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Duncan J. Watts
American sociologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Duncan James Watts (born February 20, 1971) is a computational social scientist and a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.[5] He was formerly a principal researcher at Microsoft Research in New York City, and is known for his work on small-world networks.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]
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Duncan Watts | |
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![]() Watts presenting at iCitizen 2008 | |
Born | (1971-02-20) February 20, 1971 (age 53)[1] |
Nationality | Australian - Canadian [1] |
Alma mater | University of New South Wales Cornell University (PhD) |
Known for | Watts and Strogatz model Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age[2] |
Awards | Fellow of the Network Science Society (NetSci), 2018. |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Sociology, network science |
Institutions | Columbia University Microsoft Research Santa Fe Institute Yahoo! Research Nuffield College, Oxford[3] |
Thesis | The structure and dynamics of small-world systems (1997) |
Doctoral advisor | Steven Strogatz[4] |
Website | www |
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