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MA 4044: Structure and Analysis of Complex Networks

January 2025 Class Schedule

Week Monday Tuesday  Wednesday Thursday
JAN 6-9

CHUNK Learning ("NPS MA4004 Course Resources" unit, particularly Real Networks chunk  )

Real Networks 

Introduction to multilayer network activity   Create your personal network for the Network Profile Summary Finalize your personal network for the Network Profile Summary, Click here to find examples of networks you can reuse
JAN 13-16

CHUNK Learning ("Network Science Overview" unit)

Meet for the multilayer activity

Network Science overview, 1st part - ER and

Synthetic Networks ER

Network Science overview, 2nd part - WS and

Synthetic Networks WS

Network Science overview, 3rd part - BA and

Synthetic Networks BA

 

JAN 20-23

PPT slide (network introduction) due by 9am 

 

Synthetic Networks and Network Analysis

Multilayer Network Activity presentations  (each group has 15 min to present, followed by Q&A). 

Team  research project (Goal: possible methodologies)

 

JAN 27-30

PPT slide (synthetic networks) due by 9am

 

CHUNK Learning ("Communities" chunk from "MesoScale" unit)

Community Detection and a generative model (PDF)

Team research project (Goal: finalize the methodology, work on Section 3 in Overleaf)

Network Profile PPT presentation (communities)

 

Presenters: Mark, Terry, Brad, Karl.

February 2025 Class Schedule

Week Monday Tuesday  Wednesday Thursday
FEB 3-6

PPT slide (communities) due by 9am

 

CHUNK Learning  ("Core-Periphery" chunk from "MesoScale" unit)

Core-Periphery k-clique, k-core

activity

Team research project (Goal: complete Sections 1 and 2 in Overleaf based on the directions of Section 3; complete first two slides of the team presentation)

Network Profile PPT presentation (core-periphery, k-core, k-dense)

 

Presenters: Gordon, Jessica, John, Carl.

FEB 10-13

PPT slide (core-periphery, k-core, k-dense) due by 9am

 

CHUNK Learning ("Network Centrality" unit)

Centralities activity

Centralities: Degree Centrality

Centrality: Eigenvector

Centralities: Katz

Centralities: PageRank

Centralities: HITS

Team research project (Goal: Section 3 in Overleaf; create your 3rd slide of the team presentation)

Network Profile PPT presentation (adjacency driven centrality)

 

Presenters: Joeseph, Mark, Terry, Brad.

FEB 17-20

 

 

CHUNK Learning ("Network Centrality" unit)

Holiday

Centralities Closeness

Centralities Betweenness

Gephi and Python

 

Team research project (Goal: Finalize Section 4 in Overleaf; create slide 4 of the team presentation)

Network Profile PPT presentation (distance driven centralities)

 

Presenters: Karl, Gordon, Jessica, John.

FEB 24-27

PPT slides (all applicable centralities) due by 9am

 

CHUNK Learning ("Scale Free, Degree Distribution, Clustering coeff " chunk from the "MacroScale" unit)

 

Scale Free, Degree Distribution 

Clustering Coefficient

Small world

Team research project (Goal: run experiments and update Section 4 in Overleaf; create slide 4 of the team presentation)

Network Profile PPT presentation (scale free, degree distribution, small world, clustering)

 

Presenters: Carl, Joseph.

March 2025 Class Schedule

Week Monday Tuesday  Wednesday Thursday
MAR 3-6 

PPT slides (scale free, degree distribution, small world, clustering) due by 9am

 

CHUNK Learning: "NS Takeaways" chunk from the "MacroScale" unit

 

Optional: Information propagation in networks: TED talk and Robustness

Prof. Alderson's lecture on "Cathcing the Network Science bug"

Team research project (Goal: draw results and conclusions. Update Section 5 in Overleaf; Create slide 5 of the team presentation)

Prof. Alderson's lecture on "Cathcing the Network Science bug"

MAR 10-13

PPT Slide due by 9am (over the points that Prof. Alderson talk)

 

CHUNK Learning: "Homophily and Assortativity" chunk from the "MacroScale" unit) 

Assortativity/Homophily

and

Similarity

Prof. McClure's lecture on Graph Neuro Networks

Team research project (Goal: Finalize the paper in Overleaf; Fnalize the team presentation)

Prof. Everton's lecture on Social Networks

MAR 17-20

Team research project presentation and discussions (Team 1)

PPT slides (over your takeaways from previous weeek's's talk) due by 9am

This is the final exam week (your final exam is the team research project: PPT and paper)

Team research project presentation and discussions (Team 2)

Due by March 20th:

1) Final Network Profile Summary - complete PPT deck to include takeaways 2) Research Project due (PPT and paper).
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