Program


Program AS OF: March 19, 2011  
     
28-Mar-10 Tutorials  
08:00 - 16:00  Registration  
ALL DAY TUTORIALS Anna Nagurney (Tutorial Chair)
08:30 - 12:30 Tutorial 1:  Toolkits for Computational Social Science: Using Honest Signals to Predict and Shape Human Responses Dr. Alex "Sandy" Pentland
     
12:30 - 14:00 LUNCH (On your Own)  
     
14:00 - 17:30 Tutorial 3: Social Network Analysis of Personal and Group Networks Dr. Allen Tien 
14:00 - 17:30 Understanding Social Media: Tools, Applications, and Processes Dr. Nitin Agarwal 
     
29-Mar-10 Technical Program, Day 1  
07:30 - 16:00  Registration  
     
08:00 - 08:15  Welcome & Admin Dana Nau
08:15 - 08:30 Welcome    Steve Halperin, Dean, College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences
 University of Maryland
08:30 - 09:15  KEYNOTE: Using models to inform policy: Insights from modeling the complexities of global polio eradication Kimberly Thompson, Kid Risk, Inc.
     
  SESSION 1 George Tadda, AFRL/RIEF
09:15 - 09:35  [11] Towards Culturally-Informed Option Awareness for Influence Operations with S-CAT Kenneth Murray, SRI International
09:35 - 09:55  [25] Optimization-Based Influencing of Village Social Networks in a Counterinsurgency Maj Benjamin Hung, US Army
09:55 - 10:15 [78] Identifying Health-Related Topics on Twitter: An Exploration of Tobacco-Related Tweets as a Test Topic Kyle Prier, Brigham Young University
     
10:15 - 10:35  BREAK  
     
10:35 - 10:55  [47] Application of a Profile Similarity Methodology for Identifying Terrorist Groups that Use or Pursue CBRN Weapons Ronald L. Breiger, University of Arizona
10:55 - 11:15 [53] Cognitive Aspects of Power in a Two-level Game Ion Juvina, Carnegie-Mellon University
11:15 - 11:35 [41] Predicting Demonstrations' Violence Level Using Qualitative Reasoning Natalie Fridman, Bar Ilan University
11:35 - 11:55 [3] Abstraction of an Affective-Cognitive Decision Making Model based on Simulated Behavior and Perception Chains Alexei Sharpanskykh, University Amsterdam 
     
11:55 - 13:00  LUNCH (provided)  
     
  SESSION 2 George Tadda, AFRL/RIEF
13:00 - 13:45 KEYNOTE: Medicare Auctions:
A Case Study of Market Design in Washington, DC
Peter Cramton, University of Maryland
13:45 - 14:05 [21] A Longitudinal View of the Relationship Between Social Marginalization and Obesity Achla Marathe, Virginia Tech
14:05 - 14:25 [43] Open Source Software development: Communities and firms impact on public good Sebastian Spaeth, ETH Zurich
14:25 - 14:45 [84] Location Privacy Protection on Social Networks Justin Zhan, North Carolina A&T State University
     
14:45 - 15:00 BREAK and Informal Networking  
     
  Cross-fertilization Roundtables Fahmida Chowdhury, Bethany Deeds (Workshop Chairs)
15:00 - 15:30 Round Table Discussions - Session 1  
15:30 - 16:00 Round Table Discussions - Session 2  
16:00 - 16:30 Round Table Discussions - Session 3  
16:30 - 17:00 Round Table Discussions - Session 4  
     
30-Mar-10 Technical Program, Day 2  
07:30 - 12:00  Registration  
     
08:00 - 08:15  Admin Dana Nau
08:15 - 09:00  KEYNOTE: Agent-based Models of Complex Dynamical Systems of Market Exchange Herb Gintis, The Santa Fe Institute and Central European University
     
  SESSION 3 Michael Hinman, AFRL/RIEF
09:00 - 09:20  [23] Pattern Analysis in Social Networks with Dynamic Connections Yu Wu, Standford University
09:20 - 09:40  [7] Detecting Changes in Opinion Value Distribution for Voter Model Kazumi Saito, University of Shizuoka
09:40 - 10:00 [70] Dynamic Simulation of Community Crime and Crime-Reporting Behavior Michael Yonas, University of Pittsburgh 
10:00 - 10:20 [8] Using Web-Based Knowledge Extraction Techniques to Support Cultural Modeling Paul Smart, University of Southampton
     
10:20 - 10:30  BREAK  
     
10:30 - 12:15 PANEL -  Computational and Statistical Models: A Comparison for Policy Modeling of Childhood Obesity Patricia Mabry, NIH, Panel (Chair/Moderator); Ross Hammond, Brookings Institute; Edward Hak-Sing Ip, Wake Forrest University Health Sciences; Terry T-K Huang, University of Nebraska Mediacl Center
     
12:15 - 13:00  LUNCH (provided)  
     
  SESSION 4 Michael Hinman, AFRL/RIEF
13:00 - 13:20 [27] Model Docking Using Knowledge-Level Analysis Ethan Trewhitt,Georgia Tech Research Institute
13:20 - 13:40 [77] How Corruption Blunts Counternarcotic Policies in Afghanistan: A Multiagent Investigation Armando Geller, George Mason University
13:40 - 14:00 [65] Discovering Collaborative Cyber Attack Patterns Using Social Network Analysis Haitao Du, Rochester Institute of Technology
14:00 - 14:30  Invited: Dynamic Models of Neighborhood Change Elizabeth Bruch, University of Michigan
14:30 - 15:00  Invited: TBD Jeffrey Morenoff, University of Michigan
     
15:00 - 15:10 BREAK  
     
15:10 - 16:30 3 Min Overviews of Poster Board Presentations Lei Yu (Poster Board Chair)
     
16:30 - 17:00  BREAK  
     
17:00 - 19:00 Poster Board Session/Reception  
  [12] Formation of Common Investment Networks by Project Establishment between Agents Jesús-Emeterio Navarro-Barrientos,Arizona State University
  [54] Constructing Social Networks from Unstructured Group Dialog in Virtual Worlds Syed Fahad Allam Shah, University of Central Florida
  [63] Effects of Opposition on the Diffusion of Complex Contagions in Social Networks: An Empirical Study Chris Kuhlman, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute 
  [64] Promoting Coordination for Disaster Relief - From Crowdsourcing to Coordination Huiji Gao, Arizona State University
  [85] Trust Maximization in Social Networks Justin Zhan, North Carolina A&T State University
  [9] Towards a Computational Analysis of Status and Leadership Styles on FDA Panels David Broniatowski, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  [20] Tracking Communities in Dynamic Social Networks Kevin Xu, University of Michigan 
  [39] Bayesian Networks for Social Modeling Paul Whitney, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
  [51] Speeding Up Network Layout and Centrality Measures for Social Computing Goals Puneet Sharma, University of Maryland
  [52] An Agent-Based Simulation for Investigating the Impact of Stereotypes on Task-Oriented Group Formation Mahsa Maghami, University of Central Florida
  [69] An Approach for Dynamic Optimization of Prevention Program Implementation in Stochastic Environments Vittal Prabhu, Pennsylvania State University
  [75] Ranking Information in Networks Tina Eliassi-Rad, Rutgers University
  [6] Information Provenance in Social Media Geoffrey Barbier, Arizona State University
  [13] A Cultural Belief Network Simulator Benjamin Simpkins, Applied Research Associates, Inc.
  [16] Following the Social Media Aspect Evolution of Online Discussion Xuning Tang, Drexel University
  [32] Representing trust in cognitive social simulations Shawn Pollock, Naval Postgraduate School
  [38] Temporal Visualization of Social Network Dynamics: Prototypes for Nation of Neighbors Jae-wook Ahn, University of Maryland
  [40] Toward Predicting Popularity of Social Marketing Messages Bei Yu, Syracuse University 
  [42] simulating the Effect of Peacekeeping Operations 2010-2025 Havard Hegre, University of Oslo
  [46] Rebellion on Sugarscape: Case Studies for Greed and Grievance Theory of Civil Conflicts using Agent-Based Models Rong Pan, Arizona State University 
  [48] A Culture-Sensitive Agent in Kirman’s Ant Model Ting-Yu Chen, National Chengchi University
  [56] Modeling Link Formation Behaviors in Dynamic Social Networks Viet An Nguyen, University of Maryland
  [57] Naming on a Directed Graph Giorgio Gosti, University of California
  [74] Synthesis and Refinement of Detailed Subnetworks in a Social Contact Network for Epidemic Simulations Huadong Xia, Virginia Tech
  [86] Technosocial Predictive Analytics for Illicit Nuclear Trafficking Antonio Sanfilippo, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
     
31-Mar-10 Technical Program, Day 3  
08:00 - 08:30  Registration  
     
08:00 - 08:15  Admin Dana Nau
08:15 - 09:00  KEYNOTE: Agents that negotiate proficiently with people Sarit Kraus
     
  SESSION 5 Jay Yang, RIT
09:00 - 09:20  [61] Cognitive Modeling for Agent-based Simulation of Child Maltreatment Xiaolin Hu, Georgia State University
09:20 - 09:40  [5] Crowdsourcing Quality Control of Online Information: A Quality-based Cascade Model Wai-Tat Fu, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
09:40 - 10:00 [15] Consumer Search, Rationing Rules, and the Consequence for Competition Christopher Ruebeck, Lafayette College
     
10:00 - 10:15 BREAK  
  Federal Funding Panels Fahmida Chowdhury, Bethany Deeds (Workshop Chairs)
10:15 - 12:00 Panel Discussion CONFIRMED MEMBERS
1. Abdul Shaikh, NCI
2. Stephen Marcus, NIH (NIGMS)
3. Stephanie Bruce, AFOSR/RSL
4. David Croson, NSF
5. Bethany Deeds, National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
6. Greg Bloss, NIAAA
7. Ivy Eastabrooke, ONR
8. Grace C.Y. Peng, NIH (NBIB)
12:15 - 12:30 Concluding Remarks