Social Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center
A multimillion-dollar research center intended to improve the U.S. Army’s understanding of how technology impacts social interaction. Funded by a $16.75 million five-year grant from the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command, the Social Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center will study the interactions, interdependencies, and common underlying science of social, information and communication networks.
Jan. 17, 2012:
Members of SCNARC Laszlo Barabasi and Boleslaw Szymanski, together with Scott Page from University of Michigan, will present at the invited seminar on Human Dynamics at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on January 26th, 2012. In addition, Laszlo Barabasi, Alex Pentland,...
Jan. 10, 2012:
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Professor James Hendler was selected as a 2011 Fellow for the American Association of Science (AAAS). Professor Hendler serves as the experimental coordinator of SCNARC. He is also a senior constellation professor and the head of the...
Oct. 26, 2011:
Professor Boleslaw Szymanski was a plenary opening session speaker at the Future Internet Assembly in Poznan, Poland on October 25, 2011, together with Megan Richards, Director in Information Society and Media DG of European Commission and Johnathan Cave, RAND Europe. Professor...
Jul. 26, 2011:
Scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society. The scientists, who are members of the Social Cognitive Networks Academic Research...
