Assistant Professor, Shiran Victoria Shen, has been selected for the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) Summer Institute in AI Methods for Social Scientists (AIMS) organized and held by Stanford University in July.
Shen was chosen as one of only 22 participants (out of 300+ applicants) to attend the institute. AIMS brings together scholars from across the social sciences for an intensive week of learning, practice, and collaboration in the ways to make use of AI methods in social science research. According to the AIMS website, participants "leave with hands-on experience using AI tools, a concrete sense of how these methods apply to their own research, and a network of colleagues working at this frontier across the social sciences."
The institute’s inaugural session will occur the week of July 26-31, 2026. The AIMS co-organizers are Noshir Contractor, Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University, and Lara Tiedens, Sara Miller McCune Interim Director of CASBS.
More about the Center for Advanced Study in Behavioral Sciences (CASBS)
Since its creation in 1954, researchers associated with the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) at Stanford University have explored some of our world’s most challenging questions and problems. Drawing on disciplines across academia and insights have created and extended knowledge of our world, and continue to do so. The Center’s annual mix of distinguished thinkers of proven accomplishment facilitates advanced thinking and research. They study contemporary societal problems and contribute to evidence-based policy and solutions.
