Sample Referee Report

I have posted a sample referee report. (It's on a very good paper, so you should also read that paper carefully!)

Solution Sheet 5 Posted

I have posted solution sheet 5.

Scanned Lecture Notes on Community Structure, Dynamical Systems on Networks

I have uploaded scanned versions of last year's lecture notes on community structure (unit 6) and dynamical systems on networks (unit 7).

Slides from this Week's Lectures Posted

I have posted slides from this week's lectures (as well as another set of slides with more discussion of community structure) onto the course-materials page.

Solution Sheet 4 is Posted

I have posted solution sheet 4.

Scanned Lecture Notes from Week 5 Posted

See the title.

"In Conversation with Mark Newman: The Future of Network Science": Wednesday at 4pm at the Oxford Internet Institute

This Wednesday at 4pm at 1 St Giles, Bernie Hogan of the Oxford Internet Institute (OII) will be interviewing Mark Newman.

Solution Sheet 3 Posted

I have posted solution sheet 3 on the course materials page.

Week 4 Scanned Lecture Notes Available

I have posted a scan of the lecture notes from week 4.

I will briefly discuss k-cores next Monday, but please read the bits that I am not covering in lecture.

Physics Colloquium by Mark Newman: Friday 12 February 15:30

Mark Newman will be giving the physics colloquium this Friday at 15:30 in the Martin Wood Lecture Theatre in Clarendon Laboratory. The title of the lecture is "Epidemics, Erdos Numbers, and the Internet: the Physics of Networks".

Week 3 Scanned Notes Posted

I have posted scanned notes from week 3. I posted the week 2 scanned notes last year, though I forgot to mention it in a blog post.

Solution Sheet 2 Posted

I have posted Solution Sheet 2.

3.5 Degrees of Separation

Apparently, the mean geodesic distance between nodes in the Facebook network is down to 3.5.