Schedule
| Date | Theme | Details | Deliverables | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11-Jan | Basics | Class logistics Overview on Network Analysis |
Jana | |
| 13-Jan | The Network Analysis Process and Methodology | Jana | ||
| 18-Jan | Martin Luther King day | |||
| 20-Jan | Basics | Network Visualization | Terrill | |
| 25-Jan | When images do not suffice: Network analytical measures | HW 1 out | Terrill | |
| 27-Jan | Structures, Models, Processes |
Models and Simulation of Network Evolution | Jana | |
| 1-Feb | Models and Simulation of Network Evolution | Jana | ||
| 3-Feb | Models and Simulation of Diffusion in Networks | HW 1 due, HW 2 out | Jana | |
| 08-Feb 10-Feb |
snow days | |||
| 15-Feb | Groups | Subgroups and Cliques Clustering |
HW 2 due (solutions, data) | Terrill |
| 17-Feb | Clustering | HW 3,4 out | Terrill | |
| 22-Feb | Dyads and Individuals | Block models Ego networks Reciprocity |
Terrill | |
| 24-Feb | Social capital, structural holes, equivalence | Terrill | ||
| 1-Mar | review day | bring any questions you have | HW 3,4 due | Jana & Terril |
| 3-Mar | in class midterm | @ Baker 140F | Jana & Terril | |
| 8-Mar | spring break | mid-semester grades |
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| 10-Mar | spring break | |||
| 15-Mar | Network data | Ethics, Privacy, Legality | HW 5 (P) out | Jana |
| 17-Mar | Ethics, Privacy, Legality | HW 6 out (solutions) | Jana | |
| 22-Mar | Collection Methods | Terrill | ||
| 24-Mar | Scraping data from the web | Terrill | ||
| 29-Mar | Project workshop 1 | We as a class discuss each team's project question and provide feedback | HW 5 (P) due, HW 7 (P) out |
Jana & Terrill |
| 31-Mar | Network data: |
Introduction: Using text data for network analysis | HW 6 due | Jana |
| 5-Apr | Natural Language Processing and Relation Extraction from Texts | Jana | ||
| 7-Apr | Jana | |||
| 12-Apr | HW 8 out | Jana | ||
| 14-Apr | Project workshop 2 | Work on your project, discuss your project update and any problems with the class and the instructors | HW 7 (P) due | Jana & Terrill |
| 19-Apr | Simulation revisited | Construct: A model of meta-network dynamics | Terrill | |
| 21-Apr | Covert networks | Usage of network analysis for investigating crime | HW 8 due | Jana |
| 26-Apr | Relational methods for analyzing covert networks | Jana | ||
| 28-Apr |
Project workshop 3 | all project teams present their poster at in-class poster session | HW 9 (P) due | Jana & Terrill |
