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.

Subject syllabus

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

E-learning

https://homel.vsb.cz/~kud007/

Literature

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

Advised literature

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

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