Schedule

MCS-394, Spring 2014

Date Reading Topic Deliverables
2/10Ch 1 Introduction
Course Overview
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2/12Ch 2, 3Graphs
Triadic Closure
Overview: Project 1

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2/17Ch 3Triadic Closure
Tie Strength
Bridges and Local Bridges
Overview: Research Process and Paper Writing
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2/19Ch 4Homophily
Research: The Evolution of Friendships in Chinese Online Social Networks
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2/24Ch 5Positive and Negative Relationship
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2/26Ch 5Structural Balance
Quiz 1
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3/3 - Project Presentations - Part 1 Part 1 Writeup
(description available on Moodle )
3/5Ch 6 Games
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3/10Ch 6 Games
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3/12Ch 7 Evolutionary Game Theory
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3/17Ch 7 Evolutionary Game Theory
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3/19Ch 8 Modeling Networking Traffic Using Game Theory
Overview: How to Write a Related Work Section
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3/24Ch 13, 14 The structure of the Web
Link Analysis and Web Search
Overview: Asking a Research Question
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3/26Ch 14 Link Analysis and Web Search
Quiz 2
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3/31- Spring Break-
4/2- Spring Break -

4/7 - Project Presentations - Part 2 Introduction
Survey of Related Work
Research Question

(description, references and sample papers available on Moodle )
4/9 - Project Presentations - Part 2 -

4/14- Project Presentations - Part 2 -
4/16Ch 16, Ch 17 Information Cascades and Network Effects
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4/21Ch 18** Easter Break ***
4/23 - Power Law and Rich-Get_Richer Phenomena
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Evaluation of Other Students' Research Questions
(description available on Moodle , part of project part 2 description)

4/28Ch 19Cascading Behavior in Networks
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4/30Ch 19 Cascading Behavior in Networks
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5/5Ch 20The Small-world Phenomenon
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5/7Ch 20, 21 The Small-World Phenomenon
Epidemics
Quiz 3
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5/12- Final Project Presentations
5/14- Final Project Presentations

5/19- Final Project Presentations -
5/21 - Review, Wrapping Up Final Project Writeup
(description available on Moodle )