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Kathleen Carley

Kathleen Carley is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Kathleen Carley rather than just read about it. In short: Kathleen M. Carley is an American computational social scientist specializing in dynamic network analysis.

Kathleen Carley — main illustration
Kathleen Carley — illustration

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  • Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
  • Connect Kathleen Carley to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
  • Reproduce the core statement of Kathleen Carley from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Kathleen M. Carley is an American computational social scientist specializing in dynamic network analysis. She is a professor in the School of Computer Science in the Carnegie Mellon Institute for Software Research at Carnegie Mellon University and also holds appointments in the Tepper School of Business, the Heinz College, the Department of Engineering and Public Policy, and the Department of Social and Decision Sciences.

Background Kathleen Carley was born in Pueblo, Colorado in 1956. At High School her interest in social modeling was inspired by Isaac Asimov's Foundation series. Artificial intelligence was not a career path at that time and she was dissuaded from studying Mathematics because of gender stereotyping. Instead she studied for an S.B. in economics and an S.B. in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1978. She received her Ph.D. in sociology from Harvard University in 1984. Her Ph.D. advisor was Harrison White and her thesis was entitled Consensus Construction.

Career On leaving Harvard in 1984, Carley secured a position as assistant professor of Sociology and Information Systems at Carnegie Mellon University where she remains based. In 1990 she became associate professor of Sociology and Organizations, in 1998 Professor of Sociology, Organizations and IT, and in 2002 attained her current role as Professor of Computation, Organization and Society. Since 1998 she has also held appointments in other CMU schools and departments; the Department of Social and Decision Sciences, Heinz College, Tepper School of Business and Department of Engineering and Public Policy.

Research Carley's research combines cognitive science, sociology and computer science to address complex social and organizational problems. Methodologically she applies network science, machine learning, natural language processing, and agent based modeling to high-dimensional, large, and dynamic data. Carley is the founding co-editor and co-editor-in-chief of the journal Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory.

See also Dynamic network analysis

References

External links Carnegie Mellon - Kathleen Carley "Assessing Terror Networks" by Kathleen M. Carley on YouTube

Illustrations

Kathleen Carley illustration

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Kathleen Carley

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Kathleen Carley claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Kathleen Carley before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Kathleen Carley ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Kathleen Carley

In research
Kathleen Carley appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry
Engineering practice reuses Kathleen Carley in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom
Kathleen Carley is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1956 births, 20th-century American scientists, 20th-century American social scientists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life
Look for Kathleen Carley outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.
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How to study Kathleen Carley in 20 minutes

  1. Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
  2. Close the page and write down what Kathleen Carley means in your own words.
  3. Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
  4. Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
  5. Explain Kathleen Carley out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Kathleen Carley in simple terms?

Kathleen M. Carley is an American computational social scientist specializing in dynamic network analysis.

Why does Kathleen Carley matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Kathleen Carley?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Kathleen Carley.

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