Caltech’s Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL)
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Caltech’s Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) is a research center focused on the quantitative study of social, economic, and information systems, integrating tools from economics, political science, computer science, and related fields.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Caltech’s Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2442377 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Caltech’s Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Context triple: [Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, hostInstitution, Caltech’s Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL)]
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A.
USC Information Sciences Institute
USC Information Sciences Institute is a renowned research institute at the University of Southern California known for its pioneering work in computer science and its foundational contributions to the development of the internet.
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B.
MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
The MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems is a research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on advancing the theory and applications of systems, control, communications, and data science.
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C.
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
The Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is MIT’s premier research lab for computer science, artificial intelligence, and related fields, known for pioneering work in areas such as robotics, machine learning, and systems.
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D.
MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
The MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society is an interdisciplinary research and education institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on data science, systems engineering, and social science to address complex societal challenges.
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E.
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is a leading research center at Stanford University dedicated to advancing the theory and practice of artificial intelligence across robotics, machine learning, and related fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Caltech’s Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Target entity description: Caltech’s Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) is a research center focused on the quantitative study of social, economic, and information systems, integrating tools from economics, political science, computer science, and related fields.
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A.
USC Information Sciences Institute
USC Information Sciences Institute is a renowned research institute at the University of Southern California known for its pioneering work in computer science and its foundational contributions to the development of the internet.
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B.
MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems
The MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems is a research laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on advancing the theory and applications of systems, control, communications, and data science.
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C.
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)
The Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) is MIT’s premier research lab for computer science, artificial intelligence, and related fields, known for pioneering work in areas such as robotics, machine learning, and systems.
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D.
MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society
The MIT Institute for Data, Systems, and Society is an interdisciplinary research and education institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology focused on data science, systems engineering, and social science to address complex societal challenges.
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E.
Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
The Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory is a leading research center at Stanford University dedicated to advancing the theory and practice of artificial intelligence across robotics, machine learning, and related fields.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (31)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
academic research unit
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research center ⓘ research laboratory ⓘ |
| abbreviation | SISL ⓘ |
| affiliation | Caltech Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences ⓘ |
| country |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| fieldOfWork |
computer science
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economics ⓘ information sciences ⓘ political science ⓘ social sciences ⓘ |
| hostInstitution | Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences at Caltech ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Pasadena, California
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linked to:
Pasadena
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| mission | to advance quantitative understanding of social, economic, and information systems ⓘ |
| name | Social and Information Sciences Laboratory ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
California Institute of Technology
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Caltech ⓘ
linked to:
California Institute of Technology
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| researchApproach | interdisciplinary ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
quantitative study of economic systems
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quantitative study of information systems ⓘ quantitative study of social systems ⓘ |
| researchMethod | quantitative methods ⓘ |
| researchOutput |
academic publications
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seminars and workshops ⓘ working papers ⓘ |
| usesToolFromDiscipline |
computer science
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economics ⓘ political science ⓘ social science ⓘ |
| website | https://www.hss.caltech.edu/research/sisl ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Caltech’s Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) Description of subject: Caltech’s Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL) is a research center focused on the quantitative study of social, economic, and information systems, integrating tools from economics, political science, computer science, and related fields.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Division of Humanities and Social Sciences
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hostInstitution
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Caltech’s Social and Information Sciences Laboratory (SISL)
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