The course will cover recent research on the structure and analysis of such large social and information networks and on models and algorithms that abstract their basic properties. Class will explore how to practically analyze large scale network data and how to reason about it through models for network structure and evolution.
Topics include methods for link analysis and network community detection, diffusion and information propagation on the web, virus outbreak detection in networks, and connections with work in the social sciences and economics.
Announcements:
Important course information will be posted on this web page and announced in class. You are responsible for all material that appears here and should check this page for updates frequently.
- 9/22: The first class will be held at 9:00am on Tuesday 9/22, in NVIDIA Auditorium. We look forward to seeing you there!
The info sheet for the course is available: [Info Sheet] - 9/22: We will have 2 recitation sessions. Sessions will be video recorded and slides posted here:
- SNAP.PY: Friday, 9/25 (4:00pm-5:30pm) in NVIDIA Auditorium
Main page, Documentation and tutorial, Recitation slides, Troubleshooting Guide - Review of Probability and Linear Algebra: Friday, 10/02 (4:00pm-5:30pm) in NVIDIA Auditorium
Probability slides, Linear Algebra slides
- SNAP.PY: Friday, 9/25 (4:00pm-5:30pm) in NVIDIA Auditorium
- 9/22: Homework 0 is out (due Oct. 1). [Homework 0]. Submission Template for HW0 [pdf | tex | docx]. Solutions [PDF][Code].
- 9/22: Homework 1 is out (due Oct. 8). [Homework 1]. Submission Template for HW1 [pdf | tex | docx]. Solutions [PDF][Code].
- 10/08: Homework 2 is out (due Oct. 22). [Homework 2]. Submission Template for HW2 [pdf | tex | docx]. Solutions [PDF][Code].
- 10/22: Homework 3 is out (due Nov. 05). [Homework 3]. Submission Template for HW3 [pdf | tex]. Solutions [PDF][Code].
- 11/03: Project milestone submission deadline extended to 9am on Tue, 17th Nov.
- 11/06: Homework 4 is out (due Nov. 19). [Homework 4]. Submission Template for HW4 [pdf | tex | docx]. Solutions [PDF]
Course information:
Instructor:
Lada Adamic
Office Hours: Thursdays 10:30-11:30am, Gates 418
SCPD students please send email beforehand if you want to talk to Lada
Lectures:
Tuesday & Thursday 9:00AM - 10:20AM in NVIDIA Auditorium
Watch video lectures on SCPD (any Stanford student can see them here).
Email address:
You can reach us at cs224w-aut1516-staff@lists.stanford.edu
Use Piazza to post class related questions: http://piazza.com/stanford/fall2015/cs224w (use access code "snap" to register)
TAs and Office hours:
Omid Aryan
Office Hours: Monday 5:30-7:30pm, Location: Packard 107
Caroline Suen
Office Hours: Tuesday 1:00-3:00pm, Location: Gates 414
Tim Althoff
Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00-5:00pm, Location: Gates 414
Sameep Bagadia
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:00-4:00pm, Location: Gates B24
Paris Syminelakis
Office Hours: Wednesday 5:00-7:00pm, Location: Gates 459
Rohit Mundra
Office Hours: Thursday 4:30-6:30pm, Location: Gates B24A
Nihit Desai
Office Hours: Friday 1:00-3:00pm, Location: Gates B26A
Students can also participate in office hours via Google Hangout at stanford.cs224w@gmail.com.
Previous versions of the course
CS224W: Fall 2014
2014 student project reports
CS224W: Fall 2013 CS224W: Fall 2012 CS224W: Fall 2011
2013 student project reports
2012 student project reports
2011 student project reports