Update:
The workshop is now over and was a great success, with over 200 attendees from around the world. We want to thank you all for your participation and for your numerous expressions of appreciation. The program with the abstracts of the presentations and posters can be downloaded here.
Workshop videos are now available for viewing. Follow the links below to see videos of both the plenary presentations and the brief talks.
Plenary Presentations:
- Martin Nowak - The Evolution of Cooperation part 1
- Martin Nowak - The Evolution of Cooperation part 2
- Nicholas Christakis - Social Networks and Genetics part 1
- Nicholas Christakis - Social Networks and Genetics part 2
- Nicholas Christakis - Social Networks and Genetics part 3
- Daron Acemoglu - Cascades in Networks and Aggregate Volatility part 1
- Daron Acemoglu - Cascades in Networks and Aggregate Volatility part 2
- Sandy Pentland - Society's Nervous System part 1
- Sandy Pentland - Society's Nervous System part 2
- Sandy Pentland - Society's Nervous System part 3
Brief Talks:
Recent technological and mathematical developments have opened the possibility to considerably improve our understanding of how information flows and decisions are made in large social networks. In this workshop, we bring together researchers from different communities working on information propagation and decision making in social networks to investigate both rigorous models that highlight capabilities and limitations of such networks as well as empirical and simulations studies of how people exchange information, influence each other, make decisions and develop social interactions.
This workshop is being organized by the Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems.
Organizers
- Vincent Blondel, UCLouvain (Belgium) and LIDS, MIT
- Munther Dahleh, LIDS, MIT
- Asu Ozdaglar, LIDS, MIT
- John Tsitsiklis, LIDS, MIT
Support Staff
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- Lisa Gaumond – Administrative Coordinator – 617-324-1543
- Jennifer Donovan – Administrative Support – 617-253-2142
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- Brian Jones – Technical Support – 617-253-4070




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