| Important dates |
- Mid term exam - 7th June, 2pm-4pm (Prerequisite to take the final exam)
- Final exam - 4th Aug, 10am-12pm (A week after the end of the course)
- There will be a re-exam - 13th Oct, 10am-12pm
You can participate in both final and re-exam The better grade out of the two will count
| Course schedule till mid term exam |
This is a tentative schedule. Minor modifications could be made based on the progress of the course.
** Please Note that some tutorials are rescheduled as lectures to amend for cancelled classes.
| Lecture # | Date | Topic covered | Resources / References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture 1 | 21/04/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Introduction to Social Media Systems & Social Networks | |
| Tutorial 1 | 26/04/16 (14:00-16:00) |
Basics of SNAP library (python) install and usage for large scale network analysis | SNAP library and datasets |
| Lecture 2 | 28/04/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Basics of network structures | Chapter 6, 7, 9, 10 of Newman's book |
| Tutorial 2 | 03/05/16 (14:00-16:00) |
Random Graphs** **Note: Rescheduled as a lecture |
Chapter 12 and 13 of Newman's book |
| Lecture 3 | 05/05/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Class cancelled (Holiday) | |
| Tutorial 3 | 10/05/16 (14:00-16:00) |
Structure & Evolution of Large Networks : Social & Information Networks** **Note: Rescheduled as a lecture |
Chapter 8, 14 and 15 of Newman's book |
| Lecture 4 | 12/05/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Measures and Metrics for Network Structure - I | Chapter 7, 11 of Newman's book |
| Tutorial 4 | 17/05/16 (14:00-16:00) |
Class cancelled | |
| Lecture 5 | 19/05/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Class cancelled | |
| Tutorial 5 | 24/05/16 (14:00-16:00) |
Fundamental Network Algorithms | Chapter 10 of Newman's book |
| Lecture 6 | 26/05/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Class cancelled (Holiday) | |
| Tutorial 6 | 31/05/16 (14:00-16:00) |
Measures and Metrics for Network Structure - II ** **Note: Rescheduled as a lecture |
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| Lecture 7 | 02/06/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Tutorial : Revision for Mid term | |
| 07/06/16 (14:00-16:00) |
Mid term exam | ||
| Lecture 8 | 09/06/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Guest Lecture : Ashish Goel (Stanford) "Decision making at scale: Algorithms, Mechanisms, and Platforms" | |
| Lecture 9 | 16/06/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Graph Clustering I | |
| Lecture 10 | 23/06/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Graph Clustering II | |
| Tutorial 7 | 28/06/16 (14:00-16:00) |
Hierarchical Graph Clustering | |
| Lecture 11 | 30/06/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Introduction to Social Media Content Analysis | Intro PDF |
| Tutorial 8 | 05/07/16 (14:00-16:00) |
TBA | |
| Lecture 12 | 07/07/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Sentiment Analysis | Slides |
| Tutorial 9 | 12/07/16 (14:00-16:00) |
Text classification | Slides code |
| Lecture 13 | 14/07/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Topic Modeling | Slides |
| Tutorial 10 | 19/07/16 (14:00-16:00) |
TBA | |
| Lecture 14 | 21/07/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Graphical Models | Slides |
| Tutorial 11 | 26/07/16 (14:00-16:00) |
TBA | |
| Lecture 15 | 28/07/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Recommender Systems II | |
| Tutorial 12 | 02/08/16 (14:00-16:00) |
Revision for Final Exam | |
| 04/08/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Final Exam | ||
| 13/10/16 (10:00-12:00) |
Re-Exam |