Social Networks and Big Data Methods (Summer 2026) - Revision history

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	\| Power and centrality in social networks; social exchange		\| 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		\| Investigating Centrality Measures in Social Networks with Community Structure
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Schedule (Tentative)

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	\|		\| Cancelled - Sophie is sick.
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	Tutorial: http://networkx.org/documentation/stable/tutorial.html		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)==		==Schedule (Tentative)==
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	\| Affiliations and overlapping subgroups		\| Affiliations and overlapping subgroups, SUBMIT FINAL REPORT IDEA
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	\| Overlapping community and entropy of neighborhood information for identifying influential nodes in complex networks		\| Overlapping community and entropy of neighborhood information for identifying influential nodes in complex networks

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Schedule (Tentative)

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	\| Triads and structural balance; From social processes to graphs		\| 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]
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	\| align="right" \| 06.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)		\| align="right" \| 06.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
	\| ~~Homophily and degree correlation (parts 1 & 2)~~		\|
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	\| ~~LLMs generate structurally realistic social networks but overestimate political homophily~~		\|
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	\| align="right" \| 13.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)		\| align="right" \| 13.05.2026 (14:00-16:00)
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	\| align="right" \| 03.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)		\| align="right" \| 03.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)
	\| ~~TBD~~		\| Homophily and degree correlation (parts 1 & 2)
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	\|		\| LLMs generate structurally realistic social networks but overestimate political homophily
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	\| align="right" \| 10.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)		\| align="right" \| 10.06.2026 (14:00-16:00)

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Schedule (Tentative)

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	\| Random networks; Edges vs social ties; sign up for presentation		\| Random networks; Edges vs social ties; sign up for presentation
	\|		\|[https://github.com/sophieball/social_network/blob/main/w2_1_random_networks.pdf slide3]
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Data and Software

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	Software: Python Networkx, Jupyter notebook, pandas		Software: Python Networkx, Jupyter notebook, pandas

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

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

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Format

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	Evaluation will be based on attendance (10%), class participation (10%), presentation (30%), and final project (50%).		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		Slides: https://github.com/sophieball/social_network

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Data and Software

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	Data: Kaggle		Data: Kaggle

	Software: Python Networkx, Jupyter notebook		Software: Python Networkx, Jupyter notebook, pandas

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

	==Schedule (Tentative)==		==Schedule (Tentative)==

Hqiu at 12:26, 22 April 2026

2026-04-22T12:26:40Z

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	\| align="right" \| 08.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)		\| align="right" \| 08.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)
	\| Ethical issues; Exemplary studies		\| Ethical issues; Exemplary studies
	\| ~~Measuring group fairness~~ in ~~community detection~~		\| FairSNA: Algorithmic Fairness in Social Network Analysis
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	\| align="right" \| 15.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)		\| align="right" \| 15.07.2026 (14:00-16:00)

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