Introduction to the course Social Network Analysis

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Introduction to the course Social Network
Analysis

• Wu, Bang Ye
• CS, CCU

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Some problems and purposes in SNA

• Social relation search engine
• WARM
• Cluster detection
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• Latent friend
• Maximum Influence
• Marketing

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Grading Policy

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• Textbook
• Robert Hanneman and Mark Riddle. 2005,
  Introduction to Social Network Methods,
• free download from the Internet,
  http//www.faculty.ucr.edu/hanneman/
• Software (all free download)
• UCINet
• Pajek
• About the programming exercises
• You have the choice from very easy problem to
  state-of-the-art
• Paper reading and reporting
• A list will be announced and you can also choose
  by yourself (but after agreement)
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Teaching Information

• Instructor
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• bangye_at_cs.ccu.edu.tw
• http//www.cs.ccu.edu.tw/bangye/
• Office 514, 33122
• Office hours Tue and Wed 08451000.
• Teaching Assistants
• To be announced in my HomePage
• Lab 401A
• TA hours TBD

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Advice to students

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• There is no expert in this classroom
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