Interpreting social networks
Main topics
- understanding social networks in terms of graph theory
- reading and writing structured text
- using Gephi to visualize and apply graph metrics to social networks
Major assignments
- Pluto notebook: constructing a social network. Due Sept. 21.
Class schedule
Week of Sept. 12, 14
Tuesday: introduction to social network analysis Thursday: reading and writing formatted text
Week of Sept. 19, 21
What we’ll cover
- representing data structures in plain-text formats
- using Gephi to visualize and interpret networks
Assignments
- Tuesday: working with collections of data in Julia
- Thursday: using Gephi to visualize graphs
Due dates to note
- Collaborative assignment 1: please be sure you have uploaded your Pluto notebook to the course Google Drive by 4:00 pm, Thursday, Sept. 21