Social Network Analysis
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Lada Adamic
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Course Characteristics
- Video Lectures
- Written Material
- Syllabus
- Homework and/or Tests
- Instructor Interaction
- Provides Certification
| Level: | Undergraduate |
| Session Info: | Past session |
| Session Dates: | 09/24/12 to 11/19/12 |
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What you will learn
Everything is connected: people, information, events and places, all the more so with the advent of online social media. A practical way of making sense of the tangle of connections is to analyze them as networks. In this course you will learn about the structure and evolution of networks, drawing on knowledge from disciplines as diverse as sociology, mathematics, computer science, economics, and physics. Online interactive demonstrations and hands-on analysis of real-world data sets will focus on a range of ...
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Reviews
“I've read some books about network analysis but before I took this course, I never found this topic would be so interesting. In this course, you can test many models to verify the theory, which is the most useful part compare with just reading books or watching the videos.”
reviewed on Dec 2, 2012 | Go to review page >
reviewed on Dec 2, 2012 | Go to review page >
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“I'm interested in internet technologies, mobile, social network; I'm a dev and entrepreneur starting new web project , so this course provided me very useful information and tools. If you work in email marketing, social network marketing - this course is MUST HAVE. Materials and videos were very explaining, and Professor Adamic provided all easily. There were also additional materials and lectures if anyone wanted to dive deeper in subject.”
reviewed on Dec 4, 2012 | Go to review page >
reviewed on Dec 4, 2012 | Go to review page >
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“It was a great course, at least for beginners like me. Not very hard to get good grades if you're doing the non-programming option. And Lada, the professor, is so so so nice...”
reviewed on Nov 24, 2012 | Go to review page >
reviewed on Nov 24, 2012 | Go to review page >
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“I really enjoy the whole course. It covered many interesting topic in network analysis, in fact such a broad coverage that might require a second round or research individual topics by yourself. It will be fun to learn, plenty of applications that you will sure to want to explore further.”
reviewed on Nov 24, 2012 | Go to review page >
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“Though it was quite difficult, this course was a great experience. A lot of models and examples making sense in the "real life". A great deal of additional resources to consider. Also the programming option was a nice opportunity to try applying the knowledge using various tools. It's not some _easy_ overview course - to take advantage of it you'll have to do some work and probably spend several hours a week working on assignments - but it definitly worth ...”
reviewed on Nov 24, 2012 | Go to review page >
reviewed on Nov 24, 2012 | Go to review page >
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“If you have interest is "Networks" and how to they function , this is the perfect recipe for developing the basic ( a bit more than basics actually ) foundation . The pace of the course is perfect . And the best part would be the teaching methodology . A lot of examples have been used to help in understanding the subject . Lastly no prerequisite knowledge of any top shelf subject is required , while doing the Assignments . ...”
reviewed on Nov 24, 2012 | Go to review page >
reviewed on Nov 24, 2012 | Go to review page >
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“This course was definitely a commitment that had pay offs week one. I have been able to analyze the groups I am in on Facebook and offer recommendations based off of analyzing the network of most and least connected individuals, based off of this course.”
reviewed on Nov 24, 2012 | Go to review page >
reviewed on Nov 24, 2012 | Go to review page >
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“Having played around with Gephi, one of the tools used in this course, for a couple of years, I half expected to waltz through this with my eyes closed. Instead I found myself challenged to think carefully about each assignment, especially on the couple of occasions I felt almost lost or overwhelmed due to my over-confidence. The subject matter fascinated me and the mathematics was explained in an intuitive way which meant it wasn't a barrier.”
reviewed on Nov 24, 2012 | Go to review page >
reviewed on Nov 24, 2012 | Go to review page >
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“This is a course you will want to take twice. The first time to get an overview of the field, to go through most of the readings, and to familiarize yourself with the terminology and concepts. You will find the subject matter so interesting that you will want to redo the course: this time with the programming option and to submit a project. If you have not done any maths for a while, take a quick statiscs online refresher tutorial ...”
reviewed on Nov 24, 2012 | Go to review page >
reviewed on Nov 24, 2012 | Go to review page >
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“An engaging delivery of lectures by Lada made this course very enjoyable (I dropped another course because it felt like the guy was just reading from slides). Lada packed a lot of topics into the course, covering not only social networks but transport, information, biological and power grid networks amongst other things. Interesting examples from real data sets and studies, plus some great video interviews with companies such as LinkedIn. You'll find this course easier if you have a background ...”
reviewed on Nov 25, 2012 | Go to review page >
reviewed on Nov 25, 2012 | Go to review page >
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“Without any other backround but a few attempts to learn C++ and java but gave up after the first week ,and without even a high school diploma i tried to follow the course and with exception the R part which i found really difficult the rest of the course was very straight forward,and Lada Adamic is a very good teacher especially for the not so mathematically inclined....I am taking it again as i want to be able to avhieve to ...”
reviewed on Nov 25, 2012 | Go to review page >
reviewed on Nov 25, 2012 | Go to review page >
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“The concepts introduced were flexible, and broadly applicable: I could dive into the suggested readings and additional software applications as much as my time allowed, but didn't have to get too bogged down in equations and concepts that weren't relevant to me. Adamic does a good job balancing the needs of "math-conscious" vs. simply "curious" students: she introduces some of the core equations relevant to SNA for those who are so inclined, but the quizzes and assignments stay focused on ...”
reviewed on Nov 25, 2012 | Go to review page >
reviewed on Nov 25, 2012 | Go to review page >
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“Lada's incredibly enthusiastic lectures, combined with extensive supporting information such as fully functional computational models, makes this class an accessible and highly informative introduction to networks. I enjoyed taking the class and felt I learned new things, even though before taking the class I considered myself fairly well versed in social network theory. Recommended.”
reviewed on Nov 25, 2012 | Go to review page >
reviewed on Nov 25, 2012 | Go to review page >
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“An introductory course for those not acquainted with social network analysis. The course is very interesting, but I think that it will need some improvements for next editions.”
reviewed on Nov 26, 2012 | Go to review page >
reviewed on Nov 26, 2012 | Go to review page >
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“After taking this course, I don't feel an expert in SNA, which is not very surprising. However I got familiar with basic notions in the world of SNA, and even more some interesting use cases. Generally problems of social network analysis are not trivial if you want to implement something useful in real life, that's why it's challenging to lecture them, but Lada Adamic is really good at it. One of few things I didn't like about this course were ...”
reviewed on Dec 5, 2012 | Go to review page >
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