Master
2023/2024
Social Networks
Category 'Best Course for Broadening Horizons and Diversity of Knowledge and Skills'
Category 'Best Course for New Knowledge and Skills'
Type:
Compulsory course (Computational Linguistics)
Area of studies:
Fundamental and Applied Linguistics
Delivered by:
School of Linguistics
Where:
Faculty of Humanities
When:
2 year, 2 module
Mode of studies:
offline
Open to:
students of one campus
Instructors:
Vitaliy Pozdnyakov
Master’s programme:
Computational Linguistics
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
- 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
- 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
- Complex networks
- Nodes metrics and link analysis
- Nodes metrics and link analysis (continuation)
- Networks in theoretical linguistics
Assessment Elements
- Reading clubpresentation of a paper on network analysis
- Home assignmentsprogramming tasks on python
- SN projectpresentation of personal ego-network analysis
Interim Assessment
- 2023/2024 2nd module0.5 * Home assignments + 0.25 * Reading club + 0.25 * SN project
Bibliography
Recommended Core Bibliography
- Newman, M. (2010). Networks: An Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2010
Recommended Additional Bibliography
- 9781491962268 - Géron, Aurélien - Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn and TensorFlow : Concepts, Tools, and Techniques to Build Intelligent Systems - 2017 - O'Reilly Media - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1486117 - nlebk - 1486117