The ongoing digitalization of businesses and governments has generated new, fine-grained administrative data that can be used to reconstruct the supply chain networks of entire countries at the firm level. In this way, it is possible to model the world economy at a level of detail never before seen, creating entirely new ways to manage…
Thomas Choi (Arizona State University) will present a talk on Tuesday, June 6th, 2023 at 3 PM at the Salon. Title: Supply Networks: Dyads, Triads, Tetrads, and Beyond Abstract: Supply networks are made up of companies. Their relationships begin with dyads as buyers and suppliers. Still, triads are the smallest unit of…
François Lafond (University of Oxford) will present a talk on Wednesday, June 7 at 3 PM at the Salon. Title: Firm-level production networks: what do we (really) know? Abstract: Are standard production network properties similar across all available datasets, and if not, why? We provide benchmark results from two administrative…
Pablo Astudillo-Estevez (Universidad San Francisco de Quito) will present a talk on Friday, June 9th, 2023 at 3 PM at the Salon. Title: How Production and client networks affect economic diversification in an oil exporting country. A relatedness approach. Abstract: This research examines how production chains and networks of clients impact the emergence…
Juergen Wastl from Digital Science will present a talk on Wednesday, June 14 at 3 PM at room 201.
Ricardo-Baeza Yates (Northeastern University) will present a talk on Tuesday, June 20, 2023, at 3 PM at the Salon. Title: Experiential AI Abstract: In the first part, to set the stage, we cover irresponsible AI: (1) discrimination (2) phrenology (e.g., biometric-based predictions); (3) incompetence, and (4) indiscriminate use of computing resources.…
David Machado (University of Havana) will present a talk on Friday, June 23, 2023, at 3 PM in Room 201. Title: Approximations for master equations discrete states systems using the cavity method
Rahim Entezari from CSH will present a talk on Friday July 7, 2023, at 3PM. Title: Optimization and Generalization of Neural Networks at the Edge Abstract: The growing ubiquity of deep neural networks in daily life highlights the need to address the challenges and limitations they face when deployed on edge devices. These…
Abstract: Visualizing Complexity Science Workshop brings together multiple perspectives in information design and data visualization to create complexity science visualizations. Teams will combine researchers together with data visualization designers, data journalists, and data artists engaged in advanced visualization projects. The 5-day program is designed to be diverse, creative, and inspiring, offering a mix of…
The current digital revolution is shaping our society, producing new possibilities as well as new threats. This revolution is being driven by a confluence of new technologies, including social media, Big Data, the Internet of Things, and Artificial Intelligence. Such technologies are empowering individuals and organizations in ways that were unimaginable just a few years…