Network science

“The whole is the sum of the parts plus the interactions” –Martin Rosvall

Topics

Types of networks

• Bipartite network | Weighted network | Directed network
• Hypergraph
• Higher order network
• Multilayer network
  • Temporal network
  • Interdependent networks

Real-world networks

• Network datasets
• Biological network
  • Metabolic network | Genetic interaction network | Protein protein interaction network | Neural network (Artificial neural network)
  • Ecological network
• Internet
• Social network
  • Collaboration network | Animal social network
• Political network
• Economic network
• Road network

Network analysis

• Network analysis libraries
• Graph database
• Graph visualization
• Social network analysis
• Network sampling
• Non backtracking matrix

Network-level analysis

• Network similarity

Large-scale structure

• Community structure

Nodes, edges, and local neighborhood

• Centrality
• Structural hole
• Weak tie - The strength of weak ties | The strength of long range ties

Network phenomena

• Diffusion of innovations, Information spreading, Contagion, Homophily and influence
• Group evolution
• Robustness of networks
• Self similarity

Modeling networks

• Graph theory
• Random network
• Generative models of networks
• Community structure
• Power law

Teaching networks

• Network literacy
• Network science graduate program

People

• Network scientists

Books and Review papers

Books

• Network science by Albert László Barabási
• Networks: An Introduction by Mark Newman
• Networks, Crowds, and Markets by David Easley and John Kleinberg
  • http://www.cs.cornell.edu/home/kleinber/networks-book/ - You can download each chapter.
• Social and Economic Networks by Matthew O
• An Introduction to Systems Biology by Uri Alon

Education

• Network science in education

Reviews

• Statistical mechanics of complex networks by Réka Albert and Albert László Barabási
• The Structure and Function of Complex Networks by Mark Newman
• Dynamical Systems on Networks: A Tutorial
• Firsts in network science by Petter Holme - “some first appearances / applications of some big ideas”

Others

• Illustrations of network science concepts by The Reliants Project

Courses

General

• http://barabasilab.neu.edu/courses/phys5116/ by Albert László Barabási
• http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/courses/2010/cscs535/index.html by Mark Newman
• http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Courses/cs6850/2011sp/ and http://www.infosci.cornell.edu/courses/info2040/2010fa/ by Jon Kleinberg
• http://macroconnections.media.mit.edu/courses/ by Cesar A
• http://informatics.indiana.edu/fil/Class/i400/ by Filippo Menczer
• Social and Information Network Analysis by Jure Leskovec
• teaching with “Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World” by Lada Adamic
• SI 508 - Networks: Theory and Application by Lada Adamic
• Social and Technological Network Analysis by Cecilia Mascolo
• Five lectures on networks by Aaron Clauset

Biological networks

• http://www.phys.psu.edu/~ralbert/teaching.htm by Réka Albert

Articles

• http://www.nature.com/nphys/journal/v8/n1/index.html - Nature physics special issue about complexity
  • The network takeover by Albert László Barabási
  • Communities, modules and large-scale structure in networks by Mark Newman
  • Modelling dynamical processes in complex socio-technical systems by Alessandro Vespignani