SICSS-Chicago - Chicago State University

July 13 to July 23, 2026 | Chicago State University

Schedule & Materials

Monday July 13, 2026 - Introduction and Ethics

10:00 - 10:30 Introductions
10:30 - 12:00 Computational Science for the Social Good & Guest Speaker Scott Daniel
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 1:30 Computational Ethics
1:30 - 3:30 Group Exercise

Tuesday July 14, 2026 - Digital Trace Data

10:00 - 11:00 Guest Speaker Félix Morales
11:00 - 12:00 Tech Talk on Webscraping
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:30 Webscraping Exercise

Wednesday July 15, 2026 - Text as Data

10:00 - 11:30 Guest Speaker Erin Ochoa
11:30 - 12:00 Tech Talk on Text as Data
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:30 Text Analysis Exercise

Thursday July 16, 2026 - Surveys & Experiments

10:00 - 11:30 Guest Speaker Danye Medhin
11:30 - 12:00 Tech Talk on Surveys
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:30 Survey Exercises Part 1

Friday July 17, 2026 - Group Project Formation

10:00 - 11:00 Survey Exercises Part 2
11:00 - 12:00 Particpant Lightning Talks
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Participant Lightning Talks
2:00 - 3:30 Group Formation

Sunday July 20, 2025 - Group Work Self-scheduled

Monday July 21, 2025 - Group Work Self-scheduled

Tuesday July 22, 2025 - Group Work Self-scheduled

Wednesday July 23, 2025 - Group Work Self-scheduled

10:00 - 12:00 Final Group Presentations
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Final Group Presentations
2:00 - 3:00 Send Off

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