The CKIDS 2019 Summer Symposium was held on August 22, 2019. Faculty and students presented interdisciplinary data science projects tackled over the Summer. Some were continuing projects from DataFest Spring 2019.
The meeting started with a brief presentation by CKIDS Director Yolanda Gil titled “A Summer of Data Science across Four Continents”. She described her interactions with researchers in different countries that place a different emphasis in data science. In London, she visited the Turing Institute located at the British Library. She noted that the UK government is emphasizing data sharing to promote innovative collaborations between academia and industry. The Turing Institute is a focal point for these interactions. In Addis Ababa, she gave a presentation at the University of Addis Ababa about open science and reproducibility. Data sharing has growing importance in Ethiopia, especially environmental and agricultural data that can lead to better management of natural resources and improved food security. In Beijing she saw data science embedded in artificial intelligence projects. She visited Tsinghua University, where an agreement with USC for a new dual degree in Communication Data Science was signed by representatives of both universities. Back at USC at the end of the Summer, she was excited to see the truly interdisciplinary nature of the data science projects presented at the Symposium.
Below are the titles, students, and advisors of the projects presented at the Symposium.
Exploring Temporal Dynamics in Social Networks
Students: Ian Myoungsu Choi
Advisors: Andres Abeliuk, Aimei Yang
Deciphering traffic data in Los Angeles
Students: Mounica Naidu Manyam
Advisors: Prof. Luciano Nocera, Prof. Gabriel Kahn
Data integration infrastructure through Wikidata
Students: Malika Seth
Advisors: Daniel Garijo
Social Capital and Social Networks
Students: Natalie Jonckheere, Calvin Liu, and Malika Seth
Advisors: Dmitri Williams and Fred Morstatter
Chiron or Silenus? The Influence of Personality Traits on Online Game Mentoring
Students: Joo-Wha Hong, Yilei Zeng, Hoan Nguyen
Advisors: Dmitri Williams
The evolution of group-member affiliation
Students: Jingyi Sun, Liyuan Wang, Yiqi Li
Advisors: Dmitri Williams
The Network Evolutionary Forces of Online Gaming Communities
Students: Yiqi Li, Nathan Bartley,Sonia Jawaid Shaikh, Jingyi Sun
Advisors: Dmitri Williams
The Moderating Effect of Player Types: Who Doesn’t Quit?
Students: Qiyao Peng, Mingxuan Liu, Han Wu
Advisors: Dmitri Williams
Understanding Clan Communication and its Impact of Performance
Students: Sukyoung Choi, Yilei Zeng, Mingxuan Liu, Sonia Jawaid Shaikh
Advisors: Dmitri Williams
Online Multiplayer Data Infrastructure: RStudio Server Management
Students: Malika Seth
Advisors: Fred Morstatter, Dmitri Williams