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Introduction to Social Network Analysis

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction English
Code 460-2067/02
Abbreviation UASS
Course title Introduction to Social Network Analysis
Credits 3
Coordinating department Department of Computer Science
Course coordinator doc. Mgr. Miloš Kudělka, Ph.D.

Osnova předmětu

Lectures
History and present of social networks.
Basic features of social networks.
Simple measurement of social network features and their purpose.
Ego-networks analysis
Selected social network APIs (Facebook, Twitter,...).
Tools for social network analysis.
Tools for social network visualization.
Interpretation of social network analysis results

Seminars
The exercises will be devoted to practical tasks in the following areas:
- Analysis of features
- Practical usage of selected APIs
- Network visualization
- Interpretation of analytical results

Povinná literatura

Barabási, A. L. (2014). Network science book. Boston, MA: Center for Complex Network, Northeastern University. Available online at: http://barabasi. com/networksciencebook.

Doporučená literatura

Barabási, A. L. (2016). Network science. Cambridge university press.