cas: initiative 2005-2006 The Age of Networks: Social, Cultural and Technological Connections The Center for Advanced Study's interdisciplinary initiative for academic year 2005-06 examines the workings of networks across the sciences, arts, and humanities. This project draws on scholarship in computer science, humanities, engineering, life sciences, law, organizational sciences and social sciences in order to take an in-depth look at socio-technical networks and theories for self-generating, self-organizing networks. It will undoubtedly reveal many ironies, ambiguities, and contradictions --- precisely those shifting areas where we are likely to discover basic human and societal values. CAS Resident Associates Noshir Contractor (Speech Communication) and Dan Schiller (Library and Information Science) coordinate this initiative. The Age of Networks: Social, Cultural and Technological Connections continues in AY 2006-07 with a speaker series coordinated by Noshir Contractor (Speech Comm).      October 12, Peter Groenewegen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam      October 27, Madhav Marathe, Virginia Tech      October 31 and November 1, Garry Robins, University of Melbourne      December 7, Dukjin Chang, Seoul National University      January 22, Jennifer Golbeck, University of Maryland, College Park      January 30, Jonathon Cummings, Duke University      March 2, Peter V. Marsden, Harvard University      March 28, Amnon Rapoport, University of Arizona      April 4, Marc Smith, Microsoft Research Community Technologies      April 10, Pedro Domingos, University of Washington      April 16, Alex (Sandy) Pentland, MIT      April 18, Ben Shneiderman, University of Maryland, College Park      April 26, Balazs Vedres, Central European University      May 1, Jon Kleinberg, Cornell University      May 2, Bernardo A. Huberman, Hewlett Packard Laboratories & Consulting           and Stanford University Fall semester 2005 events included: a faculty/graduate student seminar invited speaker series network modeling workshops Spring semester 2006 events included: a distinguished speaker series cosponsored by NCSA and the Department of Speech Communication Law in the Age of Networks: Implications of Network Science for Legal Analysis Symposium, March 10, College of Law Making Public-Service Telecommunications: Past and Present Challenges for Networked Information Infrastructures Conference, April 14-15, Levis Faculty Center This initiative is supported by: Beckman Institute • Center for Advanced Study • College of Business • College of Law • College of Liberal Arts and Sciences • College of Medicine • Department of Anthropology • Department of Sociology • Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities • Neuroscience Program • Office of the Chancellor • Program in Science, Technology, Information and Medicine • Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program