Workshop on Opinion Dynamics
Abstract
Social interactions form one of the oldest aspects of human existence, and have gained particular attention due to the rapid growth of online social networks over the past decade. Given the ever increasing degree to which the entire world social systems are intertwined, it is increasingly important to gain a deeper understanding of models that re ect these interdependencies. Although significant work has been conducted in this direction, there is still a wide gap between existing models and the wide spectrum of current social interactions observed across different platforms. This workshop will focus on one of the key features of social systems: opinions and their dynamics. The evolution of opinions with time is of particular importance, as the latter drive institutional decision making. Social systems where opinions significantly diverge from one another can result in socio-political instability. The aim of the workshop as to assist the Army in planning future research on Opinion Dynamics by reviewing the main methodological approaches which are currently proposed to analyze, predict and control opinion dynamics. More broadly, this workshop aims at extending the degree of cohesion of this domain of research. The workshop featured 12 presentations of 25 minutes each, bearing on a wide variety of topics pertaining to the analysis of opinion dynamics. The abstracts of the presentations and the list of speakers are available on the conference web page http://www.opiniondynamics.org/index.html and are appended to the present document. Prof. D Souza could not make it as planned, but her talk was partly covered in the lecture of Dr. K. Chan.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jan 07, 2019
- Source ID
- W911NF1610237
Entities
People
- François Baccelli
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- United States Army
- University of Texas at Austin