Duncan J. Watts
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| Duncan J. Watts | |
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| Nationality |  Australian |
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| Fields | Physics Sociology Complex systems |
| Institutions | Columbia University CDG Collective Dynamics Group Yahoo! Research |
| Alma mater | Cornell University University of New South Wales |
Duncan J. Watts (1971-) is a Australian professor of sociology at Columbia University, head of the Collective Dynamics Group[1] and author of the book Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age[2].
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[edit] Life and work
Duncan Watts was born in 1971. He received a B.Sc in physics from the University of New South Wales, and a Ph.D. in Theoretical and Applied Mechanics from Cornell University.
Duncan Watts is also principal research scientist at Yahoo! Research[3], where he directs the Human Social Dynamics group, and an external faculty member of the Santa Fe Institute.
His research on social networks and collective dynamics has appeared in a wide range of journals, from Nature, Science, and Physical Review Letters to the American Journal of Sociology.Starting in the fall of 2007. In 1998, in conjunction with Steven Strogatz of Cornell University, Watts formalized the small world phenomenon in the celebrated Nature paper[4].
Duncan Watts is currently exploring the "role that network structure plays in determining or constraining system behavior, focusing on a few broad problem areas in social science such as information contagion, financial risk management, and organizational design." [5]
[edit] See also
- Albert-László Barabási
- Clustering coefficient
- Complex network
- Small world experiment
- Small-world networks
- Social networks
- Steven Strogatz
- Watts and Strogatz model
[edit] Bibliography
Selected works:
- Watts, D.J.; Strogatz, S.H. (1998). "Collective dynamics of 'small-world' networks.". Nature 393 (6684): 409-10. doi:.
- Watts, D.J. (1999). "Networks, Dynamics, and the Small-World Phenomenon". AJS 105 (2): 493-527.
- Watts, Duncan; Dodds, Peter; Newman, M. E. .J. (2002). "Identity and Search in Social Networks". Science 296 (5571): 1302-1305.
- Watts, Duncan (2002). "A simple model of global cascades on random networks". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 99 (9): 5766-5771. doi:.
- Dodds, Peter; Muhamad, Roby; Watts, Duncan (2003). "An Experimental Study of Search in Global Social Networks". Science 301 (5634): 827-829. doi:.
- Watts, D.J. (2004). "The New science of networks". Annual review of sociology 30: 243-270.
- Dodds, P.S.; Watts, D.J. (2004). "Universal Behavior in a Generalized Model of Contagion". Physical Review Letters 92 (21): 218701. doi:.
- Watts, D.J.; Muhamad, R.; Medina, D.C.; Dodds, P.S. (2005). "Multiscale, resurgent epidemics in a hierarchical metapopulation model". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102 (32): 11157-11162. doi:.
[edit] References
- ^ CDG Collective Dynamics Group
- ^ Watts, Duncan (2003). Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age. W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0393041425.
- ^ research.yahoo.com
- ^ Watts, D.J.; Strogatz, S.H. (1998). "Collective dynamics of 'small-world' networks.". Nature 393 (6684): 409-10. doi:.
- ^ See his homepage at Columbia [1]
[edit] External links
- Clive Thompson. "Is the Tipping Point Toast?", Fast Company, 2008-02. Retrieved on 2008-02-25.
