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Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-05-14T15:46:42Z

Hqiu: /* Schedule (Tentative) */

==Overview==

Room: -1.101 (PC Pool), IFI, Goldschmidtstr. 7

Time: Wednesdays 14:00-16:00 weekly, starting 15.04.2026

Lecturers: Huilian Sophie Qiu, Xiaoming Fu

Module: M.Inf.1129

ECTS: 5

==Format==

Each class consists of a 1h lecture and a 1h student presentation.

Evaluation will be based on attendance (10%), class participation (10%), presentation (30%), and final project (50%).

Paper presentation requirements:

1. At least 12 mins;

2. Clear statement of the research questions in the papers;

3. Focus on methods and results.

Final project requirements: replicate a paper related to social network analysis:

1. Single column;

2. 10pt font, 1.5x line spacing;

3. You can have as many images and tables as you want;

4. 10 pages;

5. Focus on the methods and results;

6. For all networks, present their basic descriptions (size, density, degree distributions, number of largest components, size of largest components, etc)

Slides: https://github.com/sophieball/social_network

==Data and Software==

Data: Kaggle

Software: Python Networkx, Jupyter notebook, pandas

Example: https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/tree/main/code

Tutorial: http://networkx.org/documentation/stable/tutorial.html

==Ideas for Final Project==
1. Do Women Suffer from Network Closure? The Moderating Effect of Social Capital on Gender Inequality in a Project-Based Labor Market, 1929 to 2010

Data:https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/rishabjadhav/imdb-actors-and-movies

2. Online extremism and the communities that sustain it: Detecting the ISIS supporting community on Twitter

3. Identifying Social Roles in reddit Using Network Structure

==Schedule (Tentative)==
{| {{Prettytable|width=}}
|-
|{{Hl2}} |'''Date'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Topic'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Slides'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Papers'''
|-
| align="right" | 15.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Introduction; Intro to graph theory
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w1_1_introduction.pdf slide1][https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w1_2_graph_theory.pdf slide2]
|
|-
| align="right" | 22.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Random networks; Edges vs social ties; sign up for presentation
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w2_1_random_networks.pdf slide3]
|
|-
| align="right" | 29.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Triads and structural balance; From social processes to graphs
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w2_2_edge_vs_social_ties.pdf slide4] [https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w3_1_triads_and_structural_balance.pdf slide5]
|
|-
| align="right" | 06.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Cancelled - Sophie is sick.
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 13.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Power and centrality in social networks; social exchange
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w5_1_power_and_centrality_in_social_networks.pdf slide6] [https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w5_2_power_and_centrality_in_exchange.pdf slide7]
| Investigating Centrality Measures in Social Networks with Community Structure
|-
| align="right" | 20.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Detecting communities; Structural equivalence
|
| Measuring group fairness in community detection
|-
| align="right" | 27.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Affiliations and overlapping subgroups, SUBMIT FINAL REPORT IDEA
|
| Overlapping community and entropy of neighborhood information for identifying influential nodes in complex networks
|-
| align="right" | 03.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Homophily and degree correlation (parts 1 & 2)
|
| LLMs generate structurally realistic social networks but overestimate political homophily
|-
| align="right" | 10.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Network Analysis of Open Source Software; Visualization
|
| Connected to Stay: Gender Homophily and Its Role in Open-Source Software Developer Retention
|-
| align="right" | 17.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Scale-free networks; Network inequality
|
| Quantifying Information Distribution in Social Networks: The Structural Entropy Index of Community (SEIC) for Twitter Communication Analysis
|-
| align="right" | 24.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Small-world networks; Social Capital (part 1)
|
| Analyzing digital propaganda and conflict rhetoric: a study on Russia’s bot-driven campaigns and counter-narratives during the Ukraine crisis
|-
| align="right" | 01.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Social Capital (part 2); Diffusion and contagion
|
| Do Women Suffer from Network Closure? The Moderating Effect of Social Capital on Gender Inequality in a Project-Based Labor Market, 1929 to 2010
|-
| align="right" | 08.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Ethical issues; Exemplary studies
|
| FairSNA: Algorithmic Fairness in Social Network Analysis
|-
| align="right" | 15.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Guest lecture
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 22.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Final Project Presentations
|
|
|-
| align="right" | TBA
| Written Report
|
|-
|}

Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-05-06T10:26:15Z

Hqiu: /* Schedule (Tentative) */

==Overview==

Room: -1.101 (PC Pool), IFI, Goldschmidtstr. 7

Time: Wednesdays 14:00-16:00 weekly, starting 15.04.2026

Lecturers: Huilian Sophie Qiu, Xiaoming Fu

Module: M.Inf.1129

ECTS: 5

==Format==

Each class consists of a 1h lecture and a 1h student presentation.

Evaluation will be based on attendance (10%), class participation (10%), presentation (30%), and final project (50%).

Paper presentation requirements:

1. At least 12 mins;

2. Clear statement of the research questions in the papers;

3. Focus on methods and results.

Final project requirements: replicate a paper related to social network analysis:

1. Single column;

2. 10pt font, 1.5x line spacing;

3. You can have as many images and tables as you want;

4. 10 pages;

5. Focus on the methods and results;

6. For all networks, present their basic descriptions (size, density, degree distributions, number of largest components, size of largest components, etc)

Slides: https://github.com/sophieball/social_network

==Data and Software==

Data: Kaggle

Software: Python Networkx, Jupyter notebook, pandas

Example: https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/tree/main/code

Tutorial: http://networkx.org/documentation/stable/tutorial.html

==Ideas for Final Project==
1. Do Women Suffer from Network Closure? The Moderating Effect of Social Capital on Gender Inequality in a Project-Based Labor Market, 1929 to 2010

Data:https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/rishabjadhav/imdb-actors-and-movies

2. Online extremism and the communities that sustain it: Detecting the ISIS supporting community on Twitter

3. Identifying Social Roles in reddit Using Network Structure

==Schedule (Tentative)==
{| {{Prettytable|width=}}
|-
|{{Hl2}} |'''Date'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Topic'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Slides'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Papers'''
|-
| align="right" | 15.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Introduction; Intro to graph theory
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w1_1_introduction.pdf slide1][https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w1_2_graph_theory.pdf slide2]
|
|-
| align="right" | 22.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Random networks; Edges vs social ties; sign up for presentation
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w2_1_random_networks.pdf slide3]
|
|-
| align="right" | 29.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Triads and structural balance; From social processes to graphs
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w2_2_edge_vs_social_ties.pdf slide4] [https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w3_1_triads_and_structural_balance.pdf slide5]
|
|-
| align="right" | 06.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Cancelled - Sophie is sick.
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 13.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Power and centrality in social networks; social exchange
|
| Investigating Centrality Measures in Social Networks with Community Structure
|-
| align="right" | 20.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Detecting communities; Structural equivalence
|
| Measuring group fairness in community detection
|-
| align="right" | 27.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Affiliations and overlapping subgroups, SUBMIT FINAL REPORT IDEA
|
| Overlapping community and entropy of neighborhood information for identifying influential nodes in complex networks
|-
| align="right" | 03.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Homophily and degree correlation (parts 1 & 2)
|
| LLMs generate structurally realistic social networks but overestimate political homophily
|-
| align="right" | 10.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Network Analysis of Open Source Software; Visualization
|
| Connected to Stay: Gender Homophily and Its Role in Open-Source Software Developer Retention
|-
| align="right" | 17.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Scale-free networks; Network inequality
|
| Quantifying Information Distribution in Social Networks: The Structural Entropy Index of Community (SEIC) for Twitter Communication Analysis
|-
| align="right" | 24.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Small-world networks; Social Capital (part 1)
|
| Analyzing digital propaganda and conflict rhetoric: a study on Russia’s bot-driven campaigns and counter-narratives during the Ukraine crisis
|-
| align="right" | 01.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Social Capital (part 2); Diffusion and contagion
|
| Do Women Suffer from Network Closure? The Moderating Effect of Social Capital on Gender Inequality in a Project-Based Labor Market, 1929 to 2010
|-
| align="right" | 08.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Ethical issues; Exemplary studies
|
| FairSNA: Algorithmic Fairness in Social Network Analysis
|-
| align="right" | 15.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Guest lecture
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 22.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Final Project Presentations
|
|
|-
| align="right" | TBA
| Written Report
|
|-
|}

Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-05-05T20:05:26Z

Hqiu:

==Overview==

Room: -1.101 (PC Pool), IFI, Goldschmidtstr. 7

Time: Wednesdays 14:00-16:00 weekly, starting 15.04.2026

Lecturers: Huilian Sophie Qiu, Xiaoming Fu

Module: M.Inf.1129

ECTS: 5

==Format==

Each class consists of a 1h lecture and a 1h student presentation.

Evaluation will be based on attendance (10%), class participation (10%), presentation (30%), and final project (50%).

Paper presentation requirements:

1. At least 12 mins;

2. Clear statement of the research questions in the papers;

3. Focus on methods and results.

Final project requirements: replicate a paper related to social network analysis:

1. Single column;

2. 10pt font, 1.5x line spacing;

3. You can have as many images and tables as you want;

4. 10 pages;

5. Focus on the methods and results;

6. For all networks, present their basic descriptions (size, density, degree distributions, number of largest components, size of largest components, etc)

Slides: https://github.com/sophieball/social_network

==Data and Software==

Data: Kaggle

Software: Python Networkx, Jupyter notebook, pandas

Example: https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/tree/main/code

Tutorial: http://networkx.org/documentation/stable/tutorial.html

==Ideas for Final Project==
1. Do Women Suffer from Network Closure? The Moderating Effect of Social Capital on Gender Inequality in a Project-Based Labor Market, 1929 to 2010

Data:https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/rishabjadhav/imdb-actors-and-movies

2. Online extremism and the communities that sustain it: Detecting the ISIS supporting community on Twitter

3. Identifying Social Roles in reddit Using Network Structure

==Schedule (Tentative)==
{| {{Prettytable|width=}}
|-
|{{Hl2}} |'''Date'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Topic'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Slides'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Papers'''
|-
| align="right" | 15.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Introduction; Intro to graph theory
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w1_1_introduction.pdf slide1][https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w1_2_graph_theory.pdf slide2]
|
|-
| align="right" | 22.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Random networks; Edges vs social ties; sign up for presentation
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w2_1_random_networks.pdf slide3]
|
|-
| align="right" | 29.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Triads and structural balance; From social processes to graphs
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w2_2_edge_vs_social_ties.pdf slide4] [https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w3_1_triads_and_structural_balance.pdf slide5]
|
|-
| align="right" | 06.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
|
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 13.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Power and centrality in social networks; social exchange
|
| Investigating Centrality Measures in Social Networks with Community Structure
|-
| align="right" | 20.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Detecting communities; Structural equivalence
|
| Measuring group fairness in community detection
|-
| align="right" | 27.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Affiliations and overlapping subgroups, SUBMIT FINAL REPORT IDEA
|
| Overlapping community and entropy of neighborhood information for identifying influential nodes in complex networks
|-
| align="right" | 03.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Homophily and degree correlation (parts 1 & 2)
|
| LLMs generate structurally realistic social networks but overestimate political homophily
|-
| align="right" | 10.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Network Analysis of Open Source Software; Visualization
|
| Connected to Stay: Gender Homophily and Its Role in Open-Source Software Developer Retention
|-
| align="right" | 17.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Scale-free networks; Network inequality
|
| Quantifying Information Distribution in Social Networks: The Structural Entropy Index of Community (SEIC) for Twitter Communication Analysis
|-
| align="right" | 24.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Small-world networks; Social Capital (part 1)
|
| Analyzing digital propaganda and conflict rhetoric: a study on Russia’s bot-driven campaigns and counter-narratives during the Ukraine crisis
|-
| align="right" | 01.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Social Capital (part 2); Diffusion and contagion
|
| Do Women Suffer from Network Closure? The Moderating Effect of Social Capital on Gender Inequality in a Project-Based Labor Market, 1929 to 2010
|-
| align="right" | 08.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Ethical issues; Exemplary studies
|
| FairSNA: Algorithmic Fairness in Social Network Analysis
|-
| align="right" | 15.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Guest lecture
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 22.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Final Project Presentations
|
|
|-
| align="right" | TBA
| Written Report
|
|-
|}

Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-05-05T20:01:52Z

Hqiu: /* Schedule (Tentative) */

==Overview==

Room: -1.101 (PC Pool), IFI, Goldschmidtstr. 7

Time: Wednesdays 14:00-16:00 weekly, starting 15.04.2026

Lecturers: Huilian Sophie Qiu, Xiaoming Fu

Module: M.Inf.1129

ECTS: 5

==Format==

Each class consists of a 1h lecture and a 1h student presentation.

Evaluation will be based on attendance (10%), class participation (10%), presentation (30%), and final project (50%).

Paper presentation requirements:

1. At least 12 mins;

2. Clear statement of the research questions in the papers;

3. Focus on methods and results.

Final project requirements: replicate a paper related to social network analysis:

1. Single column;

2. 10pt font, 1.5x line spacing;

3. You can have as many images and tables as you want;

4. 10 pages;

5. Focus on the methods and results;

6. For all networks, present their basic descriptions (size, density, degree distributions, number of largest components, size of largest components, etc)

Slides: https://github.com/sophieball/social_network

==Data and Software==

Data: Kaggle

Software: Python Networkx, Jupyter notebook, pandas

Example: https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/tree/main/code

Tutorial: http://networkx.org/documentation/stable/tutorial.html

==Schedule (Tentative)==
{| {{Prettytable|width=}}
|-
|{{Hl2}} |'''Date'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Topic'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Slides'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Papers'''
|-
| align="right" | 15.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Introduction; Intro to graph theory
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w1_1_introduction.pdf slide1][https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w1_2_graph_theory.pdf slide2]
|
|-
| align="right" | 22.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Random networks; Edges vs social ties; sign up for presentation
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w2_1_random_networks.pdf slide3]
|
|-
| align="right" | 29.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Triads and structural balance; From social processes to graphs
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w2_2_edge_vs_social_ties.pdf slide4] [https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w3_1_triads_and_structural_balance.pdf slide5]
|
|-
| align="right" | 06.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
|
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 13.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Power and centrality in social networks; social exchange
|
| Investigating Centrality Measures in Social Networks with Community Structure
|-
| align="right" | 20.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Detecting communities; Structural equivalence
|
| Measuring group fairness in community detection
|-
| align="right" | 27.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Affiliations and overlapping subgroups
|
| Overlapping community and entropy of neighborhood information for identifying influential nodes in complex networks
|-
| align="right" | 03.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Homophily and degree correlation (parts 1 & 2)
|
| LLMs generate structurally realistic social networks but overestimate political homophily
|-
| align="right" | 10.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Network Analysis of Open Source Software; Visualization
|
| Connected to Stay: Gender Homophily and Its Role in Open-Source Software Developer Retention
|-
| align="right" | 17.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Scale-free networks; Network inequality
|
| Quantifying Information Distribution in Social Networks: The Structural Entropy Index of Community (SEIC) for Twitter Communication Analysis
|-
| align="right" | 24.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Small-world networks; Social Capital (part 1)
|
| Analyzing digital propaganda and conflict rhetoric: a study on Russia’s bot-driven campaigns and counter-narratives during the Ukraine crisis
|-
| align="right" | 01.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Social Capital (part 2); Diffusion and contagion
|
| Do Women Suffer from Network Closure? The Moderating Effect of Social Capital on Gender Inequality in a Project-Based Labor Market, 1929 to 2010
|-
| align="right" | 08.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Ethical issues; Exemplary studies
|
| FairSNA: Algorithmic Fairness in Social Network Analysis
|-
| align="right" | 15.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Guest lecture
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 22.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Final Project Presentations
|
|
|-
| align="right" | TBA
| Written Report
|
|-
|}

Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-04-22T14:02:04Z

Hqiu: /* Schedule (Tentative) */

==Overview==

Room: -1.101 (PC Pool), IFI, Goldschmidtstr. 7

Time: Wednesdays 14:00-16:00 weekly, starting 15.04.2026

Lecturers: Huilian Sophie Qiu, Xiaoming Fu

Module: M.Inf.1129

ECTS: 5

==Format==

Each class consists of a 1h lecture and a 1h student presentation.

Evaluation will be based on attendance (10%), class participation (10%), presentation (30%), and final project (50%).

Paper presentation requirements:

1. At least 12 mins;

2. Clear statement of the research questions in the papers;

3. Focus on methods and results.

Final project requirements: replicate a paper related to social network analysis:

1. Single column;

2. 10pt font, 1.5x line spacing;

3. You can have as many images and tables as you want;

4. 10 pages;

5. Focus on the methods and results;

6. For all networks, present their basic descriptions (size, density, degree distributions, number of largest components, size of largest components, etc)

Slides: https://github.com/sophieball/social_network

==Data and Software==

Data: Kaggle

Software: Python Networkx, Jupyter notebook, pandas

Example: https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/tree/main/code

Tutorial: http://networkx.org/documentation/stable/tutorial.html

==Schedule (Tentative)==
{| {{Prettytable|width=}}
|-
|{{Hl2}} |'''Date'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Topic'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Slides'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Papers'''
|-
| align="right" | 15.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Introduction; Intro to graph theory
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w1_1_introduction.pdf slide1][https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w1_2_graph_theory.pdf slide2]
|
|-
| align="right" | 22.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Random networks; Edges vs social ties; sign up for presentation
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w2_1_random_networks.pdf slide3]
|
|-
| align="right" | 29.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Triads and structural balance; From social processes to graphs
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 06.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Homophily and degree correlation (parts 1 & 2)
|
| LLMs generate structurally realistic social networks but overestimate political homophily
|-
| align="right" | 13.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Power and centrality in social networks; social exchange
|
| Investigating Centrality Measures in Social Networks with Community Structure
|-
| align="right" | 20.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Detecting communities; Structural equivalence
|
| Measuring group fairness in community detection
|-
| align="right" | 27.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Affiliations and overlapping subgroups
|
| Overlapping community and entropy of neighborhood information for identifying influential nodes in complex networks
|-
| align="right" | 03.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| TBD
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 10.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Network Analysis of Open Source Software; Visualization
|
| Connected to Stay: Gender Homophily and Its Role in Open-Source Software Developer Retention
|-
| align="right" | 17.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Scale-free networks; Network inequality
|
| Quantifying Information Distribution in Social Networks: The Structural Entropy Index of Community (SEIC) for Twitter Communication Analysis
|-
| align="right" | 24.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Small-world networks; Social Capital (part 1)
|
| Analyzing digital propaganda and conflict rhetoric: a study on Russia’s bot-driven campaigns and counter-narratives during the Ukraine crisis
|-
| align="right" | 01.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Social Capital (part 2); Diffusion and contagion
|
| Do Women Suffer from Network Closure? The Moderating Effect of Social Capital on Gender Inequality in a Project-Based Labor Market, 1929 to 2010
|-
| align="right" | 08.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Ethical issues; Exemplary studies
|
| FairSNA: Algorithmic Fairness in Social Network Analysis
|-
| align="right" | 15.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Guest lecture
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 22.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Final Project Presentations
|
|
|-
| align="right" | TBA
| Written Report
|
|-
|}

Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-04-22T14:00:32Z

Hqiu: /* Data and Software */

==Overview==

Room: -1.101 (PC Pool), IFI, Goldschmidtstr. 7

Time: Wednesdays 14:00-16:00 weekly, starting 15.04.2026

Lecturers: Huilian Sophie Qiu, Xiaoming Fu

Module: M.Inf.1129

ECTS: 5

==Format==

Each class consists of a 1h lecture and a 1h student presentation.

Evaluation will be based on attendance (10%), class participation (10%), presentation (30%), and final project (50%).

Paper presentation requirements:

1. At least 12 mins;

2. Clear statement of the research questions in the papers;

3. Focus on methods and results.

Final project requirements: replicate a paper related to social network analysis:

1. Single column;

2. 10pt font, 1.5x line spacing;

3. You can have as many images and tables as you want;

4. 10 pages;

5. Focus on the methods and results;

6. For all networks, present their basic descriptions (size, density, degree distributions, number of largest components, size of largest components, etc)

Slides: https://github.com/sophieball/social_network

==Data and Software==

Data: Kaggle

Software: Python Networkx, Jupyter notebook, pandas

Example: https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/tree/main/code

Tutorial: http://networkx.org/documentation/stable/tutorial.html

==Schedule (Tentative)==
{| {{Prettytable|width=}}
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|{{Hl2}} |'''Date'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Topic'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Slides'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Papers'''
|-
| align="right" | 15.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Introduction; Intro to graph theory
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w1_1_introduction.pdf slide1][https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w1_2_graph_theory.pdf slide2]
|
|-
| align="right" | 22.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Random networks; Edges vs social ties; sign up for presentation
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 29.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Triads and structural balance; From social processes to graphs
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 06.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Homophily and degree correlation (parts 1 & 2)
|
| LLMs generate structurally realistic social networks but overestimate political homophily
|-
| align="right" | 13.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Power and centrality in social networks; social exchange
|
| Investigating Centrality Measures in Social Networks with Community Structure
|-
| align="right" | 20.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Detecting communities; Structural equivalence
|
| Measuring group fairness in community detection
|-
| align="right" | 27.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Affiliations and overlapping subgroups
|
| Overlapping community and entropy of neighborhood information for identifying influential nodes in complex networks
|-
| align="right" | 03.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| TBD
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 10.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Network Analysis of Open Source Software; Visualization
|
| Connected to Stay: Gender Homophily and Its Role in Open-Source Software Developer Retention
|-
| align="right" | 17.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Scale-free networks; Network inequality
|
| Quantifying Information Distribution in Social Networks: The Structural Entropy Index of Community (SEIC) for Twitter Communication Analysis
|-
| align="right" | 24.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Small-world networks; Social Capital (part 1)
|
| Analyzing digital propaganda and conflict rhetoric: a study on Russia’s bot-driven campaigns and counter-narratives during the Ukraine crisis
|-
| align="right" | 01.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Social Capital (part 2); Diffusion and contagion
|
| Do Women Suffer from Network Closure? The Moderating Effect of Social Capital on Gender Inequality in a Project-Based Labor Market, 1929 to 2010
|-
| align="right" | 08.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Ethical issues; Exemplary studies
|
| FairSNA: Algorithmic Fairness in Social Network Analysis
|-
| align="right" | 15.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Guest lecture
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 22.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Final Project Presentations
|
|
|-
| align="right" | TBA
| Written Report
|
|-
|}

Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-04-22T14:00:21Z

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==Overview==

Room: -1.101 (PC Pool), IFI, Goldschmidtstr. 7

Time: Wednesdays 14:00-16:00 weekly, starting 15.04.2026

Lecturers: Huilian Sophie Qiu, Xiaoming Fu

Module: M.Inf.1129

ECTS: 5

==Format==

Each class consists of a 1h lecture and a 1h student presentation.

Evaluation will be based on attendance (10%), class participation (10%), presentation (30%), and final project (50%).

Paper presentation requirements:

1. At least 12 mins;

2. Clear statement of the research questions in the papers;

3. Focus on methods and results.

Final project requirements: replicate a paper related to social network analysis:

1. Single column;

2. 10pt font, 1.5x line spacing;

3. You can have as many images and tables as you want;

4. 10 pages;

5. Focus on the methods and results;

6. For all networks, present their basic descriptions (size, density, degree distributions, number of largest components, size of largest components, etc)

Slides: https://github.com/sophieball/social_network

==Data and Software==

Data: Kaggle

Software: Python Networkx, Jupyter notebook, pandas

Tutorial: http://networkx.org/documentation/stable/tutorial.html

==Schedule (Tentative)==
{| {{Prettytable|width=}}
|-
|{{Hl2}} |'''Date'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Topic'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Slides'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Papers'''
|-
| align="right" | 15.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Introduction; Intro to graph theory
|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w1_1_introduction.pdf slide1][https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w1_2_graph_theory.pdf slide2]
|
|-
| align="right" | 22.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Random networks; Edges vs social ties; sign up for presentation
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 29.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Triads and structural balance; From social processes to graphs
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 06.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Homophily and degree correlation (parts 1 & 2)
|
| LLMs generate structurally realistic social networks but overestimate political homophily
|-
| align="right" | 13.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Power and centrality in social networks; social exchange
|
| Investigating Centrality Measures in Social Networks with Community Structure
|-
| align="right" | 20.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Detecting communities; Structural equivalence
|
| Measuring group fairness in community detection
|-
| align="right" | 27.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Affiliations and overlapping subgroups
|
| Overlapping community and entropy of neighborhood information for identifying influential nodes in complex networks
|-
| align="right" | 03.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| TBD
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 10.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Network Analysis of Open Source Software; Visualization
|
| Connected to Stay: Gender Homophily and Its Role in Open-Source Software Developer Retention
|-
| align="right" | 17.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Scale-free networks; Network inequality
|
| Quantifying Information Distribution in Social Networks: The Structural Entropy Index of Community (SEIC) for Twitter Communication Analysis
|-
| align="right" | 24.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Small-world networks; Social Capital (part 1)
|
| Analyzing digital propaganda and conflict rhetoric: a study on Russia’s bot-driven campaigns and counter-narratives during the Ukraine crisis
|-
| align="right" | 01.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Social Capital (part 2); Diffusion and contagion
|
| Do Women Suffer from Network Closure? The Moderating Effect of Social Capital on Gender Inequality in a Project-Based Labor Market, 1929 to 2010
|-
| align="right" | 08.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Ethical issues; Exemplary studies
|
| FairSNA: Algorithmic Fairness in Social Network Analysis
|-
| align="right" | 15.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Guest lecture
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 22.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Final Project Presentations
|
|
|-
| align="right" | TBA
| Written Report
|
|-
|}

Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-04-22T13:53:27Z

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Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-04-22T12:55:24Z

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Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-04-22T12:26:40Z

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Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-04-22T10:11:18Z

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Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-04-21T08:27:34Z

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Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-04-16T19:13:34Z

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Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-04-14T23:30:16Z

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Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-04-01T22:14:09Z

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AI-Empowered Networking and Mobile Communications(Summer 2026)

2026-03-18T18:34:51Z

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== Details ==
{{CourseDetails
|credits=5ECTS
|module= M.Inf.1223.Mp: Advanced Topics in Computer Networks
B.Inf.1702.Mp: Vertiefung Computersysteme

M.Inf.1120.Mp: Mobilkommunikation

M.Inf.121.1: Mobilkommunikation I

M.Inf.225.Mp: Ausgewählte Themen der Mobilkommunikation

Note: You can choose any of them to attend this course, but only one! Please note that enrolling in the same course more than once will not grant additional credits.
|lecturer=[http://www.net.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/people/xiaoming_fu Prof. Xiaoming Fu]
|ta= Fabian Wölk
|time=Thursdays, 10-12am.
|place=IFI 2.101
|univz=[]
}}

==Course description==
This lecture will introduce advanced concepts of computer networking to interested students. Topics include:
*Information Centric Network
*AI meets Networking
*Segment Routing
*Intelligent Transportation Application based on V2I Networking
*Social Network Analysis
*Multimodal Sentiment Analysis
*Bio-inspired Networking

For each topic, basic structures, features and applied techniques will be taught.

If you have any questions, please contact Fabian Wölk (fabian.woelk@cs.uni-goettingen.de)

==Schedule (Tentative)==
{| {{Prettytable|width=}}
|-
|{{Hl2}} |'''Date'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Topic'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Lecturer'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Slides'''
|-
| align="right" | 16.04.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| Introduction / Segment Routing I
| Fabian
|
|-
| align="right" | 23.04.2026 NO LECTURE
| (GIRL'S DAY)
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 30.04.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| Segment Routing II
| Fabian
|
|-
| align="right" | 07.05.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| Information Centric Network I
| Prof. Fu
|
|-
| align="right" | 14.05.2026 NO LECTURE
| (PUBLIC HOLIDAY)
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 21.05.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| Information Centric Network II
| Prof. Fu
|
|-
| align="right" | 28.05.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| From Words to Vision: A Journey Through Multimodal Sentiment Analysis
| Wenfang Wu
|
|-
| align="right" | 04.06.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| TBA
| Wenfang Wu
|
|-
| align="right" | 11.06.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| Intelligent Transportation Application based on V2I Networking
| Yanlong Huang
|
|-
| align="right" | 18.06.2028 (10:00-12:00am)
| TBA
| Yanlong Huang
|
|-
| align="right" | 25.06.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| AI and Social Network Analysis
| Huilian Sophie Qiu
|
|-
| align="right" | 02.07.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| Social Network Analysis
| Huilian Sophie Qiu
|
|-
| align="right" | 09.07.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| TBA
| Hao Xu
|
|-
| align="right" | 16.07.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| TBA
| Jan Lenke
|
|-
| align="right" | TBA
| Written Examination
|
|
|-
|}

==Prerequisites==
* Computer Science I, II; Computer Networks

==References===
* Yang, S., N. He, F. Li, and X. Fu, Resource Allocation in Network Function Virtualization: Problems, Models and Algorithms, Singapore: Springer, August 2022.

* James Kurose, Keith Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach. 8th Edition, Pearson, June 2021

[[Category:Courses]]

AI-Empowered Networking and Mobile Communications(Summer 2026)

2026-03-18T18:34:30Z

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== Details ==
{{CourseDetails
|credits=5ECTS
|module= M.Inf.1223.Mp: Advanced Topics in Computer Networks
B.Inf.1702.Mp: Vertiefung Computersysteme

M.Inf.1120.Mp: Mobilkommunikation

M.Inf.121.1: Mobilkommunikation I

M.Inf.225.Mp: Ausgewählte Themen der Mobilkommunikation

Note: You can choose any of them to attend this course, but only one! Please note that enrolling in the same course more than once will not grant additional credits.
|lecturer=[http://www.net.informatik.uni-goettingen.de/people/xiaoming_fu Prof. Xiaoming Fu]
|ta= Fabian Wölk
|time=Thursdays, 10-12am.
|place=IFI 2.101
|univz=[]
}}

==Course description==
This lecture will introduce advanced concepts of computer networking to interested students. Topics include:
*Information Centric Network
*AI meets Networking
*Segment Routing
*Intelligent Transportation Application based on V2I Networking
*Social Network Analysis
*Multimodal Sentiment Analysis
*Bio-inspired Networking

For each topic, basic structures, features and applied techniques will be taught.

If you have any questions, please contact Fabian Wölk (fabian.woelk@cs.uni-goettingen.de)

==Schedule (Tentative)==
{| {{Prettytable|width=}}
|-
|{{Hl2}} |'''Date'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Topic'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Lecturer'''
|{{Hl2}} |'''Slides'''
|-
| align="right" | 16.04.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| Introduction / Segment Routing I
| Fabian
|
|-
| align="right" | 23.04.2026 NO LECTURE
| (GIRL'S DAY)
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 30.04.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| Segment Routing II
| Fabian
|
|-
| align="right" | 07.05.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| Information Centric Network I
| Prof. Fu
|
|-
| align="right" | 14.05.2026 NO LECTURE
| (PUBLIC HOLIDAY)
|
|
|-
| align="right" | 21.05.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| Information Centric Network II
| Prof. Fu
|
|-
| align="right" | 28.05.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| From Words to Vision: A Journey Through Multimodal Sentiment Analysis
| Wenfang Wu
|
|-
| align="right" | 04.06.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| TBA
| Wenfang Wu
|
|-
| align="right" | 11.06.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| Intelligent Transportation Application based on V2I Networking
| Yanlong Huang
|
|-
| align="right" | 18.06.2028 (10:00-12:00am)
| TBA
| Yanlong Huang
|
|-
| align="right" | 25.06.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| TBA
| Huilian Qiu
|
|-
| align="right" | 02.07.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| Social Network Analysis
| Huilian Qiu
|
|-
| align="right" | 09.07.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| AI and Social Network Analysis
| Hao Xu
|
|-
| align="right" | 16.07.2026 (10:00-12:00am)
| TBA
| Jan Lenke
|
|-
| align="right" | TBA
| Written Examination
|
|
|-
|}

==Prerequisites==
* Computer Science I, II; Computer Networks

==References===
* Yang, S., N. He, F. Li, and X. Fu, Resource Allocation in Network Function Virtualization: Problems, Models and Algorithms, Singapore: Springer, August 2022.

* James Kurose, Keith Ross, Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach. 8th Edition, Pearson, June 2021

[[Category:Courses]]

Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-03-18T18:33:49Z

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| align="right" | 14.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Introduction; Intro to graph theory
|
|-
| align="right" | 21.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Random networks; Edges vs social ties
|
|-
| align="right" | 28.04.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Triads and structural balance; From social processes to graphs
|
|-
| align="right" | 05.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Homophily and degree correlation (parts 1 & 2)
|
|-
| align="right" | 12.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Power and centrality in social networks; social exchange
|
|-
| align="right" | 19.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Detecting communities; Structural equivalence
|
|-
| align="right" | 26.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Affiliations and overlapping subgroups
|
|-
| align="right" | 02.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Midterm exam
|
|-
| align="right" | 09.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Network Analysis of Open Source Software; Visualization
|
|-
| align="right" | 16.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Scale-free networks; Network inequality
|
|-
| align="right" | 23.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Small-world networks; Social Capital (part 1)
|
|-
| align="right" | 30.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Social Capital (part 2); Diffusion and contagion
|
|-
| align="right" | 07.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Ethical issues; Exemplary studies
|
|-
| align="right" | 14.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Guest lecture
|
|-
| align="right" | 21.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
| Final Project Presentations
|
|-
| align="right" | TBA
| Written Examination
|
|-
|}

Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026)

2026-03-18T14:55:59Z

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| Introduction
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| Intro to graph theory
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| align="right" | 21.04.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Random networks
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| align="right" | 23.04.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Edges vs social ties
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| align="right" | 28.04.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Triads and structural balance
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| align="right" | 30.04.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| From social processes to graphs
|
|-
| align="right" | 05.05.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Homophily and degree correlation (part 1)
|
|-
| align="right" | 07.05.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Homophily and degree correlation (part 2)
|
|-
| align="right" | 12.05.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Power and centrality in social networks
|
|-
| align="right" | 14.05.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Power and centrality in social exchange
|
|-
| align="right" | 19.05.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Detecting communities
|
|-
| align="right" | 21.05.2026 NO LECTURE
| (PUBLIC HOLIDAY – Ascension Day)
|
|-
| align="right" | 26.05.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Structural equivalence
|
|-
| align="right" | 28.05.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Affiliations and overlapping subgroups
|
|-
| align="right" | 02.06.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Midterm exam
|
|-
| align="right" | 04.06.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Network Analysis of Open Source Software
|
|-
| align="right" | 09.06.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Visualizing network data
|
|-
| align="right" | 11.06.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Scale-free networks
|
|-
| align="right" | 16.06.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Network inequality
|
|-
| align="right" | 18.06.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Small-world networks
|
|-
| align="right" | 23.06.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Social Capital (part 1)
|
|-
| align="right" | 25.06.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Social Capital (part 2)
|
|-
| align="right" | 30.06.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Diffusion and contagion
|
|-
| align="right" | 02.07.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Ethical issues
|
|-
| align="right" | 07.07.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Exemplary studies
|
|-
| align="right" | 09.07.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Guest lecture
|
|-
| align="right" | 14.07.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Final Project Presentations
|
|-
| align="right" | 16.07.2026 (14:00-15:20)
| Final Project Presentations
|
|-
| align="right" | TBA
| Written Examination
|
|-
|}