Amy Farnbach (Amy.Farnbach@asu.edu)
Atsushi Nara (Atsushi.Nara@asu.edu)
Brendon Mott (Brendon.Mott@asu.edu)
Bruce Rogers (Bruce.Rogers@asu.edu)
Casey Sechler (Casey.Sechler@asu.edu)
DBCraig (dbcraig2@aol.com)
Eowyn Allen (Eowyn.Allen@asu.edu)
Isaac Ullah (Isaac.Ullah@asu.edu)
J. Benton (J.Benton@asu.edu)
John T. Murphy (jtmurphy@email.arizona.edu)
Joshua Watts (jswatts@asu.edu),
Mason Thompson (mason.thompson@asu.edu)
Miran Bozicevic (miran@asu.edu)
Rebecca Clark (Rebecca.M.Clark@asu.edu)
Robert Cox (Robert.C.Cox@asu.edu)
Shade Shutters (Shade.Shutters@asu.edu)
Shana Schmidt (Shana.Schmidt@asu.edu)
Tate Holbrook (Carter.Holbrook@asu.edu)
CSDC Graduate Scholarship Award
The CSDC Graduate Scholarship Award is given by the Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity to a student or students whose unique academic achievements contribute to the mission of the CSDC. This $2,000 award is given annually to a graduate student or students under the supervision of faculty affiliated with the Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity at Arizona State University, and who meet the criteria of:
- Research excellence in an area related to the CSDC
- Contributions and activities that enhance the mission of the CSDC
- Presentations and publications that enhance the visibility of the CSDC
2006 CSDC Graduate Scholarship
The inaugural presentation of the $2,000 award is given to Shana K. Schmidt, a doctoral student in the School of Social and Family Dynamics, for her work in three areas associated with complexity science at ASU. First, she has shown excellence in her current research on the computational modeling of playgroups and sociality in young children. This project, along with two additional agent-based models of social dynamics, was presented by Shana and her doctoral advisor, William Griffin, in August at The First World Congress on Social Simulation in Kyoto, Japan.
Shana (shown right) additionally showed strong leadership by spearheading the formation of the Student Organization for Computational Social Science (SOCSS), an interdisciplinary graduate student organization affiliated with the Center for Social Dynamics and Complexity. This group meets bi-weekly to discuss, debate, and learn about the applicability of agent-based models to social dynamics. She is the current President of SOCSS. Finally, at the recent launching of the new School of Social and Family Dynamics, her single-authored poster, reflecting her thesis work, won First Prize among all graduate student entries. Her poster received the number one ranking based on evaluations by a team of visiting scholars and independent judges from within ASU.Undergraduate Research
Undergraduates working with CSDC-affiliated faculty are learning the science of complexity through research. The CSDC recognizes undergraduate in an annual research poster session which gives the students and opportunity to discuss their work with faculty and guests from throughout the university community.
*Picturs from April 2007 Poster Session
SOCSS
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