Memelab Ian Dennis Miller http://imiller.utsc.utoronto.ca Prof. Gerald Cupchik, Advisor
a meme laboratory • viral phenomena are interesting • memes spread virally • understand memes = understand virality
it’s the people • memes are spread virally • viral phenomena = people phenomena • Memelab exists for the people
demo: experiment • participant using meme8.com • meme creation • sharing interface
cumulative hits
demo: simulation • agent-based simulation • an “experimenter” recruits agents • each white arrow is a shared meme
simulation timeseries
Memelab results
Memelab • using memes to study viral phenomena • extending results through simulations • intermediate goal: 2 billion agent simulation • http://imiller.utsc.utoronto.ca
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