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NOSHIRS.CONTRACTORNorthwesternUniversity
2145SheridanRoad,TechD241EvanstonIL60208-3119
847-491-3669http://nosh.northwestern.edu
TableofContentsEDUCATION ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS HONORS AND AWARDS
Distinguished and Career Recognition Article and Book Awards Top Paper Awards Software Awards Advisee Dissertation Awards
PUBLICATIONS Books Refereed Journal Articles Book Chapters Short Essays, Invited Publications, and Encyclopedia Entries Book Reviews Conference Proceedings Monographs and Technical Reports
SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CURRENTLY FUNDED RESEARCH PREVIOUSLY FUNDED RESEARCH KEYNOTE ADDRESSES and DISTINGUISHED LECTURES INVITED UNIVERSITY/COLLOQUIUM LECTURES CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS TEACHING
Northwestern University University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Jones International University University of Southern California
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE Editorial Activities Workshop/Conference Organizer/Program Planner Membership in Professional Associations Advisory Board Appointments & Elected Offices Association Committee Appointments & Elected Offices Grant and Foundation Committees External University Appointments
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SELECTED UNIVERSITY SERVICE Northwestern University University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign University of Southern California
PUBLIC SERVICE Consulting Activities
Publications for Media and Popular Press EDUCATIONPh.D.,Communication,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,1987.M.A.,Communication,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,1986.B.Tech.ElectricalEngineering,IndianInstituteofTechnology,Madras(Chennai),1983.ACADEMICAPPOINTMENTS2007–presentJaneS.&WilliamJ.WhiteProfessorofBehavioralSciences
DepartmentsofCommunicationStudies,IndustrialEngineeringandManagementSciences,andManagementandOrganizations
NorthwesternUniversity2001-2007 ProfessorofSpeechCommunication
UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign1993-2001 AssociateProfessorofSpeechCommunication
UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign1987-1993 AssistantProfessorofSpeechCommunication
UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-ChampaignOtherAppointmentsatUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign:Director,ComputingandInstructionalLaboratories,DepartmentofSpeechCommunication,1987-2007Director,TeamEngineeringCollaboratory,DepartmentofSpeechCommunication,1991-2007DepartmentofPsychology,1994–2010Affiliate,HumanPerceptionandPerformanceGroup,Human-ComputerIntelligentInteraction,BeckmanInstituteforAdvancedScienceandTechnology,2000-2007BeckmanAssociate,UIUCCenterforAdvancedStudy,2003-2004CoordinatedScienceLaboratory,2003-2007Director,ScienceofNetworksinCommunities(SONIC)Group,attheNationalCenterforSupercomputingApplications,2004-2007ResidentAssociate,UIUCCenterforAdvancedStudy,2005-2006GraduateSchoolofLibrary&InformationScience,2006-2007
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HONORSANDAWARDSDistinguishedandCareerRecognition InternationalCommunicationAssociationFellowrecognizingcontributionstotheassociation
andtothestudyofhumancommunication,2015.NationalCommunicationAssociationDistinguishedScholarAwardrecognizingalifetimeof
scholarlyachievementinthestudyofhumancommunication,2014.OutstandingMemberAward,OrganizationalCommunicationDivision,International
CommunicationAssociation,2000.InstituteGoldMedalforoutstandingoverallachievement.BachelorofTechnologydegree,
IndianInstituteofTechnology,Madras,India,1983.ArticleandBookAwardsArticleoftheYearAwardfromtheCommunicationTheoryandMethodologyDivision,
AssociationforEducationinJournalismandMassCommunication,forFoucaultWelles,B.,Vashevko,A.,Bennett,N.,&Contractor,N.(2014).DynamicModelsofCommunicationinanOnlineFriendshipNetwork.CommunicationMethodsandMeasures,8(4),223-243.2015.
OutstandingScholarlyEditedBookAwardfromtheOrganizationalCommunicationDivision,
NationalCommunicationAssociationthatincluded:Shumate,M.,&Contractor,N.(2013).Emergenceofmultidimensionalsocialnetworks.InL.L.Putnam&D.Mumby,HandbookofOrganizationalCommunication(pp.451–474).ThousandOaks,CA:Sage.2014
ErnestBormannResearchBookAwardfromtheGroupCommunicationDivision,National
Communicationforbookthatincluded:Contractor,N.,&Su,C.(2012).Understandinggroupsfromanetworkperspective.InA.Hollingshead&M.S.Poole(Eds.),Researchmethodsforstudyinggroupsandteams:AGuidetoapproaches,tools,andtechnologies(pp.284-310).NewYork:Taylor&Francis/Routledge.2013
ArticleoftheYearAwardfromtheOrganizationalCommunicationDivision,National
CommunicationAssociation,forWhitbred,R.,Fonti,F.,Steglich,C.,&Contractor,N.(2011).Frommicroactionstomacrostructureandback:Astructurationalapproachtotheevolutionoforganizationalnetworks.HumanCommunicationResearch,37(3),404-433.2012
ErnestBormannResearchAwardfromtheGroupCommunicationDivision,National
CommunicationAssociation:Katz,N.,Lazer,D.,Arrow,H.,&Contractor,N.Thenetworkperspectiveonsmallgroups:TheoryandresearchinPoole,M.S.&Hollingshead,A.B.(Eds.)TheoriesofSmallGroups:InterdisciplinaryPerspectives(pp.277-312).NewburyPark,CA:Sage.2006.
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OutstandingBookAward,OrganizationalCommunicationDivision,NationalCommunication
Association,forMonge,P.&Contractor,N.(2003).TheoriesofCommunicationNetworks,NewYork:OxfordUniversityPress.2003.
TopPaperAwardsTop4PaperAwardforFu,J.S.,Shumate,M.,&Contractor,N.S.(2017,May)Collective
InnovationAdoptionacrossInterorganizationalSystems:OrganizationalBoundary,SocialNetworks,andDecision-MakingStatus.Paperpresentedatthe67thAnnualConferenceoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,SanDiego,CA.
TopPaperAwardforWang,M.,Huang,Y.,Contractor,N.,Fu.Y.,andChen,W.(2016).A
NetworkApproachforUnderstandingandAnalyzingProductCo-considerationRelationsinengineeringDesign.14thInternationalDesignConference,Cavtat,Dubrovnick,Croatia.
TopPaperAwardforMurase,T.,Asencio,R.,McDonald,J.,Poole,M.S.,DeChurch,L.A.,&
Contractor,N.S.(2015).TheEffectofEntrainmentofGroupProcessesonMultiteamSystemEffectiveness.NationalCommunicationAssociationAnnualConference,LasVegas,Nevada.
BestConferencePosterAwardforAsencio,R.,Huang,Y.,DeChurch,L.,Contractor,N.,Sawant,
A.,Murase,T.(2015).TheMyDreamTeamBuilder:ARecommenderSystemforAssembling&EnablingEffectiveTeams.INGRoupAnnualConference,Pittsburgh,PA.
TopPaperAwardforMcCusker,J.P.,Shaikh,A.,Contractor,N.,Courtney,P.,Lee,J.,Morgan,
G.,Tatalovich,Z.,Thomas,C.,andL.McGuinness,D.L.(2013).Towardsnextgenerationhealthdataexploration:Adatacube-basedinvestigationintopopulationstatisticsfortobaccoITinnovation.ProceedingsoftheHawaiiInternationalConferenceOnSystemSciences(HICSS),ChangeinHealthCaretrackattheHawaiiInternationalConferenceonSystemSciences(HICSS)2013.
TopPaperAwardforKeegan,B.,Ahmed,M.A.,Williams,D.,Srivastava,J.,&Contractor,N.
(2011).SictransitGloriamundivirtuali?Promiseandperilinthecomputationalsocialscienceofclandestineorganizing.3rdInternationalACMWebScienceConference2011,Koblenz,Germany.
Top3PaperAwardforHuang,M.,Barbour,J.,Su,C.,&Contractor,N.S.(2010).Whywouldyou
saveyourfilesinagroupfolder?Amultilevelanalysisofcontextualinfluencesoninformationprovisiontoworkgroupdigitaldatabases,InternationalCommunicationAssociation60thAnnualConference.SingaporeInternationalCommunicationAssociation,OrganizationalCommunicationDivision,2010.
Finalist,CarolynDexterPaperAwardforHuang,M.,Huang,Y.,Ognyanova,K.,Margolin,D.,
Shen,C.,&Contractor,N.S.(2010).Theeffectsofdiversityandrepeatcollaborationon
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teamperformanceindistributednanoscientistteams,AcademyofManagementAnnualConference,Montreal,Canada.
Top3PaperAwardforWang,J.,&Contractor,N.(2009).KnowledgeSeekingandProvisionin
WorkTeamsAcrossMultipleKnowledgeAreas:ANetworkFormulationtoTestandExtendTransactiveMemoryTheory.,TopPaperAwardattheFourthAnnualINGRoupConference,ColoradoSprings,CO.
Top3PaperAwardforWhitbred,R.,Fonti,F.,Contractor,N.,&Steglich,C.(2008).Frommicro-
actionstomacro-structure:Astructurationalapproachtotheevolutionoforganizationalnetworks.TopPaperAwardatthe94thAnnualMeetingoftheNationalCommunicationAssociation,SanDiego,CA.
Top3PaperAwardforContractor,N.,Wasserman,S.,&Faust,K.(2000).Testingmulti-level,
multi-theoreticalhypothesesaboutnetworksin21stcenturyorganizationalforms:Ananalyticframeworkandempiricalexample.OrganizationalCommunicationDivision,InternationalCommunicationAssociationannualconvention,Acapulco,Mexico.
Top3PaperAwardforContractor,N.S.,Whitbred,R.,Fonti,F.,Hyatt,A.,Jones,P.,&O’Keefe,
B.(1998).Self-organizingcommunicationnetworksinorganizations:Validationofacomputationalmodelusingexogenousandendogenoustheoreticalmechanisms.PaperpresentedattheInternationalCommunicationAssociationannualconvention,Jerusalem,Israel.
Top3PaperAwardforHyatt,A.,Contractor,N.,&Jones,P.M.(1997).Computational
organizationalnetworkmodeling:Strategiesandanexample.PaperpresentedintheOrganizationalCommunicationDivisionattheannualmeetingoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Montreal,Canada.
Top3PaperAwardforEisenberg,E.M.,Contractor,N.S.,&Monge,P.R.(1988).Semantic
networksinorganizations.PaperpresentedintheOrganizationalCommunicationDivisionatthemeetingoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,NewOrleans,LA.
SoftwareAwards HonorableMention,2017IMSGlobalConsortiumLearningImpactAward,Nebula(2017) AdviseeDissertationAwardsDissertationAdviser,AlinaLungeanu,GraduateDissertationaward,NorthwesternUniversity
SchoolofCommunication,2016. DissertationAdviser,SophiaSullivan,Finalist,AlvahH.ChapmanJr.OutstandingDissertation
Award,NetworkofLeadershipScholarsoftheAcademyofManagement,2015.
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DissertationAdviser,MengxiaoZhu,HonorableMention,RichardHackmanDissertationAward,
InterdisciplinaryNetworkforGroupResearch(INGRoup),2014.DissertationAdviser,BrookeFoucault-Welles,SpecialMentionRecognitionforDissertation,
Communication&TechnologyDivision,InternationalCommunicationAssociation,2013.DissertationCo-Adviser,DavidHuffaker,WinneroftheDordickDissertationAward,
Communication&TechnologyDivision,InternationalCommunicationAssociation,2010.DissertationAdviser,EdwardPalazzolo,HonorableMention,ReddingDissertationAward
Competition,OrganizationalCommunicationDivision,InternationalCommunicationAssociation,2004.
PUBLICATIONSBooks Monge,P.R.,&Contractor,N.(2003).TheoriesofCommunicationNetworks.NewYork:Oxford
UniversityPress.Ahmad,M.A.,Shen,C.,Srivastava,J.,andContractor,N.S.(2014).Predictingrealworld
behaviorsfromvirtualworldsdata.(Editors)SpringerSeriesonComplexity.Cham:SpringerInternationalPublishing.
RefereedJournalArticles
Wax,A.,DeChurch,L.,&Contractor,N.(2017).Self-organizingintowinningteams:Understandingthemechanismsthatdrivesuccessfulcollaborations.Smallgroupresearch,48(6),665-718.doi:10.1177/1046496417724209Norton,W.E.,Lungeanu,A.,Chambers,D.A.,&Contractor,N.(2017).Mappingthegrowingdisciplineofdisseminationandimplementationscienceinhealth.Scientometrics,112(3),1367–1390.doi:10.1007/s11192-017-2455-2. Wang,M.,Chen,W.,Huang,Y.,Contractor,N.S.andFu,Y.(2016)Modelingcustomerpreferencesusingmultidimensionalnetworkanalysisinengineeringdesign,DesignScience,2.doi:10.1017/dsj.2016.11.Pilny,A.,Schecter,A.,Poole,M.S.,&Contractor,N.(2016).Anillustrationoftherelationaleventmodeltoanalyzegroupinteractionprocesses.GroupDynamics:Theory,Research,andPractice:SpecialIssueonStatisticalMethods.20(3),181-195.doi:10.1037/gdn0000054.
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Ghasemian,F.,Zamanifar,K.,Ghasem-Aqaee,N.,&Contractor,N.(2016).Towardabetterscientificcollaborationsuccesspredictionmodelthroughthefeaturespaceexpansion.Scientometrics,108(2),777-801.doi:10.1007/s11192-016-1999-xLeenders,R.,Contractor,N.S.,&DeChurch,L.A.(2016).Onceuponatime:Understandingteamdynamicsasrelationaleventnetworks.OrganizationalPsychologyReview,6(1):92-115.doi:10.1177/2041386615578312
Zhang,C.,Phang,C.W.,Zeng,X.,Wang,X.,Xu,Y.,Huang,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2015).Circadian
rhythmsinsocializingpropensity.PLoSONE,10(9),e0136325.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0136325
Carter,D.R.,Asencio,R.,Wax,A.,DeChurch,L.A.,&Contractor,N.S.(2015).LittleTeams,Big
Data:BigDataProvidesNewOpportunitiesforTeamsTheory.IndustrialandOrganizationalPsychology,8(04),550-555.doi:10.1017/iop.2015.82
Tiropanis,T.,Hall,W.,Crowcroft,J.,Contractor,N.,&Tassiulas,L.(2015).Networkscience,web
scienceandinternetscience:Comparinginterdisciplinaryareas.CommunicationsoftheACM,58(8),76-82.doi:10.1145/2699416
FoucaultWelles,B.,&Contractor,N.S.(2015).Individualmotivationsandnetworkeffects:A
multi-levelanalysisofthestructureofonlinesocialrelationship.AnnalsoftheAmericanAcademyofPoliticalandSocialScience,659,180-190.doi:10.1177/0002716214565755
Sullivan,S.D.,Lungeanu,A.,DeChurch,L.A.,&Contractor,N.S.(2015).Space,time,andthe
developmentofsharedleadershipnetworksinmultiteamsystems.NetworkScience,1-32.doi:10.1017/nws.2015.7
Carter,D.,DeChurch,L.A.,Braun,M.,&Contractor,N.(2015).Socialnetworkapproachesto
leadership:Anintegrativeconceptualreview.JournalofAppliedPsychology.FoucaultWelles,B.,Vashevko,A.,Bennett,N.,&Contractor,N.(2014).Dynamicmodelsof
communicationinanonlinefriendshipnetwork.CommunicationMethodsandMeasures,8(4),223-243.doi:10.1080/19312458.2014.967843
Lungeanu,A.,&Contractor,N.S.(2014).Theeffectsofdiversityandnetworktieson
innovations:Theemergenceofanewscientificfield.AmericanBehavioralScientist,59(5),548-564.doi:10.1177/0002764214556804
FoucaultWelles,B.,Rousse,T.,Merrill,N.,&Contractor,N.(2014).Virtuallyfriends:An
explorationoffriendshipclaimsandexpectationsinimmersivevirtualworlds.JournalforVirtualWorldsResearch,7(2),1-15.
Contractor,N.S.,&DeChurch,L.A.(2014).Integratingsocialnetworksandhumansocial
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motivestoachievesocialinfluenceatscale.ProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofSciences,111(Supplement4),13650–13657.
Lungeanu,A.,Huang,Y.,&Contractor,N.S.(2014).Understandingtheassemblyof
interdisciplinaryteamsanditsimpactonperformance.JournalofInformetrics,8(1),59–70.vandeWijngaert,L.,Bouwman,H.,&Contractor,N.(2014).Anetworkapproachtoward
literaturereview.Quality&Quantity,48(2),623–643.O’Hara,K.,Contractor,N.S.,Hall,W.,Hendler,J.A.,&Shadbolt,N.(2013).WebScience:
Understandingtheemergenceofmacro-levelfeaturesontheWorldWideWeb.FoundationsandTrends®inWebScience,4(2–3),103-267.
Huang,M.,Barbour,J.,Su,C.,&Contractor,N.(2013).Whydogroupmembersprovide
informationtodigitalknowledgerepositories?Amultilevelapplicationoftransactivememorytheory.JournaloftheAmericanSocietyforInformationScienceandTechnology,64(3),540-557.
Contractor,N.(2013).Someassemblyrequired:LeveragingWebSciencetounderstandand
enableteamassembly.PhilosophicalTransactionsoftheRoyalSocietyA:Mathematical,PhysicalandEngineeringSciences,371(1987),20120385–20120385.doi:10.1098/rsta.2012.0385
Zhu,M.,Huang,Y.,&Contractor,N.S.(2013).Motivationsforself-assemblingintoproject
teams.SocialNetworks,35(2),251–264.Huang,Y.,Shen,C.,andContractor,N.(2013)Distancematters:Exploringproximityand
homophilyinvirtualworldnetworks,DecisionSupportSystems,55(4),969–977.Keegan,B.,Gergle,D.,andContractor,N.(2013).HotofftheWiki:Structuresanddynamicsof
Wikipedia’scoverageofbreakingnewsevents.AmericanBehavioralScientist,57(5),595-622.
Contractor,N.S.,DeChurch,L.A.,Carson,J.B.,Carter,D.,&Keegan,B.(2012).Thetopologyof
collectiveleadership.TheLeadershipQuarterly,23(6)994-1011.Contractor,N.S.,Whitbred,R.C.,Fonti,F.,&Steglich,C.(2012).UnderstandingtheTiesthat
Bind:ALongitudinalInvestigationoftheEvolutionofaCommunicationNetwork.WesternJournalofCommunication,76(4),333-357.doi:10.1080/10570314.2012.674172
Mathur,S.,Poole,M.S.,Peña-Mora,F.,Hasegawa-Johnson,M.,&Contractor,N.(2012).
Detectinginteractionlinksinacollaboratinggroupusingmanuallyannotateddata.SocialNetworks,34(4),515–526.
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Williams,D.,Contractor,N.,Poole,M.S.,Srivastava,J.,&Cai,D.(2011).TheVirtualWorldsExploratorium:Usinglarge-scaledataandcomputationaltechniquesforcommunicationresearch.CommunicationMethodsandMeasures,5(2),163-180.
Wang,J.,Huffaker,D.A.,Treem,J.W.,Fullerton,L.,Ahmad,M.A.,Williams,D.,Poole,M.S.,&
Contractor,N.(2011).Focusedontheprize:Characteristicsofexpertsinmassivemultiplayeronlinegames.FirstMonday,16(8).
Whitbred,R.,Fonti,F.,Steglich,C.,&Contractor,N.(2011).Frommicroactionsto
macrostructureandback:Astructurationalapproachtotheevolutionoforganizationalnetworks.HumanCommunicationResearch,37(3),404-433.
Castells,M.,Monge,P.,&Contractor,N.(2011).NetworkTheory|Prologuetothespecial
section|Networkmultidimensionalityinthedigitalage.InternationalJournalofCommunication,5,6.
Contractor,N.,Monge,P.,&Leonardi,P.M.(2011).Multidimensionalnetworksandthe
dynamicsofsociomateriality:Bringingtechnologyinsidethenetwork.InternationalJournalofCommunication,5,39.
Su,C.,&Contractor,N.(2011).Amultidimensionalnetworkapproachtostudyingteam
members'informationseekingfromhumananddigitalknowledgesourcesinconsultingfirms.JournaloftheAmericanSocietyforInformationScienceandTechnology,62(7),1257-1275.
Falk-Krzesinski,H.J.,Contractor,N.,Fiore,S.M.,Hall,K.L.,Kane,C.,Keyton,J.,Klein,J.,Spring,
B.,Stokols,D.,&Trochim,W.(2011).Mappingaresearchagendaforthescienceofteamscience.ResearchEvaluation,20(2),145-158.
Falk-Krzesinski, H.J., Börner, K., Contractor, N., Fiore, S.M., Hall, K.L., Keyton, J., Spring, B.,
Stokols,D.,Trochim,W.,&Uzzi,B.(2010).Advancingthescienceofteamscience.ClinicalandTranslationalSciences,3(5),263-266.
Börner, K., Contractor, N., Falk-Krzesinski, H.J., Fiore, S.M., Hall, K.L., Keyton, J., Spring, B.,
Stokols, D., Trochim, W., & Uzzi, B. (2010). A multi-level systems perspective for thescience of team science. Science Translational Medicine, 2(49), 24-49. DOI:10.1126/scitranslmed.3001399
Tian,Y.,Srivastava,J.,Huang,T.,&Contractor,N.(2010).Socialmultimediacomputing.
Computer,43(8),27-36.Mahmassani,H.S.,Chen,R.B.,Huang,Y.,Williams,D.,&Contractor,N.(2010).Timetoplay?
Activityengagementinmultiplayeronlinerole-playinggames.TransportationResearchRecord:JournaloftheTransportationResearchBoard,2157(1),129-137.
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Su,C.,Huang,M.,&Contractor,N.(2010).Understandingthestructures,antecedentsand
outcomesoforganisationallearningandknowledgetransfer:Amulti-theoreticalandmultilevelnetworkanalysis.EuropeanJournalofInternationalManagement,4(6),576-601.
Yuan,C.Fulk,J.,Monge,P.,&Contractor,N.(2010).Expertisedirectorydevelopment,shared
taskinterdependence,andstrengthofcommunicationnetworktiesasmultilevelpredictorsofexpertiseexchangeintransactivememoryworkgroups.CommunicationResearch,37(1),20-47.doi:10.1177/009365020351469.
Varda,D.,Forgette,R.,Banks,D.,&Contractor,N.(2009).Socialnetworkmethodologyinthe
studyofdisasters:issuesandinsightspromptedbypost-Katrinaresearch.PopulationResearch&PolicyReview,28(1),11-29.
Lazer,D.,Pentland,A.,Adamic,L.,Aral,S.,Barabasi,A.L.,Brewer,D.,Christakis,N.,Contractor,
N.,Fowler,J.,Gutman,M.,Jebara,T.,King,G.,Macy,M.,Roy,D.,VanAlstyne,M.(2009).Lifeinthenetwork:Thecomingageofcomputationalsocialscience,Science323(5915),721-723.
Contractor,N.,Wasserman,S.,&Faust,K.(2006).Testingmultitheoretical,multilevel
hypothesesaboutorganizationalnetworks:Ananalyticframeworkandempiricalexample.AcademyofManagementReview,31(3),681-703.
Palazzolo,E.T.,Serb,D.,She,Y.,Su,C.,&Contractor,N.S.(2006).Coevolutionof
communicationandknowledgenetworksintransactivememorysystems:Usingcomputationalmodelsfortheoreticaldevelopment.CommunicationTheory,16(2),223-250.
Katz,N.,Lazer,D.,Arrow,H.,&Contractor,N.(2004).Networktheoryandsmallgroups.Small
GroupResearch,35(3),307-332.
Contractor,N.S.,&Monge,P.R.(2002).Managingknowledgenetworks.ManagementCommunicationQuarterly,16(2),249-258.
Fesenmaier,J.,&Contractor,N.(2001).Theevolutionofknowledgenetworks:Anexamplefor
ruraldevelopment.TheJournaloftheCommunityDevelopmentSociety,32(1),160-175.Pollock,T.,Whitbred,R.A.,&Contractor,N.(2000).Socialinformationprocessingandjob
characteristics:Asimultaneoustestoftwotheorieswithimplicationsforjobsatisfaction.HumanCommunicationResearch,26(2),292-330.
Contractor,N.S.(1998).Self-organizingsystemsresearchinthesocialsciences:Reconcilingthe
metaphorsandthemodels.ManagementCommunicationQuarterly,13(1),154-166.
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Heald,M.,Contractor,N.,Koehly,L.M.,&Wasserman,S.(1998).Formalandemergent
predictorsofcoworkers’perceptualcongruenceonanorganization’ssocialstructure.HumanCommunicationResearch,24(4),536-563.
Ehrlich,M.C.,&Contractor,N.S.(1998)."Shock"meets"communityservice":J.C.Corcoranat
KMOX.JournalofRadioStudies5(1),22-35.Hyatt,A.,Contractor,N.,&Jones,P.M.(1997).Computationalorganizationalnetwork
modeling:Strategiesandanexample.ComputationalandMathematicalOrganizationalTheory,2(4),285-300.
Contractor,N.S.,Seibold,D.R.,&Heller,M.A.(1996).Interactionalinfluenceinthestructuring
ofmediauseingroups:Influenceofmembers’perceptionsofgroupdecisionsupportsystemuse.HumanCommunicationResearch,22(4),451-481.
Contractor,N.S.,&Seibold,D.R.(1993).Theoreticalframeworksforthestudyofstructuring
processesingroupdecisionsupportsystems:Adaptivestructurationtheoryandself-organizingsystemstheory.HumanCommunicationResearch,19(4),528-563.
Contractor,N.,&Ehrlich,M.(1993).Strategicambiguityinthebirthofalooselycoupled
organization:Thecaseofa$50-millionexperiment.ManagementCommunicationQuarterly,6(3),251-281.
Michaelson,A.,&Contractor,N.(1992).StructuralPositionandperceivedsimilarity.Social
PsychologyQuarterly,55(3),300-310.Monge,P.R.,Cozzens,M.D.,&Contractor,N.S.(1992).Communicationandmotivational
predictorsofthedynamicsoforganizationalinnovation.OrganizationScience,3(2),250-274.
Waterman,D.,Schechter,R.,&Contractor,N.(1991).Overcomingbarrierstothelivearts:Can
themediacompensate?.JournalofCulturalEconomics,15(2),19-40.Rice,R.,&Contractor,N.S.(1990).Conceptualizingeffectsofofficeinformationsystems:A
methodologyandapplicationforthestudyofalpha,betaandgammachange.DecisionScience,21(2),301-317.
Contractor,N.S.,Singhal,A.,&Rogers,E.M.(1988).Metatheoreticalperspectivesonsatellite
televisionanddevelopmentinIndia.JournalofBroadcasting&ElectronicMedia,32(2),129-148.
Cozzens,M.D.,&Contractor,N.S.(1987).Theeffectofconflictinginformationonmedia
skepticism.CommunicationResearch,14(4),437-451.
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Contractor,N.S.,Fulk,J.,Monge,P.R.,&Singhal,A.(1986).Culturalassumptionsthatinfluence
theimplementationofcommunicationtechnologies.Vikalpa,11(4),287-300.BookChapters Contractor,N.,&Forbush,E.(2017).Networks.InC.R.Scott&L.K.Lewis,(Eds.),The
internationalencyclopediaoforganizationalcommunication,(Vol.22,pp.1–25).Hoboken,NJ,USA:JohnWiley&Sons,Inc.DOI:10.1002/9781118955567
Zhu,M.,Kuskova,V.,Wasserman,S.,&Contractor,N.(2016).Correspondenceanalysisof
multirelationalmultilevelnetworks.InE.Lazega&T.A.B.Snijders(Eds.)MultilevelNetworkAnalysisfortheSocialSciences(pp.145-172)Cham:SpringerInternationalPublishing.
Huang,Y.,Weng,C.,Lee,B.,&Contractor,N.(2015).SemanticandSocialSpaces:Identifying
KeywordSimilaritywithRelations.InE.Bertino&S.Matei(Eds.)Roles,Trust,andReputationinSocialMediaKnowledgeMarkets(pp.47–55).ComputationalSocialScienceSeries.Cham:SpringerInternationalPublishing.
Ahmad,M.A.,Shen,C.,Srivastava,J.,&Contractor,N.(2014).Ontheproblemofpredicting
realworldcharacteristicsfromvirtualworlds.InA.Ahmad,C.Shen,J.Srivastava,&N.contractor(Eds.)PredictingRealWorldBehaviorsfromVirtualWorldData(pp.1–18).Cham:SpringerInternationalPublishing.
Shumate,M.,&Contractor,N.(2014).Emergenceofmultidimensionalsocialnetworks.InL.L.
Putnam&D.Mumby(Eds.)HandbookofOrganizationalCommunication(pp.451-474).ThousandOaks,CA:Sage.
Margolin,D.,Ognyanoya,K.,Huang,M.,Huang,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2012).Teamformationand
performanceonNanohub:Anetworkselectionchallengeinscientificcommunities.InB.Vedres&M.Scotti(Eds.),NetworksinSocialPolicyProblems(pp.80–100).Cambridge,UK:CambridgeUniversityPress.
Contractor,N.,&Su,C.(2012).Understandinggroupsfromanetworkperspective.InA.
Hollingshead&M.S.Poole(Eds.),ResearchMethodsforStudyingGroupsandTeams:AGuidetoApproaches,Tools,andTechnologies(pp.284-310).NewYork:Taylor&Francis/Routledge.
Poole,M.S.,&Contractor,N.S.(2011).Conceptualizingthemultiteamsystemasanecosystem
ofnetworkedgroups.InZaccaro,S.J.,Marks,M.A.,&DeChurch,L.A.(Eds.)MultiteamSystems:AnOrganizationalFormforDynamicandComplexEnvironments(pp.193-224).NewYork:RoutledgeAcademic.
Pathak,N.,Mane,S.,Srivastava,J.,Contractor,N.,Poole,S.,&Williams,D.(2008).Analysisof
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socialnetworksandgroupdynamicsfromelectroniccommunication.InKargupta,H.,Han,J.,Yu,P.S.,Motwani,R.,&Kumar,V.(Eds.)NextGenerationofDataMining(377-397).ChapmanandHall.
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ComputersandInformationinEngineeringConference(IDETC/CIE),Boston,MA.Whalen,R.,&Contractor,N.(2015).PatentApplicationCitationsandtheExaminationProcess:ANetwork-BasedDate-SensitiveMethodtoAnalyzePatentApplications.ProceedingsoftheLaw&BigDataWorkshopattheInternationalConferenceonArtificialIntelligenceandLaw,SanDiego,CA.Neidhardt,J.,Huang,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2015).Teamvs.Team:SuccessFactorsinaMultiplayerOnlineBattleArenaGame.ProceedingsoftheAcademyofManagementAnnualConference,Vancouver,Canada.McDonald,J.D.,Dechurch,L.A.,Asencio,R.,Carter,D.R.,Mesmer-Magnus,J.R.,&Contractor,N.S.(2015).Teamtaskswitching:Aconceptualframeworkforunderstandingfunctionalworkshifts.In2015InternationalAnnualMeetingoftheHumanFactorsandErgonomicsSociety,HFES2015.(Vol.2015-January,pp.1157-1161).HumanFactorsandErgonomicsSocietyInc..DOI:10.1177/1541931215591179Schecter,A.,Leenders,R.,DeChurch,L.,&Contractor,N.(2014).TheSignaturesofSuccessinTeams&MultiteamSystems.ProceedingsoftheAcademyofManagementAnnualConference,Philadelphia,PA.http://nosh.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/p871-xu.pdfHuang,Y.,Ye,W.,Bennett,N.,&Contractor,N.(2013,February).Functionalorsocial?:exploringteamsinonlinegames.InProceedingsofthe2013conferenceonComputersupportedcooperativework(pp.399-408).ACM.
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Xu,B.,Huang,Y.,Kwak,H.,&Contractor,N.(2013).StructuresofBrokenTies:ExploringUnfollowBehavioronTwitter.Proceedingsofthe2013conferenceonComputersupportedcooperativework,871-76.SanAntonio,Texas,USA.
Xu,B.,Huang,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2013).ExploringTwitternetworksinparallelcomputing
environments.ProceedingsoftheConferenceonExtremeScienceandEngineeringDiscoveryEnvironment(XSEDE):GatewaytoDiscovery.doi:10.1145/2484762.2484811
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association?Networkbasedpropagationapproachesforgoldfarmerdetection.Proceedingsofthe2013IEEE/ACMInternationalConferenceonAdvancesinSocialNetworksAnalysisandMining.
McCusker,J.P.,Shaikh,A.,Contractor,N.,Courtney,P.,Lee,J.,Morgan,G.,Tatalovich,Z.,
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Thomas,C.,andL.McGuinness,D.L.(2013)Towardsnextgenerationhealthdataexploration:Adatacube-basedinvestigationintopopulationstatisticsfortobaccoITinnovation.ProceedingsoftheHawaiiInternationalConferenceOnSystemSciences(HICSS)2013.
Keegan,B.,Gergle,D.,&Contractor,N.(2012).Stayingintheloop:Structureanddynamicsof
Wikipedia’sbreakingnewscollaborations.Proceedingsofthe8thInternationalSymposiumonWikisandOpenCollaboration:WikiSym2012,Linz,Austria.
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Multilevelstatisticalnetworkanalysisofwikipediacoauthorship.InS.Poltrack&C.Simone(Eds.),ProceedingsoftheCSCW'12ComputerSupportedCooperativeWork.Seattle,WA(pp.427–436).NewYork,USA:ACM.doi:10.1145/2145204.2145271
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McGuinness,D.L.,Lebo,T.,Ding,L.,McCusker,J.P.,Shaikh,A.R.,Moser,R.P.,etal.(2012).
Towardssemanticallyenablednextgenerationcommunityhealthinformationportals:ThePopSciGridpilot.Proceedingsofthe45thHawaiiInternationalConferenceonSystemSciences(HICSS),Maui,Hawaii,4-7January,2012(pp.2752–2760).IEEE.doi:10.1109/HICSS.2012.605
Ahmad,M.A.,Keegan,B.,Williams,D.,Srivastava,J.,&Contractor,N.(2011).Trustamong
rogues?AhypergraphapproachforcomparingclandestinetrustnetworksinMMOGs.Proceedingsofthe5thInternationalAAAIConferenceonWeblogsandSocialMedia,10-17.
Fazel-Zarandi,M.,Devlin,H.J.,Huang,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2011).Expertrecommendation
basedonsocialdrivers,socialnetworkanalysis,andsemanticdatarepresentation.Proceedingsofthe2ndInternationalWorkshoponInformationHeterogeneityandFusioninRecommenderSystems,41-48.
Keegan,B.,Gergle,D.,&Contractor,N.(2011).HotofftheWiki:Dynamics,practicesand
structuresinWikipedia’scoverageoftheTōhokucatastrophes.ProceedingsofWikiSym11,105-113.
Ahmad,M.,Keegan,B.,Sullivan,S.,Williams,D.,Srivastava,J.&Contractor,N.(2011).Illicit
Bits:DetectingandAnalyzingContrabandNetworksinMassivelyMultiplayerOnlineGames.Proceedingsof2011IEEEInternationalConferenceonSocialComputing.
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Ahmad,M.A.,Keegan,B.,Sullivan,S.,Williams,D.,Srivastava,J.,&Contractor,N.(2011).Towardsanalyzingadversarialbehaviorinclandestinenetworks.Proceedingsfromthe2011AAAIWorkshoponAppliedAdversarialReasoningandRiskModeling,75-76.
Keegan,B.,Ahmed,M.A.,Williams,D.,Srivastava,J.,&Contractor,N.(2010).Darkgold:
Statisticalpropertiesofclandestinenetworksinmassivelymultiplayeronlinegames.Proceedingsof2010IEEESecondInternationalConferenceonSocialComputing,201-208.
Ahmad,M.A.,Borbora,Z.,Srivastava,J.,&Contractor,N.(2010).Linkpredictionacrossmultiple
socialnetworks.Proceedingsofthe2010IEEEInternationalConferenceonDataMiningWorkshops,911-918.
Courtney,P.,Shaikh,A.R.,Contractor,N.,McGuinness,D.L.,Ding,L.,Augustson,E.M.,Blake,K.,Morgan,G.D.,Moser,R.,Willis,G.,&Hesse,B.W.(2010).Consumerhealthportal:Aninformaticstoolfortranslationandvisualizationofcomplex,evidence-basedpopulationhealthdataforcancerpreventionandcontrol.Proceedingsofthe138thAmericanPublicHealthAssociation.
Shaikh,A.R.,Contractor,N.,Moser,R.,Morgan,G.D.,Courtney,P.K.,E.M.Augustson,A.M.
Pilsner,&Hesse,B.W.(2009).PopSciGrid:Usingcyberinfrastructuretoenabledataharmonization,collaboration,andadvancedcomputationofnationallyrepresentativebehavioral,demographic,andeconomicdata.Proceedingsofthe137thAnnualPublicHealthAssociation.
Huang,Y.,Zhu,M.Wang,J.Pathak,N.,Shen,C.,Keegan,B.,Williams,D.,&Contractor,N.
(2009).Theformationoftask-orientedgroups:exploringcombatactivitiesinonlinegames.Proceedingsofthe2009InternationalConferenceonComputationalScienceandEngineering,IEEEComputerSociety,4,122-127.
Contractor,N.(2009).Understanding&enablingnetworksindigitalgovernment.Proceedings
ofthe10thAnnualInternationalConferenceonDigitalGovernmentResearch.ACMInternationalConferenceProceedingSeries,390,364-365.
Ahmad,M.A.,Keegan,B.,Srivastava,J.,Williams,D.,&Contractor,N.(2009).Miningforgold
farmers:AutomaticdetectionofdeviantplayersinMMOGs.Proceedingsofthe2009InternationalConferenceonComputationalScienceandEngineering,4,340-345.
Huffaker,D.,Wang,J.,Treem,J.,Ahmad,M.A.,Fullerton,L.,Williams,D.,Poole,M.S.,&
Contractor,N.(2009).Thesocialbehaviorsofexpertsinmassivemultiplayeronlinerole-playinggames.Proceedingsofthe2009InternationalConferenceonComputationalScienceandEngineering,4,326-331.
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Neumeyer,X.,Contractor,N.,&Ehmann,K.(2008).CollaborationNetworksinMicromanufacturing,Proceedingsofthe3rdInternationalConferenceonMicromanufacturing,Pittsburgh,PA.
Huang,Y.,Contractor,N.,&Yao,Y.(2008).Recommendationbasedonsocialnetworks,
ProceedingsofDG.O2008AnnualconferenceforDigitalGovernment,Montreal,Canada.Patel,J.,Gupta,I.,&Contractor,N.(2006).JetStream:Achievingpredictablegossip
disseminationbyleveragingsocialnetworksprinciples.Proceedingsofthe5thIEEEInternationalSymposiumonNetworkComputingandApplications(IEEENCA06).
Pathak,N.,Mane,S.,Srivastava,J.,&Contractor,N.S.(2006).Knowledgeperceptionanalysisin
asocialnetwork.Proceedingsofthe6thSIAM–InternationalConferenceonDataMining(SDM06).
Contractor,N.,Bishop,A.P.,&Zink,D.(1999).PrairieKNOW:Atooltoassistthestudy,creation,
andgrowthofcommunitynetworks.InH-J.Bullinger&J.Ziegler(Eds.),ProceedingsofHCIInternational’99(the8thInternationalConferenceonHuman-ComputerInteraction),Munich,Germany,Volume2,(pp.447-451).Mahwah,NJ:LawrenceErlbaum.
Jacobs,J.L.,Dorneich,M.C.,Jones,P.M.,O'Keefe,B.J.andContractor,N.(1997).SPOT:Using
collaborativetechnologiesfordevelopingcollaborativetechnologies.Proceedingsofthe1997IEEEInternationalConferenceonSystems,Man,andCybernetics,1,690-695,Orlando,FL.
Jones,P.M.,Chin,G.,Lucenti,M.,Kim,H-J.,Stigberg,D.,Sherman,G.,Contractor,N.,O'Keefe,
B.J.,Whitbred,R.,Grobler,F.,Case,M.,Heckel,J.,Lu,S.C-Y.&Ganeshan,R.(1997).CITYSCAPE:Civilinfostructuretechnologysystemforcollaborativeanalysis,prediction,andevaluation.Proceedingsofthe1997IEEEInternationalConferenceonSystems,Man,andCybernetics,3,2223-2227,Orlando,FL.
Jones,P.M.,Contractor,N.,O'Keefe,B.,Lu,S.,Case,M.,Lawrence,P.,&Grobler,F.(1995).
Workflowandcooperativeproblemsolvingincivilinfrastructuremanagement.ProceedingsoftheIEEE1995InternationalConferenceonSystems,Man,andCybernetics,5,4575-4580,Vancouver,BritishColumbia,Canada.
Jones,P.M.,Contractor,N.,Lu,S.C-Y.,&O'Keefe,B.J.(1994).Intelligentcollaborativesupport
forengineeringdesign.Proceedingsofthe12thTriennialCongressoftheInternationalErgonomicsAssociation(IEA'94),4,80–82,Toronto,Ontario.
Jones,P.M.,Contractor,N.,O'Keefe,B.,&Lu,S.C-Y.(1994).Competencemodelsandself-
organizingsystems:Towardsintelligent,evolvable,collaborativesupport.ProceedingsoftheIEEE1994InternationalConferenceonSystems,Man,andCybernetics,1,367-372,SanAntonio,TX.
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Case,M.,Contractor,N.,Jones,P.M.,Lu,S.C-Y.,&O'Keefe,B.J.(1992).Teamengineering
analysisandmodeling:Towardanormativemodelofteaminteraction.ProceedingsoftheIEEEInternationalConferenceonSystems,Man,andCybernetics,ChicagoIL.
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inengineeringdesign.ProceedingsofIEEEInternationalConferenceonSystems,Man,&Cybernetics,ChicagoIL.
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SOFTWAREDEVELOPMENTNUTeamRecommender:TeamrecommendersystemforNorthwesternUniversityscholars.
SONICResearchGroup,NorthwesternUniversity,2014-present.TechnicalSupportUnitInfluenceStrategyWizard:Recommendersystemforscalinguphealth
innovationsinBihar,India.SONICResearchGroup,NorthwesternUniversity,2014-present.MyDreamTeam:TeamRecommenderSystem.SONICResearchGroup,Northwestern
University,2013-present.6DoS:SixDegreesofSeparation:Webbasedgametounderstandroutingofmessagesvia
networks.SONICResearchGroup,NorthwesternUniversity,2013-present.VIVORecommender:Recommendingteamsforscientificresearch.SONICResearchGroup,
NorthwesternUniversity,2012-presentSemanticRecommender:SemanticWebCyberinfrastructureforInquiringKnowledgeNetworks
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ontheWeb.SONICResearchGroup,NorthwesternUniversity,2011-presentC-IKNOW:CyberinfrastructureforInquiringKnowledgeNetworksontheWebPeople
Recommendersystem.SONICResearchGroup,NorthwesternUniversity,2007-2010.IKNOW:InquiringKnowledgeNetworksontheWeb.SONICResearchGroupattheNational
CenterforSupercomputingApplicationsattheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign.1997-2007
Blanche:Acomputationalmodelingenvironmentfornetworkevolution.UniversityofIllinoisat
Urbana-Champaign.1997-2007.CURRENTLYFUNDEDRESEARCHNationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration:AUS-RussianCollaborativeProposalforDataCollectioninHERA:TheRelationshipbetweenComposition,InterpersonalRelations,andTeamEffectivenessinSpaceCrews.(2016-2019,$399,989).Co-PrincipalInvestigator.NorthwesternUniversityOfficeoftheProvost:FosteringEffectiveOnlineDiscussioninHigherEducationWith‘Nebula,’aGraphicalInterfaceforDiscussionBoards.(2016-2017,$36,980).Co-PrincipalInvestigator.NorthwesternUniversityOfficeoftheProvost:CreatingYourDreamTeam:UsingTechnologytoFormEffectiveProjectDesigninSTEM.(2017-2018,$49,988).PrincipalInvestigator.Bill&MelindaGatesFoundation:NovelApproachestoMeasuringDemand-sideCommunityPerceptionsandBarrierstoFamilyPlanningviaSocialNetworkAnalysisinKenya(2015-2017,OPP1135005,$136,803).Co-PrincipalInvestigator.NationalScienceFoundation:CHS:Medium:CollaborativeResearch:UnderstandingOnlineCreativeCollaborationoverMultidimensionalNetworks.(2015-2018,IIS-1514427,$374,619).PrincipalInvestigator.NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration:CREWS:CrewRecommenderforEffectiveWorkinSpace.(2015-2018,NNX15AM32G,$1.05million).PrincipalInvestigator.NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration:SCALE:SharedCognitiveArchitecturesforLong-termExploration.(2015-2018,NNX15AM26G,$1.08million).Co-PrincipalInvestigator.NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration:TeamTaskSwitchinginAstronautCrewsontheInternationalSpaceStation:IntegratingMultiteamMembership,MultiteamSystems,Multitasking&MultidimensionalNetworkstoMonitor&EnableFunctionalWorkShiftsinAstronautCrews.(2015-2018,NNX15AK73G,$1.05million).Co-PrincipalInvestigator.
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NationalInstitutesofHealth:ModelingScientificWorkforceDynamicsUsingSocialNetworkAnalysis.(2015-2018,U01GM112623-01,$1.5million).Co-PrincipalInvestigator.NationalInstitutesofHealthviaUCLA:TeamDNA.(2016-2017,1R01GM112938-01,$122,099.00).Co-PrincipalInvestigator.NationalInstituteofDrugAbuse:MultilevelInfluencesonHIVandSubstanceuseinaYMSM(youngmenwhosleepwithmen)Cohort.(2014-2019,1U01DA036939-01,$8.7million).Co-Investigator.ArmyResearchOffice:Socio-CognitiveNetworks:Theory&DataDrivenApproachesforUnderstandingtheAssemblyandInteractionNetworksofHighPerformanceTeams.(2014-2017,W911NF-14-1-0686,$45,187).PrincipalInvestigator.
NationalScienceFoundation:MultidimensionalNetworkAnalysisforAnalyzingandPredictingComplexCustomer-ProductRelationsinEngineeringDesign.(2014-2017,CMMI-1436658,$501,444).Co-PrincipalInvestigator.NationalInstitutesofHealth,NationalCenterforResearchResources:AnnualScienceofTeamScienceConference(2011-2017,5R13TR000046-04,$50,000).PrincipalInvestigator.ArmyResearchLaboratory(subcontractfromBBNTechnologies):IntegratedResearchCenterforNetworkSciencesCollaborativeTechnologyAlliance(2009-2018,cooperativeagreementnumberW911NF-09-2-0053,$628,905).PrincipalInvestigator.NationalInstitutesofHealth–NationalInstituteonDrugAbuse(NIDA):NetCanvas:Development,Hardening,andDisseminationofaSoftwareSuitefortheCollectionofComplexNetworkandContextualDatainHIVandDrugResearch(2016-2017,R01DA042711).Co-PrincipalInvestigator.DARPAviaVirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandStateUniversity:Montage:CapturingCollectiveIdentitythroughMultidisciplinaryModelingandExperimentation(2016-2018,D17AC0000301,$43,658).Co-PrincipalInvestigator.
PREVIOUSLYFUNDEDRESEARCHTheNationalInstitutesofHealth'sNationalCenterforAdvancingTranslationalSciences(2015-2017,TL1TR001423).Member,NUCATSTL1ExecutiveLeadershipCommittee.NationalInstitutesofHealth/NHRR:NorthwesternUniversityClinicalandTranslationalSciencesInstitute(NUCATS)(2008-2016,$705,711).SubcontractfromFeinbergSchoolofMedicine.Investigator.
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NationalResearchFoundationofKorea:EffectsofIntrinsicandExtrinsicMotivationonFlowExperienceofSocialNetworkSitesforSeniorsandtheModeratingRoleofAnxietyAttachment.(2015-2016,NRF-2015S1A5A2A03049328,$57,005,000KoreanWon).Co-PrincipalInvestigator.NationalScienceFoundation:SCC-SBE:ResearchCoordinationNetworkonLeveragingComputationalSocialScienceforUnderstandingVirtualOrganizations(2012-2015,OCI-1244747,$484,971).PrincipalInvestigator.ArmyResearchInstitute:TheCoevolutionofMulti-DimensionalDynamicNetworksofMulti-TeamSystemsRelatedtoOrganizationEffectiveness:TheoryDevelopmentandEmpiricalTests(2012-2015,W5J9CQ-12-C-007,$847,050).Co-PrincipalInvestigator.
NationalScienceFoundation:SoCS:LeveragingSharedSocialInterestinaContentCentricInternet(2012-2015,CNS-1211375,$750,000).Co-PrincipalInvestigator.NationalScienceFoundation:NetSE:Large:CollaborativeResearch:ContagioninLargeSocio-communicationNetworks(2010-2015,CNS-1010904,$474,711)PrincipalInvestigator.VirginiaPolytechnicInstituteandNationalInstituteofGeneralMedicalSciencesPrime(Eubank):SyntheticInformationSystemsforBetterInformingPublicHealthPolicymakers(2011-2015,2U01GM070694-09,$16,780).Investigator.Bill&MelindaGatesFoundation:KnowledgeNetworksforScalingUpImpact(2013-2014,21640&1084322,$997,539).PrincipalInvestigator.NationalScienceFoundation:EAGER:CollaborativeResearch:FLASH!FuelingLearningAllianceinSustainabilityinHigherEducation:Usingsocialmediaandnetworksforscience(2012-2014,1241324,$141,944).PrincipalInvestigator.NationalScienceFoundation:EAGER:CollaborativeResearch:Someassemblyrequired:UnderstandingtheEmergenceofTeamsandEcosystemsofTeams(2012-2014,1249137,$123,847).PrincipalInvestigator.NationalScienceFoundation:CDI-TypeII:CollaborativeResearch:Groupscope:InstrumentingResearchonInteractionNetworksinComplexSocialContexts(2010-2014,BCS-0940851,$252,518)PrincipalInvestigator.NationalScienceFoundation:CollaborativeResearch:CoupledModelsofDiffusionandIndividualBehavioroverExtremelyLargeSocialNetworks(2009-2014,0904356,$267,201)PrincipalInvestigator.ArmyResearchLaboratory(subcontractfromUniversityofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign):InformationNetworkAcademicResearchCenter:AnIntegratedApproachtowardsInformationIntegration,Modeling,Retrieval,andDiscovery(2009-2014,$650,002)Investigatorwith
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PrincipalInvestigatorJiaweiHan.NationalScienceFoundation:RAPID:CollaborativeResearch:3dWomen:ExploringThreeDecadesofWomen’sGroupsinSustainableDevelopmentandtheImpactofSocialMediaonWomen’sProfessionalNetworks(2012-2013,1240008,$98,360).PrincipalInvestigator.NationalInstituteofHealthandNationalCenterforResearchResources:MultidisciplinaryClinicalandTranslationalScience(MCTS)Program(supplement)(2011-2013,5UL1RR025741-04S3Greenland,$200,000).PrincipalInvestigator.AirForceResearchLaboratory(subawardfromUniversityofSouthernCalifornia):TheVirtualWorldObservatory:IdentifyingRealWorld(RW)CharacteristicsfromVirtualBehavior(2009-2013,contractFA8650-10-C-7010,$513,836)InvestigatorwithPrincipalInvestigatorDmitriWilliams.OncofertilityConsortiumthroughtheNationalInstituteofHealth(2011).Oncofertilty:TheFertilityPreservationforWomen(NIH:5UL1DE019587),EvaluationCommittee.NationalScienceFoundation:SupplementtoSocialNetworkingToolstoEnableCollaborationintheTobaccoSurveillance,Epidemiology,andEvaluationNetwork(TSEEN)(2010-2011,IIS-0535214,$150,000).PrincipalInvestigator.NationalScienceFoundation:VOSS:UnderstandingandEnablingNetworkDynamicsinVirtualCommunities(2008-2012,IIS-0838564,$299,269)Co-PrincipalInvestigator,collaborativeproposalwithBrianUzziandLuisAmaral(NorthwesternUniversity),andPeterMonge(UniversityofSouthernCalifornia).NationalScienceFoundation:DHBVirtualWorlds:AnExploratoriumforTheorizingandModelingtheDynamicsofGroupBehavior(2007-2012,IIS-0841483,$620,755)PrincipalInvestigatoroncollaborativeproposalwithScottPoole(UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign),JaideepSrivastava(UniversityofMinnesota)andDmitriWilliams(UniversityofSouthernCalifornia).GlobalPhilanthropyProject:UnderstandingandEnablingNetworkstoAdvancetheChicagoClimateActionPlan(CCAP)(2009-2011,$100,000)PrincipalInvestigator.TheJohnD.andCatherineT.MacArthurFoundation:Mapping,UnderstandingandEnablingtheDigitalMediaLearning(DML)KnowledgeNetworks:AnExploratoryInvestigation(2007-2011,$140,000)PrincipalInvestigator.NationalScienceFoundation:CollaborativeResearch:SocialNetworkingToolstoEnableCollaborationintheTobaccoSurveillanceEpidemiology,andEvaluationNetwork(TSEEN)(2007-2010,0836262,$575,624)PrincipalInvestigator.
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ArmyResearchInstitute:VirtualWorldExploratorium(2008-2010,W91WAW-08-C-0106/P00004,$923,156)PrincipalInvestigatorwithScottPoole(UniversityofIllinois),JaideepSrivastava(UniversityofMinnesota),andDmitriWilliams(UniversityofSouthernCalifornia).NationalCancerInstitute(subcontractfromUniversityofTexasHealthScienceCenter,SanAntonioTX):Analysis,Visualization&InterpretationoftheRedesenAccionCancerNetwork(2007-2010,$166,226)PrincipalInvestigator.NationalScienceFoundation:CRI:IAD–APressingNeedforObservation,FacilitationandComputerSupportofGroupInteractionsforAdvancingUnitedStatesNationalPriorities–HomelandSecurityandEconomic(2007-2010,0709249).NationalScienceFoundation,ITR:IT-BasedCollaborationFrameworkforPreparingAgainst,Respondingto,andRecoveringfromDisastersInvolvingCriticalPhysicalInfrastructures,(2004-2010,0427089,$2,370,000)Co-PrincipalInvestigatorincollaborationwithProfessorsFenioskyPena-Mora,GeneE.Robinson,andIndranilGupta(UniversityofIllinoisUrbana-Champaign),andAndreaHollingshead(UniversityofSouthernCalifornia).NationalCancerInstitute:PopulationSciencesGrid(2008-2009,0836262,$75,000).NationalScienceFoundation(subcontractfromPurdueUniversity):NetworkRecommenderSystemfornanoHUB(2008-2009,$50,000).NationalInstituteofHealth(subcontractfromUniversityofTexasSanAntonio):Mapping,UnderstandingandEnablingtheRedesenAccionLatinoCancerNetwork(2007-2008,$56,000)PrincipalInvestigator.NationalScienceFoundation:C-IKNOWCyberinfrastructureToolstoEnableKnowledgeNetworkDiscovery,DiagnosisandDesign(2007-2009,0753047,$199,619)PrincipalInvestigator.NationalScienceFoundation:CollaborativeResearch:DHBVirtualWorlds:AnExploratoriumforTheorizingandModelingtheDynamicsofGroupBehavior(2007-2008,0729505).NationalScienceFoundation:SocialNetworkingToolstoEnableCollaborationintheTobaccoSurveillance,Epidemiology,andEvaluationNetwork(TSEEN)(2005-2008,IIS-0535214,$808,089).PrincipalInvestigatoroncollaborativeproposalwithKatyBörner(IndianaUniversity),TomFinholt(UniversityofMichigan),andGaryGiovino(RoswellParkCancerCenter,Buffalo,NY).NationalCancerInstitute(supplementfromNCItoNSF):TobaccoInformaticsGrid(TobIG):DevelopmentofPrototypetoDemonstrateDistributedCollaborationandDataAnalysiswithintheTobaccoResearchCommunity(2006-2007,IIS-0535214,$400,000)PrincipalInvestigator.NationalCenterforSupercomputingApplications:GroupScope:InstrumentingResearchon
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InteractionofIndividualsinComplexSettings(2006-2007,$69,347)PrincipalInvestigatoronteamincludingMarshallScottPoole,FenioskyPena-Mora,KlaraNahrstedt,DavidForsyth,andMargaretFleck.NationalScienceFoundation:CollaborativeResearch:MappingandAnalyzingEmergentMultiorganizationalnetworksintheHurricaneKatrinaResponse(2006-2007,SBE-0555115,$140,000)PrincipalInvestigatoroncollaborativeproposalwithCarterButts(UniversityofCalifornia,Irvine).NationalScienceFoundation:Instrumentingbehaviorsandattitudesinvirtualworlds(2006-2007,IIS0628036,$155,851)Co-PrincipalInvestigatoroncollaborativeproposalwithDmitriWilliams(UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign)andDanHunter(UniversityofPennsylvania).NationalCancerInstitute(subcontractfromBattelleMemorialInstitute):Socio-technicalSpecificationsfortheDesignofaCyberinfrastructureforaTobaccoControlInformaticsGrid(2005-2006,$50,000).NationalScienceFoundation,Workshopon:TheRoleofSocialNetworkResearchinEnablingCyberinfrastructureandtheRoleofCyberinfrastructureinEnablingSocialNetworkheldNovember3-5,2005attheNationalCenterforSupercomputingApplications,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,(2005-2006,SCI-0533892,$50,000)PrincipalInvestigatorwithCo-PrincipalInvestigatorKatyBörner(IndianaUniversity).NationalScienceFoundation:2006InternationalWorkshopandConferenceonNetworkScience,heldMay2006atIndianaUniversity,Bloomington,IN.(2005-2007,SES-0532387,$77,714)Co-PrincipalInvestigatorwithLaszloBarabasi(UniversityofNotreDame),KatyBörner,AlexVespignani,andStanWasserman(IndianaUniversity).RockefellerFoundation:MappingculturalandnetworkassetsinthreeChicagocommunities(2005,CC035,$100,000)PrincipalInvestigatorincollaborationwithDr.AlakaWali(FieldMuseum,Chicago).UniversityofIllinoisFoodSecurityInitiative:ASocialNetworkPerspectivetoAnalyzeFoodSecurity(2003-2005,$60,000)PrincipalInvestigator.NationalScienceFoundation:DigitalGovernment:WorkshoponUS-HungarianResearchCollaborationstoAddresstheChallengesof21stCenturySociety.(2003-2005,0341928,$97,702)PrincipalInvestigatoroncollaborativeproposalwithAnthonyStefanidis(UniversityofMaine).UniversityofIllinoisSilicon,Carbon,CultureInitiative:WalkingthroughKnowledgeNetworks(2003,$30,000)PrincipalInvestigatoroncollaborativeproposalwithProfessorsNarendraAhujaandMichaelTwidale.
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NationalScienceFoundation:SGER:KnowledgeNetworksandEmergingHeterarchiesinRebuildingNewYork(2002-2003,0233449,$42,908)PrincipalInvestigatoroncollaborativeproposalwithDavidStark(ColumbiaUniversity).NationalAeronauticsandSpaceAdministration:Modeling21stCenturyProjectTeams:IntegratingWorkflowandKnowledgeNetworkModelsofOrganizing(2002-2003,No.02-NASA-C-1513,$100,000)PrincipalInvestigatoroncollaborativeproposalwithRayLevitt(StanfordUniversity).EuropeanUnionInformationSociety&TechnologyProgram(subcontractfromLUISSUniversity,Rome):Developingweb-basedknowledgeassetmappingtoolstostudytheuseofcommunicationtechnologiesinorganizations(2002-2003,€7000)PrincipalInvestigator.CenterforHumanResourceManagement:UsingTechnologiestoSupportandEnhanceOrganizationalKnowledgeNetworks(2002-2003,$10,000)PrincipalInvestigatorwithAndreaHollingshead.HewlettPackardMobileInitiativeGrantProgram:Usingmobiletechnologies(2001-2002,$140,760)InvestigatorwithPrincipalInvestigatorWin-MeiW.Hwu.NationalScienceFoundation:Co-evolutionofKnowledgeNetworksand21stCenturyOrganizationalForms:ComputationalModelingandEmpiricalTesting(1999-2003,9980109,$1,500,000)PrincipalInvestigator.UIUCChiefInformationOfficer:Multi-universitycourseonCommunicationTechnologiesandNewFormsofOrganizing,(1999-2000,$10,000)PrincipalInvestigator.UIUCEducationalTechnologiesBoard:VirtualDigitalPortfolio(1998-1999,$6,000)PrincipalInvestigator.CommitteeonInstitutionalCooperation:ACurriculuminCommunicationandtheGlobalWorkplace(1998-1999,$10,000)PrincipalInvestigator.Steelcase,Inc.:TheEffectsofCooperativeandCompetitivePhysicalEnvironmentsandCommunicationonNegotiationOutcomesinUltimatumandCommunicationGames(1996-1998,$96,586)ConsultantwithPrincipalInvestigators:PeterMonge,JanetFulk,andArthurBaskin.NationalScienceFoundation:TheSustainableManagementofCivilInfrastructure:AMethodologyandTestbedtoBridgeInformationTechnologyandApplication(1994-1999,ECS-9422730,$1,268,403)Co-PrincipalInvestigator.AdvancedLearningTechnologiesinHigherEducation,UniversityofIllinois:ACurriculumin
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OrganizationalCommunicationandTechnologyApplicationsofAdvancedCollaborationToolstoSupportCooperativeLearningandSharedInstructioninCommunicationStudies,(1997,$52,600)PrincipalInvestigatorwithBarbaraO’Keefe.NationalCenterforSupercomputingApplications,SoftwareDevelopmentGroup:DevelopmentofaCollaborationWorkbenchfortheNCSASoftwareDevelopmentGroup(1996-1997,$49,722)PrincipalInvestigatorwithBarbaraO’KeefeandPatriciaJones.MachineToolAgileManufacturingResearchInstitute:Evaluationofavirtualorganization(1996-1997,$35,000)PrincipalInvestigatorwithBarbaraO’KeefeandPatriciaJones.AnnenbergCenterforCommunication:InteractiveCommunicationandComputingforVirtualWorkCommunities(1995-1997,$160,970)Co-PrincipalInvestigator.UIUCEducationalTechnologiesBoard:SupportforAsynchronousLearningNetworksinSpeechCommunication(1995-1996,$5,540)Co-PrincipalInvestigator.SloanCenterforAsynchronousLearningEnvironments:CollaborationSupportforSeniorDesignTeamsinEngineering,(1995-1996,$56,202)PrincipalInvestigatorwithPeterDeLisle,ElizabethFaye,BarbaraO'Keefe.U.S.DepartmentofEducation:AdaptiveNetworkLibraryInterface(1991,R197D10033,$6,000)Co-PrincipalInvestigator.AppleComputer'sAdvancedTechnologyGroup:ModelingtheUseofGroupwareasaSelf-organizingSystem(1990,$205,000)PrincipalInvestigator.KEYNOTEADDRESSESandDISTINGUISHEDLECTURES 2017Contractor,N.(October10,2017).WelcomeandopenplenaryspeakerattheAtlantaConferenceonScienceandInnovationPolicy,Atlanta,GA.Contractor,N.(July1,2017).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoaddressGrandSocietalChallenges.KeynoteaddressattheWebScienceSummerSchool,St.Petersburg,Russia.Contractor,N.(June15,2017).SomeAssemblyRequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.PlenaryspeakerinasessiontitledOrganizingandOrganizations,attheCollectiveIntelligenceConference,NewYorkUniversity’sTandonSchoolofEngineering,Brooklyn,NYContractor,N.(April26,2017).BuildingandLeveragingPowerfulSocialNetworks.Keynoteaddressat5thAnnualNetworkLeadershipTrainingAcademy.CenteronNetworkScienceattheUniversityofColorado,Denver,CO.
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Contractor,N.(March13,2017).CreatingEffectiveTeams.Keynoteaddressat“Assemblyrequired.Organizinginthe21stcentury”.CenterforTechnologicalandPedagogicalInnovation(CITEP)conferenceattheUniversityofBuenosAires,BuenosAires,Argentina.2016Contractor,N.(December1,2016).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoAddressGrandSocietalChallenges.Keynoteaddressatthe3rdGESISComputationalSocialScienceWinterSymposium,Cologne,Germany.Contractor,N.(June30,2016).LeveragingWeb/Internet/NetworkSciences(WINS)toaddressGrandSocietalChallenges.KeynoteaddressattheWebScienceSummerInstitute,Koblenz,Germany.Contractor,N.(May16,2016).BuildingandLeveragingPowerfulSocialNetworks.KeynoteaddressattheUniversityofColorado,Denver’s4thAnnualNetworkLeadershipTrainingAcademy,Denver,CO.Contractor,N.(March28,2016).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoaddressGrandSocietalChallenges.DistinguishedLectureintheEducationalTestingServices(ETS)SeminarSeries,Princeton,NJ.Contractor,N.(March13,2016).TheScienceofTeamScience.Keynoteaddressatthe“Intra-andinterorganizationalconditionsforinterorganizationalresearchcooperation.”UniversityofBremen,incollaborationwiththeMARUM-CenterforMarineEnvironmentalSciencesatBremenUniversityContractor,N.(March4,2016).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoaddressGrandSocietalChallenges.LambdaPiEtaChoiceScholarLectureattheUniversityofCaliforniaSantaBarbara,SantaBarbara,CA.Contractor,N.(February15,2016).TeamScienceforthe21stCentury.EveningSpeaker,3rdKavliSymposiumonScienceJournalism,Washington,DC.Contractor,N.(February6,2016).Reflections:Lessonslearned.PlenarySpeaker,22ndAnnualOrganizationScienceWinterConference:Innovations&Organizations,ParkCity,UT.2015Contractor,N.(September24,2015).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoAddressGrandSocietalChallenges.KameshwarC.WaliLectureintheSciences&HumanitiesatSyracuseUniversity,Syracuse,NY.
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Contractor,N.(August27,2015).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoaddressGrandSocietalChallenges.KeynoteaddressattheIEEE/ACMInternationalConferenceonAdvancesinSocialNetworksAnalysisandMining,Paris,France.Contractor,N.(June18,2015).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoaddressGrandSocietalChallenges.DistinguishedLectureatNorthCarolinaStateUniversity’sLaboratoryforAnalyticSciences,Raleigh,NC.Contractor,N.(June15,2015).Data,Network,andCrowdScience:LauraNorén,NoshirContractor,andWeiWangDiscussHowSocialDataIsChangingNetworkandCommunicationSciencewithOnlineCollaborativeMethods.SpeakerattheBigBoulderInitiative,Boulder,CO.Contractor,N.(June9,2015).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoaddressGrandSocietalChallenges.DistinguishedLectureattheViennaUniversityofTechnology’sPhDSchoolSeries"CurrentTrendsinComputerScience",Vienna,Austria.Contractor,N.(June2,2015).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoaddressGrandSocietalChallenges.KeynoteatNetSciComputationalSocialScienceConference,Zaragoza,Spain. Contractor,N.(May28,2015).LeveragingWINS(Web/Internet/NetworkScience)toaddressSocietalChallenges.Keynoteatthe2ndInternationalConferenceonInternetScience,Brussels,Belgium. Contractor,N.(April29,2015).LeveragingNetworkSciencetoaddressGreatSocietalChallenges.KeynoteattheARS’15InternationalWorkshop“LargeNetworksandBigData”,Anacapri,Italy. Contractor,N.(March10,2015).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoaddressGrandSocietalChallenges.DistinguishedLectureattheMachineLearningandDataAnalyticsSymposium,Doha,Qatar.Contractor,N.(February22,2015).TheScienceofTeamScience.KeynoteaddressattheNetworkforPancreaticOrganDonorswithDiabetesAnnualMeeting,St.PeteBeach,FL.Contractor,N.(February20,2015).BuildingPowerfulPersonalandProfessionalNetworks.DistinguishedLectureattheChicagoCollaborationforWomeninSTEM,Naperville,IL.2014Contractor,N.(October22,2014).LeveragingComputational(e)SocialSciencetoaddressGrandSocietalChallenges.Keynoteaddressatthe10thIEEEInternationalConferenceoneScience,Guarujá,SaoPaulo,Brazil.Contractor,N.(September5,2014).LeveragingNetworkSciencetoaddressgrandsocietal
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challenges.InaugurallectureoftheElihuKatzColloquiaonCommunicationandMediaStudies.AnnenbergSchoolforCommunication,UniversityofPennsylvania.Contractor,N.(August4,2014).TowardaNetworkScienceofDigitalDatainOrganizations.PlenarySpeaker,CommunicationandInformationSystemsDivision,AcademyofManagement,Philadelphia. 2013Contractor,N.(December13,2013).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stcenturyKeynoteatthe3rdIndianAcademyofManagementConference,IndianInstituteofManagement,Ahmedabad,India.Contractor,N.(October19,2013).Canbigdatamotivatenewtheories&methods?PlenarySpeaker,2013InternationalConferenceonAdvancedMediaTechnologiesandEducation(AMTE2013),Shanghai. Contractor,N.(October1,2013).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.Keynotepresentationatthe14thIFIPWorkingConferenceonVirtualEnterprisePRO-VE’13inDresden,Germany.Contractor,N.(September23,2013).Leveragingsocialnetworksforsciencecommunication.PlenaryspeakerattheNationalAcademyofSciences’ArthurM.SacklercolloquiumontheScienceofScienceCommunicationII.Contractor,N.(September6,2013).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.Keynoteatthe2013InternationalCyberSecurityStrategyCongress,Leuven,Belgium.Contractor,N.(August27,2013).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.Openingkeynoteaddressatthe11thInternationalConferenceonBusinessProcessManagement,Beijing.Contractor,N.(July26,2013).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.Closingkeynoteaddressatthe2103BigTenDevelopmentConference,Evanston,IL.Contractor,N.(June6,2013).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.KeynoteaddressattheInternationalSchoolandConferenceonNetworkScience,Copenhagen.
2012Contractor,N.(December16,2012).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.Keynoteaddressatthe2012ASE/IEEEInternationalConferenceonSocialInformaticsinWashingtonDC.Contractor,N.(November16,2012)Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.Keynoteatthe1stChinaNationalConferenceonSocialComputing(NCSC2012)inBeijing.
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Contractor,N.(November9,2012)TheFutureofTeamScience.KeynoteaddressattheDr.HaroldBurdetteAnnualFallconferenceonTeamScience:History,Theory,&Concept,IndianaUniversity-PurdueUniversityIndianapolis.
Contractor,N.(October28,2012).Theassemblyofmulti-teamsystems.DinnerkeynoteattheAdvancingtheScienceofMultiteamSystemsmeetinginVarenna,Italy.Contractor,N.(October26,2012).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.Openingkeynoteatthe1stMichiganStateUniversityCyberinfrastructure(CI)Daysconference.EastLansing,MI.Contractor,N.(September24,2012).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.OpeningplenaryaddressatHUBUB2012theannualHubZeroConference,Indianapolis,IN.
Contractor,N.(September10,2012).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.KeynoteaddressattheDigitalResearch2012conference,OxfordUniversity,Oxford,UK.Contractor,N.(April26,2012).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stcentury.PlenaryaddressatSocietyforIndustrialandAppliedMathematics(SIAM)InternationalConferenceonDataMining.Anaheim,CA.Contractor,N.(April5,2012).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.KeynoteaddressatCrossroadsSeminarSeries,GeorgeWashingtonUniversity,Washington,DC.
2011Contractor, N. (October 24, 2011). FromUnderstandingtoEnablingNetworks:UsingWebSciencetoEnhanceRecommenderSystems.Keynote address at the 5th ACM Conference on Recommender Systems, Chicago, IL. Contractor,N.(October11,2011).UnderstandingandEnablingCollaborationin21stCenturyTeams.PlenaryaddressatCICCIOTechForum,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,Champaign,Illinois.Contractor,N.(October7,2011).UsingWebSciencetoUnderstandandEnable21stCenturyMultidimensionalNetworks.Keynoteaddressat3rdInternationalConferenceonSocialInformatics,Singapore.Contractor,N.(June8,2011).FromdisasterstoWoW:Usingwebsciencetounderstandandenable21stcenturymultidimensionalnetworks.Keynoteaddressat22ndannualACMconferenceonhypertextandhypermedia,Eindhoven,TheNetherlands.Contractor,N.(May20-21,2011).Socialandknowledgenetwork-buildingtoadvanceglobalhealthdecision-making.KeynotelectureatAdvancingGlobalHealthDecision-Making
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Conference,RutgersUniversity,NewBrunswick,NJ.Contractor,N.(May16-17,2011).Enablingandunderstandingnetworksinvirtualorganizations.KeynoteaddressatNationalScienceFoundation,“TowardaScienceofVirtualOrganizations”UniversityofCentralFlorida,Orlando,FLContractor,N.(January24,2011).UnderstandingandEnablingNetworks.KeynoteatEtmaalvoordeCommunicatiewetenschap,UniversityofTwente,Enschede,Netherlands.2010Contractor,N.(Aug25,2010).Usingwebsciencetounderstandandenablesociety.KeynoteaddressattheInaugurationoftheBrazilianInstituteforWebScience,RiodeJaneiro,Brazil.Contractor,N.(October6,2010).Usingwebsciencetounderstandandenablesociety.Keynoteaddressattheconference,WorldWideConsortium(W3C),BeloHorizonte,Brazil.Contractor,N.(September13,2010).Someassemblyrequired:Understandingandenablingteamassembly.HonoraryProfessorLecture,FudanUniversity’sSchoolofManagement,Shanghai,China.Contractor,N.(August21,2010).Someassemblyrequired:Understandingandenablingteamassembly.Keynoteaddressat2010IEEESecondInternationalConferenceonSocialComputing(SocialCom),Minneapolis,MN.Contractor,N.(August12,2010).Understandingandenablingteamscience.OpeningkeynoteattheFirstAnnualNationalVIVOConference:EnablingNationalNetworkingofScientists,NewYork,NY.Contractor,N.(July21-24,2010).Someassemblyrequired:Understandingandenablingteamassembly.KeynoteaddressattheGESIS50thanniversarycelebration–Leibniz-InstitutfürSozialwissenschaftenInstituteDay,Cologne,Germany.Contractor,N.(June9-11,2010).Usingnetworksciencetounderstandandenableteamassembly.KeynoteaddressatLausanneWorkshoponMulti-DisciplinaryApproachtoComplexity,Networks,&Geosimulations,UniversityofLausanne,Lausanne,Switzerland.Contractor,N.(June1,2010).Someassemblyrequired:Leveragingwebsciencetounderstandandenableteamassembly.KeynoteaddressatExtendedSemanticWebConference-ESWC2010,Heraklion,Greece.Contractor,N.(March31,2010).Computationalmodelingtoadvancetheoryconstructioninthesocialscience.Keynoteaddressatthe2010InternationalConferenceonSocialComputing,BehavioralModeling,andPrediction,Bethesda,MD.
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2009Contractor,N.(November12,2009).Leveragingpowerfulnetworkstoaddresshealthchallenges.KeynoteaddressattheYoungAdultAlliance,Buildingbridgesandcollaborationsannualmeeting,LanceArmstrongFoundation,Austin,TX.Contractor,N.(October24,2009).Understandingandenablingteamassembly.PlenaryspeakerattheInternationalNationalScienceFoundationWorkshoponConnectedMultimedia,Hangzhou,China.Contractor,N.(April25,2009).Understandingandenablingteamassembly.ClosingkeynoteattheAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyofBehavioralMedicine,Montreal,Canada.Contractor,N.(April24,2009).Understandingandenablingteamassembly.Invitedplenaryspeaker,StudyingSocietyinaDigitalWorld,PrincetonUniversity,Princeton,NJ.Contractor,N.(March24,2009).GlobalTechnologiesandNetworkedCommunities.Openingkeynotespeaker,CeremonyoftheNU-Qatarcampus,Doha,Qatar.Contractor,N.(March20,2009).Leveragingwebsciencetounderstandandenablesociety.Keynoteaddressatthe1stWebScienceconference:Celebratingthe20thanniversaryoftheWeb,Athens,Greece.Contractor,N.(February2,2009).Understandingandenablingnetworkstoadvanceengineeringeducation.KeynoteaddressatAnnualNationalScienceFoundationEngineeringEducationAwardeesConference,Reston,VA. 2008Contractor, N. (November 6, 2008). Using networks to mobilize for global events. Keynote speaker at Milan World Expo 2015 launch, Milan, Italy. 2007Contractor,N.(2007)Keynoteaddress,AustralianNationalDigitalCollectionsConference.2006Contractor,N.(June29,2006).FromDisasterstoWoW:EnablingCommunitieswithCyberinfrastructure.Keynoteaddressatthe2ndInternationale-SocialScienceConference,Manchester,UK.Contractor,N.(May1,2006).FromDisasterstoWoW:EnablingCommunitieswithCyberinfrastructure.VanZelstDistinguishedLecture,NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,IL.Contractor,N.(February2,2006).FromDisasterstoWoW:EnablingCommunitieswithCyberinfrastructure.WalterFisherDistinguishedLecture,AnnenbergSchoolofCommunication,USC,LosAngeles,CA.
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2005Contractor,N.(August16,2005).SocialNetworksandDistributedCommunitiesofPractice.KeynoteaddressatWorkshoponSustainingDistributedCommunitiesofPracticeattheInternationalCentreforGovernanceandDevelopment,UniversityofSaskatchewan,Saskatoon,Canada.Contractor,N.(June14,2005).Socio-technicalchallengesindesigning21stcyberinfrastructuretoenablenetworksincommunities.Keynoteaddressatthe2ndInternationalCommunities&Technologiesconference,Milan,Italy.Contractor,N.(March14,2005).ICTsupportinemergencymanagement.KeynoteaddressattheeGovernmentderOesterreichischenComputerGesellschaftconference,Vienna,Austria.2004Contractor,N.(April30,2004).Designingknowledgenetworksfororganizationalchange.Keynotespeakeratthe"NetworkofNetworks,"NationalInstitutesofHealth,Rockville,MD.2003Contractor,N.(November14,2003).EmergenceofCommunicationNetworksinthe21stCentur.KeynotespeakerattheInaugurationofCITÉdel'UniversitédeMontréal-InterdisciplinaryResearchCentreonEmergingTechnologiesattheUniversityofMontreal,Montreal,Canada.Contractor,N.(October17,2003).CommunicationTechnologyinOrganizations.DistinguishedlectureatUniversitàCattolicadelSacroCuore,Milan,Italy.Contractor,N.(June11,2003).Co-evolutionofMulti-dimensionalNetworks.KeynoteaddressatMulti-levelNetworkAnalysisoftheco-operationbetweenfirms,UniversityofSurrey,Surrey,United2002Contractor,N.(April22,2002).Thepowerofthenetwork:Technologyandneworganizationalforms.KeynoteaddressattheNationalLaboratoryofTourismande-commerceForumonTechnologyandChange,Urbana,IL.2001Contractor,N.(May2,2001).Collaborativeknowledgeinthee-Economy.KeynoteaddresstoWorkshoponCollaboratinginthee-Economy:Legacies,Practices,andProspects,UniversityofTechnology,Sydney,Australia.Contractor,N.(April,2001).TheuseoftechnologiestosupportandreconfigureHumanResourcefunctionsin21stcenturyorganizationalforms.KeynotespeakerattheSpringRoundtableonHumanResourceManagementandtheWeb:EvolutionorRevolution?Centerfor
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HumanResourceManagement,OakBrook,IL.2000Contractor,N.(August,2000).Communicationthroughknowledgenetworksandthefutureoforganizationalstructures.Keynoteaddress,AssociationofIndianaConventionandVisitorsBureau2000AnnualEducationalConference,Merrillville,IN.Contractor,N.(March2000).Studyingandusingcommunicationnetworksinthe21stcentury.KeynoteaddressattheWorkshopforNetworkofCommunicationResearchersinThailand,ChulalongkonUniversity,Bangkok,Thailand.Contractor,N.(February,2000).Emergenceofcommunicationnetworks:Aself-organizingsystemsperspective.KeynoteaddressattheFinnishSpeechCommunicationAssociationConference,Helsinki,Finland.1999Contractor,N.(July,1999).Socialcapitalandknowledgecapitalinnetworkformsoforganizing.KeynoteaddressatworkshoponLaboratoriodiKnowledgeManagement:IlcontributodelletecnologiealknowledgemanagementorganizedbyInstitutoRSO(InstituteforActionResearchonOrganizationsandSystems).SedeFiat,CentroIncontini,Marentino,Torino,Italy.Contractor,N.(June,1999).Usingtechnologiestobuildproductiverelationships.Keynoteaddress,McKinsey&Co.'s"Mini-Oxford."BritishLibraryConferenceCentre,London.Contractor,N.(April,1999).Self-organizingsystemsresearchinthesocialsciences.Keynoteaddress,TexasConferenceonOrganizations,Kerrsville,TX.Contractor,N.(February,1999).Communicationskillsinthe21stcentury.Keynoteaddress,TheCommunicationConference:SettingtheStandardsforthe21stCentury,hostedbyMcKinsey&Co.'sGlobalClientCommunicationsPractice,Berlin,Germany.INVITEDUNIVERSITY/COLLOQUIUMLECTURESContractor,N.(October27,2007).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoAddressGrandSocietalChallenges.CaseWesternWeatherheadSchoolofManagement’sInterdepartmentalResearchSeminar(jointlysponsoredbyDesign&InnovationandOrganizationalBehavior),Cleveland,OH.Contractor,N.(October18,2007).Someassemblyrequired:Leveragingcomputationalsocialsciencetounderstandandenableteamassembly.InvitedlectureatSciencesPoorganizedbytheCentredeSociologiedesOrganisations,Paris,France.Contractor,N.(May18,2017).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoAddressGrandSocietalChallenges.GeraldP.MohrmannMemorialLectureattheInstituteforSocialSciences,
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UCDavis,Sacramento,CA.Contractor,N.(February21,2017).TestingMultitheoretical,MultilevelHypothesesaboutNetworks.PreventionScienceMethodologyGroup(PSMG)attheCenterforPreventionImplementationMethodology,Feinbergschoolofmedicine,NorthwesternUniversity,IL.Contractor,N.(February13,2017).BridgingtheBoundary,whileMindingtheSeams:BoundaryPropensitiesinMultiteamSystems.CenterforWork,Technology,andOrganization,ManagementScience&Engineering,StanfordUniversity,CA.Contractor,N.(September9,2016).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoAddressGrandSocietalChallenges.DepartmentofComputerScienceandAutomationSeminarSeries.IndianInstituteofScience,Bangalore,India.Contractor,N.(April27,2016).PotenciandolaCienciadeRedesparaabordarlosgrandesretossociales.ProgramaLaUBAparaelSigloXXIenlaUniversidaddeBuenosAires,BuenosAires,Argentina.Contractor,N.(April13,2016).SomeAssemblyRequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.ComputerScienceResearchGroupTalkattheUniversityofCaliforniaSantaBarbara,SantaBarbara,CA.Contractor,N.(January15,2016).LeveragingNetworkSciencetoAddressGrandSocietalChallenges.InterdisciplinaryCommitteeonOrganizationalStudies(ICOS)&DigitalFutureLectureSeriesattheUniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,MI.Contractor,N.(October26,2015).SomeAssemblyRequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.ClinicalandTranslationalScienceTalkattheUniversityofFlorida,Gainesville,FL.Contractor,N.(July9,2015).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoaddressgrandsocietalchallenges.ViennaSummerSchoolonDigitalHumanities,ViennaUniversityofTechnology.Vienna,Austria.Contractor,N.(Feb27,2015).Usingcomputationalsocialsciencetoaddressgrandsocietalchallenges.BrownbagpresentationattheNorthwesternUniversity’sOfficeforSponsoredResearchstaffmeeting,Evanston,IL.Contractor,N.(October15,2014).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoaddressgrandsocietalchallenges.InformationScienceColloquiumSeriesco-sponsoredbyYahoo!CornellUniversity,Ithaca,NY.Contractor,N.(August15,2014).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoaddressgrandsocietalchallenges.NewComputationalSociologyConference,StanfordUniversity.PaloAlto,CA.
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Contractor,N.(April4,2014).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoaddressgrandsocietalchallenges.DepartmentofCommunication,UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara.Contractor,N.(March3,2014).LeveragingComputationalSocialSciencetoaddressgrandsocietalchallenges.AnnenbergResearchSeminar.AnnenbergSchoolforCommunication&Journalism,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,LosAngeles.Contractor,N.(February27,2014).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stcentury.PhysicsandAstronomyComplexSystemsSeminarSeries,NorthwesternUniversityContractor,N.(February17,2014).UtilizingtheScienceofSocialNetworkstoIncreasePublicUnderstanding.Ready.Set.Go:TurningGreatResearchersintoGreatCommunicatorsseminarseries,NorthwesternUniversity.Contractor,N.(December10,2013).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stcentury.FacultyofManagementStudies,HigherSchoolofEconomicsDistinguishedLectureSeries,Moscow,Russia.Contractor,N.(December9,2013).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stcentury.InternetStudies(LINIS)andtheSociologyofEducationandScienceLaboratory(SLON)DistinguishedLectureSeries,HigherSchoolofEconomics,St.Petersburg,Russia.Contractor,N.(November18,2013).Scholarshipinteamscience.SINAInnovations:LeadingaNewEraofDiscovery.IcahnSchoolofMedicineatMountSinai,NewYork.Contractor,N.(November14,2013).Networksandnetworlds.Forumoncomputerscienceeverywhere:Exploringcollaborationsbetweencomputerscienceandotherdisciplines,McCormickSchoolofEngineering,NorthwesternUniversity.Contractor,N.(October30,2013).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.FeaturedspeakeratNorthwesternUniversityTransportationCenter'sBusinessAdvisoryCouncil(BAC)meeting.Contractor,N.(June2,2011).Conductingsocialnetworkanalysisatthepetascalelevel:ChallengesandOpportunities,AnnualWorkshoponNetworkScience,VirginiaTech.Contractor,N.(May23,2011).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.ProfitingfromtheNewWebConference.RoyalSociety,London.Contractor,N.(October2-4,2010).Usingwebscience,internetscienceandnetworksciencetounderstandandenablesociety.EuropeanScienceFoundationMeetingontheFutureInternetandSociety,AcquafreddadiMaratea,Italy.
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Contractor,N.(September25-29,2010).Someassemblyrequired:LeveragingWebSciencetounderstandandenableteamassembly.RoyalSociety350thAnniversaryConferenceonWebScience,London.Contractor,N.(April29,2010).Someassemblyrequired:Understandingandenablingteamassembly.NetworkBusinessInitiativeSpecialSeminar,HarvardBusinessSchool,Boston,MA.Contractor,N.(April16,2010).UsingnetworksciencetounderstandandenableteamassemblyPennsylvaniaStateNetworkScienceDay,UniversityPark,PA.Contractor,N.(November13,2009).Comparingactor-orientedmodelingandmachinelearningapproachestounderstandingnetworkdynamics.2ndMeetingonMethodologyforEmpiricalResearchonSocialInteractions,SocialNetworksandHealth,HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA.Contractor,N.(November4,2009).Understandingandenablingteamassembly.BoothSchoolofBusinessColloquium,UniversityofChicago,Chicago,IL.Contractor,N.(October8,2009).Understandingandenablingteamassembly.MaryJunckResearchColloquium,UniversityofNorthCarolina,ChapelHill,NC.CONFERENCEPRESENTATIONSContractor,N.(2017,November).Someassemblyrequired:Collaborationinthe21stCentury.
PresentedattheEducationalTechnologyandComputationalPsychometricsSymposium(ETCPS),IowaCity,IA.
Twyman,M.,Newman,D.,DeChurch,L.A.,&Contractor,N.S.(2017,October).Invitingyournextteammate:Algorithmsandacquaintances.PaperpresentedattheOrganizationalCommunicationMini-Conference,Athens,OH.
Gibson,Z.M.,DeChurch,L.A.,Contractor,N.S.(2017,October).Followtheleader:Semanticindicatorsoffollowership.PaperpresentedattheOrganizationalCommunicationMini-Conference,Athens,OH.
Tanaka,K.,Witz,C.,Niler,A.A.,DeChurch,L.A.,&Contractor,N.S.(2017,October).Misperceptionsofsocialstructure:Omissionandcommissionerrorsincommunicationnetworks.PaperpresentedattheOrganizationalCommunicationMiniConference,Athens,OH.
Contractor,N.(2017,September).Leveragingcomputationalsocialsciencetoaddressgrandsocietalchallenges.PresentedattheConferenceonComplexSystems,Cancun,Mexico.
Contractor,N.(2017,September).CanCSSmotivatenewtheories,datasourcesmethods?PresentedattheConferenceonComplexSystems,Cancun,Mexico.
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Li,Y.,Sun,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2017,August).Graphminingassistedsemi-supervisedlearning
forfraudulentcash-outdetection.Presentedatthe2017IEEE/ACMInternationalConferenceonAdvancesinSocialNetworksAnalysisandMining,Sydney,Australia.
Gibson,Z.M.,Anton,G.,Vermeer,W.,Gómez-Zará,D.,Bain,C.,Brady,C.,...Contractor,N.S.
(2017,July).Cultivatingtheconferenceculture:Theroleofdiversityininterdisciplinarymeetings.Paperpresentedatthe1stNorthAmericanSocialNetworksConference,Washington,D.C.
Zakhlebin,I.,Vinokhodova,A.,Gushin,V.,Bell,S.T.,DeChurch,L.,&Contractor,N.(2017,June).
Coevolutionofinterpersonalperceptionsandteamstructureinlong-durationspaceexplorationmissions.Paperpresentedatthe1stNorthAmericanSocialNetworkConference,Washington,D.C.
Gomez-Zara,D.,Vermeer,W.,Gibson,Z.,Bain,C.,Anton,G.,Brady,C.,...Contractor,N.S.
(2017,July).Theroleofbrokersinacademicnetworkbuilding.Paperpresentedatthe1stNorthAmericanSocialNetworksConference,Washington,D.C.
LarsonL.E.,Gomez-Zara,D.,JonesB.R.,DeChurch,L.A.,&Contractor,N.(2017,July).Social
identity,socialidentification,andintergroupleadership.InBrown,Tara(chair),Dynamicsattheboundariesiswhatmatters.SymposiumpresentedatInterdisciplinaryNetworkforGroupResearchAnnualMeeting,SaintLouis,MO.
Contractor,N.S.(2017,July).PresentedonaPaneltitledSourcesofDataforCapturingGroupProcessesandEmergenceataDoctoralConsortiumattheInterdisciplinaryNetworkforGroupResearchAnnualMeeting,St.Louis,MO.Mell,J.N.,DeChurch,L.A.,Contractor,N.S.,&Leenders,R.(2017,July).Identityasymmetries:Anexperimentalinvestigationofsocialidentityandinformationexchangeinmultiteamsystems.PaperpresentedattheInterdisciplinaryNetworkforGroupResearchAnnualMeeting,St.Louis,MO.Ng,J.,DeChurch,L.,Contractor,N.(2017,July).Knowledgesharinginonlinegroups:Theimpactofnetworkinformedassociationsononlinegroupdiscussions.PaperpresentedattheInterdisciplinaryNetworkforGroupResearchAnnualMeeting,St.Louis,MO.Lamberson,P.,Lang,J.,Contractor,N.,Dechurch,L.,andUzzi,B.(2017,July).SharingStrategies:Optimalnetworksforteamcollaborationandproblemsolving.Paperpresentedatthe3rdInternationalConferenceonComputationalSocialScience,Cologne,Germany.Gomez-Zara,D.,Larson,L.E.,Jones,B.R.,DeChurch,L.A.,&Contractor,N.S.(2017,July).LeadershipandfollowershipemergenceinNASAspacecrews.PaperpresentedattheWebScienceSummerSchool2017,SaintPetersburg,Russia.
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Contractor,N.S.(2017,June).Theimpactoftechnologyaffordancesonengenderinginnovationinmultidimensionalknowledgenetworksatscale.Presentedonapaneltitled“Howdoestheprocessofinnovationneedtochangeasaconsequenceofincreaseddigitisationandconnectivity?”attheDigitalInnovationNetworksForumorganizedbytheFutureInternetResearch&Experimentation(FIRE)initiativeinBrussels,Belgium.Foote,J.,Contractor,N.S.(2017,June).Thebehaviorandnetworkpositionofpeerproductioncommunityfounders.PresentedatCollectiveIntelligence2017,NewYorkCity,NY.Contractor,N.S.(2017,June).Networkperspectivestounderstandandenableteamscience.LeadFacilitatorofaworkshopattheScienceofTeamScience(SciTS)ConferenceinClearwaterBeach,FL.Gomez-Zara,D.,Parra,D.,García,C.,&Contractor,N.S.(2017,June).TheroleofsocialmovementorganizationsandtheirleadersinTwitter:EvidencefromtheChileanStudentMovement.PaperpresentedattheNetSci2017,Indianapolis,IN.Gomez-Zara,D.,Parra,D.,&Contractor,N.S.(2017,June).Usingrelationaleventmodelingtoexplainmovements’emergenceinTwitter:EvidencefromtheChileanStudentMovement.PaperpresentedattheNetSci2017,Indianapolis,IN.Twyman,M.,Ma,L.,Srivatsa,M.,Cansever,D.,&Contractor,N.(2017,June).Searchingnetworkstoassembleteams.PosterpresentedattheNetSci2017:InternationalSchoolandConferenceonNetworkScience,Indianapolis,IN.Twyman,M.,Dechurch,L.,&Contractor,N.(2017,June).Usinganetworkapproachformodelingsharedcognitionofastronautteams.PaperpresentedattheNetSci2017:InternationalSchoolandConferenceonNetworkScience,Indianapolis,IN.
Li,H.,He,X.,Huang,Y.,Contractor,N.,Xu,Y.,&Huang,L.(2017,June).Highervisibility,betterperformance:Peerpressureenabledbyenterprisesocialmedia.PaperpresentedattheXXXVIISunbeltConferenceoftheInternationalNetworkforSocialNetworkAnalysis(INSNA),Beijing,China.
Johnson,J.C.,Zurek,M.,Contractor,N.,&DeChurch,L.(2017,June).Teamdynamicsin
spaceflightanalogs:sharedmentalmodels,informalsocialroles,andteamviabilityandconflictintheHumanExplorationResearchAnalog(HERA).PaperpresentedattheXXXVIISunbeltConferenceoftheInternationalNetworkforSocialNetworkAnalysis(INSNA),Beijing,China.
Xu,B.,Neidhardt,J.,Huang,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2017,June).Capability,role,orrelation:
CollaborationinDota2combatteams.PaperpresentedattheXXXVIISunbeltConferenceoftheInternationalNetworkforSocialNetworkAnalysis(INSNA),Beijing,China.
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Birkett,M.,Melville,J.,Janulis,P.,Hogan,B.,Bass,M.,Contractor,N.,&PhillipsII,G.(2017,
June).NetworkCanvas:Designingadigitaltoolforegocentricnetworkcapture.PaperpresentedattheXXXVIISunbeltConferenceoftheInternationalNetworkforSocialNetworkAnalysis(INSNA),Beijing,China.
DeChurch,L.A.,Shultz,M.,&Contractor,N.S.(2017,May).SCALE:Sharedcognitivearchitectureforlong-termexploration.BuzzAldrinSpaceInstituteMarsMissionSocialSciencesWorkshop,CapeCanaveral,FL.Fu,J.S.,Shumate,M.,&Contractor,N.S.(2017,May)Collectiveinnovationadoptionacrossinterorganizationalsystems:Organizationalboundary,socialnetworks,anddecision-makingstatus.Paperpresentedatthe67thAnnualConferenceoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,SanDiego,CA.
DeChurch,L.A.,Mesmer-Magnus,J.R.,Niler,A.,Plummer,G.,Larson,L.,&Contractor,N.S.(2017,May).Therelativeinstrumentalityofteamcognition:Ameta-analysis.PosterpresentedattheEuropeanAssociationofWorkandOrganizationalPsychologyCongress,Dublin,Ireland.
Contractor,N.S.(2017,May).CanCSSmotivatenewtheories,datasources,andmethods?Flash
talkattheInstituteforSocialSciencesConferencetitled“Re-ComputingSocialSciences:WhatHaveWeLearnedAfteraDecade?”,UCDavis,Sacramento,CA.
DeChurch,L.A.,Larson,L.,Jones,B.,Gomez-Zara,D.,&Contractor,N.S.(2017,May).Social
identificationandleadershipemergencewithinandbetweenteams.PaperpresentedattheInterdisciplinaryPerspectivesonLeadershipSymposium,Mykonos,Greece.
Ng,J.,Antone,W.,Gibson,Z.,Bell,S.T.,DeChurch,L.A.,Contractor,N.S.(2017,April).Crew
RecommenderforEffectiveWorkinSpace:CREWS.PaperpresentedattheBuildingBetterTeamsonEarthandBeyondSymposiumattheSIOPConference,Orlando,Fl.
DeChurch,L.A.,Contractor,N.S.,Niler,A.,Mesmer-Magnus,J.R.,Plummer,G.,&Gomez-Zara,
D.(2017,February).Sharedcognitioninmultiteamsystems:ANASAspaceanalogstudy.PosterpresentedattheOrganizationScienceWinterConference,ParkCity,UT.
Contractor,N.S.,Gibson,Z.,Antone,W.,Ng,J.,DeChurch,L.A.,Bell,S.T.(2017,January).
Composingeffectivespacecrews:Predictingcrewcamaraderie(CREWS).Presentedonapaneltitled“MarkersforIndividualizingCountermeasuresinExploration”attheNASAHumanResearchProgramInvestigators'Workshop,Galveston,TX.
DeChurch,L.A.,Schultz,M.,Johnson,J.,Contractor,N.S.,Mesmer-Magnus,J.,Plummer,G.,
Twyman,M.(2017,January).Structuredtextanalysisforevaluatingsharedcognition.Presentedonapaneltitled“ExplorationModelingToolsII”attheNASAHumanResearch
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ProgramInvestigators'Workshop,Galveston,TX.DeChurch,L.A.,Larson,L.,Gómez-Zará,D.,Jones,B.R.,Contractor,N.,Johnson,J.(2017,
January).Leadershipemergenceinspacemultiteamsystems.Presentedonapaneltitled“Team,Training,andPerformanceMetrics”attheNASAHumanResearchProgramInvestigators'Workshop,Galveston,TX.
DeChurch,L.A.,Plummer,G.,Contractor,N.S.,Mesmer-Magnus,J.(2017,January).Thecostsof
switchingbetweenteamandmultiteamtasks.PosterpresentedattheNASAHumanResearchProgramInvestigators'Workshop,Galveston,TX.
Zakhlebin,I.V.,Vinokhodova,A.G.,Gushin,V.I.,Bell,S.T.,DeChurch,L.A.,Contractor,N.S.(2017,
January).InfluenceofInterpersonalperceptionsonteamstructureinlong-durationspaceexplorationmissions.PosterpresentedattheNASAHumanResearchProgramInvestigators'Workshop,Galveston,TX.
Park,P.,DeChurch,L.A.,Contractor,N.S.(2017,January).UnderstandingElectivetaskswitching.
PosterpresentedattheNASAHumanResearchProgramInvestigators'Workshop,Galveston,TX.
Contractor,N.S.,Gokhman,I.A.,Larson,L.E.,Bell,S.T.,DeChurch,L.A.(2017,January).
LeadershipNetworksinspacecrews.PosterpresentedattheNASAHumanResearchProgramInvestigators'Workshop,Galveston,TX.
DeChurch,L.A.,Niler,A.,Plummer,G.,Tanaka,K.,Contractor,N.S.(2017,January).Impactof
Socialconnectedness,communicationdelay,andsleepdeprivationoncognitivenetworksimilarityinanalogteams.PosterpresentedattheNASAHumanResearchProgramInvestigators'Workshop,Galveston,TX.
Contractor,N.S.,Antone,W.,Gibson,Z.,Ng,J.,DeChurch,L.A.,Bell,S.T.(2017,January).
Buildingextremeteams:Simulatingteamcompositioneffectsinisolatedandconfinedenvironments.PosterpresentedattheNASAHumanResearchProgramInvestigators'Workshop,Galveston,TX.
Antone,W.,Contractor,N.S.,Bell,S.T.,DeChurch,L.A.(2017,January).Faultyanalysis:
Analyzingthevalidityofdifferentfaultlinemeasurementalgorithmsforlong-durationspaceexploration.PosterpresentedattheNASAHumanResearchProgramInvestigators'Workshop,Galveston,TX.
Schecter,A.,Contractor,N.(2016,December).Anillustrationoftherelationaleventmodeltoanalyzegroupinteractionprocesses.PaperpresentedattheNetworkScienceofSquadsWorkshop,Denton,TX.
Larson,L.,Jones,B.,Gibson,Z.,DeChurch,L.A.,&Contractor,N.S.(2016,September).
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Leadershipidentityconstructioninmultiteamsystems.PosterpresentedattheOrganizationalCommunicationMini-Conference,Evanston,IL.Twyman,M.,DeChurch,L.,Newman,D.,Contractor,N.(2016,July).Thetiesthatformteams:Self-organization,homophily,andmultiplexity.PaperpresentedattheINGRoup,Helsinki,Finland.
Schecter,A.Y.,DeChurch,L.,Contractor,N.(2016,July).Thesemanticnetworksthatunderpingroupinteraction.PaperpresentedattheINGRoup,Helsinki,Finland.
Contractor,N.(2016,July).Panel:TeamChemistryinOuterSpace:GettingAlongWithYour
CrewWhenYouKnowYouCan’tQuit.INGRoup,Helsinki,Finland.Niler,A.,Asencio,R.,DeChurch,L.,Uzzi,B.,Contractor,N.(2016,July).Gendercomposition
affectsfemalesexperienceofworkinginscienceteams.PaperpresentedattheINGRoupConference,Helsinki,Finland.
Asencio,R.,Huang,Y.,DeChurch,L.,Contractor,N.,Uzzi,B.(2016,July).AcrossSpaceandOver
Time:PushingtheBoundariesofVirtualTeamsResearchSymposiumattheINGRoupConference,Helsinki,Finland.
Plummer,G.,Larson,L.,Mesmer-Magnus,J.,Niler,A.,DeChurch,L.,Contractor,N.(2016,July).
WhenTeamCognitionMattersMost:AMeta-Analysis.PaperpresentedattheINGRoupConference,Helsinki,Finland.
Wang,M.,Huang,Y.,Contractor,N.,Fu.Y.,andChen,W.(2016,May).ANetworkApproachfor
UnderstandingandAnalyzingProductCo-considerationRelationsinengineeringDesign.Paperpresentedatthe14thInternationalDesignConference,Cavtat-Dubrovnick,Croatia.
Contractor,N(2016,February).PresentedonapaneltitledIssuesofSocialMediaandSocial
NetworksfortheCommunicationofScienceRelatedtoContentiousSocietalIssuesattheNationalAcademiesofScience’sCommitteeontheScienceofScienceCommunication:AResearchAgenda,WashingtonDC.
Contractor,N.S.,Bell,S.T.,DeChurch,L.A.,Brown,S.G.,Hernandez,I.,Forbush,E.,&Jones,B.
R.(2016,February).CREWS:CrewRecommenderforEffectiveWorkinSpace.PaperpresentedattheNASAHumanResearchProgramInvestigators'Workshop,Galveston,TX.
DeChurch,L.,Contractor,N.,Johnson,J.,Mesmer-Magnus,J.,Plummer,G.,Twyman,M.,Niler,
A.,Larson,L.,Hernandez,I.(2016,February).SCALE:ShareCognitiveArchitectureforLong-DistanceSpaceExploration.PaperpresentedattheNASAHumanResearchProgramInvestigators'Workshop,Galveston,TX.
DeChurch,L.,Contractor,N.,Mesmer-Magnus,J.,McDonald,J.,&Hernandez,I.(2016,
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February).TeamTaskSwitchinginAstronautCrewsontheInternationalSpaceStation:IntegratingMultiteamMembership,MultiteamSystems,Multitasking&MultidimensionalNetworkstoMonitor&EnableFunctionalWorkShiftsinAstronautCrews.PaperpresentedattheNASAHumanResearchProgramInvestigators'Workshop,Galveston,TX.
Murase,T.,Asencio,R.,McDonald,J.,Poole,M.S.,DeChurch,L.A.,&Contractor,N.S.(2015,
November).TheEffectofEntrainmentofGroupProcessesonMultiteamSystemEffectiveness.PaperpresentedattheNationalCommunicationAssociationAnnualConference,LasVegas.
Fu,J.S.,Shumate,M.,&Contractor,N.(2015,November).Organizationalboundarymatters:
Examininggovernmentofficials’intentionstoadopthealthinnovationsinIndia.PaperpresentedattheNorthwesternInterdisciplinaryGlobalHealthSymposium(NU-IGHS)Chicago,IL.
Huang,Y.,Singh,P.,Asencio,R.,Contractor,N.,DeChurch,L.,Uzzi,B.(2015,October).
Evaluatingscientificoutcomesfromtheuserperspective.PaperacceptedtotheComputerandCommunicationsSecurityQuantifyingScienceWorkshop(CCS),Tempe,AZ.
Schecter,A.&Contractor,N.(2015,August).Formingandperforming:Howgroupstructureevolvesinsuccessfulmultiteamsystems.Paperpresentedatthe75thAnnualMeetingoftheAcademyofManagement:Vancouver,BC.
DeChurch,L.A.,Contractor,N.S.,Shumate,M.,&Hernandez,I.(2015,July).PerceptionsofSuperordinateGoalsinaMultiteamSystemNetwork:TheCaseofBihar,India.PaperpresentedattheTheInterdisciplinaryNetworkConferenceforGroupResearch(INGRoup),Pittsburgh,PA.
Whalen,R.,Brot,H.,Uzzi,B.,&Contractor,N.(2015,July).TeamSize,Boundary-Spanning,andCommunicationClarity.PaperpresentedattheTheInterdisciplinaryNetworkConferenceforGroupResearch(INGRoup),Pittsburgh,PA.
Twyman,M.,Wax,A.,DeChurch,L.,Bowser,G.,andContractor,N.(2015,July).Lookingfor
Leadership:UnderstandingTeamAssemblyinaWebTechnology.PaperpresentedattheTechnologiesforStudyingandEnablingTeams,Symposiumconductedatthe10thAnnualINGRoupConference,Pittsburgh,PA.
Whalen,R.,Huang,Y.,Sawant,A.,Uzzi,B.,&Contractor,N.(2015,June).NaturalLanguage
Processing,ArticleContent&Bibliometrics:PredictingHighImpactScience.PaperpresentedattheAnalyzingScholarlyCommunicationontheWebatACMWebSci,Oxford,UK.
Contractor,N.S.,Sawant,A.,Gado,H.,Hernandez,I.,DeChurch,L.A.,&Shumate,M.(2015,
June).LeveragingWho,Whom,andHow:ASocialNetworkingTooltoScaleUpHealthInnovationinIndia.PaperpresentedattheINSNASunbelt,Brighton,UK.
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Huang,Y.,Sawant,A.,Whalen,R.,&Contractor,N.(2015,June).AutomatedDetectionof
PerfunctoryCitations:NuancingImpactFactorsandWeightingCitationNetworkstoAccountforCitationHeterogeneity.PaperpresentedattheINSNASunbelt,Brighton,UK.
Schecter,A.,&Contractor,N.(2015,June5).AMulti-RelationalEventModelforUnderstanding
ChannelSelection.PaperpresentedattheINSNASunbelt,Brighton,UK.Wang,L.,Lou,T.,Huang,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2015,June).IntelligenceofCrowd:CouldVoting
PredictProductSales.PaperpresentedattheCollectiveIntelligence,SantaClara,CA.Contractor,N.S.,DeChurch,L.A.,&Hernandez,I.(2015,April).LeveragingSocialNetworksto
AchieveSocialInfluenceatScale.PaperpresentedattheSocietyforIndustrialandOrganizationalPsychology(SIOP)AnnualConference,Philadelphia,PA.
Asencio,R.,Murase,T.,Poole,M.S.,McDonald,J.,DeChurch,L.A.,Contractor,N.(2015,April).Searchingforteamprocessinbehavioralsequences.PaperpresentedattheSocietyforIndustrialandOrganizationalPsychology(SIOP)AnnualConference,Philadelphia,PA.
Asencio,R.,Huang,Y.,Murase,T.,Sawant,A.,DeChurch,L.,&Contractor,N.(2014,August).EnablingTeamstoSelf-Assemble:TheMyDreamTeamTool.Paperpresentedatthe5thAnnualInternationalScienceofTeamScience(SciTS)Conference,Austin,TX.
Sawant,A.,Gado,H.,&Contractor,N.(2014,August).VIVOTeamRecommenderBasedon
LinkedOpenDataConformingtotheVIVOOntology.Paperpresentedatthe5thAnnualVIVOConference,Austin,TX.
Huang,Y.,Zhang,C.,Fazel-Zarandi,M.,Devlin,H.,Lungeanu,A.,Wasserman,S.,&Contractor,
N.(2014,August).NetworkImputationinpredictingresearchercollaboration.Paperpresentedatthe5thAnnualVIVOConference,Austin,TX.
Schecter,A.,Leenders,R.,DeChurch,L.,&Contractor,N.(2014,May).TheSequentialStructural
SignaturesofSuccessinMultiteamSystems.PaperpresentedattheICAAnnualConference,Seattle,WA.
Sullivan,S.,Lungeanu,A.,DeChurch,L.,&Contractor,N.(2014,May).AnAgent-BasedModel
(ABM)oftheEmergenceofLeadershipforInnovationinMultiteamSystems.PaperpresentedattheSocietyforIndustrialandOrganizationalPsychology(SIOP)AnnualConference,Honolulu,HI.
Contractor,N.,DeChurch,L.,Asencio,R.,Huang,Y.,Murase,T.,&Sawant,A.(2014,May).
EnablingTeamstoSelf-Assemble:TheMyDreamTeamBuilder.PaperpresentedattheSocietyforIndustrialandOrganizationalPsychology(SIOP)AnnualConference,Honolulu,HI.
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Sullivan,S.,Dechurch,L.,Zaccaro,S.,&Contractor,N.(2014,February).Thestructuresofleadershipreliancenetworksthatfacilitateinnovationinmultiteamsystems.PaperpresentedattheINSNASunbeltConference,St.PeteBeach,FL.
Schecter,A.,Leenders,R.,DeChurch,L.,&Contractor,N.(2014,February).UsingRelational
EventNetworkstoUnderstandTeam&MultiteamSystemInteractionProcesses.PaperpresentedattheINSNASunbeltConference,St.PeteBeach,FL.
Wax,A.,Dalrymple,K.M.,DeChurch,L.A.,Walker,B.N.,&Contractor,N.(2014,February).
InterdisciplinaryDesignTeams:Self-OrganizationandPerformance.PaperpresentedattheINSNASunbeltConference,St.PeteBeach,FL.
Lungeanu,A.,Sullivan,S.,&Contractor,N.(2014,February).Compositional,relationaland
ecosysteminfluencesonteamassemblyinemergingscientificfields.PaperpresentedattheINSNASunbeltConference,St.PeteBeach,FL.
Weng,C.,Huang,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2014,February).AMultilevelModeltoPredict
OrganizationalTurnover.PaperpresentedattheINSNASunbeltConference,St.PeteBeach,FL.
Neidhardt,J.,Huang,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2014,February).Assemblyfactorsinfluencingthe
victorinheadtoheadshortdurationteamcompetitionsinamultiplayeronlinebattlearenagame.PaperpresentedattheINSNASunbeltConference,St.PeteBeach,FL.
Sullivan,S.,Lungeanu,A.,DeChurch,L.,&Contractor,N.(2013,October)Modelingthe
EmergenceofLeadershipRelianceNetworks.PresentedattheINFORMSAnnualMeeting2013,Minneapolis.
Lungeanu,A.,Sullivan,S.&Contractor,N.(2013,October)TheFormationandEvolutionof
TeamsinNewScientificFields:AHybridModelApproach.PresentedattheINFORMSAnnualMeeting2013,Minneapolis.
Contractor,N.(2013,September).Canbigdatamotivatenewsocialsciencetheoriesand
methods?attheBigD.A.T.A(DataAndTheoryAdvancement)WorkshoporganizedbytheScienceandTechnologyBranchoftheNationalCancerInstitute,Bethesda,MD.
Ahmad,M.,Keegan,B.,Roy,A.,Williams,D.,Srivastava,J.,&Contractor,N.S.(2013,August).
GuiltbyAssociation?NetworkBasedPropagationApproachesforGoldFarmerDetection(pp.1–6).Presentedatthe2013IEEE/ACMInternationalConferenceonAdvancesinSocialNetworksAnalysisandMining.
Sullivan,S.,Lungeanu,A.,DeChurch,L.A.,&Contractor,N.S.(2013,June).Leadinginnovation
overspaceandtime.PaperpresentedattheARS’13,Rome,Italy.
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Contractor,N.(February8,2013).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stcentury.KelloggAttitudesMotivationandProcessing(KAMP)SpeakerSeries,KelloggSchoolofManagement,NorthwesternUniversity.
Contractor,N.,Sharma,A.,Singh,L.,Hausmann,R.,Pieterson,W.,Johnson,Z.(February3,
2014).UsingSocialNetworkAnalysisforScalingupFamilyHealthSolutionsinBihar:ASystematicApproachtoUnderstandGovernmentInfluencers.FICCIConferenceonQualityPractices-QUPRAC2014,FederationHouse,NewDelhi.
Contractor,N.(December6,2012).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stcentury.SeminarseriesintheDepartmentofInformaticsattheUniversityofZurich.
Contractor,N.(December2,2012)Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury”.ColloquiumseriesatNorthwesternUniversityQatar,Doha,Qatar.
Contractor,N.(December1,2012)Co-organizerofasatelliteworkshoptotheUNFrameworkConventiononClimateChangeConferenceon“ClimateChangeandSustainabilityCommunication-NewToolsandTrends”atNorthwesternUniversityQatar,Doha,Qatar.
Young,L.E.andContractor,N.(2012,November).Identifyingthetiesthatinform:Unpackingtherelationalcontextofenvironmentalinformationseeking.PaperpresentedattheNationalCommunicationAssociationConference,EnvironmentalCommunicationDivision,Orlando,FL.
Contractor,N.(October5,2012).Pre-conferenceworkshoponSocialNetworkAnalysisatthe25thOrganizationalCommunicationMiniconferencehostedbytheUniversityofOklahoma,Norman,OK.
Contractor,N.(September26,2012).Teamassemblyinonlinegames.GuestlectureattheFudanSchoolofBusiness,Shanghai,China.
Contractor,N.(September21,2012).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stcentury.
PresentationattheLUISSBusinessSchool,Rome,Italy.Contractor,N.(September17,2012).Studyingteamsatthehyperedge.Presentationatthe
EuropeanUnionfundedInnovationSustainabilityTechnology(INSITE)workshoptitled“Networks’emergenceandsustainability”atCa’FoscariUniversityofVenice,Italy.http://www.insiteproject.org/event/networks-emergence-sustainability/
Contractor,N.(2012,August).PresentedonapaneltitledBuildingbetterteams:Innovative
approachestothedesignanddeploymentofresearcherrecommendationsystemsattheVIVO2012conference,Miami,FL.
Sawant,A.,Fazel-Zarandi,M.Kusenda,B.,Devlin,H.,Eichmann,D.,&Contractor,N.(2012,
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August).ACollaborationRecommenderBasedonLinkedOpenDataConformingtotheVIVOOntology.VIVO2012conference,Miami,FL.
Contractor,N.(August21,2012).Presentedatthe2012SummerSocialWebshopon
TechnologyMediatedSocialParticipation,UniversityofMaryland,CollegePark,MD.http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/webshop2012/index.shtml
Contractor,N.(August12,2012).ParticipatedonapaneltitledWinningnationallycompetitive
grantsattheannualmeetingoftheAssociationforEducationinJournalismandMassCommunication,Chicago,IL.
Sullivan,S.,Leonardi,P.,&Contractor,N.(2012,August).Usingagent-basedmodelingtotest
conflictingeffectsontechnologyadoptionwithinorganizations.PaperpresentedattheannualmeetingoftheAcademyofManagement,Boston,MA.
Lungeanu,A.,Huang,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2012,August).Anetworkperspectiveonsuccessin
collaboration:Stopcitingmeforourowngood?PaperpresentedattheannualmeetingoftheAcademyofManagement,Boston,MA.
Contractor,N.(August3,2012).LuncheonaddresstoajointsessionoftheDoctoralConsortium
andtheJuniorFacultyworkshopoftheOrganizationalCommunication&InformationSystem(OCIS)DivisionoftheAcademyofManagement,Boston,MA.
Contractor,N.(August3,2012).PresentedatprofessionaldevelopmentworkshopThe
innovationsinteaminnovation:ThescienceofteamsandthescienceinteamsattheannualmeetingoftheAcademyofManagementinBoston,MA.
Contractor,N.(2012,July).ParticipatedonapaneltitledReflectionsoncollaboration:“What
doestheevidencebasefromthenetwork,institutionalandorganizationalchangeliteraturesayaboutfosteringcollaboration?”atthe9thAnnualAspenConference,ColoradoSprings,CO.
Contractor,N.(July18,2012).ParticipatedinaMicrosoftResearchworkshoptitledWeb
ObservatoriesforDiscoveryInformaticsRedmond,WA.Contractor,N.(July13,2012).ParticipatedinapaneltitledBridgingboundariestowards
collaborativeteamscienceattheannualconferenceoftheInterdisciplinaryNetworkforGroupResearch(INGRoup),Chicago,IL.
Contractor,N.(July13,2012).ParticipatedinapaneltitledBeyondthesmallgroup:Cohesionin
complexteamsattheannualconferenceoftheInterdisciplinaryNetworkforGroupResearch(INGRoup),Chicago,IL.
Contractor,N.(July9,2012).NetworkTheoriesandMethodsinWebScience.Tutorialpresented
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atthe4thWebScienceSummerSchool,Leiden,Netherlands.http://www.lorentzcenter.nl/lc/web/2012/490/poster.pdf
Contractor,N.(July4,2012).SocialNetworkTheoriesandMethods.Tutorialpresentedatthe
SchoolonNetworksinBiology,SocialScienceandEngineeringorganizedaspartoftheIndianInstituteofScienceMathematicsInitiative,Bangalore,India.http://math.iisc.ernet.in/~imi/NBSSEWS.php
Contractor,N.(June28,2012).SocialNetworkTheoriesandMethods.Presenteddaylong
workshopattheTataInstituteofSocialSciences,Mumbai,India.Contractor,N.,&Srivastava,J.,(June25,2012).NetworkScienceModelsandComputational
Methods.TutorialpresentedattheArmyResearchLaboratory,undertheauspicesoftheNetworkScience:CollaborativeTechnologyAlliance(NS-CTA),AberdeenProvingGround,MD.http://www.ns-cta.org
Contractor,N.,Zhu,M.,&Wasserman,S.(2012,June).CorrespondenceAnalysisinMultilevel
Networks.PaperpresentedattheMultilevelSocialNetworksSymposium,organizedbytheMultilevelNetworkModelingGroup,Manchester,UK.
Contractor,N.(June18,2012).CanBigDataMotivateNewTheoriesandMethods?Paper
presentedtheUKEconomicandSocialResearchCouncil(ESRC)DataHorizonsworkshopaspartoftheESRCDigitalSocialResearchprogram,Manchester,UK.
Contractor,N.(June16,2012).FacilitatedanetworkingexerciseatWomenNetworkingforSustainability:CelebratingthePast&EnvisioningtheFutureheldconcurrentlywiththeRio+20UnitedNationsConferenceonSustainableDevelopment,RiodeJaneiro,Brazil.
Contractor,N.(May31-June1,2012).ParticipatedintheNationalAdvisoryCommitteemeetingfortheActiveAgingResearchCenter,Madison,WI.http://aarc.chess.wisc.edu/?page_id=277
Contractor,N.,DeChurch,L.,Murase,T.,&Wax,A.(2012,May).OriginsandConsequencesofRelationalPluralisminMultiteamSystems.PaperpresentedattheannualconventionoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Phoenix,AZ.
Contractor,N.(May25,2012).Respondentonapaneltitled“KnowledgeandExpertise:CommunicationintheManagementandPerformanceofKnowledge”attheannualconventionoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Phoenix,AZ.
Contractor,N.(May24,2012).PresentationattheInternationalCommunicationAssociationOrganizationalCommunicationDivisionJuniorScholarworkshop,Phoenix,AZ.
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Contractor,N.(May17,2012).Theroleofnetworksintheassemblyofeffectiveteams.PresentationataNationalCancerInstitutemeetingonTheRoleofHealthCareTeamsinCancerCare,Bethesda,MD.
Pieterson,W.,&ContractorN.(2012,April).WebScienceintheSONICresearchgroup.PresentationatWorldWideWeb2012,Lyon,France.
Contractor,N.(March21,2012).Someassemblyrequired:Organizinginthe21stCentury.PresentationattheUCDavisClinicalandTranslationalScienceCenter’sTranslationScienceSeminar,Sacramento,CA.
Lungeanu,A.,Huang,Y.,Contractor,N.,(2012,March).Anetworkperspectiveonsuccessincollaboration:Stopcitingmeforyourowngood?PaperpresentedatSunbeltXXXII,RedondoBeach,CA.
Lungeanu,A.,Murase,M.,Carter,D.,&Contractor,N.(2012,March)AHypergraphApproachtoUnderstandingtheassemblyofScientificResearchTeams.PaperpresentedatSunbeltXXXII,RedondoBeach,CA.
Zhu,M.,Lungeanu,A.,&Contractor,N.(2012,March)GrowthofNewScientificFields:theCaseofOncofertility.PaperpresentedatSunbeltXXXII,RedondoBeach,CA.
Huang,Y.,Zhang,C.,Fazel-Zarandi,M.,Devlin,H.,Lungeanu,A.,Wasserman,S.,&Contractor,N.(2012,March)Comparingefficacyoflinkpredictionmodelsforexpertrecommendersystems.PaperpresentedatSunbeltXXXII,RedondoBeach,CA.
Chang,C.,Lungeanu,A.Keegan,B.,Gilborne,J.,&Contractor,N.(2012,March)MultidimensionalNetworksinCrowdsourcedCollaboration.PaperpresentedatSunbeltXXXII,RedondoBeach,CA.
Vashevko,A.,Chang,C.,&Contractor,N.(2012,March)Assemblingteamsforsuccess:howresearchteamswinfunding.PaperpresentedatSunbeltXXXII,RedondoBeach,CA.
Zhu,M.,Wax,A.,DeChurch,L.,&Contractor,N.(2012,March)TeamworkattheHyper-Edge:ImpactofTeamHyperedgeStructuresonPerformance.PaperpresentedatSunbeltXXXII,RedondoBeach,CA.
Pieterson,W.,Johnson,Z.,&Contractor,N.(2012,March).UsingtheallnewC-IKNOWtocollectsurveynetworkdataandexplorethesenetworks.PaperpresentedatSunbeltXXXII,RedondoBeach,CA.
Keegan,B.,Gergle,D.,&Contractor,N.(2012,February).Doeditorsorarticlesdrivecollaboration?MultilevelstatisticalnetworkanalysisofWikipediacoauthorship.PaperpresentedatCSCW’12,Seattle,WA.
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Contractor,N.(2012,January).UsingMulti-theoreticalMultilevelModelstoUnderstandandEnableCommunities.PaperpresentedattheWorkshoponNetworkScienceinElectricalEngineeringandComputerScience,IndianInstituteofScience,Bangalore,India.http://www.icts.res.in/program/details/283/
Contractor,N.,Lungeanu,A.,Huang,Y.(2011).Understandingtheassemblyofinterdisciplinaryscientificteams.PaperpresentedattheInnovation,Organizations,andSociety:ALambertFamilyCommunicationConference,UniversityofChicago.Chicago,IL.
FoucaultWelles,B.&Contractor,N.(November19,2011).FromStrangerstoFriendsOnline:AMixedMethodsInvestigationofFriendshipFormationontheInternet.PaperpresentedattheNationalCommunicationAssociation97thAnnualConvention,NewOrleans,LA.
Merrill,N.,FoucaultWelles,B.&Contractor,N.(November18,2011).Virtualgroupcommitment:Anexaminationoffactorsleadingtogroupdonationsinsecondlife.PaperpresentedattheNationalCommunicationAssociation97thAnnualConvention,NewOrleans,LA.
Contractor,N.(October16,2011).TracesinaTangledWeb.ChicagoHumanitiesFestival,Chicago,IL.
Contractor,N.(September30,2011)UsingWebSciencetoUnderstandandEnable21stCenturyNetworks.PresentationattheWorkshoponInformationinNetworks(WIN),NewYorkUniversity’sSternSchoolofBusiness,NewYork,NY.http://winworkshop.net/index.php
Contractor,N.(August24,2011).Understandingandenablinglargesocio-communicationnetworks.SummerSocialWebshop(@Webshop2011),UniversityofMaryland,CollegePark,MD.http://www.cs.umd.edu/hcil/webshop2011/index.shtml
Contractor,N.(August20,2011).Usingacomputationalsocialscienceapproachtounderstand
networks.PaneltitledAcrossDisciplinaryBoundaries:RecentContributionstoMathematicalSociologyfrom"Outside."AnnualmeetingoftheAmericanSociologicalAssociation,LasVegas.
Huang,M.,Margolin,D.,Ognyanova,K.,YunHuang,Y.,&NoshirContractor,N.(August16,
2011).UnderstandingandEnablingNetworkDynamicsinVirtualCommunities.Paperpresentedasthesymposiumon“DynamicsofVirtualOrganizations”attheannualmeetingoftheAcademyofManagement,SanAntonio,TX.
Contractor,N.(2011,July).TeamworkinVirtualOrganizations,INGroupConference,Minneapolis,MN.
Contractor,N.(2011,July).ChallengesinStudyingGroups,PanelonTeamResearchandTeamScience.INGroupConference,Minneapolis,MN.
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McGuinness,D.L.,Shaikh,A.R.,Moser,R.,Hesse,B.W.,Morgan,G.D.,Auguston,E.M.,Hunt,Y.,Tatalovich,Z.,Willis,G.,Blake,K.,Courtney,P.,Finney,L.,Sanders,A.,Ding,L.,Lebo,T.,McCusker,J.,Contractor,N.,Huang,Y.,Yao,Y.,&Devlin,H.(June14-17,2011).Asemantically-enabledcommunityhealthportalforcancerpreventionandcontrol,WebScienceConference2011,Koblenz,Germany.
Ding,L,Whalen,R.,McGuinness,D.L.,&Contractor,N.(June14-17,2011).Governmentagencynetworkdiscoveryviahyperlinksanddatalinks,WebScienceConference2011,Koblenz,Germany.
Keegan,B.,Ahmed,M.A.,Williams,D.,Srivastava,J.,&Contractor,N.(June14-17,2011).SictransitGloriamundivirtuali?Promiseandperilinthecomputationalsocialscienceofclandestineorganizing,WebScienceConference2011,Koblenz,Germany.
Contractor,N.(April27,2012).PresentonSocialNetworkAnalysisandApplicationpanel,UniversityofMissouri,Colombia,MO.
Keegan,B.,Ahmad,M.,Williams,D.,Srivastava,J.,&Contractor,N.(April8-9,2011).Mappinggoldfarmingbacktoofflineclandestineorganizations:Methodological,theoretical,andethicalchallenges,GameBehindtheGame,SchoolofCommunicationandInformationatRutgers,NewBrunswick,NJ.
Keegan,B.,Gergle,D.,Contractor,N.(March12-18,2011).AMulti-theoretical,Multi-levelModelofHighTempoCollaborationinanOnlineCommunity.INSNASunbeltXXXI,Tampa,FL.
Contractor,N.(February17,2011),Socnets101:Theinterconnectionofpeoplethroughanetwork,MidwestPrivateEquityConference,Chicago,IL.
Contractor,N.(2011).WorkshoponSocialNetworkconceptsandAnalysisTechniques.UniversityofTrento,Trento,Italy.
Contractor,N.(2011).UnderstandingandEnablingNetworksin21stCenturyOrganizations.GlobalEngagementSummit,Evanston,IL.
Contractor,N.(2011).UnderstandingandEnablingNetworksin21stCenturyOrganizations.AllisonHall,Evanston,IL.
Contractor,N.(2010).Developingwebsciencetounderstandandenable21stcenturymultidimensionalnetworks.Presentedatthe“WebScience:ANewFrontier”conference.RoyalSociety,London.
Huang,Y.Chen,R.B.,Mahmassani,H.S.andContractor,N.(2010).EncounterinVirtualSpace,INFORMSAnnualMeeting2010,Austin,TX.
Zhu,M.,Contractor,N.,Iravani,S.(2010).assemblyofSuccessfulTeams:InsightsfromtheStudyofMMORPGs,INFORMSAnnualMeeting2010,Austin,TX.
Margolin,D.,Ognyanova,K.,Shen,C.,Huang,M.,Huang,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2010)TeamassemblyandscientificcollaborationonNanoHub.PaperpresentedattheINSNASunbeltconference,RivadelGarda,Trento,Italy.
Church,K.,Pujol,J.M.,Smyth,B.,&Contractor,N.(September7-10,2010).MobileHCI’10WorkshopSummary:SocialMobileWeb.PaperpresentedatMobileHCI’10,Lisbon,Portugal.
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Contractor,N.(August6,2010).OCISDoctoralConsortium,AcademyofManagement(AOM)AnnualConference2010,Montreal,Canada.
Huang,M.,Huang,Y.,Margolin,D.,Ognyanova,K.,Shen,C.,&Contractor,N.(2010,August).Theeffectsofdiversityandrepeatcollaborationonteamperformanceindistributednanoscientistteams.Paperpresentedatthe2010AcademyofManagementAnnualConference,Montréal,Canada.
Contractor,N.(June22,2010).Communication&TechnologyDivisionDoctoralConsortium,60thAnnualInternationalCommunicationAssociationConference-ICA2010,Singapore.
Chen,R.B.,Mahmassani,H.S.,Huang,Y.,Contractor,N.,&Williams,D.(2010).TravelandActivityBehaviorsinVirtualWorldEnvironments,Posterinthe89thAnnualMeetingoftheTransportationResearchBoard(TRB2010),Washington,D.C.
FoucaultWelles,B.,VanDevender,A.,&Contractor,N.(2010).Isa“Friend”aFriend?InvestigatingtheStructureofFriendshipNetworksinVirtualWorlds.Paperpresentedatthe28thInternationalConferenceonHumanFactorsinComputingSystems(CHI),Atlanta,GA.
FoucaultWelles,B.,VanDevender,A.,&Contractor,N.(2010).Isa“Friend”aFriend?:ComparingtheStructureofOnlineandOfflineFriendshipNetworks,SunbeltXXX:InternationalSunbeltSocialNetworkConference.RivadelGarda,Trento,Italy.
Ognyanova,K.,Huang,M.,Huang,Y.,Margolin,D.,Shen,C.,&Contractor,N.S.(2010).TeamassemblyandscientificcollaborationonnanoHub.SunbeltXXX:InternationalSunbeltSocialNetworkConference,RivadelGarda,Trento,Italy.
Huang,M.&ContractorN.(underreview2010).Theimpactsofco-authorshipnetworksandcitationnetworksin“teamscience,”InternationalNetworkofGroupResearch.
Huang,M.,Barbour,J.,Su,C.,&Contractor,N.S.(2010).Whywouldyousaveyourfilesinagroupfolder?Amultilevelanalysisofcontextualinfluencesoninformationprovisiontoworkgroupdigitaldatabases,InternationalCommunicationAssociation60thAnnualConference.Singapore:[Toppaperaward].
Huang,M.,Huang,Y.,Ognyanova,K.,Margolin,D.,Shen,C.,&Contractor,N.S.(2010).Size,diversity,&beyond:Amediatedmodelofteamcompositionandperformancein“teamscience”,InternationalCommunicationAssociation60thAnnualConference,Singapore.
Huang,M.,Huang,Y.,Ognyanova,K.,Margolin,D.,Shen,C.,&Contractor,N.S.(2010).Theeffectsofdiversityandrepeatcollaborationonteamperformanceindistributednanoscientistteams,AcademyofManagementAnnualConference,Montreal,Canada.
Mahmassani,H.S.,Chen,R.B.,Huang,Y.,Contractor,N.,&Williams,D.(2010).TimetoPlay?ActivityEngagementinMultiplayerOnlineRole-PlayingGames,the89thAnnualMeetingoftheTransportationResearchBoard(TRB2010),Washington,D.C.
Mahmassani,H.S.,Chen,R.B.,Huang,Y.,Williams,D.,&Contractor,N.(2010).TimetoPlay?ActivityEngagementinMultiplayerOnlineRole-PlayingGames,TransportationResearchRecord.
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Pieterson,W.,Young,L.,Hsieh,Y.,Wang,H.,&Contractor,N.(2010).NetworksinCitizen-GovernmentInteraction:ExploringhowSocialNetworksAffectInformationSearchBehavior,theannualInternationalProfessionalCommunicationConference(IPCC),UniversityofTwente,Netherlands.
Contractor,N.,Monge,&P.,Leonardi,P.(February19,2010).Movingtechnologyinsidethenetwork,SecondInternationalWorkshoponNetworkTheory:MultidimensionalintheDigitalAge,LosAngeles,CA.
Yuan,Y.C.,Fulk,J.,Monge,P.,&Contractor,N.(November1-4,2009).TransactiveMemorySystemsinWorkTeams:AMultilevelInvestigationoftheImpactofExpertiseDirectoryDevelopmentonExpertiseExchange,InternationalConferenceonAdministrativeDevelopment:TowardsExcellenceinPublicSectorPerformance,Riyadh,KingdomofSaudiArabia.
Contractor,N.(2009).Understandingandenablingteamassembly.2ndAnnualInternational
ScienceofTeamScienceConference,Chicago.Contractor,N.(February20,2009).Understandingvirtualworldenvironments.MardiGras
Conference2009,VirtualWorlds:NewRealmsforCulture,Creativity,Commerce,ComputationandCommunication,BatonRouge,LA.
Contractor,N.(2009).PresenterattheDoctoralConsortiumfortheOrganizational
CommunicationDivisionoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation(ICA).Castronova,E.,Williams,D.,Huang,Y.,Shen,C.,Keegan,B.,Ratan,R.A.,Xiong,L.,&Contractor,
N.(2009).AsRealAsReal?MacroeconomicBehaviorinaLarge-ScaleVirtualWorld,the59thAnnualConferenceoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL.
Ahmad,M.A.,Keegan,B.,Srivastava,J.,Williams,D.,&Contractor,N.(2009).MiningforGold
Farmers:AutomaticDetectionofDeviantPlayersinMMOGS.PaperpresentedattheSymposiumonSocialIntelligenceandNetworking(SIN-09),Vancouver,Canada.
Foucault,B.,Zhu,M.,Huang,Y.,Atrash,Z.,&Contractor,N.(2009).Willyoubemyfriend?An
explorationofadolescentfriendshiponlineinTeenSecondLife,59thAnnualConferenceoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation(ICA2009),Chicago,IL.
Huang,Y.,Shen,C.,&Contractor,N.(2009).TheRoleofProximityandHomophilyinVirtual
WorldNetworks,SunbeltXXIX:InternationalSunbeltSocialNetworkConference,SanDiego,CA.
Huang,Y.,Shen,C.,&Contractor,N.(2009).VirtuallyThere:ExploringProximityandHomophily
inAVirtualWorld,theFourthAnnualINGRoupConference,ColoradoSprings,CO.Huang,Y.,Shen,C.,Williams,D.,&Contractor,N.(2009).VirtuallyThereII:ExploringProximity
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andHomophilyinaVirtualWorld.PaperpresentedattheSymposiumonSocialIntelligenceandNetworking(SIN-09),Vancouver,Canada.
Huang,Y.,Yao,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2009).Usingp*/ERGMTechniquestoImplementa
MultitheoreticalMultilevelNetworkRecommenderSystem,SunbeltXXIX:InternationalSunbeltSocialNetworkConference,SanDiego,CA.
Huang,Y.,Zhu,M.,Keegan,B.,Wang,J.,Shen,C.,Pathak,N.,&Contractor,N.(2009).The
FormationofCombatGroupsinOnlineGames,theFourthAnnualINGRoupConference,ColoradoSprings,CO.
Huang,Y.,Zhu,M.,Wang,J.,Pathak,N.,Shen,C.,Keegan,B.,Williams,D.,&Contractor,N.
(2009).TheFormationofTask-orientedGroups:ExploringCombatActivitiesinOnlineGames.Paperpresentedatthe2009IEEEInternationalConferenceonSocialComputing(SocialCom-09),Vancouver,Canada.
Su,C.,Huang,M.,&Contractor,N.S.(2009).UnderstandingtheStructures,Antecedents,and
OutcomesofOrganizationalLearningandKnowledgeTransfer:AMulti-TheoreticalandMultilevelNetworkAnalysis,InternationalCommunicationAssociation59thAnnualConference,Chicago,IL.
Wang,J.,&Contractor,N.(2009).KnowledgeSeekingandProvisioninWorkTeamsAcross
MultipleKnowledgeAreas:ANetworkFormulationtoTestandExtendTransactiveMemoryTheory.,TopPaperAwardattheFourthAnnualINGRoupConference,ColoradoSprings,CO.
Wang,J.,Huffaker,D.A.,Treem,J.W.,Fullerton,L.,Ahmad,M.A.,Poole,M.S.,&Contractor,
N.S.(2009).FocusedonthePrize:CharacteristicsofExpertsinVirtualWorlds,the59thAnnualConferenceoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL.
Zhu,M.,&Contractor,N.(2009).WorkandLife:TheRoleofNetworksinEmergencyResponse
Organizations,the59thAnnualConferenceoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL.
Whitbred,R.,Fonti,F.,Contractor,N.,&Steglich,C.(November,2008).Frommicro-actionsto
macro-structure:Astructurationalapproachtotheevolutionoforganizationalnetworks.TopPaperAwardatthe94thAnnualMeetingoftheNationalCommunicationAssociation,SanDiego,CA.
Agneessens,F.,Contractor,N.,&Hunter,D.(September1-5,2008).ExtensionsoftheMTML
approach:triadicvs.tetraticeffects.Presentationatthe7thInternationalConferenceonSocialScienceMethodology,Naples,Italy.
Huang,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2008).MirrororaSecondLife:FriendshipandGroupsintheVirtual
World,INFORMSAnnualMeeting2008,Washington,D.C.
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Contractor,N.(2008).UsingTobaccoResearchasanExemplarDomainforaPopulation
SciencesInitiativeontheGrid:PopSciGrid-PuttingNHISandHINTSDataonthecaGrid,caBIG5thAnnualMeeting,Washington,D.C.
Huang,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2008).RecommenderSystemsBasedonSocialDrivers,INFORMS
AnnualMeeting2008,Washington,D.C.Huang,Y.,Contractor,N.,&Yao,Y.(2008).C-IKNOW:recommendationbasedonsocial
networks.PaperpresentedattheProceedingsofthe2008internationalconferenceonDigitalgovernmentresearch,Montreal,Canada.
Huang,Y.,Contractor,N.,&Yao,Y.(2008).C-IKNOW:recommendationbasedonsocial
networks,Posterinthe2008internationalconferenceonDigitalgovernmentresearch:27-33.DigitalGovernmentSocietyofNorthAmerica,Montreal,Canada.
Huang,Y.,Yao,Y.,&Contractor,N.(2008).CyberinfrastructureKnowledgeNetworksonthe
Web(CIKNOW),SunbeltXXVIII:InternationalSunbeltSocialNetworkConference,ST.PeteBeach,FL.
Zhu,M.,&Contractor,N.(2008).TheRoleofNetworksintheEmergencyResponse
Organizations,INFORMSAnnualMeeting2008,Washington,D.C.Zhu,M.,&Contractor,N.(2008).Socio-TechnicalP2PNetworkforFirstResponders,Award-
winningStudentPosterPresenter,ComplexityConference,NorthwesternInstituteonComplexSystems(NICO),Evanston,IL.
Contractor,N.(April19,2007).Theorizingsocialprocessesinmultidimensionalnetworks.
SymposiumonNetworkScience:NewDirectionsfollowingtheNationalAcademyofScience/NationalResearchCouncilreportorganizedbytheArmyResearchInstituteandhostedbytheU.S.MilitaryAcademy,WestPoint,NY.
Contractor,N.(March29,2007).MTMLmeetsWeb2.0.SymposiumonSelf-organizing
NetworksandCommunities,CornellUniversity,Ithaca,NY.Contractor,N.(February8,2007).Scienceofnetworksincommunitiesrelatedthefutureof
digitallearningandmedia.MacArthurFoundation,Chicago,IL.Contractor,N.(January29,2007).SemanticWebandsocialnetworkanalysis.OpenGridForum
workshoponSemanticWeb,SocialNetworks&Web2.0,ChapelHill,NC.Contractor,N.&Green,H.D.(2007).Cyberinfrastructureknowledgenetworksontheweba
recommendersystemforlocatingresourcesinaknowledgenetwork.Presentationatthe8thAnnualInternationalDigitalGovernmentResearchConference.
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Steinfield,C.,Pentland,B.T.,Ackerman,M.,&Contractor,N.(Eds.)(2007).Communitiesand
Technologies2007:ProceedingsoftheThirdCommunitiesandTechnologiesConference.London:SpringerLondon.
Green,H.D.,Contractor,N.,&Yao,Y.(December13,2006).C-IKNOW:Cyberinfrastructure
KnowledgeNetworksontheWeb.ASocialNetworkEnabledRecommenderSystemforLocatingResourcesinCyberinfrastructures.PosterpresentedattheannualmeetingoftheAmericanGeophysicalUnion,SanFrancisco,CA.
Minsker,B.,Myers,J.,Marikos,M.,Wentling,T.,Downey,S.,Liu,Y.,Bajcsy,P.,Kooper,R.,
Marini,L.,Contractor,N.,Green,H.,Yao,Y.,&Futrelle,J.(November15,2006).EnvironmentalCyberinfrastructureDemonstrationProject:CreatingCyberenvironmentsforEnvironmentalEngineeringandHydrologicalScienceCommunities.PaperpresentedatSupercomputing2006(SC06),Tampa,FL.
Ostergaard,J.,Wali,A.,Contractor,N.,Green,H.D.,Mason,S.,Severson,R.&McClure,H.
(November12,2006).Artistic,CulturalandSocialNetworkAssetsofRecentMexicanImmigrantsinChicago.PaperpresentedattheannualmeetingoftheAssociationofCollegiateSchoolsofPlanning,FortWorth,TX.
Contractor,N.(August21,2006).Socialnetworkmethodsandtoolstoadvancepublichealth.
InvitedlectureatNationalInstitutesofHealthRoadMapSummitonMethodology&Technology,Rockville,MD.
Contractor,N.,Butts,C.,Harper,S.,&Auvil,L.(August17,2006).MappingandAnalyzing
EmergentMulti-OrganizationalNetworksintheHurricaneKatrinaResponse.InvitedpaperattheNSFConferenceon“MethodsfortheStudyofSocialNetworksduringDisasters”CrystalCity,VA.
Contractor,N.(June19,2006).PanelistonTheNetworkSocietyandEvolvingCommunication
TheoryattheAnnualconventionoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Dresden,Germany.
Contractor,N.(May18,2006).Multi-theoreticalmultilevel(MTML)modelstostudythe
emergenceofnetworks.PaperpresentedatNetSci2006conference,Bloomington,IN.Contractor,N.(May1,2006).FromDisasterstoWoW:EnablingCommunitieswith
Cyberinfrastructure.VanZelstDistinguishedLecture.NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,IL.Palazzolo,E.,Leenders,R.,&Contractor,N.(April30,2006).MultilevelModelingofRetrieval
BehaviorsinTransactiveMemoryNetworks.PaperpresentedattheAnnualSocialNetworkSunbeltConference,Vancouver,Canada.
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Wotal,B.,Green,H.,Williams,D.,&Contractor,N.(April28,2006).WoW!:ThedynamicsofknowledgenetworksinMassivelyMultiplayerOnlineRolePlayingGames(MMORPG).PaperpresentedattheAnnualSocialNetworkSunbeltConference,Vancouver,Canada.
McClure,H.,Wali,A.,Severson,R.,Green,H.,&Contractor,N.(April27,2006).Ethnography
andSocialNetworkAnalysisasComplimentaryMethodologiesfortheStudyofArtistic,CulturalandNetworkingPracticesamongRecentMexicanImmigrantsintheChicagoMetropolitanArea.PaperpresentedattheAnnualSocialNetworkSunbeltConference,Vancouver,Canada.
Contractor,N.(April25,2006).EnablingknowledgenetworksinCommunitiesofPractice.2006
CommunitiesofPracticeNetwork(CoPNet)Symposium.Procter&Gamble,Cincinnati,OH.Pathak,N.,Mane,S.,Srivastava,J.,&Contractor,N.S.(April21,2006).KnowledgePerception
AnalysisinaSocialNetwork.WorkshoponLinkAnalysis,Counter-TerrorismandSecurity,atthe6thSIAMInternationalConferenceonDataMining(SDM06)Bethesda,MD.
Contractor,N.(April19,2006).FromDisasterstoWoW:EnablingCommunitieswith
Cyberinfrastructure.NASAGoddardInformationScience&TechnologyColloquiumSeries.GoddardSpaceFlightCenter,Greenbelt,MD.
Contractor,N.(April10,2006).MappingKnowledgeNetworks:TheCaseoftheSantaBarbara
Forum.2006SantaBarbaraforumonDigitalTransitions:SocialCollaboration&DynamicCommunities,SantaBarbara,CA.
Contractor,N.(April4,2006).FromDisasterstoWoW:EnablingCommunitieswith
Cyberinfrastructure.mms://video.dis.purdue.edu/general/noshircontractor.wmv,PurdueUniversity,Hammond,IN.
Contractor,N.(March8,2006).Socialnetworkstheoryandpracticeinpublichealth.Invited
panelon“Socialnetworksandpublichealth”attheannualmeetingoftheAmericanAcademyofHealthBehavior.
Contractor,N.(February2,2006).FromDisasterstoWoW:EnablingCommunitieswith
Cyberinfrastructure.WalterFisherDistinguishedLecture,AnnenbergSchoolofcommunication,USC,LosAngeles,CA.
Contractor,N.(December8,2005).UsingCyberinfrastructuretoenablesocialnetworksin
publichealth.AnnualmeetingoftheTobaccoHarmReductionNetwork,Boston,MA.Contractor,N.(November17,2005).Networkbuildingfore-governance.Panelone-
GovernanceinDevelopingCountriesattheWorldSummitonInformationSociety,Tunis,Tunisia.
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ContractorN.(October28,2005).Utilizingsocialnetworkanalysistounderstandtransnationaladvocacynetworks.Fordfoundationforumon“TransnationalAdvocacyinCommunicationandInformationPolicy”NewYork,NY.
Contractor,N.(August22,2005).Europeane-Governmentresearchseenfromtheoutside.
PanelofInternationalDigitalGovernmentResearch,Copenhagen,Denmark.Contractor,N.(June30,2005).Analysisofsocialnetworksindigitalgovernment.National
InfrastructureforCommunityStatistics(NICS)CommunityofPracticeResearchSymposium.BrookingsInstitute,Washington,D.C.
Contractor,N.(June24,2005):Internationalcollaborationine-Science.Panelatthe1st
Internationale-socialscience.Manchester,UK.Contractor,N.(June13,2005).Socialnetworksandlocalgovernments.eGovernanceCatalonia
Forum’05:PublicAdministrationintheAgeoftheInternet.Barcelona,Spain.http://www.gencat.net/forum-egovernance/2005/eng/programa.htmContractor,N.(May26,2005).Maximizingtheopportunitiesandfundingforinternational
research.OrganizationalCommunicationDoctoralConsortiumon“ResearchandTeachingintheGlobalContext.”AnnualConventionoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,NewYork,NY.
Contractor,N.(May2,2005).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksand21stcenturyformsof
organizing.MeshForum2005,AudioversionofpresentationfeaturedunderITconversations:http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail235.htmlChicago,IL.
Contractor,N.(April28,2005).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksand21stcentury
cyberinfrastructure.InvitedluncheonspeakerattheCentersofExcellenceinCancerCommunicationResearchGranteesMeeting,St.Louis,MO.
Contractor,N.(April25,2005).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksand21stcentury
cyberinfrastructure.IndianaUniversity’sTalkSeriesonNetworksandComplexSystems.Bloomington,IN.
Contractor,N.&Schiller,D.(April22,2005).AgeofNetworks:Social,culturalandtechnological
connections.ColloquiumhostedbyUIUCDepartmentofSpeechCommunication,Urbana,IL.Contractor,N.,Green,H.,&Aronson,E.(April21,2005).Mappingculturalandnetworkassets
inthreeChicagocommunities.UIUCCommunityInformaticsSeries,Champaign,IL.Contractor,N.(April18,2005).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksand21stcentury
organizationalforms.UIUCCollegeofEducationSeminarSeries,Champaign,IL.
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Contractor,N.(April15,2005).Networksinthepublicinterest.UIUCtransnationalseminarseries,Urbana,IL.
Contractor,N.(April5,2005).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksand21stcentury
organizationalforms.UIUCCenterforGlobalStudies,Champaign,IL.Contractor,N.(March28,2005).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksin21stcentury
organizationalforms.15thAnnualWayneThompsonDistinguishedLectureatWesternIllinoisUniversity,Macomb,IL.
Contractor,N.(March23,2005).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksin21stcentury
organizationalforms.ColloquiumattheRotterdamSchoolofManagement,ErasmusUniversity,Rotterdam,Netherlands.
Contractor,N.(March21,2005).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksin21stcentury
organizationalforms.SymposiumorganizedbytheFundaciónCentroInternacionaldeFormaciónFinancieraattheUniversitydeAlcala,Madrid,Spain.
Contractor,N.(March18,2005).ICTsupportinemergencymanagement.EasternEuropeeGov
2005,Budapest,Hungary.Contractor,N.(March1,2005).Socialnetworkconcepts&metrics.Guestlecturerincourse
titled“Visualizing&NavigatingKnowledgeNetworks”offeredbyUIUC’sDepartmentofElectrical&ComputerEngineeringandGraduateSchoolofLibrary&InformationScience,Urbana,IL.
Contactor,N.(March,2005).CyberinfrastructurefortheSocialSciences.NSFWorkshoppanelat
AirlineCenter,Warrenton,VA.Contractor,N.,Wali,A.,&Severson,R.(February25,2005).Mappingculturalandnetwork
assetsinthreeChicagocommunities.RockefellerfoundationworkshoponCulturaldimensionsoftransnationalcommunities:Understandingandmappingculturalnetworksandassets,NewYork,NY.
Contractor,N.(December30,2004).p*Statisticalmodelsfortestingmulti-theoreticalmultilevel
(MTML)networkhypotheses.InternationalConferenceontheFutureofStatisticalTheory,PracticeandEducation,Hyderabad,India.
Contractor,N.(December3,2004).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksin21stcentury
organizationalforms.NanyangTechnologicalUniversity,Singapore.Contractor,N.(December1,2004).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksin21stcentury
organizationalforms.UnitedNationsUniversity,Macau,China.
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Contractor,N.(November30,2004).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksin21stcenturyorganizationalforms.DepartmentofCommunication,CityUniversityofHongKong,HongKong.
Contractor,N.(November24,2004).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksin21stcentury
organizationalforms.VisitingProfessorDistinguishedLecture.UniversityofScienceandTechnologyofChina,Hefei,China.
Contractor,N.(November22,2004).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksin21stcentury
organizationalforms.DepartmentofCommunication,PekingUniversity,Beijing,China.Contractor,N.(November20,2004).Theroleofnetworksincrisismanagement.4thAsia-Pacific
SymposiumonPressandScientificandSocialProgress:Science-Technology,Media&MajorCrisisManagement,Beijing,China.
Contractor,N.(November18,2004).Visioningacyberinfrastructurefortransnationaldigital
governmentresearch.EU-USelectronicgovernmentresearchcollaborationmeeting,TechnicalUniversityofDelft,Delft,Netherlands.
Contractor,N.,Brandon,D.,Huang,M.,Palazzolo,E.,Steinley,D.,Su,C.Suri,V.R.,Swarbrick,S.
A.,Templin,J.,Wasserman,S.(November13,2004).Extensionstoinformationretrievalintransactivememorysystems.PaperpresentedattheAnnualConventionoftheNationalCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL.
Contractor,N.(October29,2004).Challenges,opportunities,andstrategiesforfostering
transnationalcollaborationone-Governmentresearch:TheBudapestWorkshop.EU/NSFcollaborationondigitalgovernmentresearch.E.2004eChallenges,Vienna,Austria.
Contractor,N.(October9,2004).ClosingPanel.Theagent2004conferenceonsocialdynamics:
Interaction,reflexivityandemergence.UniversityofChicago,Chicago,IL.Contractor,N.(September24,2004).Usingtechnologiestosupportandenhanceorganizational
knowledgenetworks.CenterforHumanResourceManagement(CHRM)RoundtableonCommunicationStrategiestoDriveResults,OakBrook,IL.
Contractor,N.(September22,2004).Roleofknowledgenetworksinfosteringcommunity.
UIUC’sCross-campusinitiativeontheEthnographyoftheUniversity,Urbana,IL.Contractor,N.(August31,2004).Challenges,opportunities,andstrategiesforfostering
transnationalcollaborationone-Governmentresearch.NSF-DelegationpaneloneGovernmentresearchintheUS.eGov2004,Zaragoza,Spain.
Contractor,N(May28,2004).Networktheoryandsmallgroups.Inapaneltitled“Theoriesof
SmallGroups:IntegrativePerspectives.”AnnualconventionoftheInternational
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CommunicationAssociation,NewOrleans,LA.Contractor,N.(May18,2004).Coevolutionofknowledgenetworksand21stcentury
organizationalforms.Plenarylectureatthe2004UnderstandingComplexSystems:Networksconference,Urbana,IL.
Contractor,N.(May14,2004).Principlesofnetworkmanagement.Invitedpresentationatthe
“ConnectandDevelop:ManagingNetworksofInnovation,”MackCenterforTechnologicalInnovationattheWhartonSchoolofManagement,UniversityofPennsylvania,Philadelphia,PA.
Su,C.,Steinley,D.,Klein,K.J.,&Contractor,N.(May11,2004).Co-evolutionofteammembers’
attachmenttotheteamandteaminterpersonalnetworks.Symposiumondynamicsofnetworkandbehavior,Portorož,Slovenia.
Contractor,N.(May7,2004).Theoriesofcommunicationnetworks.Invitedpresentationjointly
sponsoredbytheUniversityofTrieste’sFacultyofCommunicationSciencesandFacultyofEconomicsandStatistics,Trieste,Italy.
Contractor,N.(April24,2004).Coevolutionofknowledgenetworksandpolicyformationin21st
centuryorganizationalforms.Invitedpresentationatthe“Voiceandcitizenship:Re-thinkingtheoryandpracticeinpoliticalcommunication”symposium.OrganizedbytheDepartmentofCommunication,UniversityofWashington,Seattle,WA.
Contractor,N.(April2,2004).Howpolicyshapesnetworksandnetworksshapepolicy.Institute
forCommunicationResearch/FordPolicySeries,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,Champaign,IL.
Contractor,N.(March24,2004).Multi-theoreticalmultilevelmodelstostudytheco-evolutionof
knowledgenetworks.InvitedpresentationjointlysponsoredbytheCentralEuropeanUniversity’sDepartmentsofSociologyandPsychology,Budapest,Hungary.
Contractor,N.(March5,2004).Coevolutionofknowledgenetworksin21stcentury
organizationalforms.DepartmentofMarketingProseminar,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,Champaign,IL.
Contractor,N.(March3,2004).Enablingentrepreneurialnetworks.ColemanEntrepreneurshipCenter,DePaulUniversity,Chicago,IL.
Contractor,N.(December5,2003).Usingsocialnetworkanalysistoleveragetobaccocontrolnetworks.U.S.NationalCancerInstitute,Bethesda,MD.
Contractor,N.(December2,2003).Participant,PanelonModelingal-Qa’ida.SponsoredbyU.S.
Government,Washington,D.C.
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Contractor,N.(November25,2003).Networksintheinterestofsociety.CenterforInformationTechnologyResearchintheInterestofSociety,UniversityofCaliforniaatBerkeley,Berkley,CA.http://www.citris.berkeley.edu/
Contractor,N.(October23,2003).Challengesandopportunitiesforinternationalcollaboration
oninformationsocietyandtechnology.E2003,AnnualConferenceoftheEuropeanUnionInformationSocietyandTechnologyProgram,Bologna,Italy.
Contractor,N.(October20,2003).Multi-theoreticalmultilevelmodelsforthestudyof
knowledgenetworks,BocconiUniversity,Milan.Contractor,N.(October12,2003).Socialnetworkapplicationindatamining.DataMining2003
Conference,LasVegas,NV.Contractor,N.(August3,2003).Facilitator,ProfessionalDevelopmentWorkshoponKnowledge
networksand21stcenturyorganizationalformsattheAnnualConventionoftheAcademyofManagement,Seattle,WA.
Contractor,N.(June5,2003).DefenseScienceandTechnology,Laboratorytalk,Farnborough,
Hampshire,UnitedKingdom.Contractor,N.(May24,2003).Roundtableparticipant.Integratingthetheoreticalandthe
practical:TheKDIStory.AnnualconventionoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,SanDiego,CA.
Contractor,N.(May18,2003).Developingasocio-technicalresearchagendaforinternational
digitalgovernment.Inasessiontitled“ChallengesandOpportunitiesinInternationalDigitalGovernmentResearch”attheDigitalGovernment2003Conference,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,LosAngeles,CA.
Contractor,N.(April25,2003).Multi-theoreticalmulti-levelmodelsfortheemergenceof
knowledgenetworks.LeedsSchoolofBusiness,UniversityofColoradoatBoulder,CO.Contractor,N.(March26,2003).Networksvs.Hierarchy:Implicationsforlearning&
development.ChiefLearningOfficersForumsponsoredbyExecutiveDevelopmentAssociates,Atlanta,GA.
Contractor,N.(March4,2003).Electronicsurveillanceandthe“dual-effects”hypothesis.Guest
lecture,ProfessorChristianSandvig’scoursetitled“InternetPolicy,”Urbana,IL.Contractor,N.,Huang,M.,Palazzolo,E.,Steinley,D.,Su,C.,Suri,R.,Swarbrick,A.,&Templin,J.
(February17,2003).Multi-TheoreticalMulti-Level(MTML)modelsforunderstandingtheemergenceofknowledgenetworks.PaperpresentedatAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofSciencesessiononSocialNetworks,Science,&Society,Denver,CO.
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Monge,P.R.,&Contractor,N.(February15,2003).Coevolutionaryprinciplesfor21stcentury
organizationalnetworks.PaperpresentedatSunbeltXXIIIInternationalConferenceonSocialNetworks,Cancun,Mexico.
Contractor,N.,Huang,M.,Palazzolo,E.,Steinley,D.,Su,C.,Suri,R.,Swarbrick,A.,&Templin,J.
(February13,2003).Multi-TheoreticalMulti-Level(MTML)Modelsforunderstandingtheemergenceofknowledgenetworks.PaperpresentedatSunbeltXXIIIsessiononSocialNetworks,Science,&Society,Cancun,Mexico.
Contractor,N.(January8,2003).Leveragingknowledgenetworksinaglobaleconomy.Tata
InternationalLtd.,Mumbai,India. Contractor,N.(December,20,2002).ParticipantinaroundtablediscussiononCriteriaforcredit
inacollaborativeworld.UIUCCenterforAdvancedStudy,Urbana,IL.Contractor,N.(November11,2002).Designingnetworksofexcellence.EuropeanResearch
2002Conference:TheEuropeanResearchAreaandtheFrameworkProgramme,Brussels,Belgium.http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/conferences/2002/forum-monday-pm_en.html
Contractor,N.,&Monge,P.R.(November8,2002).Usingmulti-theoreticalmultilevelmodelsto
studyadversarialnetworks.NationalAcademyofSciencesSymposiumonDynamicSocialNetworkAnalysis,Washington,D.C.
Contractor,N.(November4,2002).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksand21stcentury
organizationalforms.NationalCenterforDigitalGovernmentSeminarSeries,KennedySchoolofGovernment,HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA.
Contractor,N.(November1,2002).Multi-theoreticalmulti-levelmodels(MTML)for
understandingtheemergenceofknowledgenetworks.MITOrganizationalStudiesGroupSeminarSeries,Cambridge,MA.
Contractor,N.(October31,2002).Roleofknowledgenetworksinfosteringcommunity.
Internationalconferenceon“VirtualRealityandEthics”attheUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,Urbana,IL.
Contractor,N.,Patel,S.,&Mincyte,D.(October23,2002).UniversityofIllinoissandboxproject.
HewlettPackardUniversityMobileTechnologySolutionsConference,PaloAlto,CA.http://government.hp.com/docs/UI_UC.ppt.
Contractor,N.(October18,2002).ChallengesandopportunitiesinEU-USresearch
collaborations.e2002:eBusinessande-Workconference,sponsoredbyEuropeanUnionInformationSocietyTechnologyProgram,Prague,CzechRepublic.
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Contractor,N.(October11,2002).RespondenttoKathleenCarley’spresentationtitled
“SimulatingSociety:TheTensionbetweenTransparencyandVeridicality.”Agent2002conferencejointlyhostedbyArgonneNationalLaboratoryandUniversityofChicago,Chicago,IL.
Contractor,N.(September25,2002).Constructingknowledgenetworks.Brownbagseriesof
theOfficeforInformationManagement,CollegeofCommerceandBusinessAdministration,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,Champaign,IL.
Carley,K.,Borgatti,S.,&Contractor,N.(September11,2002).Coordinatingresponseto
complexdynamicproblemsinvolvingnetworkinformation.Workshopon“Managingknowledgeintensivedynamicssystems”,co-sponsoredbytheNationalScienceFoundationandtheNationalSecurityAgency,Washington,D.C.
Contractor,N.(August16,2002).TablePresider.RoundtableonOrganizational
Communication/Representation.AnnualconventionoftheAmericanSociologicalAssociation,Chicago,IL.
Palazzolo,E.T.,Contractor,N.S.,&Hollingshead,A.B.(August11,2002).Anetworkanalysisof
informationretrievalintransactivememorysystems.PaperpresentedatasymposiumonKnowledgeNetworksattheAcademyofManagementAnnualConvention,Denver,CO.
Contractor,N.(August10,2002).Facultyadvisor.JuniorFacultyConsortiumsponsoredbythe
OrganizationalCommunication&InformationSystem/Technology,InnovationandManagementDivisionsoftheAcademyofManagement,Denver,CO.
Contractor,N.(July29,2002).p*Techniquesformulti-theoreticalmultilevelsocialnetwork
analysis.WorkshoponStatisticaltheoryofDynamicallyEmergingSocialGroups.RensselaerPolytechnicInstitute,Troy,NY.
Contractor,N.(June27,2002).Computationalmodelsoforganizationalnetworks.NASA-Ames
ResearchCenter,Ames,CA.Palazzolo,E.T.,Ghate,A.,Dandi,R.,Mahalingam,A.,Contractor,N.,&Levitt,R.,(June21,
2002).Modeling21stcenturyprojectteams:Dockingworkflowandknowledgenetworkcomputationalmodels.PaperpresentedattheannualconferenceonComputationalAnalysisofSocialandOrganizationalSystems,Carnegie-MellonUniversity,Pittsburgh,PA.
Contractor,N.(May30,2002).Socialmechanismsthatfacilitatethecreationandmaintenance
ofvirtualnetworksamonggovernmentagencies.Workshopon“DevelopingaBasicResearchAgendaforDigitalGovernance.”KennedySchoolofGovernment,HarvardUniversity,Cambridge,MA.
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Contractor,N.(May27,2002).Co-evolutionofcommunicationandknowledgenetworksintheemergenceofsocialcapital.Workshopon"TheambivalentrelationshipbetweenSocialCapitalandIT,”Amsterdam,Netherlands.
Contractor,N.(May23,2002).Multi-level,multitheoreticalapproachtoretrievalandallocation
ofinformationinknowledgenetworks.ColloquiumattheUniversityofAmsterdam,Netherlands.
Contractor,N.(May21,2002).Socialmechanismsthatfacilitatethecreationandmaintenance
ofvirtualnetworksamonggovernmentagencies.NationalConferenceforDigitalGovernmentResearch.Co-SponsoredbytheNationalScienceFoundation,LosAngeles,CA.
Contractor,N.(May15,2002).Designinghighimpactinnovationnetworks.Procter&Gamble,
CorporateInnovation,Cincinnati,OH.Contractor,N.(May11,2002).Amulti-theoreticalmulti-Levelagentmodeloftheco-evolution
ofcommunicationandknowledgenetworks.Paperpresentedatthe“Agent-basedModelingintheSocialSciences”conference,LakeArrowhead,CA.
Contractor,N.(May2,2002).Advancesincomputationalmodelingofsocialnetworks–
UnclassifiedbriefingattheJointWarfareAnalysisCenter,Dahlgren,VA.Contractor,N.(April11,2002).Multi-level,multitheoreticalapproachtoretrievalandallocation
ofinformationinknowledgenetworks.ColloquiumpresentedaspartoftheGroupsandOrganization(GO)seriesattheSchoolofDecisionandSocialSciences,CarnegieMellonUniversity,Pittsburgh,PA.
Contractor,N.(April10,2002).Multi-level,multitheoreticalapproachtoretrievalandallocation
ofinformationinknowledgenetworks.ColloquiumpresentedattheKatzSchoolofBusiness,UniversityofPittsburgh,Pittsburgh,PA.
Contractor,N.(March22-23,2002).OrganizationalWarfare.U.S.DepartmentofDefense
workshop,organizedbytheNavalPostgraduateSchool,Monterey,CA.Contractor,N.(March18,2002).Digitalvideoapplicationsintheclassroom.Instructional
TechnologyLab2002Conference,UniversityofIllinoisatChicago,Chicago,IL.Contractor,N.(March6-7,2002).GrantingOrganizationsoftheFuture.NSFworkshop,
organizedbytheCenterforTechnologyinGovernment,SUNY,Albany,NY.Contractor,N.(January24,2002).Thefutureofvirtualcollaboration:Perspectivesonanagenda
foraction.Internet2VirtualBriefing.Internet2Consortium,AnnArbor,MI.
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Contractor,N.(November3,2001).Respondentonapaneltitled“Information,MediaandTechnologiesinOrganizations.”AnnualConventionoftheNationalCommunicationAssociation,Atlanta,GA.
Contractor,N.(August10,2001).EQUAD:Usingadvancedcollaborationtechnologiesfor
cooperativelearning.Plenarypanelon“Co-TeachingandCo-LearninginHigherEducation”atthe17thAnnualConferenceonDistanceTeachingandLearningUniversityofWisconsin,Madison,WI.
Contractor,N.(April2001).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksand21stcentury
organizationalforms.InvitedpresentationaspartoftheImpactSeries:Explorationsoftheimpactofnewinformationtechnologyonarts,culture,politics,andsociety,supportedbytheOfficeoftheProvost,UniversityofArizona,Tucson,AZ.
Contractor,N.(March2001).Communicationnetworkanalysisworkshop.SponsoredbyFinland
UniversityNetworkforCommunicationSciencesattheUniversityofJyväskylä,Jyväskylä,Finland.
Contractor,N.(February,2001).H.323-basedvideoconferencingintheeducational
environment.Presentedatthe2EAST:Newtechnologyseries,NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,IL.
Contractor,N.(October,2000).Socialnetworksanddistributedintelligence.Invited
presentationaspartoftheSawyerSeminaronHeterarchies,supportedbytheAndrewW.MellonFoundationandtheInstituteforSocialandEconomicResearchandPolicy(ISERP)atColumbiaUniversity,NewYork,NY.
Contractor,N.(October,2000).Socialnetworkformulationsofknowledgeanddistributed
intelligence.InvitedpresentationattheworkshoponHeterarchies:DistributedIntelligenceandtheOrganizationofDiversity,SantaFeInstitute,SantaFe,NM.
Contractor,N.(October,2000).Advancedcollaborationtoolstosupportmulti-university
collaborativelearninginOrganizationalCommunication.Megaconference2000:Theworld’sfirstonlineconferenceontheuseofteleconferencinginresearchandeducation.
Contractor,N.(June,2000).Managingsocialandintellectualcapital.WorkshopforKorean
advertisingexecutivessponsoredbytheUniversityofIllinois,Champaign-Urbana,Champaign,IL.
Contractor,N.(June,2000).Newmediaandorganizing.Paperpresentedatthemeetingofthe
InternationalCommunicationAssociation,Acapulco,Mexico.Contractor,N.,Stohl,C.,&Monge,P.R.(June,2000).E-Quad:Experienceswithadvanced
collaborationtoolstosupportgraduateeducation.Paperpresentedatthemeetingofthe
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InternationalCommunicationAssociation,Acapulco,Mexico.Contractor,N.,Wasserman,S.,&Faust,K.(June2000).Testingmulti-level,multi-theoretical
hypothesesaboutnetworksin21stcenturyorganizationalforms:Ananalyticframeworkandempiricalexample.Top3PaperintheOrganizationalCommunicationDivision,InternationalCommunicationAssociationannualconvention,Acapulco,Mexico.
Contractor,N.(June2000).ICTsandOrganizing.LasICTsylaorganización.InsessionBridging
theSubdisciplines:CommunicationTechnologyResearchandItsProspects.UniendolasSubdisciplinas:LaInvestigaciónSobrelasTecnologíasdeComunicaciónysusPerspectivas.InternationalCommunicationAssociationannualconvention,Acapulco,Mexico.
Houston,R.,Rice,R.,Whitbred,R.,&Contractor,N.(June2000).FromSelf-ProductiontoSocial
Production:AnExploratoryStudyofSelf-ProducingSystemsandJobSatisfactionattheWesternTransitAuthority.InternationalCommunicationAssociationannualconvention,Acapulco,Mexico.
Contractor,N.(June2000).Respondent.Measuresandnewmeasurementinorganizational
communication.InternationalCommunicationAssociationannualconvention,Acapulco,Mexico.
Contractor,N.(May,2000).E-communitiesreconfiguringtraditionalcommunities.MajorCities
ofEuropeConference,Nice,France.Contractor,N.(April2000).IntroductiontoandapplicationsofP*.Paperpresentedatthe
AnnualInternationalSunbeltSocialNetworkConference,Vancouver,Canada.Fonti,F.,Whitbred,R.,&Contractor,N.(April2000).Addingperceptiontothelandscape:
Introducingcognitivesocialcapital.PaperpresentedattheAnnualInternationalSunbeltSocialNetworkConference,Vancouver,Canada.
Contractor,N.(April2000).CooperativelearningviaInternet2.PresentationmadefromUIUC
viaInternet2videoconferencetotheTechForum2000,Columbus,OH.Contractor,N.(April,2000).Knowledgenetworks.InvitedpresentationattheCaughtinthe
WebIIconference,AnnenbergSchoolforCommunication,UniversityofPennsylvania,Philadelphia,PA.
Contractor,N.,&Wasserman,S.(April,2000).Reconsideringthearbitraryspecificationof
parametersinthecomputationalmodelingoforganizationalnetworks.PaperpresentedatSunbeltXX:InternationalSunbeltSocialNetworkConference,Vancouver,Canada.
Contractor,N.(March2000).Emergenceofcommunicationnetworks.Brownbagpresentation
fortheSocialPsychologyDivision,DepartmentofPsychology,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-
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Champaign,Champaign,IL.Contractor,N.(March,2000).Communicationnetworkanalysis.WorkshopforCommunication
scholarsinThailandhostedbytheFacultyofCommunicationArts,ChulalongkornUniversity,Bangkok,Thailand.
Contractor,N.(February,2000).Structurationtheoryandself-organizingnetworks.Paper
presentedattheOrganizationScienceWinterConference,Keystone,CO.Contractor,N.(February,2000).Co-evolutionofknowledgenetworksand21stcentury
organizationalforms.Tieto2000:ProfessionalForumonNewInformationTechnologies,Helsinki,Finland.
Contractor,N.(January,2000).Invitedaddresstothe"ForumonNewTechnologiesin
InformationandCommunicationfortheXXIthCentury",hostedbyBarcelonaUniversity(UB)andtheTechnicalUniversityofCatalunya(UPC),Barcelona,Spain.
Contractor,N.(December,1999).Advancedcollaborationtoolstosupportmulti-university
distributedlearninginorganizationalcommunication.Video-conferencepresentationtoadozenuniversitylocationsintheUnitedKingdomparticipatinginthecolloquiaseriessponsoredbytheScottishHigherEducationFundingCouncil.
Contractor,N.(November,1999).Communicationsintheglobalenterprise.Invitedpresentation
totheExternalAdvisoryBoardoftheUniversityofMichigan'sPrograminManufacturing,AnnArbor,MI.
Contractor,N.(November,1999).Emergingwebtechnologiesforthetourismindustry.Invited
panelistattheWorkshoponAdvertisingStrategyandInformationTechnologyinTourism,NationalLaboratoryforTourismandeCommerce(NLTEC),Champaign-Urbana,Champaign,IL.
Contractor,N.(November1999).HRimplicationsforvirtualorganizations.Invitedpresentation
attheNoonSeminarseries,DepartmentofHumanResourceEducation,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,Champaign,IL.
Contractor,N.(November,1999).What'snewaboutnewmedia?Panelatthemeetingofthe
NationalCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL.Contractor,N.(November,1999).Advancedcollaborationtoolstosupportmulti-university
distributedlearninginorganizationalcommunication.PanelatthemeetingoftheNationalCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL.
Contractor,N.(November,1999).Chair,Doingsponsoredresearchinorganizations:Theethical
andpracticalimplicationsofcoloringoutsidethelines.PanelatthemeetingoftheNational
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CommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL.Contractor,N.(November,1999).Respondent,Top3competitivepapersinOrganizational
CommunicationDivision,panelatthemeetingoftheNationalCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL.
Contractor,N.(October,1999).Collaborativelearningingraduateeducation:Thecasefor
greaterbandwidth.InvitedpresentationattheInternet2Fall1999meeting,Seattle,WA.Contractor,N.,&Bishop,A.(September,1999).Reconfiguringcommunitynetworks:Thecaseof
PrairieKNOW.InvitedsymposiumpresentationattheKyotoMeetingonDigitalCities,KyotoResearchPark,Kyoto,Japan.
Contractor,N.(August,1999).Collaborativelearning:Experiencesfromagraduatecourseon
globalization.InvitedpresentationtotheVideoWorkingGroupoftheCommitteeonInstitutionalCooperation(CIC),StateCollege,PA.
Contractor,N.,Bishop,A.,&Zink,D.(August,1999).PrairieKNOW:Atooltoassistandstudythe
creation,maintenance,anddissolutionofcommunitynetworks.PaperpresentedatHCIInternational’99(the8thInternationalConferenceonHuman-ComputerInteraction),Munich,Germany.
Contractor,N.(May,1999).Supportingsocialandknowledgecapitalinorganizations.Paper
presentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,SanFrancisco,CA.Contractor,N.(May,1999).Respondent,Top3competitivepapersinOrganizational
Communication,theInternationalCommunicationAssociation,SanFrancisco,CA.Contractor,N.(May,1999).Emergenceofcommunicationandknowledgenetworksin21st
centuryorganizationalforms.InvitedpresentedattheDoctoralConsortiumsponsoredbytheInternationalCommunicationAssociation’sOrganizationalCommunicationDivision,SanFrancisco,CA.
Contractor,N.(May,1999).Utahtransitauthoritycommunicationnetworkstudy:Linkingto
betterservice.PaperpresentedattheConsumerRelationsPanelatthemeetingoftheAmericanPublicTransitAssociation,Toronto,Canada.
Contractor,N.(April,1999).Toolstosupportknowledgenetworksontheweb.Invited
presentationattheU.S.FederalWebConsortium’99meeting,Washington,D.C.Contractor,N.(February,1999).TheuseofP*techniquesfortestingmulti-levelnetwork
hypotheses.PaperpresentedattheSunbeltSocialNetworksConference,Charleston,SC. Contractor,N.&Fulk,J.(November,1998).Organizationsandcommunicationtechnology:
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Lessonslearnedandnewvisions.InvitedpresentationatthemeetingoftheNationalCommunicationAssociation,NY.
Contractor,N.S.,Whitbred,R.,Fonti,F.,Hyatt,A.,Jones,P.,&O’Keefe,B.(July,1998).Self-
organizingcommunicationnetworksinorganizations:Validationofacomputationalmodelusingexogenousandendogenoustheoreticalmechanisms.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Jerusalem,Israel.
Contractor,N.S.,Fonti,F.,&Whitbred,R.(July,1998).Focusingontheforestwhenyoucan't
seeallthetreesII-AntecedentsandoutcomesofCognitiveAggregatedStructures(CAS)inavirtualorganization.PaperpresentedattheNationalCommunicationAssociation/InternationalCommunicationAssociationConferenceon"Communication:OrganizingfortheFuture,”Rome,Italy.
Contractor,N.S.,Zink,D.,&Chan,M.(June,1998).IKNOW:Atooltoassistandstudythe
creation,maintenance,anddissolutionofknowledgenetworks.InvitedpresentationattheFirstKyotoMeetingon"SocialInteractionandCommunityware,"Kyoto,Japan.
Contractor,N.S.,Zink,D.,&Chan,M.(May,1998).IKNOW:Atooltovisualizeknowledge
networks.PaperpresentedattheAnnualSunbeltSocialNetworksConference,Barcelona,Spain.
Contractor,N.S.,Fonti,F.,&Whitbred,R.(May,1998).Focusingontheforestwhenyoucan'tseeallthetreesI-AntecedentsofCognitiveAggregatedStructures(CAS)inavirtualorganization.PaperpresentedattheAnnualSunbeltSocialNetworksConference,Barcelona,Spain.
Contractor,N.,&O'Keefe,B.(February,1998).Learningcommunitiesandtechnology.
PresentationattheAnnualFacultyRetreatonActiveLearning,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign,IL.
Contractor,N.(1998).KnowledgeandDistributedIntelligent,NationalScienceFoundationat
UniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara,CA.Contractor,N.(1998).Social&EthicalDimensionsofKnowledgeNetworking,NationalScience
FoundationatUniversityofCalifornia,SantaBarbara,CA.Contractor,N.(1998).WebLab,andNationalScienceFoundation,Washington,D.C.Contractor,N.(1998).DigitalGovernance,NationalScienceFoundation,Alexandria,VA. Contractor,N.,&Hyatt,A.(November,1997).Computationalorganizationalmodelinginthe
designofcollaborationtechnologies.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheNationalCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL.
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Contractor,N.&Monge,P.R.(November,1997).Theoreticalmechanismsfordynamicmodelingofcommunicationnetworks.SchoolofCommunication,StanfordUniversity,PaloAlto,CA.
Pollock,T.,Whitbred,R.A.,&Contractor,N.(November,1997).Socialinformationprocessing
andjobcharacteristics:Asimultaneoustestoftwotheorieswithimplicationsforjobsatisfaction.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheNationalCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL.
Contractor,N.(October1997).Knowledgenetworksinvirtualorganization:conceptual
rationaleandsoftwaredemonstration.SchoolofInformation,UniversityofMichigan,AnnArbor,MI.
Contractor,N.(October1997).Self-organizingcommunicationnetworksinorganizations.
WhartonSchoolofManagement,UniversityofPennsylvania,Philadelphia,PA.Contractor,N.(September1997).Self-organizingcommunicationnetworksinorganizations,
DepartmentofCommunication,UniversityofMaryland,CollegePark,MD.Contractor,N.S.,Whitbred,R.,Fonti,F.,Hyatt,A.,Jones,P.,&O’Keefe,B.(August,1997).Self-
organizingcommunicationnetworksinorganizations.Validationofacomputationalmodelusingexogenousandendogenoustheoreticalmechanisms.PaperpresentedattheAltaConferenceonSelf-OrganizingSystemsTheory,Alta,UT.
Contractor,N.(May,1997).OrganizationalCommunicationinVirtualWorkCommunities:A
ResearchAgenda.InvitedpapertobepresentedattheInternationalCommunicationAssociation’sOrganizationalCommunicationDivisionDoctoralConsortium,Montreal,Canada.
Hyatt,A.,Contractor,N.,&Jones,P.M.(May,1997).Computationalorganizationalnetwork
modeling:Strategiesandanexample.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Montreal,Canada.
O’Keefe,B.,Contractor,N.,&Zaritsky,R.(April,1997).EducationalTechnologiesattheTeam
EngineeringCollaboratory.AndersenConsultingEducational,St.Charles,IL.Contractor,N.,&O’Keefe,B.(February,1997).TheUseofTechnologiestoSupportLearning
Communities.UIUCFacultyRetreat,Urbana,IL.Contractor,N.(February1997).ReportonActiveX,Java,andotherweb-basedtechnologies.
SponsoredbyUIUCEducationalTechnologiesBoard,Urbana,IL.Contractor,N.(February,1997).Collaborationinthevirtualorganization.Paperpresentedat
theU.S.DepartmentofDefenseModernizationWorkshoponcollaborationattheCorpsofEngineersWaterwaysExperimentationStation,Vicksburg,MI.
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Contractor,N.,Monge,P.R.,Rumsey,S,&Fulk,J.(February,1997).Networkevolutionofa
virtualorganization.PaperpresentedattheSunbeltXVIIInternationalSocialNetworkConference,SanDiego,CA.
Contractor,N.(December,1996).Unintendedconsequencesofnewinformationtechnologies:
ThecaseoftheInternet.IndianPetro-ChemicalsLimited,Vadodara,India.Contractor,N.(December,1996).TheInternetandGlobalOrganizations,IndianInstituteof
Management,Ahmedabad,India.Heald,M.,Contractor,N.,Koehly,L.M.,&Wasserman,S.(November,1996).Formaland
emergentpredictorsofcoworkers’perceptualcongruenceonanorganization’ssocialstructure.PaperpresentedatmeetingoftheSpeechCommunicationAssociation,SanDiego,CA.
Contractor,N.(November,1996).WWWintheeducationalcurriculum.Shortcourseofferedat
themeetingoftheSpeechCommunicationAssociation,SanDiego,CA.Contractor,N.,&O’Keefe,B.(November1996).ProjectCITY:AnIllustrationoftheTEAM
Methodology.DepartmentColloquium,DepartmentofCommunication,UniversityofArizona,Tucson,AZ.
Contractor,N.,&O’Keefe,B.(November1996).ProjectCITY:AnIllustrationoftheTEAM
Methodology.AdvancedTechnologyProgram,Scottsdale,AZ.Contractor,N.(October,1996).TheEmergenceofCommunicationNetworks.Departmentof
Communication,PurdueUniversity,Hammond,IN.Koehly,L.,Contractor,N.,&Wasserman,S.(June1996).P-startechniquesforstatisticalanalysis
ofcognitivesocialstructures.PaperpresentedattheAnnualmeetingoftheClassificationSociety,Amherst,MA.
Contractor,N.(April,1996).Unintendedconsequencesofnewinformationtechnologies:The
caseoftheInternet.GuestlecturerinProfessorLillianHoddeson’sUIUCundergraduatecourseonhistoryoftechnologies,Urbana,IL.
Contractor,N.(April,1996).ComputationalOrganizationalTheories.GuestlectureratUIUC’s
InstituteforCommunicationResearchProseminar,Urbana,IL.Contractor,N.(January-April,1996).Specialtopicsinsocialnetworks.Guestlecturerata
graduateseminaronCommunicationNetworksattheAnnenbergSchoolofCommunication,UniversityofSouthernCalifornia,LosAngeles,CA.
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Contractor,N.(March,1996).ComputationalOrganizationalTheories.WorkshopatArizonaStateUniversity,Phoenix,AZ.
Pollock,T.,Whitbred,R.,&Contractor,N.(February,1996).Socialinformationprocessing,job
characteristicsanddisposition:Atestandintegrationofcompetingtheoriesofjobsatisfaction.PaperpresentedattheSunbeltXVIInternationalSocialNetworkConference,Charleston,SC.
Contractor,N.(February,1996).Unintendedconsequencesofnewinformationtechnologies:
ThecaseoftheInternet.AmericanCenter,UnitedStatesInformationService(USIS),NewDelhi,Delhi,India.
Contractor,N.(February,1996).Unintendedconsequencesofnewinformationtechnologies:
ThecaseoftheInternet.InstituteforElectricalandElectronicEngineers(IEEE),Baroda,India.Contractor,N.(February,1996).Communicationtechnologiesandre-engineeringthe
workplace.FederationofIndustries,Baroda,India.Contractor,N.(February,1996).Technologicalenhancementstoworkgroupeffectiveness.
InstituteforElectricalandElectronicEngineers(IEEE),Baroda,India.Contractor,N.,O’Keefe,B.J.,&Hollingshead,A.B.(November,1995).BeyondE-mail:An
advancedworkshopforelectronicresearchandpedagogy.ShortcourseofferedatthemeetingoftheSpeechCommunicationAssociation,SanAntonio,TX.
Jones,P.,Contractor,N.,O’Keefe,B.,Lu,S.,Case,M.,&Lawrence,P.(November,1995).
Workflowandcooperativeproblemsolvingincivilinfrastructuremanagement.PaperpresentedattheIEEEInternationalConferenceonSystems,ManandCybernetics,Vancouver,BC.
Ehrlich,M.,&Contractor,N.(August,1995).Constraintsontheevolutionoftalkintalkradio.
PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheAssociationforEducationinJournalismandMassCommunication,Washington,D.C.
Contractor,N.(July,1995).Technologicalenhancementstoworkgroupeffectiveness.Workshop
forMBAstudentsfromtheKymmeneCorporation,Milan,Italy.Contractor,N.(July,1995).Decisiondevelopmentinworkgroups:Socialinfluencenetworksas
itsantecedentandoutcome.PaperpresentedattheSocialNetworksConference,London.Contractor,N.(May,1995).Thelogicsofemergenceinorganizationalprocesses:Aself-
organizingsystemsperspective.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Albuquerque,NM.
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Contractor,N.(April,1995).Organizationalcommunicationandsystemstheory.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheCentralStatesSpeechCommunicationAssociation,Indianapolis,IN.
Contractor,N.(March25,1995).Teambuildinginengineeringdesignteams.Paperpresented
atajointmeetingoftheNationalElectricalEngineeringDepartmentHeadsAssociationandtheMechanicalEngineeringHeadsAssociation,Nashville,TN.
Contractor,N.,Eisenberg,E.M.,&Monge,P.R.(1994).Antecedentsandoutcomesof
interpretivediversityinorganizations.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Sydney,Australia.
Contractor,N.,&Grant,S.(1994).Modelingorganizationsasself-organizinginterpretive
systems.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Sydney,Australia.
Contractor,N.(June1994).Useofsupercomputinginthesocialsciences.Invitedpaper
presentedattheComputingintheSocialSciencesannualconvention,CollegePark,MD. Contractor,N.S.,Seibold,D.,&Heller,M.A.(1992).Interactionalinfluenceinthestructuringof
mediauseingroups.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Miami,FL.
Contractor,N.,&Seibold,D.(1991).ReviewandcritiqueofempiricalresearchonGDSS.Paper
presentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL.Contractor,N.,&Seibold,D.(1991).Theoreticaldifferencesbetweenstructurationalandself-
organizingapproachestothestudyofGDSS.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL.
Contractor,N.(1991).Modelinganinterdisciplinaryresearchcenterasasharedmeaning
system.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheInstituteforManagementScience,Nashville,TN.
Contractor,N.(1991).AnanalysisofmeetingsusingSAGEGroupware.Paperpresentedat
AppleComputer'sExternalResearchAnnualConference,Cupertino,CA.Davis,C.,&Contractor,N.(1991).Asemanticnetworksapproachtothestudyofvisionary
leadership.PaperpresentedattheannualSocialNetworksconference,TampaBay,FL.Michaelson,A.,&Contractor,N.(1991).Comparisonofrelationalandpositionalpredictorsof
groupmember'sperceptions.PaperpresentedattheannualSocialNetworksconference,TampaBay,FL.
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Contractor,N.(1991).Self-organizingsystemsperspectiveinthestudyoforganizationalcommunication.PaperpresentedattheinaugurationoftheorganizationalcommunicationdivisionoftheGermanCommunicationAssociation,Bamberg,FederalRepublicofGermany.
Contractor,N.,&Seibold,D.(1990).Comparisonofstructurationalandself-organizing
perspectivestothestudyofGDSS.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheSpeechCommunicationAssociation,Chicago,IL.
Contractor,N.,&Ehrlich,M.(1990).Roleofstrategicambiguityinthebirthofanorganization:
The$50MillionExperiment.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Dublin,Ireland.
Contractor,N.(1990).Modelingorganizationsasmeaningsystems.Paperpresentedatthe
AnnualSocialNetworksSunbeltConference,SanDiego,CA. Contractor,N.(1989).Conceptualizingorganizationsasnon-lineardissipativestructures.Paper
presentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,SanFrancisco,CA. Contractor,N.S.,Iacobucci,D.,Monge,P.R.,&Eisenberg,E.M.(1988).Semanticnetworksand
organizationalclimate.PaperpresentedattheSunbeltSocialNetworksconference,SanDiego,CA.
Eisenberg,E.M.,Contractor,N.S.,&Monge,P.R.(1988).Semanticnetworksinorganizations.
PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,NewOrleans,LA.
Monge,P.R.,Rogers,E.M.,Contractor,N.S.,&Cozzens,M.D.(1988).Investigatingprocessin
communicationresearch.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalAssociationofMassCommunicationResearch,Barcelona,Spain.
Contractor,N.S.,Singhal,A.,&Rogers,E.M.(1988).Aresourcedependencyperspectiveon
televisionbroadcastingsystemsinIndiaandMexico.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalAssociationofMassCommunicationResearch,Barcelona,Spain.
Contractor,N.S.,Cozzens,M.D.,&Eisenberg,E.M.(1987).Networkpredictorsofsemantic
agreementinanorganization.PaperpresentedattheSunbeltSocialNetworksconference,TampaBay,FL.
Contractor,N.S.,Singhal,A.,&Rogers,E.M.(1986).Satellitetelevisionanddevelopmentin
India:Autopian,dystopian,neutral,andcontingencyviewofacommunicationtechnology.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalAssociationofMassCommunicationResearch,NewDelhi,India.
Cozzens,M.D.&Contractor,N.S.(1985).Theeffectofconflictinginformationonmedia
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skepticism.PaperpresentedatthemeetingoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Honolulu,HI.
TEACHING NorthwesternUniversityMSIA490:SocialNetworkAnalyticsIEMS393-2:AdvisortoSeniorDesignProjectteamsCOMM_ST525,IEMS441,IEMS490,MTS525:SocialNetworkTheoriesandMethodsCOMM_ST395,IEMS395,IEMS341:SocialNetworkAnalysisDSGN495:DesigningandLeveragingOrganizationalNetworksDSGN495-0-32:Discovery,DiagnosisandDesignofNetworksMSC492-0-20:Understanding&LeveragingNetworksJOUR390-0-24:JournalismandtheNetworkedWorldUniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-ChampaignSPCOM310 CommunicationTechnologiesintheWorkplaceSPCOM396 CommunicationTechnologiesintheWorkplaceSPCOM396 WalkingthroughKnowledgeNetworksSPCOM312 OrganizationalCommunicationProcessesSPCOM410 CommunicationTechnologiesintheWorkplaceSPCOM429 SeminarinOrganizationalCommunicationNetworksSPCOM429 CommunicationNetworksSPCOM429 CommunicationandKnowledgeNetworksSPCOM429 DynamicSystemsinOrganizationsSPCOM429 CommunicationandCollaborationTechnologiesinOrganizationsSPCOM429 CommunicatingintheGlobalWorkplaceSPCOM429 CommunicationTechnologiesandNewFormsofOrganizingSPCOM429 KnowledgeNetworksandNewFormsofOrganizingSPCOM474 CommunicationResearchMethodsSPCOM396 VisualizingandNavigatingKnowledgeNetworksSPCOM529 CommunicationNetworksCAS587 TheAgeOfNetworks:Social,CulturalAndTechnologicalConnectionsPSYCH493 SocialNetworks,co-taughtwithStanleyWassermanJonesInternationalUniversityContentExpertofa6-moduleweb-basedcourseonCommunicationTechnologySystemsinOrganizations.Englewood,CO,1997-1998.ContentExpertandOn-AirPresenterofa6-modulevideoandweb-basedcourseonEmergingCommunicationTechnologiesintheWorkplace.Englewood,CO,1995-1996.Preparedtelecoursetitled“Emergingtechnologiesintheworkplace”1996.UniversityofSouthernCaliforniaANSC505 CommunicationsinWorkSettings(TeachingAssistant)
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ANSC650 ResearchDesign(TeachingAssistant)ANSC700a ResearchMethodsI(TeachingAssistant)ANSC700b ResearchMethodsII(TeachingAssistant)PROFESSIONALSERVICEEditorialActivitiesEditor(for Communication, Management, and Computational Social Science),NetworkScience,2012-present.AssociateEditor,JournalofComputerMediatedCommunication,2013-present.Contractor,N.(2002).SectionEditorfor“NewMediaandOrganizing”forInL.Lievrouw&S.Livingstone(Eds.)HandbookofNewMedia:SocialShapingandConsequencesofICTs.London:Sage.Editorialboardmemberships:TheReviewofCommunication,1999-2012;SmallGroupResearch,2008-2009;ElectronicJournalforComputerMediatedCommunication,1994-2009;JournalofCommunication,2001-2003,2005-2012;JournalofAppliedCommunicationResearch,1996-1997,2007;CommunicationTheory,1997-1998,2002-2005,2010-2012;HumanCommunicationResearch,1992-1995,1997-2004,2010-present;OrganizationScience,2000-2004;ManagementCommunicationQuarterly,1992-1998;HandbookforSmallGroupCommunication,1996-1997.EditorialAssistant:CommunicationResearch,1986-1987.Adhocmanuscriptreviewer:CommunicationTheory,CommunicationResearch,CommunicationYearbook,JournalofCommunication,CommunicationMonographs,JournalofAppliedCommunicationResearch,ManagementCommunicationQuarterly,OrganizationalScience,ManagementScience,AcademyofManagementJournal,AcademyofManagementReview,AdministrativeScienceQuarterly,AmericanSociologist,AmericanJournalofSociology,InternationalJournalofManMachineStudies,JournalofAppliedPsychology,JournalofEconomicBehaviorandOrganization,JournalofBusinessCommunication,JournalofBusinessResearch,JournalofBroadcasting&ElectronicMedia,JournaloftheAmericanSocietyforInformationSciences,TheInformationSocietyJournal,Science,ProceedingsoftheNationalAcademyofSciences.Paperreviewerforthefollowingconferences:WorldWideWebComputerSupportedCooperativeWorkComputerHumanInteractionInternationalCommunicationAssociationNationalCommunicationAssociation
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AmericanInstituteforDecisionSciencesAcademyofManagementReviewerforGrantProposalssubmittedto:U.S.NationalScienceFoundation,National InstitutesofHealth,EuropeanUnionInformationSociety&Technology(IST)Program,NationalTelecommunicationsandInformationAdministration,U.S.Dept.ofCommerce,Washington,D.C.,MacArthurFoundationDigitalMedia&LearningInitiative,Bill&MelindaGatesFoundation.ReviewPanelist:Over40panelsforU.S.NationalScienceFoundationintheDirectoriesofSocial,Behavioral&EconomicSciencesandComputing&InformationSciencesEngineering;FivepanelsfortheNationalInstitutesofHealth2007-2014;Portugal’sNationalScienceFoundation;MacArthurFoundationDigitalMedia&LearningInitiative;PanelfortheEuropeanUnioneGovawardsatthe5thEuropeaneGovernmentConferenceinMalmö,Sweden,EuropeanUnion,FrameworkProgramonInformationSocietyTechnology,;ScottishHigherEducationFundingCouncil.Reviewerofbookmanuscripts:CambridgeUniversityPress,Elsevier,GuilfordPublishers,OxfordUniversityPress,MITPress,SagePublications,Springer,SUNYPress,TexasA&MUniversityPress,Bedford/St.Martin’s,HarvardUniversityPress.VideoLectures:NationalCommunicationAssociation(November18,2011).GrantseekingBasics:AGuidefortheCommunicationScholarvideo,NewOrleans,LA.Availableonlineat:https://www.natcom.org/funding101/Workshop/ConferenceOrganizer/ProgramPlannerCo-chair,NationalAcademiesofScienceWorkshoponLeveragingAdvancesinSocialNetwork
ThinkingforNationalSecurity,Washington,D.C. Co-organizer,DesigningOnlineExperiments:CitizenScienceApproachestoResearchWorkshop
atthe19thAnnualComputer-SupportedCooperativeWorkandSocialComputing(CSCW)Conference,February37,2016,SanFrancisco,CA.
Co-organizer,7thInternationalWorkshoponNetworkTheory:PeerProductionNetworks,
October29-31,2015,Evanston,IL.Co-organizer,DoctoralConsortiumPlanningCommittee,INGRoupAnnualConference,July22,
2015,Pittsburgh,PA.Member,PlanningCommittee,1stComputationalSocialScienceSummit,May15-17,2015,
Evanston,IL.
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Co-chair,ComputationalApproachestoAdvanceCommunicationResearchPreconferenceWorkshopattheannualconferenceoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,May21,2015,SanJuan,PuertoRico.
Member,SteeringCommittee,5thInternationalScienceofTeamScienceConference,August6-
9,2014,Austin,TX.
Co-organizer,6thInternationalWorkshoponNetworkTheory:SocialNetworksinGovernmentalandNongovernmentalSectors,April10-12,2014,LosAngeles,CA.
Member,DoctoralConsortiumPlanningCommittee,Communication&TechnologyDivision,
InternationalCommunicationAssociation2011-2014.Co-organizer,5thInternationalWorkshoponNetworkTheory:NetworkSciencemeetsthe
ScienceofTeams,October3-5,2013,Evanston,IL.ConferenceCo-Chair,4thInternationalScienceofTeamScienceConference,June24-27,2013,
Evanston,IL.ConferenceCo-Chair,NetworkScience,NetSci2012,June18-22,2012,Evanston,IL.ConferenceCo-Chair,ACMWebScience,WebSci2012,June22-24,2012,Evanston,IL.Co-organizer,4thInternationalWorkshoponNetworkTheory:NetworkedSocialMovements
andNetworkTheory,April26-28,2012,LosAngeles,CA.Co-chair,ProfessionaldevelopmentworkshopTheinnovationsinteaminnovation:Thescience
ofteamsandthescienceinteamsattheannualmeetingoftheAcademyofManagementAugust3,2012,Boston,MA.
Co-chair(withBrianUzzi),NetSci2012andACMWebScience2012,Evanston,IL.
AssociateChair,February11-15,2012,The2012ACMConferenceonComputerSupportedCooperativeWork(CSCW2012),Seattle,W.A.
Co-organizer,3rdInternationalWorkshoponNetworkTheory:NetworkSciencemeetsWeb
Science,March4-6,2011,Evanston,IL.Member,2011NationalCommunicationAssociationOrganizationalCommunicationDivision
AwardsCommittee.Co-organizer,2011SocialMobileWebworkshopatICWSM,Barcelona.Co-organizer(withBrianUzzi)2011NICO(NorthwesternInstituteonComplexSystems)
ComplexityConference,Evanston,IL.
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Generalco-chair,20113rdInternationalConferenceonSocialInformatics,Singapore.Member,ReviewandSelectionCommittee,May6,2011,SecondDoctoralConsortiumofthe
CommunicationandTechnologyDivisionoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Boston,MA.
Co-chair(withLesCarr),ProgramTrack,WWW2010ExtendedSemanticWebConference,
Raleigh,NC.Co-chair(withHollyFalk-Krzesinski),1stAnnualInternationalConferenceontheScienceof
TeamScience,April22-24,2010,Chicago,IL.Co-organizer,2ndInternationalSeminaronNetworkTheory:NetworkMultidimensionalityin
theDigitalAge,February19-20,2010,LosAngeles,CA.Member,ProgramCommittee,2009,2010,WWWConferenceMember,OrganizingCommittee,2010ExtendedSemanticWebConferenceFacultyco-organizer(withPaulLeonardi)October16-18,2009,22ndannualOrganizational
CommunicationMiniconference,NorthwesternUniversity,Evanston,IL.Co-chair(withKarenChurch,JosepM.Pujol,&BarrySmyth)August29-31,2009,SocialMobile
Webworkshop,Vancouver,Canada.Co-organizer(withUriWilenskyandSeyedIravani)2009NICOAnnualConferenceon
ComplexityandNetworks,Evanston,IL.Co-organizer(withDavidLazer&InesMergel,KennedySchoolofGovernment,Harvard
University),2008,WorkshoponApplicationofSocialNetworkAnalysisinDigitalGovernment.NSFDigitalGovernmentConference,Montreal,Canada.
Co-organizer(withCharlesSteinfield,BrianPentland,andMarkAckerman)ofthe3rd
InternationalCommunities&Technologiesconference,2007,MichiganStateUniversity,EastLansing,MI.
Co-organizer,1stInternationalSeminaronNetworkTheory:InterdisciplinaryApproachesto
SocialNetworkTheory,September15-16,2006,LosAngeles,CA.Co-organizer(withKatyBorner,StanWasserman,LaszloBarabasi,&AlessandroVespignani)
May2006,InternationalworkshopandconferenceonNetworkScience(NetSci2006),Bloomington,IN.
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Co-organizer(withBradHesse,NationalCancerInstitute),May2006,SymposiumonCyberinfrastructureforPublicHealth,2006NSFDigitalGovernmentConference,SanDiego,CA.
Co-organizer(withDavidLazer&InesMergel,KennedySchoolofGovernment,Harvard
University),May2006,2007,WorkshoponApplicationofSocialNetworkAnalysisinDigitalGovernment.NSFDigitalGovernmentConference,SanDiego,CA.
Co-organizer(withKatyBorner),October2006,NSFWorkshoponSocialNetworksand
Cyberinfrastructure(SNAC).NationalCenterforSupercomputingApplications,Urbana,IL.Co-organizer(withDavidLazer&InesMergel,KennedySchoolofGovernment,Harvard
University),2005,WorkshoponApplicationofSocialNetworkAnalysisinDigitalGovernment.NSFDigitalGovernmentmeeting,Atlanta,GA.
Co-organizer(withScottLeischow,NationalCancerInstitute),May16,2005,Symposiumand
“BirdsofaFeather”SessiononCyberinfrastructureforPublicHealth.NSFDigitalGovernmentMeeting,Atlanta,GA.
Member,ProgramCommittee,August22-26,2005,eGov2005Conference,Copenhagen,
Denmark.Member,ProgramCommittee,August30-September3,2004,eGov2004Conference,
Zaragosa,Spain.Member,OrganizingCommittee,2003-2007,InternationalSymposiumonUnderstanding
ComplexSystems,Urbana-Champaign,IL.http://www.how-why.com/ucs2005/Co-organizer(withSteveCorman&RonRice),May27,2004,WorkshoponCommunication
NetworksinthePublicInterest.AnnualconventionoftheInternationalcommunicationAssociation,NewOrleans,LA.
Co-organizer,(withAnthonyStefandis,UofMaine)May24,2004,BirdsofaFeather.Session
onInternationalCollaborationonDigitalGovernmentResearch,DigitalGovernment2004meeting,Seattle,WA.http://www.dgrc.org/dgo2004/program/bofs/nosh.pdf
Co-organizer,(withAnthonyStefandis,UofMaine)May21-24,2004,NSFWorkshopon
InformationSocietyTechnologiesandResearchChallengesforthe21stCentury,Budapest,Hungary.
OrganizerandModerator,February25,2004,Gizmos,GadgetsandGoogles,Panelsponsored
byUIUC’sIllinoisProgramforResearchintheHumanities,Urbana,IL.
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OrganizerandModerator,December9,2003,Silicon,Carbon,CultureRoundtable:Discussionontheprojectsundertakenaspartofthe3-semesterinitiative,jointlysponsoredbyUIUCCollegeofLASandFAA,BeckmanAuditorium,Urbana,IL.
ProgramPlanner,May2003,OrganizationalCommunicationDivision,AnnualConventionof
theInternationalCommunicationAssociation,SanDiego,CA.Member,ProgramCommittee,2003,DigitalCities3:LocalInformationAndCommunication
Infrastructures:ExperiencesAndChallenges,Kyoto,Japan.ProgramPlanner,July15-19,2002,OrganizationalCommunicationDivision,Annual
ConventionoftheInternationalCommunicationAssociation,Seoul,SouthKorea.Member,ProgramCommittee,2002,InternationalWorkshoponRegulatedAgent-BasedSocial
Systems:TheoriesandApplications(RASTA'02).Member,ProgramCommittee,February12-17,2002,InternationalNetworkforSocial
NetworkAnalysisAnnualSunbeltConference,NewOrleans,LA.Member,ProgramCommittee,October18-21,2001,3rdKyotoDigitalCitiesand
CommunitywareMeeting,Kyoto,Japan.Member,WorkshoponCollaborativeLearning,May18-21,1998,UIUCSummerFaculty
Institute,Urbana,IL.Member,ProgramCommittee,1998,ICAAnnualConvention,solicitingsponsorship,providing
Internet/Websupport,Jerusalem,Israel.Member,ProgramCommittee,1997,ICAAnnualConvention,solicitingsponsorship,providing
Internet/Websupport,Montreal,Canada.FacultyCoordinator,1997,IXthAnnualOrganizationalCommunicationMiniconference,
Champaign-Urbana,IL.Member,1996-1997,SCANominationsCommittee,PublicationsAwardsinOrganizational
Communication.MembershipinProfessionalAssociations
AmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience(AAAS)AcademyofManagement(AOM)AmericanSociologicalAssociation(ASA)AssociationforComputingMachinery(ACM)InstituteforOperationsResearchandManagementScience(INFORMS)
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InternationalCommunicationAssociation(ICA)InternationalNetworkforSocialNetworkAnalysis(INSNA)NationalCommunicationAssociation(NCA)NetworkScienceSociety(NetSci)InterdisciplinaryNetworkforGroupResearch(INGROUP)
AdvisoryBoardAppointments&ElectedOfficesMember,ExternalAdvisoryCommittee,EuropeanUnionFP7NetworkofExcellenceinInternet
Science–EINS(http://www.internet-science.eu/),2014-presentMember,ExternalAdvisoryBoard,USCMediaImpactProject,2014-presentMember,AdvisoryBoard,JournalofHumanComputation,2014-presentMember,AdvisoryBoard,JournalofWebScience,2014-presentMember,WrigleyTRANSaction[+]AdvisoryBoard,2014-presentMember,JuryfortheEverettRogersAward-forachievementinthefieldspioneeredbyscholar
andteacherEverettM.Rogers.(www.rogersaward.org),2014.Member,ScientificAdvisoryBoard,InstituteforScientificInterchange(ISI)Foundation,Torino,Italy,2013-presentMember,ScientificAdvisoryBoard,NinjaMetrics,2012-presentMember,BoardofTrustees,WebScienceTrust,2011-presentMember,WebScienceTrustProgramBoard,2009-2011Member,AdvisoryBoard,ResponsibleBusinessintheBlogosphere,CentreforCorporateSocial
Responsibility,CopenhagenBusinessSchool,Denmark,2010-present.Member,Applications,Middleware&ServicesAdvisoryCouncil(AMSAC),Internet2,2008-2011.Member,NationalSteeringCommittee,NationalCancerInstitute’sRedesenAccion(Latin
AmericanHealthNetwork),2007-2009AdvisoryBoard,CanadianHealthServicesResearchFoundation.Leveragingknowledge
networksinhealthservicesresearchanddelivery,2007ExternalAdvisoryBoard,ImmersionStudies,2003-2004.
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AdvisoryBoard,IntranetWorkingGroup,StanfordComputerIndustryProject,1997-1998.Member,FacultyAdvisoryBoard,JonesInternationalUniversity,JonesIntercable,Englewood,
CO,1996-1997,2001-2002AssociationCommitteeAppointments&ElectedOfficesMember,DecadalSurveyofSocialandBehavioralSciencesandApplicationstoNational
SecurityCommittee,2017.Member,NewNationalCommunicationAssociation(NCA)CenteronCommunication
Excellence(CenterTaskforce),2016-2018.Member,BoardofDirectors,InternationalNetworkforSocialNetworkAnalysis(INSNA),2013-
2016.Member,BoardofDirectors,NetSciSociety,2012-2015.Member,NominationsCommittee,OrganizationalCommunicationDivision,International
CommunicationAssociation,2011.Chair,InternationalCommunicationAssociation(ICA)LiaisonCommittee,2010-2012Member,InternationalCommunicationAssociation(ICA)ExternalResearchFundingTaskForce,
2009Member,InternationalCommunicationAssociation(ICA)DevelopmentTaskForce,2008-2009ProgramDirector,WebScienceResearchInitiative,2009Chair,FreemanAwardsCommittee,InternationalNetworkforSocialNetworkAnalysis,2007-
2008Chair,InternationalCommunicationAssociation,DevelopmentTaskForce,2007Chair,InternationalCommunicationAssociation,Nominatingcommittee,2004-2005Member,JointICA-NCATaskForce,OrganizationalAssessmentTools,2003-2005Member,BestPublicationAwardCommittee,OrganizationalCommunication&Information
SystemsDivision,AcademyofManagement,2004-2005
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Member,InternationalCommunicationAssociationNominatingCommittee,2003-2004Member,InternationalCommunicationAssociationThemeCommittee,2003-2004Chair,WebServices,InternationalCommunicationAssociation,2000-2001Member,NationalCommunicationAssociation(NCA)NationalScienceFoundation(NSF)Task
Force,2000-2003Chair,InternationalCommunicationAssociation,OrganizationalCommunicationDivision,
ReddingDissertationAwardCommittee,1998Chair,OrganizationalCommunicationDivision,InternationalCommunicationAssociation,2002-
2004Vice-Chair,OrganizationalCommunicationDivision,InternationalCommunicationAssociation,
1999-2001Secretary,OrganizationalCommunicationDivision,InternationalCommunicationAssociation,
1997-1999GrantandFoundationCommitteesMember,Advisoryboard,NationalScienceFoundationproject:ExaminationofChangesin
IntegrationandInnovationAmongInstructionalIntegrationInitiativeProjects.2011-presentMember,AdvisoryCouncil,FamilyHealthDiffusionSystemProject,fundedbytheBilland
MelindaGatesFoundation.2010-2013.Member,ResearchNetworkingGroup,NIHClinical&TranslationalScienceAwards,National
InstitutesofHealth,2009-2014Chair,SocialNetworksWorkingGroup,NIHClinical&TranslationalScienceAwards,National
InstitutesofHealth,2009-2014Member,AdvisoryCommitteeonResearchPortfolioToolsforStructuring,Analyzing,Visualizing
andInteractingwithProposalandAwardPortfolios.NSF’sComputing&InformationSciencesEngineering(CISE)&Social,Behavioral&Economic(SBE)SciencesDirectorates,2009-2010.
Member,JuryforeGovEuropeanUnionFoundationAwards,2009.Advisor,NationalScienceFoundationWorkingGrouponCyberinfrastructurefortheSocial
Sciences.2004-2005
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InvitedExpert,NetworkfortheImprovementofAddictionTreatment,TheRobertWood
JohnsonFoundationandtheUSGovernment’sCenterforSubstanceAbuseTreatment.2004-2005
Member,NationalCancerInstitute,InitiativeontheStudyandImplementationofSystems,
2003-2004ExternalUniversityAppointmentsDistinguishedVisitingScholarattheCenterforWork,Technology,&Organizations(WTO)intheDepartmentofManagementScience&EngineeringatStanfordUniversity’sSchoolofEngineering,CA,Winterquarter2017. ExternalMember,WebScienceDistinguishedFacultySearchCommittee,UniversityofSouthampton,UK,2014.Member,ExternalReviewCommittee,CollegeofCommunication,BostonUniversity,2014.Member,ExternalReviewPanel,DepartmentofCommunication,CornellUniversity,2011.Member,ExternalAdvisoryCommitteetoreviewSocialInformaticsProgram,Schoolof
InformaticsandComputingatIndianaUniversity,Bloomington,IN,2010.HonoraryProfessor,SchoolofBusiness,FudanUniversity,Shanghai,China,2010-present.Fellow,TheFieldMuseum,Chicago,DivisionofEnvironment,Culture,andConservation(ECCo),
2007-present.ExternalFaculty,CenterforOrganizationalInnovation,ColumbiaUniversity,2002-2007.FacultyAdvisoryBoard,PrograminBusinessCommunication,JonesInternationalUniversity,
Englewood,CO,1996-2001.VanZelstDistinguishedScholarinResidence,NorthwesternUniversity,May1-5,2006.VisitingScholar,DepartmentofCommunication,PurdueUniversity,April3-7,2006.VisitingHonoraryProfessor,UniversityofScienceandTechnologyofChina.Hefei,China,
November2004.AnnenbergScholar,AnnenbergSchoolofCommunication,UniversityofPennsylvania,fall,1997.InvitedFaculty,ExecutiveM.B.A.Program,UniversityofJyvaskyla,Finland,1995.
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SELECTEDUNIVERSITYSERVICE NorthwesternUniversityMember,NUCATSTL1ExecutiveLeadershipCommittee,2015-2017Member,FacultyExcellenceAdvisoryCommittee,2015-2016Member,PresidentialFellowshipReviewCommittee,2015-2016Member,FacultySenateCommitteeonBudgetandPlanning,2015-2016Member,MediaTechnology&SocietyFacultySearchCommittee,2014-2015Member,Media,Technology&Society,GraduateAdmissionsCommittee,2014-2015Member,SteeringCommittee,NorthwesternScholars,2012-presentAdvisor,NU/KelloggCommunitySocialMediaPlatform,2012-presentMember,AdvisoryCommittee,PhysicalSciences-OncologyCenter(PSOC),2011-present
Member,StrategicPlanningCommittee,DepartmentofIndustrialEngineering&ManagementSciences,2009-present
Member,TSBExecutiveCommittee,2009-present
Member,NICOExecutiveCommittee,2008-present
Member,SegalChairFacultySearchCommittee,2010-2011Member,MediaTechnology&SocietyFacultySearchCommittee,2010-2011Member,Media,Technology&Society,GraduateAdmissionsCommittee,2010-2011Member,Technology&SocialBehavior,GraduateAdmissionsCommittee,2010-2011Member,McCormickSchoolofEngineering,Tenure&PromotionCommittee,2010-2011
Member,VPIT-CIOSearchCommittee,2009-2011
Member,GraduateCommittee,DepartmentofIndustrialEngineeringandManagementSciences,2009-2010
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JuniorFacultyMentor,SchoolofCommunication,2007-2010Member,AdhocPromotionCommittee,McCormickSchoolofEngineering,2009Member,McCormickCabellFellowsCommittee,2008-2009Member,TSBGraduateAdmissionsCommittee,2008-2009Member,IndustrialEngineeringandManagementSciencesGraduateAdmissionsCommittee,
2008-2009Member,IndustrialEngineeringandManagementSciencesAdvisoryCommittee,2008-2009Member,NorthwesternResearchandAcademicComputingCommittee(RACC),2007-2011Chair,MTSSearchCommittee,2007-2009UniversityofIllinois,Urbana-Champaign Member,UIUCChancellor’sIntellectualVisioningCommittee,2007Director,ScienceofNetworksinCommunities(SONIC)ResearchGroup,NationalCenterfor
SupercomputingApplications(NCSA),2004-2007Director,UIUCCenterforAdvancedStudyinitiativeonTheAgeofNetworksII:Social,Cultural
andTechnologicalConnections,2004-2007Member,IntellectualVisioningCommittee,appointedbyChancellorRichardHerman,2006-
2007Co-Chair,DepartmentColloquiumSeries,2006-2007Member,SteeringcommitteeUIUCIllinoisInformaticsInitiative(III),2006-2007Member,SteeringCommittee,UIUCIllinoisHomelandSecurityResearchCenter,2006-2007Director,WoolbertComputingLaboratoryandInstructionalComputingLaboratory,1995-2007Member,Selectioncommittee,UIUCMillercomDistinguishedLectures,2003-2007Chair,UIUCCenterforAdvancedStudyLectureSeriesonTheAgeofNetworks:Social,Cultural
andTechnologicalConnections,2005-2007
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Member,SteeringCommittee,UIUCSeedbedInitiativeonArtsinaTechnology-IntensiveWorld,2004-2007http://www.seedbed-initiative.uiuc.edu/
Director,DepartmentofSpeechCommunicationComputingandInstructionalLaboratories,1987-2007
Member,SteeringCommittee,FoodSecurityInitiative,2003-2007Member,UIUCInformationTechnologyAdvisoryBoard,2002-2007Reviewer,UniversityResearchBoard,1990-2007DepartmentRepresentative,UniversityComputingServices,1987-2007Co-Director,UIUCCenterforAdvancedStudyinitiativeonTheAgeofNetworks:Social,Cultural
andTechnologicalConnections,2005-2006Member,CollegeofLiberalArts&Sciences(LAS)TechnologyAdvisoryCommittee,2004-2006Member,UIUCCenterforAdvancedStudy/GeorgeAMillerProgramCommittee,2003-2006Member,SearchCommittee,DepartmentofSpeechCommunication,2005-2006Co-Chair,WorkingGroupfortheUIUCCenterforAdvancedStudy,2005-2006Member,SearchCommittee,DepartmentofSpeechCommunicationandSociology,2004-2005Member,SteeringCommittee,CampusInitiativeonFoodSecurity,2002-2005Member,AdvisoryBoard,IllinoisProgramforResearchintheHumanities(IPRH),2003-2005Member,AdvisoryBoard,IllinoisProgramforResearchintheHumanities,2003-2004Member,SteeringCommittee,Cross-campusInitiatives,2003-2005Member,SteeringCommittee,EthnographyoftheUniversityInitiative,2003-2004Member,SteeringCommittee,Arts&TechnologyInitiative,2002-2004FacultyMentorandTechnologyResource,UIUC’sCenterofAdvancedStudyinitiativeonWho
getsWhat?Theinteractionsofhealthpolicyandsocialwelfarepolicy,2003-2004Member,SteeringCommittee,MaddenInitiative:Silicon,Carbon,Culture:CombiningCodes
ThroughtheArts,Humanities,andTechnology,2001-2004Member,DepartmentFacultySearchCommittee,1999-2004
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Member,SteeringCommittee,CrossCampusInitiatives,2002-2003Member,TenureandPromotionCommittee,CarolineHaythornthwaite,GraduateSchoolof
Library&InformationSciences,2001-2002Member,DepartmentAdvisoryCommittee,1999-2002Member,UIUCSearchCommitteefortheDirectorofComputingandCommunicationsServices
Office,2000-2001Member,FacultySenate,1999-2001McNairScholarMentor,2000Member,DepartmentAdvisoryCommittee,1998-2000IntranetAdvisoryBoard,PartnershipforAdvancedComputationalInfrastructure,National
CenterforSupercomputingApplications,1996-1999.Member,DepartmentofSpeechCommunicationHumanSubjectsCommittee,1994-1999DepartmentRepresentative,UniversityResearchServices,1987-1999Director,MacintoshInstructionalComputingLaboratory,1995-1997Member,SelectionCommittee,IlliniTraditionAwards,1996-1997FacultyRepresentative,UIUCEducationalTechnologies’Board,MicrosoftSiteBuilder’s
Conference,November1996FacultyAdvisor,UIUSCCSO’sVirtualClassroomInitiative,1996Chair,OversightCommitteeonComputingandCommunicationsintheSocialSciences,1993-
1996Chair,AreaCommitteeonCommunicationResearchandQuantitativeMethodscurricula,1995-
1996Member,AdvisoryCommitteeoftheAdvancedInformationTechnologyProgram,1995-1996Member,SearchCommittee,OCCSS’ManagerofSystemServices,1995-1996Member,ExecutiveCommittee,LanguageLearningLaboratory,1988-1989;1991-1996
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Chair,LincolnHallBuildingNetworkCommittee,1992Member,LincolnHallBuildingNetworkCommittee,1990-1992FacultyCoordinator,MidwestOrganizationalCommunicationMini-conference,1988,1992,
1996ResearchAffiliate,AdvancedResearchInstitute,GraduateSchoolofLibraryandInformation
Science,1990-1991 UniversityofSouthernCalifornia Member,DoctoralResearchMethodsCommittee,1986-1987Coordinator,WesternStatesCommunicationMini-conference,1986Member,FacilitiesandEquipmentCommittee,1984-1985 PUBLICSERVICE ConsultingActivities ChairmanandCo-FounderofSyndioLLC,2009-present
CenterforNonprofitManagement,KelloggSchoolofManagement,2010-presentProcter&Gamble,2002-presentLivestrongFoundation,2009-presentVodafone,2004-2007ExecutiveDevelopmentAssociates,2003-2005CommunicationResearchAssociates,1995-2001AnnenbergPublicPolicyCenter,1999-2000PurdueUniversity,1998UtahTransitAuthority's,1998Amoco,1998ArthurAnderson,ChangeManagementGroup,1998Stanford,1997-1998SteelcaseInc.,1996-1998MerrillLynch,1997GenslerAssociates,1996-1997AndersonConsulting,1996SpectrumTechnologies,1996DCM,1996GovernmentofIndia’splanningcommission,1996IndianInstituteofMassCommunication,1996
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India’sNationalInformaticsCenter,1996IllinoisPower,1995-1996U.S.DepartmentofCommerce,1995-1996Member,ProgrammingCommittee,Champaign-UrbanaCableCommission,1992OasisManagementConsultants,1987-1990McDonnellDouglasCorporation,1987-1990Communimetrics,Inc.,1984-1987FirstInterstateBancorp,1985KSCI-TV,LosAngeles,1985ParamountPictures,1984
PublicationsforMediaandPopularPressVuong,Z.&Nelson,D.B.(March1,2012).Thelanguageofthefuture.MedillReports.Availableonlineat:http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/news.aspx?id=201916.MYRASchoolofBusiness(January10,2012).3Comms–Commerce,Communication,andCommunitiesinterview.Availableonlineat:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SySMmpgSe0.RoyalSociety(2011)ProfitingfromtheWeb.Availableonlineat:http://www.littlefoxcommunications.com/webscience_trust/.NationalCommunicationAssociation(November18,2011).GrantseekingBasics:AGuidefortheCommunicationScholarvideo,NewOrleans,LA.Availableonlineat:http://www.natcom.org/Default.aspx?id=2147484475&libID=2147484475Ford,H.(October20,2011)WikikpediaIsn’tJournalism,ButAreWikipediansReluctantJournalists?PBSIdeaLabblog.Availableonlineat:http://www.pbs.org/idealab/2011/10/wikipedia-isnt-journalism-but-are-wikipedians-reluctant-journalists290.htmlWright,A.(2011).“WebScienceMeetsNetworkScience.”CommunicationsoftheACM,Vol.54,No.5:23.Vance,A.(2011).“Yammer,Chatter,HotWater.”BloombergBusinessweek.McCormickMagazine(2011).Entrepreneurship+Design:Buildingacultureofentrepreneurship.Cox,L.(February24,2011).Spottinginfluencersinbigcompanies.TechnologyReview.Availableonlineat:http://www.technologyreview.com/news/423101/spotting-influencers-in-big-companies/RTTNews(February17,2011).MidwestPrivateEquityConference:Socialnetworkingnota
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replacementforin-personmeetings.RTTNews,GlobalFinancialNewswires.Availableonlineat:http://www.rttnews.com/Story.aspx?type=ts&Node=B1&Id=1555974Young,J.R.(1998).UsingComputerModelstoStudytheComplexitiesofHuman
Society.TheChronicleofHigherEducation.Washington,D.C.vanAmmelrooy,P.(2009).Dwergisfit,marnogaldepressief.deVolkskrant.
Amsterdam,DePersgroepN.V.Upson,G.(2009).NU-QExpandsNorthwestern'sGlobalScope.CenterPiece.
Evanston,NorthwesternUniversity:17.Steinberg,J.(2010).MoreProfessorsGiveOutHand-HeldDevicestoMonitor
StudentsandEngageThem.TheNewYorkTimes.NewYork:A14.Nyad,D.(2006).MySpaceandGrowthinOnlineSocialNetworking.TothePoint,
NationalPublicRadioKCRW.Naper,J.(2009)NSFAwardfromtheOfficeofCyberInfrastructure,OfficeoftheDirector. Project:CollaborativeResearch:CoupledModelsofDiffusionandIndividualBehavior
OverExtremelyLargeSocialNetworks.Morin,V.(2007).Love,Virtually.COSMOS.Sydney,LunaMediaPtyLtd.Middlebrough,K.(2006).SocialScienceAccessGridSeminars.N.C.f.e.-S.Science.
Manchester.Lynn,A.(2006).AssetsofrecentMexicanimmigrantstoChicagodetailedinstudy.
InsideIllinois.Urbana-Champaign,UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign.26:1-2.Gladstone,B.andB.Garfield(2009).GameTheory.OntheMedia,NationalPublic
Radio,WNYC.(2009)ProfessorNoshirContractorJoinsWebScienceTrust.McCormickNews(2009).“FacultyFeats.”Dialogue.Evanston,NorthwesternUniversity,SchoolofCommunicationGewin,V.(2008)Thenewnetworkingnexus.NatureJobs.com451(2008).Professorhelpsdiscoverimmigrantnetworks.McCormickNorthwesternEngineering.Evanston,NorthwesternUniversity:5.(2008).“Ifonlyweknewwhatweknow...”AnnualResearchReport,NorthwesternUniversity.(2005).TheSecondInternationalConferenceonCommunitiesandTechnologies.Milano.U.o.
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M.BicoccaandU.o.Milano.InvitedlecturebyNoshirContractor.(2004)NoshirContractor教授受聘为我校人文学院客座教授("employedasavisitingprofessor").中国科学技术大学新闻网Cole,Beth.(March2001).'Go,team,go'.Business,Kiwanis.40.(1993)WhiteHouseGetsAdviceonElectronicCommunications.TheChronicleofHigherEducationLynn,Andrea.(July1993).UIundergradscontributetoWhiteHousee-mailsystem.InsideIllinois.UniversityofIllinoisatUrbana-Champaign.AssociatedPress.(June1993).UIprof,studentsadviseWhiteHouseone-mail.TheChampaign-UrbanaNewsGazette.Champaign,Illinois.