United nations educational, scientific and cultural. Although xerox may have invented the office as we know it today and as its likely to be, the company has actually profited very little from its creation. Jan 11, 2017 researchers have demonstrated the worlds first laser based on an unconventional wave physics phenomenon called bound states in the continuum. Both are also home to some of the greatest engineering minds on the planet, so joining forces in collaborative research was a logical step. As a demandside economics of scale, network externalities bring benefit to consumers through merger and acquisition if the products from different firms are. Its members consist of social scientists in two and four year colleges and represent the following disciplines. The national social science association is the largest interdisciplinary association in the united states. Under the terms of the merger agreement, apogent shareholders will receive 0. The technology could revolutionize the development of. Experiment 1 was designed to isolate the neural correlates of cooperation and noncooperation in social and nonsocial contexts, and of monetary reinforcement of behavior. Highly efficient continuouswave midinfrared generation based on intracavity. Aug 08, 2017 economics is the least nuanced social science.
Innovative issues and approaches in social sciences, vol. A new strategic direction for behavioral and social. Computational and mathematical methods in medicine oo. Something like moores law is taking place in computational social science today, with the rapid development and availability of new methods, new tools, new software, and new data for the study of social science. This volume contains both the in vited and contributed papers presented at the conference. Nov 23, 2016 the office of behavioral and social sciences research obssr at the national institutes of health has released a new strategic plan for 2017 through 2021. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Acquisition of next generation terrestrial laser scanning. A neural basis for social cooperation sciencedirect. In most fields of science, research may be classified as either fundamental or applied. The iterated prisoners dilemma game has been used by investigators from a wide range of disciplines to model social relationships based on reciprocal altruism axelrod and hamilton 1981, axelrod 1984, boyd 1988, nesse 1990, trivers 1971. Neutral network and machine learning research paper. In two separate experiments, we scanned a total of 36 women with fmri as they played the prisoners dilemma game. Science and technology, university of peloponnese, greece.
Once limited by practical constraints to experiments involving just a few dozen participantsoften university students or other easily available groupsor to correlational studies of large datasets without any opportunity for determining causation, scientists. Computational social science gary king harvard university. The plan focuses on scientific priorities, which reflect key research challenges that obssr is uniquely positioned to address. In analogy to the cityblockdistance in the euclidian space, the distance of two pixels is defined as the positive difference of. Computational social science computational social science ist als wissenschaftliche disziplin relativ jung. Oct 18, 2017 neutron star merger observed through gravitational waves and light by don barrett 18 october 2017 a series of papers published and presented monday announced a new milestone in the era of. The field of mobile learning rapidly increases during the 1990s and early 2000s. New laser based on unusual physics phenomenon could improve. Competition and merger in network economy eprints soton. Under the prevailing contract between science and society, science has been expected to produce reliable knowledge, provided merely that it communicates its discoveries to society. Our movements in public places may be captured by video cameras, and our medical records stored as digital files.
But the emergence of a datadriven computational social science has been much slower. Aiming to reduce the illiteracy gap among the young citizens who are not succeeding in school, the european commission has extended financial support with as much as 4. Nasacaterpillar collaboration for technology advancement. The gods of the information age have produced a whole panoply of technologies for social research along the journey to other destinations. Leading journals in economics, sociology, and political science show little evidence of this field. Catchup results for quantph from sat, 11 apr 2020 export. Social science has the internet, smartphones, email, social media, satellites, and a myriad of other ways to follow human behavior. National science foundation cutting through the matrix. In analogy to the cityblockdistance in the euclidian space, the distance of two pixels is defined as the positive difference of the corresponding pixel indices.
David lazer,1 alex pentland,2 lada adamic,3 sinan aral,2,4. Emerging innovations and framework for research and education shimon y. After pursuing these goals in the uk for the past five years, the centre reached a point at which an outwardlooking approach was considered timely. This volume contains both the in vited and contributed papers presented at the conference, covering current research. Scientific research activities in the social sciences and humanities. View merger and acquisition research papers on academia. Innovative issues and approaches in social sciences. Neutron star merger observed through gravitational waves and light by don barrett 18 october 2017 a series of papers published and presented monday announced a. We may post blog entries accessible to anyone, or maintain friendships through. The transfer of the concept of medial axis into a twodimensional, discrete pixel grid leads to the burningalgorithm by lindquist and lee. Drs technologies granted contractfor naval infrared missile defense system parsippany, n. Candidates will be expected to work on a combination of their own research and collaborative proj. Researchers at the university of california san diego have demonstrated the worlds first laser based on an unconventional wave physics phenomenon called bound states in the continuum.
A new strategic direction for behavioral and social sciences. The office of behavioral and social sciences research obssr at the national institutes of health has released a new strategic plan for 2017 through 2021. This report identifies illustrative areas of basic research in the social sciences that have developed analytic frameworks of high social utility and. High power laser science and engineering publishes research that seeks to uncover the underlying science and engineering in the fields of high energy density physics, high power lasers, advanced laser technology and applications and laser components. Introduction to the new national program leader for social science research kenli a. New laser based on unusual physics phenomenon could. Precise, accurate spatial information linked to social and behavioral data is revolutionizing social science by opening new questions for investigation and improving understanding of human.
Social science computational social science david lazer, alex pentland, lada adamic, sinan. Computational social science focuses on leveraging data to investigate questions regarding human decision making, behaviors, societies and systems 3, 12,27,34. The plan focuses on scientific priorities, which reflect key research challenges that. Any systematic and creative activity aimed at increasing or improving knowledge of man, culture and society, including use of such knowledge for the solution of social and human problems. Cultural evolution cognitive anthropology individualbased modelling computational social science digital media. Merging neural networks and topological models to re.
The page with article article categories helps you to find more articles on a certain topical area. Once limited by practical constraints to experiments involving just a few dozen participantsoften university students or other easily available groupsor to correlational studies of large datasets without any opportunity for determining causation. Second, despite pioneering research in laser printing, networking, iconbased computing, and the laptop computer, xerox has not created any substantial new businesses outside its copier core. Second despite pioneering research in laser printing. Neutron star merger observed through gravitational waves. This paper describes the advances in the state of the art solidstate laser technology made by researchers at lawrence livermore national laboratory and their contractors. The guide can be used by innovators and innovation promoters e. The paper has been published in quantum science and technology. Funding aimed at fusion energy awarded to laboratory for. Design of a guidning concept for social innovation support, based on scientific and practical knowledge and experiences. The spread of lowcredibility content by social bots.
Social science computational social science david lazer, alex pentland, lada adamic, sinan aral, albertlaszlo barabasi, devon brewer, nicholas christakis, noshir contractor, james fowler, myron gutmann, tony jebara, gary king, michael macy, deb roy, and marshall van alstyne science 6 february 2009. New laser based on unusual physics phenomenon could improve telecommunications, computing 11 january 2017 schematic of the bic laser. An international team of scientific experts has gathered to examine the current status of ultra. High power laser science and engineering cambridge core. The explosive growth of global digital connectivity has opened new possibilities for designing and conducting social science research. Neutron star merger observed through gravitational waves and. Researchers have demonstrated the worlds first laser based on an unconventional wave physics phenomenon called bound states in the continuum. Nasacaterpillar collaboration for technology advancement as forwardthinking research powerhouses, caterpillar and nasa both continuously work to develop nextgeneration technologies. This thesis is concerned about firms merger and competition behavior in modern economies in which networks are evermore important and how to optimize merger policy when network externalities present. Projekt interdyscyplinarny projektem xxi wieku tom 2. Moores law was a prediction made by gordon moore in 1965, when he opined that computing power would grow at an everincreasing rate. The agent performs the delegated task, out of selfinterest, but with some of the. Drs technologies granted contractfor naval infrared. Essays explore such topics as globalization, the shifting boundary between public and private, informed consent in human participation.
Drs technologies granted contractfor naval infrared missile. Intelligent autonomous systems studies in computational intelligence. Public opinion can be in uenced thanks to the low cost of producing fraudulent websites and high volumes of softwarecontrolled pro les or pages, known as social bots 14, 54. On the european union level the social exclusion is understood as tightly. Acquisition of next generation terrestrial laser scanning systems for community earth and polar science research submitted to nsf ear instrumentation and facilities, 08292012 glen mattioli, charles meertens, unavco peter lafemina, pennsylvania state university. Merging neural networks and topological models to reengineer. Shaping science and technology policy brings together an exciting and diverse group of emerging scholars, both practitioners and academic experts, to investigate current issues in science and technology policy. Computational social science david lazer, 1 alex pentland, 2 lada adamic, 3 sinan aral, 2,4 albertlaszlo barabasi, 5 devon brewer, 6 nicholas christakis, 1 noshir contractor, 7 james fowler, 8 myron gutmann, 3 tony jebara, 9 gary king, 1 michael macy, 10 deb roy, 2 marshall van alstyne 2,11 social science 1harvard university, cambridge, ma. Two postdoctoral positions in computational social science are available with dual appointments at northeastern and harvard universities, to work in the lab of david lazer. A national resource specifies appropriate criteria for assessing the value, significance, and social utility of basic research in the social sciences. Introduction to the new national program leader for social.