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I'm a doctoral student (soon: candidate) in Political Science, majoring in international relations (IR). My main interests are international security and conflict; I went back to school specifically because I read a couple papers from SFI-affiliated scholars, and thought, 'Could be interesting to apply to this to IR." Lately I've been looking at power-law results in measurement of war magnitude and frequency, and would like to extend this work to network analysis of conflict and alliance systems. Alas, complexity has not made the inroads in Political Science that is has in other disciplines, so this ends up being a side project from my actual dissertation research; that research looks  at the domestic constraints on states' capacity for violence.
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''What are your main interests?'': I study political science, specifically international relations, more specifically conflict and war.  
 
''What sort of expertise can you bring to the group?'': Political and social science expertise, for whatever that is worth. I am reasonably competent with statistical methods, but have minimal training in higher math or computer programming. I am a superstar at Powerpoint and similar presentation software.
 
''What do you hope to get out of the CSSS?'': I have taken some basic courses in complexity and computational social science, focused on political science. I want a more intensive and interdisciplinary understanding of the field, especially the mathematical foundations.
 
''Do you have any possible projects in mind for the CSSS?'': I am working on power-law analysis of conflict data, which I plan to extend with network analysis techniques. I don't know that I'll work on this project during the CSSS, but it is background for my interests and intent.
 
You can learn more about me at [http://miles.oppidi.net]http://miles.oppidi.net .

Latest revision as of 19:31, 11 May 2011

What are your main interests?: I study political science, specifically international relations, more specifically conflict and war.

What sort of expertise can you bring to the group?: Political and social science expertise, for whatever that is worth. I am reasonably competent with statistical methods, but have minimal training in higher math or computer programming. I am a superstar at Powerpoint and similar presentation software.

What do you hope to get out of the CSSS?: I have taken some basic courses in complexity and computational social science, focused on political science. I want a more intensive and interdisciplinary understanding of the field, especially the mathematical foundations.

Do you have any possible projects in mind for the CSSS?: I am working on power-law analysis of conflict data, which I plan to extend with network analysis techniques. I don't know that I'll work on this project during the CSSS, but it is background for my interests and intent.

You can learn more about me at [1]http://miles.oppidi.net .