Learning Outcomes:
Students will have
- Learned how to characterise a network according to a number of measures.
- Compute network measures, with the assistance of appropriate computational tools.
- Carry out steps to analyse network data, from processing of raw data to extraction of network structure.
- Apply network analysis in an application such as recommendation, information diffusion etc.
Indicative Module Content:
Students will study the following topics:
- Measures of network characteristics, including clustering, degree distribution etc.
- Algorithms to find dense clusters in networks.
- Community finding in social networks.
- Information diffusion in networks.
- Trust networks and their application in recommender systems.