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Master 2022/2023

Social Networks

Type: Elective course (Digital Humanities)
Area of studies: Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
Delivered by: School of Linguistics
When: 2 year, 1, 2 module
Mode of studies: offline
Open to: students of all HSE University campuses
Instructors: Vitaliy Pozdnyakov, Leonid E Zhukov
Master’s programme: Цифровые методы в гуманитарных науках
Language: English
ECTS credits: 3
Contact hours: 32

Course Syllabus

Abstract

The course "Social Networks" introduces students to the new interdisciplinary field of research. Emerged in sociology, the theory of social networks in recent years, has attracted considerable interest of economists, mathematicians, physicists, experts in data analysis, computer engineers. Initially, researches focused on the study of social networks, i.e. sets of links connecting the social actors in accordance with their interaction. Nowadays, the study of actors’ relations includes economic, financial, transport, computer, language and many other networks. The course examines the methods of analyzing the structure of networks, model of their emergence and development, and the processes occurring in networks.
Learning Objectives

Learning Objectives

  • The main objective of the course «Social Networks» – to provide students with the theoretical foundations of the theory of social networks and the development of practical knowledge and skills for network science.
Expected Learning Outcomes

Expected Learning Outcomes

  • Can apply the obtained knowledge to analyze real-world networks.
  • Knows the typical applied problems considered in models of complex networks
  • Understands the capabilities and limitations of the existing network analysis methods
  • Understands the fundamental principles of social networking
Course Contents

Course Contents

  • Complex networks
  • Nodes metrics and link analysis
  • Nodes metrics and link analysis (continuation)
  • Networks in theoretical linguistics
Assessment Elements

Assessment Elements

  • non-blocking Домашнее задание
  • non-blocking Письменная работа
  • non-blocking Практическая работа
    Презентация собственного анализа
Interim Assessment

Interim Assessment

  • 2022/2023 2nd module
    Домашнее задание 0,5 Письменная рабоота 0,25 Практическая работа 0,25
Bibliography

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

  • Newman, M. (2010). Networks: An Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2010

Recommended Additional Bibliography

  • Géron, A. (2017). Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow : Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems (Vol. First edition). Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=nlebk&AN=1486117

Authors

  • ZHUKOV LEONID EVGENEVICH
  • KLYSHINSKIY EDUARD STANISLAVOVICH
  • AKHAPKINA YANA EMILEVNA
  • MAKAROV ILYA ANDREEVICH