Last week, Stata Corp announced the launch of their own blog, titled “N.E.C.” for “Not Elsewhere Classified.” I wonder what type of news they will post there… hopefully, it will be a…
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On reporting uncertainty
An interesting piece in Nature about how scientists and the media should talk about uncertainty in reporting to the general public, in the context of the global warming “debate.” Also interesting is…
Netplot 1.2 available
Updated Oct 14, 2010 I just uploaded a new version of to the SSC repository, from where it should be downloadable within a couple of days you can now install it by…
Hello Stanford
It has been quiet here for a quit a while. Part of the reason was that I was busy moving to California, where I will work at Stanford University for a year…
Observations on the Sunbelt 2010
I just returned from the Sunbelt conference in Riva del Garda, Italy, where I presented my paper with Andrea Knecht on alcohol use as a coordination game, and Michal presented our paper…
Whom to trust in the climate debate
It is widely believed that the theory of man-made climate change is still controversial, to a large extent thanks to the media who seem to keep dividing their attention equally between the…
Workshop on Networks in Economics and Sociology in Utrecht
As every year, we organize the Workshop on Networks in Economics and Sociology at Utrecht University. Again it will carry the subtitle “Dynamic Networks”. This year it takes place at June 24…
A Socio-Economic Supercollider?
Via the SOCNET-list I came across the The FuturIcT Knowledge Accelerator, a European ‘Flagship ICT research initiative‘ for a ‘CERN-like project to study the way our living planet works in a social…
The amazing science of the hidden side of everything
Albert-László Barabási’s new book “Bursts” is out, and according to its subtitle it’s about “The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do”. I really do admire Barabási’s scientific work, and I really appreciate…
pajek2stata
Of all the currently available data formats for social network data, the .net format that Pajek uses is probably the most widely compatible and versatile format in use. Although these files are…