Navigating the challenges of data-driven research

Navigating the challenges of data-driven research

The CSSLab’s Research Data Engineer, Yingquan Li, offers his perspective on data-driven social science and the challenges facing the new field of CSS. ABOVE: Yingquan Li (third from right), the CSSLab’s Research Data Engineer, at an AWS-sponsored event. In its...
Preparing student RAs for success on the tech job market

Preparing student RAs for success on the tech job market

How does working at the CSSLab impact student researchers’ career goals and experiences on the job market? We asked two of the Lab’s graduate student research assistants, Keith Golden and Kailun Li, about their experiences at various stages of their job searches....
Researcher spotlight: Mark Whiting

Researcher spotlight: Mark Whiting

Spearheading the CSSLab’s work on high-throughput virtual lab experiments on group dynamics, Mark Whiting is helping to define the paradigm of large-scale, data-driven social science research. In this researcher spotlight, he outlines his research trajectory and...