Solution Sheet 6 Posted

I have posted solution sheet 6.

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.

Revised Version of Solution Sheet 4 Posted

I have posted a revised version of solution sheet 4 in which I have fixed some typos (where I note that a couple of typos were from the problem statement, so I also uploaded a corrected version of homework sheet 4) and added some additional explanation of a couple of points based on questions that arose in the classes on Friday.

Powerpoint Presentations for Parts of Lecture 8

Once I get through some more hand-written notes, which I expect to take the first 2/3 to 3/4 of the week-8 lecture, I'll briefly discuss some things that I have in Powerpoint slides.

The first of these comes from a presentation on Cascades and Social Influence on Networks. This relates directly to material in weeks 7 and 8 (the "chapter 7" material). I don't know how much of it I'll go through, but regardless it will be useful to go through the slides outside of lecture (and you may wish to follow along). You can also see a full-length video presentation of these slides if you are interested (or if you feel it will help).

Another set of slides concerns at An Introduction to Multilayer Networks from a 3-hour tutorial talk I gave last June. (This is an accompaniment to the review article that you can find among the out-edges on this course blog.) I will most likely not go over this at all or I will only go over it for a few minutes, but I figure that it is something that some of you may find interesting.

Homework Sheet 4 is Posted

I have now posted homework sheet 4.

Solution Set 4 is Posted

I have now posted solution set 4.

Now I'll get started on writing an informal specimen exam so you can get a better idea of what "bite-sized" questions might look like. (This is much less for the purpose of providing review material, as there is already plenty of that, and more just to get a more concrete idea of what an exam question --- as opposed to homework question --- might look like.) I don't yet know exactly when I'll have this ready. Also, I won't be writing up formal solutions for it the way I have done with the homework assignments.

Update (4/28/14): I have made a couple corrections and clarified some points on solution sheet 4 (especially on sheet 4) and have posted a revised version.

New Article: "Dynamical Systems on Networks: A Tutorial"

I have now posted my article, Dynamical Systems on Networks: A Tutorial, which I previously circulated in incomplete form and which I followed in large part for the lecture notes on dynamical systems on networks.

Note that this is supplemental material for the lectures, but I think you'll find it helpful. You don't have to read it.

Useful New Paper on Epidemics on Networks

A useful new paper concerning epidemic models on networks was posted on the arXiv today. It contains several examples of doing various types of moment closure.

Homework Sheet 4 is Posted

I have posted homework sheet 4, which concerns dynamical systems on networks.

Classes in Week 1 of TT

Classes to cover the 4th sheet will occur in Week 1 of TT as follows

[1] (Prescott, Oh; was on Tues even weeks in HT): TT week 1, Tue 29 April, 4:15 pm - 5:45 pm, Britton Room, Trinity College

[2] (Gilbert, Oh; was on Wed odd weeks in HT): TT week 1, Wed 30 April, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm, C4

[3]: (Gilbert, Oh; was on Wed even weeks in HT): TT week 1, Wed 30 April, 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm, C3

[4]: (Porter, Murevics; was on Fri odd weeks in HT): TT week 1, Mon 28 April, 11:00 am - 12:30 pm, C5

[5]: (Porter, Murevics; was on Fri even weeks in HT): TT week 1, Mon 28 April, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm, C4



Update (3/23/14): All times and places for the classes to cover hw 4 have now been determined.

Slides Posted from Two of My Seminars

Once we get through the handwritten notes for Chapter 7 (which concerns "Dynamical Systems on Networks"), I'll plan on going through some slides from one of my talks on cascades and social influence on networks. I have now posted these slides among the course materials. I doubt I'll have time to go through all of them, but reading them should help cement your big-picture understanding about dynamical systems on networks (and it will help for some of the methodology as well).

I have also posted slides from one of my talks on multilayer community structure and functional brain networks. One person asked that I talk about networks from neuroscience in lecture. I don't think that I will get to this at all in lecture --- as I think the discussion of social influence on networks will be particularly helpful for Chapter 7 --- but it will provide that person with some thoughts on that topic and it will help cement your big-picture knowledge of Chapter 6 (so reading these slides is very much worthwhile, in my opinion). It also presents my view on multilayer networks --- which I hope will become the dominant view of the subject, given that I have written an ambitious review article that is trying to drive the entire field forward --- so it will be very helpful for that topic if you're interested in it.

Full Notes for Chapter 7 Now Available

I have now posted the full notes for Chapter 7. There are only a couple more pages besides what I already posted.

Lecture Notes Posted for Chapter 7 (Partial)

I have posted the first 19 and change (a bit onto p. 20) pages of lecture notes for Chapter 7, which concerns dynamical systems on networks and which we will take all of week 7 and a large chunk (and maybe even all) of week 8 to cover. The material posted gets into some of what will be in week 8, so I remain on schedule as concerns posting notes.