BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:ILLC Website X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Amsterdam X-LIC-LOCATION:Europe/Amsterdam BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:19700329T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=-1SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:19701025T030000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=10;BYDAY=-1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:/NewsandEvents/Archives/2012/newsitem/4611/8-9 -November-2012-Workshop-on-Information-and-Decisio ns-in-Social-Networks-Cambridge-MA-U-S-A- DTSTAMP:20120902T000000 SUMMARY:Workshop on Information and Decisions in S ocial Networks, Cambridge MA, U.S.A. DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20121108 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20121109 LOCATION:Cambridge MA, U.S.A. DESCRIPTION:During the last decade, it has become clear that network interactions have a much larger role in our lives than had previously been apprec iated: social networks have a defining impact on n ot only consumer choice but are also central in so cial and political decisions ranging from the poli tical discourse in the blogosphere to the organiza tion and coordination of protests in the Arab spri ng. Similarly financial networks seem at the heart of the 2008 crash. Network effects are now seen a s major elements in other domains with human decis ions including healthcare, public health, smart po wer grids, urban transportation, and more. As a co nsequence, both businesses and government are incr easingly looking to build new types of networks to improve management abilities. This workshop is intended to bring together researchers from differ ent communities working on information propagation and decision making in social networks to investi gate both rigorous models that highlight capabilit ies and limitations of such networks as well as em pirical and simulations studies of how people exch ange information, influence each other, make decis ions and develop social interactions. For more i nformation, see http://wids.lids.mit.edu/ All con tributions, theoretical, empirical, and experiment al, on social networks are welcome. Authors are in vited to submit an abstract of one to three pages by the deadline of September 15, 2012. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
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Durin g the last decade, it has become clear that networ k\n interactions have a much larger role in o ur lives than had\n previously been appreciat ed: social networks have a defining\n impact on not only consumer choice but are also central i n\n social and political decisions ranging fr om the political\n discourse in the blogosphe re to the organization and\n coordination of protests in the Arab spring. Similarly\n fin ancial networks seem at the heart of the 2008 cras h. Network\n effects are now seen as major el ements in other domains with\n human decision s including healthcare, public health, smart power \n grids, urban transportation, and more. As a consequence, both\n businesses and governme nt are increasingly looking to build new\n ty pes of networks to improve management abilities.\n

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This workshop is intended to bring together researchers from\n different c ommunities working on information propagation and\ n decision making in social networks to inves tigate both rigorous\n models that highlight capabilities and limitations of such\n networ ks as well as empirical and simulations studies of how\n people exchange information, influence each other, make\n decisions and develop soc ial interactions.\n

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For more information, see\n http://wi ds.lids.mit.edu/\n

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All contributions, theoretical, empirica l, and experimental,\n on social networks are welcome. Authors are invited to submit an abstrac t\n of one to three pages by the deadline of September 15,\n 2012. \n

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