Topic outline

  • Welcome to 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 your code and results, so if you haven't used one before, this is a great chance to learn.

    There is no exam, and the course will be graded as pass/fail; for passing, one needs to simply actively participate in the course meetings and teamwork.

    Project topics will soon be available (check "Projects" in the menu to the left). You don't need to pick your topic beforehand, though. In the first lecture, we'll present all topics and you can ask us questions before choosing.

    It looks like we can actually carry out the course live on campus, so see you all on Friday 4th of March! Please be there — the first session is important, as we will organize into project groups around chosen topics!