicago). |
| Information Flow in Trading Networks. Lada Adamic (University of Michigan), with Celso Brunetti (University of Pennsylvania), Jeffrey Harris (University of Delaware), Andrei Kirilenko (Commodity Futures Trading Commission.). |
| Life in the Network: The Coming Age of Computational Social Science. David Lazer (Harvard University). |
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| 11:45am - 1:15pm Lunch and Poster Slam II |
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| Parallel Session I KMC 3-50 |
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Parallel Session J KMC 3-65 |
| Paying for Content or Paying for Community? Global and Local Network Externalities in Social Media Web Sites. Gal Oestreicher-Singer (Tel Aviv University), Lior Zalmanson (Tel Aviv University). |
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Forbidden to Simmelian Ties: Dynamics of Online Expertise Sharing Communities. Param Vir Singh, Ray Reagans, Ramayya Krishnan (Carnegie Mellon University). |
| Networks, Complexity and Economic Development. César A. Hidalgo (Harvard University), Ricardo Hausmann (Harvard University). |
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Social Media Analytics: Channeling the Power
of the Blogosphere for Marketing Insight. Prem Melville (IBM T. J. Watson), Vikas Sindwani (IBM T. J. Watson), Richard Lawrence (IBM T. J. Watson). |
| Technology Shocks, Alliances, and Organizational Fields: Insights From the Global Technology Collaboration Network.
Melissa A. Schilling (NYU Stern). |
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Content-based Link Prediction for Patent Marketing.
Claudia Perlich (IBM T.J. Watson), Grzegorz Swirszcz (IBM T. J. Watson), Rick Lawrence (IBM T.J. Watson). |
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| 02:30 - 03:00 pm Coffee Break |
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| 03:00pm - 04:30pm Session K |
| Cooperative Behaviour Cascades in Human Social Networks. James Fowler (UC San Diego),
with Nikolas Christakis (Harvard). |
| Stock vs. Flow: Social Structure and Incentives to Produce New Information.
Rachel Kranton (Duke University). |
| The Length of Weak Ties. Michael Macy (Cornell University), with Nathan Eagle (Santa Fe Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology), and Rob Claxton (BT Adastral Park). |
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| Parallel Session I KMC 3-50 |
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Parallel Session J KMC 3-65 |
| A Field Study on Matching with Network Externalities. Mariagiovanna Baccara (NYU Stern), Ayse Imrohoroglu (University of Southern California), Alistair Wilson (NYU), Leeat Yariv (California Institute of Technology). |
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Friendprints: A Random Graph Approximation Framework for Re-Identification in Social Networks. Shawndra Hill, Akash Nagle (University of Pennsylvania). |
| Bayesian Learning in Social Networks. Ilan Lobel (Microsoft Research), Daron Acemoglu (MIT), Munther Dahleh (MIT), Asu Ozdaglar (MIT). |
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A Pipelined Approach to Graph Identification. Lise Getoor (University of Maryland), Galileo Mark Namata (University of Maryland). |
| Doubling Down or Reaching Out: High and Low Status Groups Activate Different Network Structures Under Job Threat.
Edward Bishop Smith (University of Chicago), Tanya Menon (University of Chicago), Leigh Thompson (University of Chicago). |
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An Investigation of the Distributional Characteristics of Generative Graph Models. Jennifer Neville (Purdue University), Sebastian Moreno Purdue University). |
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| 6:30pm - 8:00pm Poster Session and Reception |
| Behavioral Experiments in Decentralized Coordination. Yevgeniy Vorobeychik (University of Pennsylvania), Stephen Judd (University of Pennsylvania), Michael Kearns (University of Pennsylvania). |
| DAPA-10: Discovery and Analysis of Patterns and Anomalies in Time-Evolving Networks. Brian Thompson (Rutgers University), Tina Eliassi-Rad (Lawrence Livermore National Lab). |
| Effects of Structure on Networked Bargaining. Tanmoy Chakraborty (University of Pennsylvania), Michael Kearns (University of Pennsylvania), Sanjeev Khanna(University of Pennsylvania). |
| Funnel Influence Pattern Analysis For Dynamic Social Networks. James F. Hollander. |
| Homophily or Influence? Analysis of Purchase Decisions in a Social Network Context. Liye Ma (Carnegie Mellon University), Alan Montgomery (Carnegie Mellon University) and Ramayya Krishnan (Carnegie Mellon University). |
| Identifying Network Properties from Aggregate Data. William Rand (Robert H. Smith School of Business University of Maryland), Michael Trusov (Robert H. Smith School of Business University of Maryland). |
| Informal Networks of Innovation: Stability in Smallish Worlds, the Presence of Actants, and Institutions in the Background. Mohammad Hossein Jarrahi (Syracuse University), Steve Sawyer (Syracuse University). |
| Network Analysis on the Largest Japanese SNS based on Link Classification. Junki Marui (University of Tokyo), Mikio Kato (Mixi Inc), Yutaka Matsuo (University of Tokyo), and Yuki Yasuda (Kansai University). |
| Network Transparency and Network Performance. Sarita Koendjbiharie (Erasmus University). |
| Network Horizon: An Information-Based View on the Dynamics of Network Positions and Performance. Otto R. Koppius (Erasmus University), Diederik W. van Liere (University of Toronto), and Peter H. M. Vervest (Erasmus University). |
| Networked Marketing. Alin Vana (University of St. Gallen). |
| Online Interaction Structure and Potential Purchase Intention. Jyun-Cheng Wang (Institute of Service Science National Tsing Hua University) |
| Recommendation Behaviour of Users in Social Networks. Katarina Stanoevska-Slabeva (Institute for Media and Communications Management University of St. Gallen),
Thomas Wozniak (Institute for Media and Communications Management University of St. Gallen), Isabella Hoffend (Institute for Media and Communications Management University of St. Gallen), Jana Ebermann (Institute for Media and Communications Management University of St. Gallen). |
| Social Network Analysis of Online Professional Network. Guangying Hua (Bentley University),
Dominique Haughton (Bentley University). |
| The Link Between Changes in Social Support and Changes in Job Satisfaction: An Investigation with the Sociometric Badge. Benjamin N. Waber (MIT Media Laboratory), Alex (Sandy) Pentland (MIT Media Laboratory). |
| The Use of Reciprocity to Build Reputation in Electronically Mediated Social Networks. Jeff Nickerson (Stevens Institute of Technology). |
| Understanding the Effects of Virtual Communities Information Sharing in Chronic Illness Acceptance and Quality of Life. Jose Esteves (Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, Spain), Victor Bohorquez (Instituto de Empresa, Madrid, Spain). |
| Web Spam in Social Media: A Case of Misinformation in Networks.
Pang-Ning Tan (Michigan State University), Feilong Chen (Michigan State University), and Anil K Jain (Michigan State University). |
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Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Northeastern University |
Albert-Laszlo Barabasi is a Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, a Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Center for Complex Network Resear..
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Alex Pentland, MIT |
Professor Alex (“Sandy”) Pentland is the Toshiba Professor of Media, Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a pioneer in organizational engineering, mobil..
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Bernardo Huberman, HP Labs |
Bernardo Huberman is a Senior HP Fellow and Director of the Social Computing Lab at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Pennsylvania, and is curren..
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Christos Faloutsos, Carnegie Mellon |
Christos Faloutsos is a Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. He has received the Presidential Young Investigator Award by the National Science Foundation (1989), the Researc..
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Damon Centola, MIT |
Damon Centola received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Cornell University. He is currently a faculty member in Economic Sociology and System Dynamics at MIT. Damon's research focuses on the diffusion o..
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David Lazer, Harvard University |
David Lazer is an Associate Professor of Public Policy and Director of the Program on Networked Governance at Harvard University, Kennedy School of Governance. His research interests include ..
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Duncan Watts, Yahoo! Research |
Duncan Watts is a principal research scientist at Yahoo! Research, where he directs the Human Social Dynamics group. He is also an adjunct senior research fellow at Columbia University, and an ..
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James Fowler, University of California, San Diego |
James Fowler is an Associate Professor in the Center for Wireless and Population Health at the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology and the Political Science Depar..
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Jon Kleinberg, Cornell University |
Jon Kleinberg is on the faculty of the Computer Science Department at Cornell University, where he holds the position of Tisch University Professor. His research focuses on issues at the interface ..
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Jure Leskovec, Stanford |
Jure Leskovec received his Ph.D. from Machine Learning Department, School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University in September 2008. His research focuses on mining and modeling larg..
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Lada Adamic, University of Michigan |
Lada A. Adamic is an assistant professor in the School of Information and the Center for the Study of Complex Systems at the University of Michigan. Her research interests center on information dyn..
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Matthew Jackson, Stanford University |
Matt Jackson is the William D. Eberle Professor of Economics at Stanford University. He is also Director of the Stanford Institute of Theoretical Economics and Director of the CEME-NSF Decent..
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Michael Kearns, University of Pennsylvania |
Since 2002, Michael Kearns has been a Professor in the Computer and Information Science Department at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also holds the National Center Chair in Resource Manag..
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Michael Macy, Cornell University |
Michael Macy is the Goldwin Smith Professor of Sociology, Graduate Faculty of the College of Computing and Information Science, and Director of the Social Dynamics Laboratory at Cornell University...
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Pedro Domingos, University of Washington |
Associate Professor Pedro Domingos of the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Washington is the author or co-author of over 150 technical publications in machine l..
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Rachel Kranton, Duke University |
Rachel Kranton is Professor of Economics at Duke University. She studies how institutions, networks, and the social setting affect economic outcomes. Her teaching and research span several fields i..
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Ronald Burt, University of Chicago |
Ronald Burt, the Hobart Williams Professor of Psychology and Strategy at the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business, studies the social structure of competitive advantage in careers, organ..
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Sanjeev Goyal, University of Cambridge |
Sanjeev Goyal is Professor of Economics at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Christ's College. He is a pioneer in the economic study of networks, with research published in leading journals..
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Key Dates
Workshop Dates:
Sept 25th-26th, 2009.
Abstract Submission Deadline:
Aug. 20, 2009.
Notification to Authors:
Sept. 1, 2009.
Final Abstract Submission for Publication in Workshop Notes:
Sept. 15, 2009.
Early Registration Deadline:
Sept. 10, 2009.
Onsite Registration:
Sept. 25, 2009 |
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