Dear All, this announcement by Mason Porter (UCLA) may be interesting to lots of our students, including undergraduates: Georg %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Hi everybody, Along with Heather Brooks, Michelle Feng, and Alexandria Volkening, I am co-organizing the 2021 AMS Short Course on ’Mathematical and Computational Methods for Complex Social Systems’: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/jpobC3QNPBivA0B7fgcvmg?domain=ams.org A bunch of information is located at the website online, and registration itself will open later this month. For ease of spreading the news, here is my tweet from earlier today: https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/7aR5C4QOPEix03oYhxzXyu?domain=twitter.com Our speakers and panelists, who span multiple disciplines, include Rediet Abebe (University of California, Berkeley), Daryl R. DeFord (Washington State University), Sandra Gonzlez-Bailn (University of Pennsylvania), Elizabeth Munch (Michigan State University), Nancy Rodrguez (University of Colorado, Boulder), Shelby M. Scott (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), Joseph H. Tien (Ohio State University), Chad M. Topaz (Williams College), and Jennifer N. Victor (George Mason University). The mathematical study of complex social systems draws on many subfields, including data-driven modeling, data analysis, network science, and topology and geometry. We will overview these mathematical methods, while also equipping participants with associated computational skills and discussing ways of engaging in cross-disciplinary research. We will present and discuss problems that are motivated by public opinion, political elections, social media, and social advocacy. Through a combination of survey lectures, software tutorials, panels, and community-building discussions, our goals are (1) to introduce participants to complex social systems and (2) to engage and mentor people who are interested in pursuing research in this area. ----- Mason