Living Analytics is a new joint research initiative between Singapore Management University (SMU) and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to conduct research on behavioural and social network analytics and behavioural experiments so as to discover and harness the laws of information network evolution for networks of people, organisations and businesses. Read more about Research Priorities and Essence of Living Analytics.

Given its interdisciplinary nature, LARC involves faculty and students across the various academic units of SMU and CMU. Learn more about the faculty participating in LARC. The lead academic units coordinating the LARC partnership are the School of Information Systems at SMU and the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon.

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18th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Application (DASFAA 2013) – Best Demo Award (Runner-up)
Our heartiest congratulations to DU Juan, XIE Wei, CHENG Li, Assistant Professor Feida ZHU and Professor Ee-Peng LIM who were presented the Best Demo Award (Runner-up) at the 18th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Application (DASFAA 2013), in Wuhan, China, with their work “TwiCube: A Twitter Follow Community Analysis Tool”. View Award Certification

The New York Times – Letting Down Our Guard With Web Privacy
LARC is delighted to announce that Alessandro ACQUISTI, Associate Professor of Information Technology and Public Policy at the Heinz College, Carnegie Mellon University, has been profiled in the Sunday Business and Technology Section of the NY Times on Web privacy, and its policy and business implications. Intriguing experiments by Professor ACQUISTI, suggest that people often reveal more information online than they mean to… Read More

LARC Bulletin – Issue 2, March 2013
The Inaugural Issue of our Newsletter – The LARC Bulletin (Issue 2, March 2013) is Now Out! Read More
 

US National Science Foundation (NSF) East Asian Fellowship
LARC is delighted to have David FUHRY, a PhD student from Ohio State University will be visiting our centre from 10 June to 2 August 2013 under the US National Science Foundation (NSF), East Asia and Pacific Summer Institutes for U.S. Graduate Students (EAPSI) scheme. Find out more about him here

Financial Times – Shopping for digital data in Singapore
Personalised promotions are the bread and butter of a consumer initiative called LiveLab, the brainchild of professors at SMU. Combining personal data with location is key, said Dean of the SMU School of Information Systems and Vice Provost (Research) Steven MILLER… Read More

Elected as Councillor of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences
Professor Stephen FIENBERG is elected to serve a three-year term on the Council of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, beginning 1 July 2013. The National Academy of Sciences is a private, nonprofit institution that was established under a congressional charter signed by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863. It recognizes achievement in science by election to membership, and—with the National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council—provides science, technology, and health policy advice to the federal government and other organizations. Read More

Appointment as Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Applied Statistics
Professor Stephen FIENBERG, Co-Director of LARC and Maurice Falk University Professor of Statistics and Social Science at Carnegie Mellon University, was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Annals of Applied Statistics. The journal is published quarterly by the Institute for Mathematical Statistics and it aims to provide a timely and unified forum for all areas of applied statistics. Professor FIENBERG’s appointment is for a period of 3 years and it commenced on 1 January 2013.

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