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.
Ce cours fait partie de la Spécialisation Computational Social Science
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Ce que vous allez apprendre
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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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 heures pour terminer
14 vidéos (Total 124 min), 3 lectures, 1 quiz
14 vidéos
Course Introduction5 min
Optional: Study Suggestions (not required)17 min
Module 1 Introduction3 min
The Digital Revolution13 min
First Ever UC-wide Online Course1 min
A Very Short History of Science5 min
A Very Simplistic Hierarchy of Science5 min
Social Emergence (Part 1)4 min
Social Emergence (Part 2)7 min
The Scientific Method Revisited13 min
Limitations of Induction and Deduction15 min
Glass of Red Wine Theorizing5 min
Social Science Challenges7 min
3 lectures
About UCCSS10 min
A Note From UC Davis10 min
Optional/Complementary10 min
1 exercice pour s'entraîner
Module 1 Quiz45 min
5 heures pour terminer
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 heures pour terminer
7 vidéos (Total 75 min), 3 lectures, 3 quiz
7 vidéos
Overview of Big Data10 min
Fighting Poverty with Data7 min
Extracting Features8 min
Predicting Poverty10 min
Who Cares?9 min
Webscraping Lab How-To28 min
3 lectures
Welcome to the Web Scraping Lab10 min
Welcome to Peer Review Assignments!10 min
Optiona/ Complementary10 min
2 exercices pour s'entraîner
Web Scraping Assigned Task5 min
Module 2 Quiz45 min
2 heures pour terminer
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 heures pour terminer
7 vidéos (Total 39 min), 1 lecture, 1 quiz
7 vidéos
Overview of Artificial Intelligence (Part 1)5 min
Overview of Artificial Intelligence (Part 2)7 min
Machine Learning6 min
Overfitting4 min
Training, Validation, Testing7 min
A Common Difficulty in ML5 min
1 lecture
Optional/Complementary10 min
1 exercice pour s'entraîner
Module 3 Quiz30 min
2 heures pour terminer
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 heures pour terminer
10 vidéos (Total 67 min)
10 vidéos
Overview of Social Networks10 min
Connected3 min
From Obesity to Generosity7 min
Get Your Friends Involved!8 min
Overview of Computer Simulations11 min
Models7 min
Why Model?6 min
Cultural Boundaries8 min
Course Summary1 min
1 exercice pour s'entraîner
Module 4 Quiz45 min
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À propos du Spécialisation Computational Social Science
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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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