End Piece: Challenges for Social Science Research

Recent Advances and Remaining Challenges for Social Science Research

During the past two decades, a set of systematic comparative case analysis techniques has been developing at a steady pace. During the last few years especially, the main initial technique, qualitative comparative analysis (QCA), has been complemented by other related methods and techniques. The purpose of this article is to critically assess some main recent developments in this field. QCA and...

TWC: Frontier: Privacy for Social Science Research

Information technology, advances in statistical computing, and the deluge of data available through the Internet are transforming social science. With the ability to collect and analyze massive amounts of data on human behavior and interactions, social scientists can hope to uncover many more phenomena, with greater detail and confidence, than allowed by traditional means such as surveys and in...

Serious games for energy social science research

Research Challenges in Computer Science and Engineering

The modern era for computer science and engineering is now 50 years old. It’s been an exciting and dynamic time and the contributions that our field has made to society have been profound. As the field has matured, there is a growing sense of diminished possibilities. This is understandable. Certainly in the more mature parts of the field, there is less unexplored territory. The low-hanging fru...

ISM Science Corner - Opinion Piece

By now many Canadians know that February is heart month, thanks to annual canvassing of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. February, it turns out, is the peak month for heart attacks, but did you ever wonder why? If you subscribe to the notion that high cholesterol is the main or major risk factor for heart attacks, then you would be surprised to know that seasonal differences in choles...