Brian Uzzi Research Lab

Professor Uzzi is the Co-Director of the Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO) and a faculty member at The Center for Science of Science & Innovation (CSSI).  NICO is a university-wide institute made of distinguished faculty from all areas of the university, including the Kellogg School of Management, the McCormick School of Engineering, the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Communication, the School of Education and Social Policy, and the Feinberg School of Medicine. NICO's mission is to serve as a hub and a facilitator for path-breaking research in complexity and data science that transcends the boundaries of established disciplines.

Typical NICO and CSSI research and consulting projects that Brian’s lab is involved in include: 

• data science
• computational social science
• AI, machine learning, and natural language processing
• science of science
• social networks
• linguistic analysis of e-communication data
• collective and group decision-making

Current Lab Members:

Research Professors:

• Tara Sowrirajan - Kellogg School of Management, NICO and CSSI

Post Doctoral Fellows:

• Ching (Qing) Jin - Kellogg School of Management, NICO and CSSI
• Hao Peng - Kellogg School of Management, NICO and CSSI
• Sophie Qiu - Kellogg School of Management, NICO and CSSI

Please visit the NICO Researchers in Residence page for more information, or the Alumni page for information on past lab members.