Stanford CS224W: Social and Information Network Analysis (Autumn 2016)

CS224W:

Social and Information Network Analysis

Autumn 2016

World Wide Web, blogging platforms, instant messaging and Facebook can be characterized by the interplay between rich information content, the millions of individuals and organizations who create and use it, and the technology that supports it.
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.

9/27: The first class will be held at 3:00PM on Tuesday 9/27, in Gates B1. We look forward to seeing you there!
The info sheet for the course is available: [Info Sheet]
9/27: We will have 2 recitation sessions. Sessions will be video recorded and slides posted here:
1. SNAP.PY: Friday, 9/30, 12:30-1:20pm in Huang 18
2. Review of probability, linear algebra and proof techniques: Monday, 10/3, 3:00-3:50pm in Gates B03
9/27: Homework 0 is out (due Oct. 6) [Homework 0]. Submission Template for HW0 [pdf | tex].
9/29: Homework 1 is out (due Oct. 13) [Homework 1]. Submission Template for HW1 [pdf | tex].
10/13: Homework 2 is out (due Oct. 27) [Homework 2]. Submission Template for HW2 [pdf | tex].
10/27: Homework 3 is out (due Nov. 10) [Homework 3]. Submission Template for HW3 [pdf | tex].
11/10: Homework 4 is out (due Dec. 1) [Homework 4]. Submission Template for HW4 [pdf | tex].