BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Penn Engineering Events - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Penn Engineering Events
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Penn Engineering Events
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/New_York
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20220313T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20221106T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20230312T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20231105T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20240310T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20241103T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T163000
DTSTAMP:20260404T195600
CREATED:20230206T191346Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230206T191346Z
UID:8415-1676561400-1676565000@seasevents.nmsdev7.com
SUMMARY:CIS Seminar: "Birds of a Feather Flock Together: How Homophily Leads to Segregation\, Inequality\, and Inefficiency and What We Can Do About It"
DESCRIPTION:Humans exhibit a strong tendency to associate with those similar to them. This tendency\, termed homophily in the social sciences\, impacts both the structure of society and its outcomes. In this talk\, Nicole Immorlica discusses the mathematics of homophily. She first quantifies its theoretical implications for geographic segregation. We will see that even tolerant societies exhibit segregation\, as weak local preferences can have ripple effects with global consequences. This geographic segregation\, in turn\, reinforces homophily. Immorlica then explores the role of homophily in inequality and economic productivity. She starts from the observation that most employment is driven by referrals. As social networks tend to exhibit homophily\, these referrals are also homophilous\, perpetuating existing inequality. This inequality\, in turn\, is harmful to productivity\, causing inefficiencies in the economy. She concludes by suggesting policy interventions that can both reduce inequality and improve productivity.  Finally\, should time permit\, she explores a rational basis for homophily in social networks\, showing that people prefer to listen to those similar to them because they get more accurate information from such interactions.
URL:https://seasevents.nmsdev7.com/event/cis-seminar-birds-of-a-feather-flock-together-how-homophily-leads-to-segregation-inequality-and-inefficiency-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/
LOCATION:Wu and Chen Auditorium (Room 101)\, Levine Hall\, 3330 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Computer and Information Science":MAILTO:cherylh@cis.upenn.edu
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR