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Network & Data Science, Computational Epidemiology, Complex Systems

Jun 30, 2021, 6 tweets

Special issue from Nature on computational social science.
Impressive list of contributions related to upcoming panels at the joint NetSci-Sunbelt conference “Networks 2021” on July 2, 2021
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The combination of computational and social sciences requires the integration of explanatory and predictive approaches into ‘integrative modelling’.
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Approaches for the management, use and analysis of large-scale behavioural datasets that were not originally intended or created for research are described.
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challenges for social science practices imposed by the ubiquity of algorithms and large-scale measurement and what should—and should not—be measured in societies pervaded by algorithms.
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new datastreams and local knowledge to shed light on social aspects of disease transmission will allow more accurate modelling and prediction of epidemics
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The ability of people to understand the thoughts and actions of others—known as social sensing—can be combined with computational social science to advance research into human sociality
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