cas: initiative 2005-2006 The Age of Networks: Social, Cultural and Technological Connections Spring distinguished speaker series Coordinated by CAS Resident Associate Nosh Contractor. Cosponsored by NCSA and the Department of Speech Communication. Monday, February 13 noon-2:00pm Room 1040, NCSA, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana Stanley Wasserman (Sociology, Psychology, and Statistics, Indiana University) Statistical Analyses for Network Science readings Streaming video of this event is available here. (RealPlayer required) Wednesday, February 15 2:00pm-4:00pm Room 1030, NCSA, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana Nan Lin (Sociology, Duke University) The Job Search Chain in China readings Professor Lin's visit is cosponsored by the Department of Sociology Tuesday, February 28 3:00pm-5:00pm Room 1040, NCSA, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana Michael Macy (Sociology, Cornell University) Maybe It's Not Such a Small World After All: Spatial Networks and Complex Contagions readings The PowerPoint slides from this talk are available here. Streaming video of this event is available here. (RealPlayer required) Monday, March 6 10:00am-noon Room 1040, NCSA, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana Steve Corman (Communication, Arizona State University) Network Models for the Analysis of Unstructured Text readings Streaming video of this event is available here. (RealPlayer required) Friday, March 10 1:15pm-2:00pm College of Law, Room D, 504 E. Pennsylvania Ave., Champaign Alex Vespignani (Informatics, Indiana University) Network Science: From Konigsberg Bridge to the Internet Evolution This talk is part of an all-day symposium, Law in the Age of Networks: Implications of Network Science for Legal Analysis program Tuesday, March 14 1:00pm-3:00pm Room 1040, NCSA, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana Keith Hampton (Annenberg School) Neighborhood Networks in the Information City readings Streaming video of this event is available here. (RealPlayer required) Friday, March 17 1:00pm-3:00pm Room 1040, NCSA, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana George Barnett (Communications, SUNY Buffalo) A Longitudinal Analysis of the International Communication Network readings Friday, March 31 1:00pm-3:00pm Room 1040, NCSA, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana Jaideep Srivastava (Computer Science and Engineering, University of Minnesota) Who thinks who knows who? Socio-Cognitive Analysis of an Email Network readings Streaming video of this event is available here. (RealPlayer required) Thursday, April 6 3:00pm-5:00pm Room 1040, NCSA, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana Michael North (Argonne National Laboratory) Agent-based Modeling and Simulation of Networks readings Thursday, April 13 1:00pm-3:00pm Room 1040, NCSA, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana Katy Börner (Information Science, Indiana University) Maps/Networks of knowledge and Knowledge of Maps/Networks readings Streaming video of this event is available here. (RealPlayer required) Kati Börner was on WILL-AM radio's call-in program, FOCUS-580. Listen to the archived interview here. Friday, April 14 and April 15 2-day symposium Third Floor, Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana Making Public Service Telecommunications: Past and Present Challenges for Networked Information Infrastructures full program Tuesday, April 18 noon-2:00pm Room 1040, NCSA, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana John Padgett (Political Science, University of Chicago) Organizational Invention and Elite Transformation: The Birth of Partnership Systems in Renaissance Florence readings Streaming video of this event is available here. (RealPlayer required) Thursday, April 20 10:00am - noon Room 1030, NCSA, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana Reka Albert (Physics, Pennsylvania State) Modeling the structure and dynamics of complex biological networks readings Streaming video of this event is available here. (RealPlayer required) Tuesday, April 25 1:00pm - 3:00pm Room 1040, NCSA, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana Leslie Loew (Cell Biology, University of Connecticut Health Center) Spatial Organization of Cellular Networks and Pathways readings Streaming video of this event is available here. (RealPlayer required) Monday, May 8 2:00pm-4:00pm Room 1040, NCSA, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana Carter Butts (Sociology, University of California at Irvine) Modeling Communication Dynamics During Extreme Events: the Case of the World Trade Center Disaster readings Streaming video of this event is available here. (RealPlayer required) Wednesday, May 10 3:00pm-5:00pm Room 1040, NCSA, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana Robert Ackland (Centre for Social Research at the Research School of Social Sciences, The Australian National University) Virtual Observatory for the Study of Online Networks (VOSON) readings Streaming video of this event is available here. (RealPlayer required) Friday, May 12 1:00pm-3:00pm Room 1040, NCSA, 1205 W. Clark St., Urbana Raghu Ramakrishnan (Computer Science, University of Wisconsin at Madison) Mass Collaboration for Customer Support: A Case Study of Online Social Networks readings Streaming video of this event is available here. (RealPlayer required)