Welcome to Center for Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems (CASOS)!


Addressing complex real world issues through a combined social-science & computer-science approach, using advanced techniques from network science, text-mining, and agent-based modeling.

  • Leader in network science, network analysis and network visualization.
  • Leader in network dynamics and linking social networks to other data - geo-spatial, knowledge, tasks etc.
  • Leading analytic tools for network analysis - ORA-LITE, AutoMap, Construct
  • University wide center with faculty and students in multiple departments
  • Multi-disciplinary research - working with Academia, Industry, Government
  • Applications related to Law Enforcement, Counter-terrorism, Health, Nuclear Deterrence, Cyber-Security, Social Change, Organizational Design, Insider Threat, Population Dynamics, Social Media.

Director: Prof. Kathleen M. Carley
kathleen.carley@cs.cmu.edu :: homepage

Recent News

  • CASOS graduate student Daniele Bellutta has a new publication in the Journal of Big Data, "Investigating coordinated account creation using burst detection and network analysis". Check out the publication here.
  • Director Kathleen M. Carley was interviewed for a new article on GRID. Check out her comments about Twitter API access for researchers here.
  • CASOS graduate student Lynnette Ng has a new publications in journal Applied Network Science, "A combined synchronization index for evaluating collective action social media". Check out the publication here.
  • CASOS graduate students Samantha Phillips and Tom Magelinski were chosen to present at the 2022 Sunbelt XLII Social Networks Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA).
  • CASOS graduate students Catherine King and Samantha Phillips are awarded GuSH funds for their research study on polarization.
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ORA-LITE

Analyze statistics, social network analysis (SNA), dynamic network analysis (DNA), link analysis software.

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The Professional version of ORA which is available from Netanomics (www.netanomics.com). ORA is a network science tool used for network science and visualization

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CASOS used network science tools such as ORA, Automap, and Construct. These tools are used for network science and visualization