Computer Science Department
Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto

 


Analysis of Social and
Information Networks
(PRODEI040)

2021/2022 Edition

Instructors:

 

Main Resources:

  • Handouts (slides, lecture notes and auxiliary material)
  • YouTube - Videos and summaries of the classes
  • Slack (register) - Platform for interaction and communication

Links

Handouts | Videos | Useful Links | Evaluation

 Evaluation Deliverables

Overview of Classes:

    Week         Date       Description  
#01 07-11 Mar   Course Presentation  
#02 14-18 Mar   Introduction, Motivation and Fundamentals  
#03 21-25 Mar   Measuring Networks; Random Graph Model  
#04 28 Mar - 01 Apr   "Small-World" Model; Power Laws and Preferential Attachment  
#05 04-08 Apr   Node Centrality  
#06 18-22 Apr   Pratical: Graph Visualization and Exploration with Gephi  
#07 25-29 Apr   Link Analysis  
#08 09-13 May   Structural Roles and Community Discovery  
#09 16-20 May   Subgraph Patterns  
#10 23-27 May   Diffusion and Cascading Behavior - Part 1 (Decision Based Models)  
#11 30 May - 03 Jun   Diffusion and Cascading Behavior - Part 2 (Probabilistic Models)  
#12 06-10 Jun   Network Construction