Thursday, November 3
Social network analysis researchers learn what it takes to develop and deploy cyberinfrastructure and what benefits are gained. Cyberinfrastructure researchers learn what social network analysis has to offer.
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| 11:30 am - 1:30 pm |
Registration
Pick up nametags, workshop materials, and helpful information
Box lunches will be providedNCSA lobby |
| 1:00 pm |
Opening remarks
Thom Dunning, NCSA Director
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| 1:30 pm |
Introduction of participants
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| 3:30 pm |
Cyberinfrastructure: The State of the Art and Challenges
Discussion led by Jim Myers, head of NCSA's Collaborative Technologies Division
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| 4:30 pm |
Break - coffee and light refreshments |
| 5:00 pm |
Social Network Analysis: State of the Art and Challenges
Discussion led by Noshir Contractor, NCSA, and Katy Börner, Indiana University
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| 6:00 pm |
Reactions and Contributions to Challenges and Opportunities in Cyberinfrastructure and Social Network Analysis
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| 7:00 pm |
Buffet dinner NCSA Building |
| 8:00 pm |
Keynote Lecture: Social Networks, CI, and Meta-CI
Dan Atkins, University of Michigan
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Friday, November 4
Identify challenges and opportunities for using social network analysis for enabling cyberinfrastructure and creating cyberinfrastructure for social network analysis.
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| 7:30 am - 8:45 am |
Shuttle service from Holiday Inn to NCSA Building |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast NCSA Building |
| 9:00 am |
Introduction of major cyberinfrastructure challenges and opportunities that might be enabled by social network analysis Room 1040 |
| 9:30 am |
Parallel brainstorming sessions
Small breakout groups of six to seven participants will be given focused questions and asked to develop concrete answers
- Breakout Session 1
- Cultural challenges (.PPT)
- Tom Finholt, University of Michigan
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- What challenges do CI researchers and practitioners face when defining the scope and functionality of a CI for a specific community? And, how can SNA help the community address these challenges? (.PPT)
- William Michener, Long Term Ecological Research Network
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- Breakout Session 2
- Mobilization and Development of a Cyberinfrastructure (.PPT)
- Mark Gahegan, The Pennsylvania State University
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- What are the challenges that CI researchers and practitioners face when they aim to mobilize resources for the development of a CI for a specific community? (.PPT)
- Eszter Hargittai, Northwestern University
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- Breakout Session 3
- Wider Adoption, Deployment, Utilization of a Cyberinfrastructure (.PPT)
- David De Roure, University of Southampton
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- CI Challenges in adoption, deployment, utilization of a Cyberinfrastructure (.PPT)
- Raquell M. Holmes, Boston University
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- Breakout Session 4
- Scaling, Security and Sustainability of a CI (.PPT)
- Randy Butler, NCSA
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- Scaling, Security, and Sustainability of a Cyberinfrastructure (.PPT)
- Jonathon N. Cummings, Duke University
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Various rooms on the first floor |
| 10:30 am |
Break - coffee and light refreshments |
| 11:00 am |
Reports from breakout groups; discussion
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| 12:30 pm |
Group photo NCSA lobby |
| 12:45 pm |
Buffet lunch NCSA Building |
| 1:30 pm |
Tour of immersive environments
For more information, see Excursions; please sign up for the tour at the registration desk |
| 3:00 pm |
Introduction of major social network analysis challenges and opportunities that might be enabled by cyberinfrastructure
Watch the streaming videoRoom 1040 |
| 3:30 pm |
Parallel brainstorming sessions
Small breakout groups will be given focused questions and asked to develop concrete answers
- Breakout Session 1
- Algorithms and Computer Resources (.PPT)
- Vladimir Batagelj, Ljubljana University
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- Algorithms and computing resources (.PPT)
- Tom Snijders, University of Groningen
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- Breakout Session 2
- DATA (.PPT)
- David Knoke, University of Minnesota
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- SNAC on Data (.PPT)
- Lada Adamic, University of Michigan
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- Breakout Session 3
- Can CI help do better SN research? User Interfaces & Collaboration Services (.PPT)
- Catherine Plaisant, University of Maryland
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- CI for SN: User Interface & Collaboration Services (.PPT)
- Munindar P. Singh, North Carolina State University
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- Breakout Session 4
- Grand Challenges: Killer Apps/Moon shot (.PPT)
- David Lazer, Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government
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- Grand Scientific & Societal Challenges (.PPT)
- Michael Macy, Cornell University
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Various rooms on the first floor |
| 4:30 pm |
Break - coffee and light refreshments |
| 5:00 pm |
Reports from breakout groups; discussion
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| 6:00 pm |
Tour of immersive environments
For more information, see Excursions; please sign up for the tour at the registration desk |
| 7:00 pm |
Buffet dinner NCSA Building |
| 8:00 pm |
Keynote Lecture: Supporting Visual Analysis: Perceptual, Cognitive, and Semantic Techniques
W. Bradford Paley, Digital Image Design Incorporated / Columbia University
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Saturday, November 5
Summarize results and plan next steps
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| 7:30 am - 8:45 am |
Shuttle service from Holiday Inn to NCSA Building |
| 8:00 am |
Breakfast NCSA Building |
| 9:00 am |
Summary and discussion of social network analysis for cyberinfrastructure
Led by working group that will prepare the report on social network analysis to support cyberinfrastructure
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| 10:00 am |
Break - coffee and light refreshments |
| 10:30 am |
Summary and discussion of cyberinfrastructure for social network analysis
Led by working group
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| 11:30 am |
Working lunch (box lunches provided)
Discussion of next steps
Led by working group
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| 1:00 pm |
Workshop concludes |
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