41007 - Section on Mathematical Sociology James S. Coleman Lecture

Description

This session will feature an address by Dr. Kathleen Carley: "Digital Dreams: From Science Fiction to Computational Sociology." Dr. Carley is the recipient of the Section on Mathematical Sociology's James S. Coleman Distinguished Career Achievement Award.

Abstract: When Asimov wrote the foundation trilogy he inspired generations of scholars to try to bring psycho-history to fruition. Today, the advances in social network analysis, artificial intelligence, and data science more broadly along with the increase in data available digitally have made this dream feasible. In this talk, advances due to thinking about networks from a high dimensional and dynamic perspective, and due to the use of techniques such as large language models are described, and their implications for understanding diffusion and social influence discussed.

Kathleen Carley is a Professor at Carnegie Mellon University in the School of Computer Science’s Software and Societal Systems Department, IEEE Fellow, Director of the Center for Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems (CASOS) and Director of the Center for Informed Democracy and Social Cybersecurity (IDeaS).

Sub Unit

• Section on Mathematical Sociology / Section on Mathematical Sociology James S. Coleman Lecture

Presider

• Carter T. Butts, University of California-Irvine

Panelist

• Kathleen M. Carley, Carnegie Mellon University

Session Organizer

• Diane H. Felmlee, Pennsylvania State University