Data Science Special Lecture-1 (2024)

Date & Time: Tuesday, 15 October 13:30-15:00
Place: Al, Inc. Seminar Hall[L1] (IS) and Online(Zoom)
Language: English

Lecturer: Kazutoshi Sasahara (Professor, School of Environment and Society, Institute of Science Tokyo, (former Tokyo Institute of Technology))

Title: Introduction to Computational Social Science

Abstract:
Computational Social Science represents the social science of the digital era. It employs big data and computational and information technologies to examine humans and societies with a level of resolution and scale previously unachievable, in an interdisciplinary approach. This lecture will outline the methodologies of computational social science and present case studies on information ecosystems that have been conducted to date.