This course gives you an overview of the current opportunities and the omnipresent reach of computational social science. The results are all around us, every day, reaching from the services provided by the world’s most valuable companies, over the hidden influence of governmental agencies, to the power of social and political movements. All of them study human behavior in order to shape it. In short, all of them do social science by computational means.
Este curso forma parte de Programa Especializado - Computational Social Science
Computational Social Science Methods
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Qué aprenderás
Examine the history and current challenges faced by Social Science through the digital revolution.
Configure a machine to create a database that can be used for analysis.
Discuss what is artificial intelligence (AI) and train a machine.
Discover how social networks and human dynamics create social systems and recognizable patterns.
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Aprox. 16 horas para completar
Sugerido: 4 weeks of study, 2-5 hours/week
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Universidad de California, Davis
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3 horas para completar
Computational Social Science (CSS)
In this module, you will be able to examine the history and current challenges faced by social science through the digital revolution. You will be able to discuss the mystery at the core of society: social emergence. You will be able to recall the fundamental building blocks of the scientific method and how they apply to the new computational tools we now have available. You will be able to defend what people mean when they say that ‘social studies’ are currently maturing to become a ‘real science’.
3 horas para completar
14 videos (Total 124 minutos), 3 lecturas, 1 cuestionario
14 videos
Course Introduction5m
Optional: Study Suggestions (not required)17m
Module 1 Introduction3m
The Digital Revolution13m
First Ever UC-wide Online Course1m
A Very Short History of Science5m
A Very Simplistic Hierarchy of Science5m
Social Emergence (Part 1)4m
Social Emergence (Part 2)7m
The Scientific Method Revisited13m
Limitations of Induction and Deduction15m
Glass of Red Wine Theorizing5m
Social Science Challenges7m
3 lecturas
About UCCSS10m
A Note From UC Davis10m
Optional/Complementary10m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Module 1 Quiz45m
5 horas para completar
Example of Computational Social Science: Data Science
In this module, you will be presented with an example of how computational social science is applied in the real world through a case study. You will be able to discuss examples of digital footprint and describe how computational social science is applied. You will practice an activity and be able to configure a machine to create a database that can later be used for analysis.
5 horas para completar
7 videos (Total 75 minutos), 3 lecturas, 3 cuestionarios
7 videos
Overview of Big Data10m
Fighting Poverty with Data7m
Extracting Features8m
Predicting Poverty10m
Who Cares?9m
Webscraping Lab How-To28m
3 lecturas
Welcome to the Web Scraping Lab10m
Welcome to Peer Review Assignments!10m
Optiona/ Complementary10m
2 ejercicios de práctica
Web Scraping Assigned Task5m
Module 2 Quiz45m
2 horas para completar
Examples of CSS: Machine Learning & AI
In this module, you will be able to discover how artificial intelligence can convert news stories into a real-time observatory of global unrest and potential terror attacks, and how brain scans can be used to reveal aspects of your moral values. You will be able to practice interacting with artificial intelligence that can interpret your art skills.
2 horas para completar
7 videos (Total 39 minutos), 1 lectura, 1 cuestionario
7 videos
Overview of Artificial Intelligence (Part 1)5m
Overview of Artificial Intelligence (Part 2)7m
Machine Learning6m
Overfitting4m
Training, Validation, Testing7m
A Common Difficulty in ML5m
1 lectura
Optional/Complementary10m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Module 3 Quiz30m
2 horas para completar
Examples of CSS: Social Networks and Computer Simulations
In this module, you will be able to discover how social networks and human dynamics create systems that are larger than you and me: social systems. You will be able to discuss how social networks and human dynamics follow recognizable patterns. You will be able to identify how social network analysis and computer simulations are currently quite successful in untangling some of the mysteries of social emergence.
2 horas para completar
10 videos (Total 67 minutos)
10 videos
Overview of Social Networks10m
Connected3m
From Obesity to Generosity7m
Get Your Friends Involved!8m
Overview of Computer Simulations11m
Models7m
Why Model?6m
Cultural Boundaries8m
Course Summary1m
1 ejercicio de práctica
Module 4 Quiz45m
Acerca de Programa especializado Computational Social Science
For more information please view the Computational Social Science Trailer
Digital technology has not only revolutionized society, but also the way we can study it. Currently, this is taken advantage of by the most valuable companies in Silicon Valley, the most powerful governmental agencies, and the most influential social movements. What they have in common is that they use computational tools to understand, and ultimately influence human behavior and social dynamics.
An increasing part of human interaction leaves a massive digital footprint behind. Studying it allows us to gain unprecedented insights into what society is and how it works, including its intricate social networks that had long been obscure. Computational power allows us to detect hidden patterns through analytical tools like machine learning and to natural language processing. Finally, computer simulations enable us to explore hypothetical situations that may not even exist in reality, but that we would like to exist: a better world.
This specialization serves as a multidisciplinary, multi-perspective, and multi-method guide on how to better understand society and human behavior with modern research tools. This specialization gives you easy access to some of the exciting new possibilities of how to study society and human behavior. It is the first online specialization collectively taught by Professors from all 10 University of California campuses.
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