Math, Networks, and Human Behavior with PJ Lamberson
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So, turns out human behavior is...complex. PJ Lamberson fills talks about computational social science, networks, how things go viral, why Pi is such a weird number, and using math to understand human behavior.
PJ Lamberson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at UCLA. He has a PhD in Mathematics from Columbia and previously taught on the faculty at Northwestern and MIT. His research develops and uses tools from the emerging field of computational social science to study how social connections shape human behavior. He has published research in mathematics, communication, ecology, epidemiology, transportation, genetics, political science, network science, economics, and management. PJ is also an award-winning teacher and a frequent consultant and corporate speaker on networks, crowdsourcing, and innovation.
Websites PJ Mentioned:
http://social-dynamics.org/
Volunteerscience.com
https://www.zooniverse.org/projects/zookeeper/galaxy-zoo/
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