Thanks to the generous funds provided by NSF’s Collaborative Research: Social Dynamics of Knowledge Transfer Through Scientific Mentorship and Publication grant, professors Daniel Acuna (iSchool, Syracuse University) and Stephen V. David (Oregon Health & Science University) are proud to host a Summer School on the Science of Science, or “S4”.

This event will bring together PhD students, junior scholars, faculty, and experts in order to gain hands-on experience with vital Science of Science topics. We saw a need for this event when examining other summer schools and workshops – existing events do not focus entirely on the study of SciSci and take more a methods-based approach rather than question-based. We hope to fill this gap in the Science of Science community.

S4 will be held August 3-7, 2020, at Syracuse University’s School of Information Studies. We expect to have 30-40 participants for this inaugural event.

Confirmed speakers/mentors (in alphabetical order)

	Tim Errington, Director of Research, Center for Open Science
	Vincent Larivière, Full Professor, l’Université de Montréal.
	Staša Milojević, Associate Professor, Indiana University, Bloomington.
	Dashun Wang, Associate Professor, Northwestern University
	Bruce Weinberg, Professor, The Ohio State University
	Jevin West, Associate Professor, University of Washington

Organizers

	Daniel Acuna, Assistant Professor, School of Information Studies, Syracuse University
	Stephen V. David, Assistant Professor, Oregon Health & Science University

Agenda (Preliminary)

Sunday, August 2
09:00 AM - 06:00 PM	Attendees arrive at SU
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM	Welcoming reception. Location: TBA
Monday - Thursday, August 3 - 4
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM	Breakfast - SU dorm
09:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Speakers presentations
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM	Lunch - Dorm (Hotel for speakers)
01:30 PM - 05:00 PM	Hands-experience & Hackathons, iSchool Labs
05:00 PM - 07:30 PM	Dinner - Dorm
07:30 PM - 09:00 PM	Continue projects
Friday, August 5
08:00 AM - 09:00 AM	Breakfast - SU dorm
09:00 AM - 12:30 PM	Speakers presentations
12:30 PM - 01:30 PM	Lunch - Dorm (Hotel for speakers)
01:30 PM - 06:00 PM	Project presentations
06:00 PM - 09:00 PM	Attendees Depart SU

Application & Registration

Due to anticipated interest in S4, there will be an application process that will favor accepting a cohort of Ph.D. students, postdocs, and junior faculty that balances affinity and diversity.

Apply

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For the accepted atteendees, there will be a TBD fee registration that includes:

• Access to all sessions and materials
• Lodging in a university dorm (TBA)
• Breakfast, lunch, and dinner at the dorms
• Coffee breaks
• Access to a lab computer if personal laptop not available

Sponsors

This event has been partially funded by the following:

Collaborative Research: Social Dynamics of Knowledge Transfer Through Scientific Mentorship and Publication