I2SC Lecture Series
The Interdisciplinary Institute for Societal Computing offers a regular Lecture Series to bring together researchers of different academic fields to analyze and discuss the broad topic of society and technology. The Lecture Series is designed as a laboratory of interdisciplinary research to encourage cooperation and new research approaches. The series will feature a mix of speakers from Computer Science, Social Science, and Digital Humanities.
November 8, 2024
Cornelius König (Psychology, Saarland University), Pitfalls, Challenges, and Benefits of Interdisciplinary Research: Reflections from a Psychologist Collaborating with Computer Scientists for Over a Decade
November 15, 2024
Elisa Omodei (Network and Data Science, Wien), Linking survey and social media data to study political polarization
November 29, 2024
Marten Düring (Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C²DH)), Machine Learning to Link Historical Media Collections
December 13, 2024
David Garcia (Computer Science, Konstanz), Language Understanding as a Constraint on Consensus Size in LLM Societies
January 10, 2025
TBD
January 24, 2025
Kiran Garimella (Computer Science, Rutgers University), Misinformation and Hate speech on WhatsApp - Insights from a large-scale data donation study
February 7, 2025
Diana Sanz Roig (Computational Literary Studies, Barcelona), TBD
The Lecture Series is in building E1 7, Room 3.23, on the campus of Saarland University from 12h-13h.
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Program
More details about the talks coming soon!