Center for Advanced Study - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign : events : The Age of Networks: Social, Cultural and Technological Connections

cas: initiative 2005-2006

The Age of Networks: Social, Cultural and Technological Connections Law in the Age of Networks: Implications of Network Science for Legal Analysis

		Friday March 10, 2006 College of Law, Room D 504 East Pennsylvania, Champaign
	The importance of the network paradigm is increasingly recognized by scientists and social scientists in a wide variety of disciplines. This symposium explores the legal policy implications of the network structure of various types of social interactions and the ways in which the interdisciplinary study of networks might contribute to legal scholarship. Symposium sponsored by: Center for Advanced Study • College of Law Program in Intellectual Property and Technology Law • National Center for Supercomputing Applications Organized by Jay Kesan (UIUC) and Katherine Strandburg (DePaul University). Map "Network Derived Educational Visualizations of the Work of the United States Supreme Court" provided by Peter A. Hook, Indiana University Photo of speakers

	Please note that the previously announced schedule for this conference was changed to accomodate unavoidable circumstances. The corrected schedule follows. RealPlayer is required for viewing any of the streaming media in this series.
	8:30 am	Coffee and pastries
	Morning Session 9:00-9:15 am	Welcome
	9:15-11:30 am	Panel: Legal Citation Networks Thomas A. Smith, University of San Diego Antonio Tomarchio, Politecnico di Milano Dynamics of the U.S. Supreme Court Citation Network abstract Seth J. Chandler, University of Houston The Network Structure of the Law abstract Commentator: Eric Rasmusen, Indiana University video of this lecture
	Afternoon Session 1:15-2:00 pm	Alessandro Vespignani, Indiana University Network Science: From the Konigsberg Bridge to the Internet Evolution abstract video of this speaker
	2:00-3:30 pm	Panel: Social and Communications Networks Lior Jacob Strahilevitz, University of Chicago Social Network Theory and Speech Regulation abstract Andrea M. Matwyshyn, University of Florida A Network Theory Perspective on Information Security Regulation abstract Commentator: Jim Chen, University of Minnesota video of this panel
	3:30-3:45 pm	Break
	3:45-5:15 pm	Panel: Patent Citation Networks Katherine J. Strandburg, DePaul University The Patent System as a Growing Network: Using Patent Citations to Illuminate Patent Policy abstract full text of paper Gavin Clarkson, University of Michigan Patent Informatics for Patent Thicket Detection: A Network Analytic Approach for Measuring the Density of Patent Space abstract Commentator: Jay Kesan, UIUC video of this panel
	5:15-5:30 pm	Closing Discussion
	This session was cancelled: Noshir Contractor, UIUC Network Theory: Multi-Theoretical Multi-Level (MTML) Models for the Emergence of Social Networks