PhD Defense Presentation-Mechanical Engineering-Gatech

Recent advances in social media have profound technical and economic implications for innovative design. This research is motivated to investigate social network effects on product design with a focus on the interface of engineering design, viral marketing, and social computing. This dissertation envisions a new paradigm of design, called viral product design for social network effects. The research problem is formulated as identification of both an optimal product attribute configurations and...

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From: Feng Zhou

Related topics : social network design / online social networking marketing / social media and its implications for viral marketing / social media for market research / social media online marketing

Digital Classicist Seminar Berlin (2014/2015) - Seminar 9

Raffaella Da Vela (University of Bonn)

The Romanization of Northern Etruria as a breakdown of the social network of the minor settlements

Abstract

Aim of my research is the interpretation, through the Social Network

Analysis (SNA), of the chronological evolution of the network of the

northern Etruscan settlements during the Romanization. I look forward to

understand their role in the circulation of goods, ideas and models in

this geographical and cultural area. I am going to describe the...

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From: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut

Related topics : social network analysis (sna) software / analysis of social networking

Digital Classicist Seminar Berlin (2014/2015) - Seminar 9 Discussion

Raffaella Da Vela (University of Bonn)

The Romanization of Northern Etruria as a breakdown of the social network of the minor settlements

Abstract

Aim of my research is the interpretation, through the Social Network

Analysis (SNA), of the chronological evolution of the network of the

northern Etruscan settlements during the Romanization. I look forward to

understand their role in the circulation of goods, ideas and models in

this geographical and cultural area. I am going to describe the...

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From: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut

Related topics : social network analysis (sna) software / analysis of social networking

Exploring large social networks with matrix-based representations

As people conduct even more of their life electronically, vast new datasets are available for social scientists to analyze. Understanding the structure and evolution of popular online communities such as FaceBook, Flickr or Wikipedia creates new challenges for analysis tools. Information visualization can be a powerful approach to help social scientists both explore these social networks and present their findings to others. While most of the current systems propose node-link...

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From: Microsoft Research

Related topics : structure and evolution of online social networks / social network visualization tools / analysis social networks

SEiSMiC Social Innovation in urban areas

SEiSMiC is a project that helps tackle Europe's biggest urban problems through citizen engagement, identifying social innovation needs, and contributing to future urban policies and research strategies. It builds diverse networks of urban stakeholders to propose effective, widely agreed solutions. It then engages the public in creative ways, so that research learns from citizens, and citizens learn from Research.

SEiSMiC will set up national networks in 10 European countries with the aim of...

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From: SEiSMiC Project

Related topics : urban social network