Welcome to the 2021 edition of Hands-on Network Analysis!
Having done the Complex Networks course (CS-E5740), you have
learned a lot about networks, but your appetite is not yet satisfied.
You want more!
If this is you, then Hands-On Networks Analysis is the course for you!
In
this course, you will work in small teams. Each team is given some
real-world network data of choice and some hints on research questions
that the data could perhaps provide answers for. You will then develop
your own research plan, start crunching the data according to the plan,
look at the results, and modify your targets accordingly (often, the
data will guide the way!). In other words, you will get real hands-on
research experience.
We provide you with data,
tips for research questions, tutorials, and assistants for your team who
follow your work and give feedback & ideas. We have six 4-hour
sessions, where all teams get together, present their latest findings to
others, get feedback, and do research (the teams are expected to work
outside these sessions, too). We recommend using a version control system (GIT) for
you code and results, so if you haven't used one before, this is a great
chance to learn.
The course will be
organized remotely. All meetings will take place in Zoom, and we
encourage also the teams to not meet face-to-face.
There is no exam, and the course will be graded as pass/fail; for passing, one needs to just actively participate in the course meetings and team work.
For
available topics, click on "Projects" in the left-hand menu; you don't
need to pick your topic beforehand, though. On the first lecture, we'll
present all topics and you can ask us questions before choosing.