Wednesdays@NICO
Wednesdays@NICO is a vibrant weekly seminar series focusing broadly on the topics of complex systems and data science. It brings together attendees ranging from graduate students to senior faculty who span all of the schools across Northwestern, from applied math to sociology to biology and every discipline in-between. This seminar series not only brings some of the top researchers in complex systems from around the country to NICO, but also stimulates interdisciplinary discussion and collaborations. Please join us on Wednesdays at 12 PM US Central in person in Chambers Hall or via Zoom.
Winter 2024 Seminar Speakers
NICO Seminars return in January
January 24, 2024, 12:00pm Central
Fall 2023 Seminar Speakers
Beyond Core-Periphery: Uncovering the Impacts of Scientific Networks on Resources and Recognition
Alexander Gates, Assistant Professor, School of Data Science, University of Virginia
September 27, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Complex Networks with Complex Nodes: Emergent Behaviors and Control
Raissa D'Souza, Professor and Associate Dean for Research, College of Engineering, University of California, Davis
October 4, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Some simple rules governing macroscopic oscillatory neural activity in humans
Satoru Suzuki, Professor, Department of Pychology, Northwestern University
October 11, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Understanding the punctuated dynamics of scientific and technological frontiers
Yian Yin, Assistant Professor of Information Science, Cornell University
October 18, 2023, 12:00pm Central
The History of our Minds: Evidence for Co-Evolution of Cultural and Psychological Processes
Joshua Jackson, Assistant Professor of Behavioral Science, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
October 25, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Evolution and mechanisms of planning through the lens of predator-prey dynamics, robotics, and artificial intelligence
Malcolm MacIver, Professor of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University
November 1, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Dynamical system models for voting and collective decisions
Vicky Chuqiao Yang, Assistant Professor in System Dynamics, Sloan School of Management, MIT
November 8, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Mapping long-term change in attitudes and stereotypes
Tessa Charlesworth, Assistant Professor in Management & Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
November 15, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Spring 2023 Seminar Speakers
Going Against the Grain: Microrollers Flow Uphill as Granular Media
James Gilchrist, Ruth H. and Sam Madrid Professor, Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Lehigh University
April 12, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Policy learning 'without' overlap: Pessimism and generalized empirical Bernstein’s inequality
Zhimei Ren, Postdoctoral Researcher, Statistics Department, University of Chicago
April 19, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Understanding Cities as Complex Systems: Two applications to Human Development in the US and Infrastructure Planning in Sub-Saharan Africa
Luís Bettencourt, Director the Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation, Professor of Ecology and Evolution, University of Chicago
April 26, 2023, 12:00pm Central
NICO Lightning Talks
With Northwestern Scholars!
May 3, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Speakers:
- Rod Abhari - PhD Student, Media, Technology, and Society
- Oh-Hyun Kwon - PhD Student, Kellogg School of Management
- Y. Jasmine Wu - PhD Candidate, Communication Studies
From Padawan to Jedi Master: Machine Learning with a Star Wars Twist
Mark Tschopp, PhD, Research Scientist, Army Research Laboratory
May 10, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Algorithm-mediated social learning in online social networks
William J. Brady, Assistant Professor of Management and Organizations, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
May 17, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Networks at Work: Officer Diversity, Racial Homophily, and Police Misconduct
Linda Zhao, Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago
May 24, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Abstract and Bio | YouTube Video available by request
Winter 2023 Seminar Speakers
Subterranean dynamics in Earth and Mars, inferred from big and small seismic data
Suzan van der Lee - Sarah Rebecca Roland Professor, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University
January 25, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Lightning Talks With Northwestern Scholars
February 1, 2023, 12pm Central
Speakers:
- Emilio Lehoucq - PhD Candidate, Department of Sociology, Northwestern University
- Abby Smith - PhD Candidate, Department of Statistics and Data Science, Northwestern University
- Emma Zajdela - PhD Candidate, Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University
Science on the Web: How networks bias academic communication online
Ágnes Horvát - Assistant Professor, Communication Studies, School of Communication, Northwestern University
February 8, 2023, 12pm Central
Science of science, law of law, and patterns of patents: universal citation dynamics in knowledge systems
Yong-Yeol "YY" Ahn, Associate Professor, Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, Indiana University Bloomington
February 15, 2023, 12pm Central
Fetal developmental plasticity as signal-noise problem: the case of nutrients and stress physiology
Chris Kuzawa, John D. MacArthur Professor, Department of Anthroplogy, Northwestern University
February 22, 2023, 12:00pm Central
Tractable mathematical modeling of social systems: some successes and failures
Daniel Abrams, Professor of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics and (by courtesy) Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University
March 1, 2023 12:00pm Central
POSTPONED: Stigma’s Uneven Decline
Alina Arseniev-Koehler, Assistant Professor, Sociology, Purdue University
March 8, 2023, 12:00pm Central