Mathematics of Social Learning
January 6 - 10, 2014
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Scientific Overview |
Speaker List
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Organizing Committee
Santo Fortunato
(Aalto University)
James Fowler
(University of California, San Diego (UCSD))
Kristina Lerman
(University of Southern California (USC))
Michael Macy
(Cornell University)
Cosma Shalizi
(Carnegie-Mellon University)
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Scientific Overview
The goal of this workshop is to bring together mathematicians, physicists, and
social, information, and computer scientists to explore the dynamics of social
learning and cultural evolution. Of particular interest will be ways of using
data from social media and online experiments to address questions of interest,
which include but are not limited to:
- How do individual attributes and cognitive constraints affect the dynamics and evolution of social behavior?
- How does network structure both within and between groups (including online networks and communities) affect social learning and cultural evolution?
- What are the similarities and differences between cultural and genetic evolution?
- How do social norms emerge and evolve?
- What are the main mechanisms driving social learning and the evolution of culture?
This workshop will include a poster session; a request for posters will be sent to registered participants in advance of the workshop.
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Confirmed Speakers
Lada Adamic
(University of Michigan)
Sinan Aral
(New York University)
P. Jeffrey Brantingham
(University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA))
Manuel Cebrian
(NICTA)
Damon Centola
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Michael Doebeli
(University of British Columbia)
Tina Eliassi-Rad
(Rutgers University)
Santo Fortunato
(Aalto University)
James Fowler
(University of California, San Diego (UCSD))
Herbert Gintis
(Santa Fe Institute)
Matthew Jackson
(Stanford University)
Jon Kleinberg
(Cornell University)
Kristina Lerman
(University of Southern California (USC))
Jure Leskovec
(Stanford University)
Michael Macy
(Cornell University)
Seth Marvel
(University of Michigan)
Winter Mason
(Stevens Institute of Technology)
Esteban Moro
(Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
David Rand
(Harvard University)
Cosma Shalizi
(Carnegie-Mellon University)
Karl Sigmund
(Universität Wien)
Duncan Watts
(Microsoft Research)
Peyton Young
(University of Oxford)
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Application/Registration
An application/registration form is available at:
http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/elements/choose.aspx?pc=sl2014
The application form is for those requesting financial support to attend the
workshop. We urge you to apply as early as possible. Applications received
by Monday, November 11, 2013 will receive fullest consideration. Letters of reference
may be sent to the address or email address below. Successful applicants will be notified
as soon as funding decisions are made. If you do not need or want to apply for funding,
you may simply register. IPAM will close registration if we reach capacity; for this reason,
we encourage you to register early.
We have funding especially to support the attendance of recent PhD's, graduate
students, and researchers in the early stages of their career; however,
mathematicians and scientists at all levels who are interested in this area
are encouraged to apply for funding. Encouraging the careers of women and
minority mathematicians and scientists is an important component of IPAM's
mission and we welcome their applications.
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Contact Us:
Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM)
Attn: SL2014
460 Portola Plaza
Los Angeles CA 90095-7121
Phone: 310 825-4755
Fax: 310 825-4756
Email: 
Website:
http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/sl2014/
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