Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) Project,
funded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR)

2011 MURI ALL-HANDS MEETING

The meeting will take place at UC Irvine on June 3rd, 2011.

The meeting will be held in Donald Bren Hall, room 4011, from 8:30am to 5:00pm.

8:30 Continental Breakfast
9:00Introduction and Project Overview
Padhraic Smyth, Professor, Department of Computer Science, UC Irvine

SESSION 1

9:20 Dynamic Egocentric Models for Citation Networks
Dave Hunter, Professor, Statistics, Penn State University
9:45Membership Dimension
Maarten Loffler, Postdoctoral Fellow, Computer Science, UC Irvine
10:05Multilevel Network Models for Classroom Dynamics
Chris DuBois, PhD student, Statistics, UC Irvine
10:30 COFFEE BREAK

SESSION 2

10:45 DISCUSSION: FAST CHANGE-SCORE COMPUTATION IN DYNAMIC GRAPHS
Led by David Eppstein and Michael Goodrich, Computer Science, UC Irvine
11:35Bayesian Meta-Analysis of Network Data via Reference Quantiles
Carter Butts, Professor, Social Sciences, UC Irvine
12:00 Break for lunch (lunch for PIs + visitors at the University Club)
1:30 - 2:40 Short Highlight Talks
Computational Issues with Exponential Random Graph Models
Mark Handcock, Professor, Statistics, UCLA

Experimental Results on Fast Clique Finding
David Eppstein, Professor, Computer Science, UC Irvine

Modeling Rates between Affiliates on Facebook from Sampled Data
Emma Spiro, PhD student, Social Sciences, UC Irvine

Modeling Degree Sequences of Undirected Networks with Application to 9/11 Disaster Networks
Miruna Petrescu-Prahova, Postdoctoral Fellow, Statistics, University of Washington

Statistical Models for Text and Networks
Jimmy Foulds, PhD student, Computer Science, UC Irvine

Analysis of Life History Data
Sean Fitzhugh, PhD student, Social Sciences, UC Irvine

Approximate Sampling for Binary Discrete Exponential Families with Fixed Execution Time and Quality Guarantees
Carter Butts, Professor, Social Sciences, UC Irvine

SESSION 3

2:40 Instability, Sensitivity, and Degeneracy of Discrete Exponential Families
Michael Schweinberger, Postdoctoral Fellow, Penn State University
3:05 Empirical Analysis of Latent Space Embedding
David Mount, Professor, University of Maryland
3:30 COFFEE BREAK
4:00 DISCUSSION: LATENT VARIABLE MODELING OF NETWORK DATA
Led by Carter Butts and Padhraic Smyth
4:45 WRAP-UP, CLOSING COMMENTS
5:00 ADJOURN

Additional Information

For any additional questions about parking, directions, hotels, please contact:
Cindy Kennedy
ckennedy@ics.uci.edu,
tel: 949 824 4479.

Participating Universities