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.

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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