Kyosuke Tanaka
I'm a PhD student in the Media, Technolgy, and Society program at Northwestern University, working in the Science of Networks in Communities (SONIC) research group.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
I'm curious about our thinking, perceptions, and behaviors. My current research interests lie in network heuristics.
As behavioral economics have revealed that people rely on simple, efficient rules when they make judgments and decisions, I'm interested in expanding such heuristics to relational situations in which people communicate and interact with each other.
Specifically, my research concerns relational situations where individuals perceive, search and use their surrounded connections and connections of connections.
Current Research Projects:
- Examining the role of self-disclosure via profiles in network formation on an online community
- Creating an R package of a network sampling method
- A quasi-experimental study of social influence via social signaling on online design ratings
- Routing strategies and network structure in the small-world phenomenon
- Examining the role of network awareness in successful message chains
- Examining how and why people misperceive and miss communication links in communication networks
- Networking strategies in communication networks
- Investigating package ecosystems in programming langugage communities
EDUCATION
Northwestern University
2015-(in progress)
Ph.D. in the Media, Technology, and Society program
Advisor: Noshir Contractor
Australian National University
2013-2015
M. of Social Research (Advanced)
Graduate Certificate in Social Research
Advisor: Robert Ackland
Bellevue College
2010-2011
International Business Professions program
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Conference Proceedings
Tanaka, K., & Horvát, E-Á. Networking Strategies and Efficiency in Human Communication Networks.
Proceedings The 7th International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications COMPLEX NETWORKS 2018.
In Press
Using data-driven computer simulations, we study the effect of networking strategies on efficiency in communication networks. We found there is a clear trade-off between the studied networking strategies and efficiency.
Report
Ackland, R., & Tanaka, K.
Development Impact of Social Media.
background report for World Bank World Development Report 2016: Digital Dividends.
2015
In this paper, we assess the impact of social media on social and economic development, using an analytical framework that draws on social networks and social learning.
PRESENTATIONS
Conferences
Tanaka, K., Jha, S., Gado, H., Twyman, M., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. 6-DoS (Six Degrees of Separation): A Web-based Platform to Conduct Small-world Experiments.
XXXVIII Sunbelt Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA), Utrecht, Netherlands, June 26-July 1.
2018
Tanaka, K., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. Origins of Omission and Commission Errors in Perceptions of Group Communication Networks.
68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Prague, Czech Republic, May 24-28.
2018
Tanaka, K., & Horvát, E-Á. Channel Alteration and Structural Efficiency in Human Communication Networks.
Poster presented at CompleNet 2018, Boston, MA, March 5-8.
2018
Tanaka, K., Witz, C., Niler, A. A., DeChurch, L. A., & Contractor, N. S. Social Network Acuity Among Space Crews and Mission Control Centers.
Poster presented at the NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, TX.
2018
Tanaka, K., Witz, C., Niler,A.A., DeChurch,L.A. & Contractor, N.S. Misperceptions of Social Structure: Omission and Commission Errors in Communication Networks.
Poster presented at Organizational Communication Mini Conference 2017, Athens, OH, October 13-15
2017
Tanaka, K., & Contractor, N.S. Search Strategies and Network Structure in the Small-World Phenomenon.
Poster presented at the International School and Conference on Network Science (NetSci), Indianapolis, IN, June 19-23
2017
Tanaka, K., Ran, M., Piech, J., & Contractor, N. S. Follow the Crowds? A Quasi-Experimental Study of “Social Signal” Effects on Online Design Ratings.
Poster presented at the InfoSocial 2017, Evanston, IL.
2017
Tanaka, K., Ran, M., Piech, J., & Contractor, N. S. Follow the Crowds? A Quasi-Experimental Study of “Social Signal” Effects on Online Design Ratings.
Poster presented at the ANN-SONIC 8th International Workshop on Network Theory, 2017, Los Angeles, CA.
2017
DeChurch, L.A., Niler, A., Plummer, G., Tanaka, K., & Contractor, N.S. Impact of Social Connectedness,
Communication Delay, and Sleep Deprivation on Cognitive Network Similarity in Analog Teams.
Poster presented at the NASA Human Research Program Investigators' Workshop, Galveston, TX.
2017
Tanaka, K. A Mask Tells Us More Than a Face: Self-Disclosure and Network Formation in an Online Community,
ACSPRI Social Science Methodology Conference, Sydney, Australia, December 7-10.
2014
Talks
Tanaka, K. Harnessing Network Awareness and Activation,
Lighting Talk at Symposium for the Society of Young Network Scientists, Indianapolis, IN, June 20.
2017
Bohle-Carbonell, K., & Tanaka, K. The Magic and Curse of 3: Developing and Retaining Coordinators.
People Analytics Expo 2016, Philadelphia, PA, April 7.
2016
Tanaka, K. A Mask Tells Us More Than a Face: Self-Disclosure and Network Formation in an Online Community,
CSIRO, Canberra, Australia, March 30.
2014
AFFILIATION
International Communication Association
2018-
Member
Evanston Symphony Orchestra
2015-
Second Violin