One day workshop on network science, with a focus on creating node-level features in multiplex networks using matrix multiplication

This webpage contains all the materials for a one-day workshop on network science. The materials on this website are GNU General Public License v3.0 licensed.

Course objectives

How can networks help us understand and predict social systems? This course introduces concepts and tools in network science. The objective of the course is that participants acquire hands-on knowledge on how to analyze different types of networks. Participants will be able to understand when a network approach is useful, understand different types of networks, understand the differences and similarities between a Complex Networks and a Social Network Analysis approach, describe network characteristics, creating node-level features in multiplex networks.

The course has a hands-on focus, with lectures accompanied by programming practicals (in Python) to apply the knowledge on real networks.

Instructors

Javier Garcia-Bernardo (SoDa/UU) -- 2022, 2023 Eszter Bokányi (POPNET/UvA) -- 2022

Folder structure

Slides:

• Slides with the materials Code:
• 1_intro_networks: First practical on networkx
• 2_matrix_multiplication: Second practical on matrix multiplication
• 3_popnet: Third practical on matrix multiplication in the context of CBS data
• z_lecture_simulations: Creating some plots used during the lectures

Prerequisites

1. Install anaconda/miniconda
2. Clone the repository
3. Install dependencies and start jupyter notebook

conda env create -f environment.yml
conda activate networks
jupyter notebook

Contact

This project is developed and maintained by the ODISSEI Social Data Science (SoDa) team.

For questions about this course, you can contact us at [email protected], or you can contact the instructor Javier Garcia-Bernardo ([email protected])