2025-26 Computational Social Science seminar series announced

University of Michigan School of Information faculty have announced the list of speakers featured in the 2025-26 Computational Social Science Seminar Series.

The Computational Social Science seminar series brings together a vibrant and diverse community of scholars whose cutting-edge research in information science, computer science and the social sciences aims to broaden our understanding of important social and technological issues.

The events are scheduled for Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m. All talks will be held in the Leinweber Computer Science and Information Building’s Dow Event Space, except for the seminar on Wednesday, Sept. 11, which will take place Leinweber 1125.

Fall speakers:

• 9/11 Walter Dempsey, U-M Biostatistics, School of Public Health 
• 9/18 David Bamman, UC Berkeley 
• 9/25 Xioafan Liang,  U-M Taubman
• 10/2 Martin Saveski, University of Washington
• 10/23 Lise Getoor, UC Santa Cruz
• 10/30 Yian Yin, Cornell University
• 11/13 Jason Owen-Smith, U-M Sociology
• 11/20 Fred Feinberg, U-M Ross
• 12/4 Lillian Lee,  Cornell University

Winter speakers:

• 2 / 5 Lingfei Wu, University of Pittsburgh
• 3/12  Jacqueline Lane, Harvard University
• 3/19  Ted Underwood, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
• 4/2   Hal Daumé, University of Maryland
• 4/16 Tina Eliassi-Rad, Northeastern University