851-0586-03L Applied Network Science
Semester | Herbstsemester 2019 |
Dozierende | U. Brandes |
Periodizität | jedes Semester wiederkehrende Veranstaltung |
Lehrsprache | Englisch |
Kommentar | Number of participant limited to 20 |
Kurzbeschreibung | We study applications of network science methods, this semester in the domain of collective behavior. Topics are selected for diversity in research questions and techniques with applications such as fish swarms, primate groups, collective decision making, and wisdom of the crowds . Student teams present results from the recent literature, possibly with replication, in a mini-conference. |
Lernziel | Network science as a paradigm is entering domains from engineering to the humantities but application is tricky. By examples from recent research on social media, students learn to appreciate that, and how, context matters. They will be able to assess the appropriateness of approaches for substantive research problems, and especially when and why quantitative approaches are or are not suitable. |