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CSD 363

SOCIAL AND INFORMATION


NETWORKS
Course Instructor - Dolly Sharma
Date Topic Lab
8-Jan Introduction
10-Jan Applications
15-Jan Network basics Lab 1: Random Graph
model and properties
17-Jan Tie strength Quiz 1
22-Jan Network structure Lab 2: Tie strength
24-Jan Homophily
29-Jan Affiliation Lab 3
31-Jan Spatial model of segregation
5 Feb Positive and negative relations
Lab 4
7 Feb negative relations
12 Feb power laws, pref. att.
14 Feb structure of web Lab 5
19 Feb Link analysis Quiz 2
21 Feb Web search
Date Topic Lab
4-Mar Information cascades
6 Mar Epidemics
Lab 6
11 Mar Communities
13 Mar Communities
18 Mar Modularity Quiz 3
20 Mar Biological networks Assignment: Presentation
27 Mar Biological networks topic
31-Jan Biological networks
1 Apr Congestion networks
Quiz 4
3 Apr Congestion networks
8 Apr Applications
10 Apr Applications
15 Apr Applications
Presentations
17 Apr Applications
22 Apr Applications
24 Apr Applications
Learning
Evaluation Instrument Weightage Duration
Outcomes

Mid Term Test 20% 1-2 hours LO1

Lab Assignments/ To be submitted by due


30% LO3
Project/ Presentation date

Quiz 20% In-class (Surprize) LO1 and LO2

End Term Exam 30% 2-3 hours LO1 and LO2

ASSESSMENT STRATEGY
GRADING POLICY

Estimated minimum for


getting an A grade will be
80%.
Grading will be relative in Minimum passing marks will
this course. be 30%. The actual cutoff of A grade
may be higher depending on
the relative performance of
the class.
COURSE POLICY
▪ Attendance policy: Attendance must be maintained as per university policy where non-
compliance would lead to an F∗ grade.
▪ Academic malpractice policy: There is zero-tolerance policy on cheating and malpractices
during the exams and assignments. Use of mobile phones and other electronic devices is not
allowed during the lectures and problem sessions.
▪ Policy on make-up exams: A make-up for any missed graded component will only be
conducted based on genuine medical ground or other unavoidable circumstances, where
condonement is approved by the Dean’s office.
TEXT AND REFERENCES
▪ ‘Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning about a Highly Connected World’, Easley and Klienberg

▪ Other reference material shared in class

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