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This is the syllabus for [[Social Media Analysis 10-802 in Fall 2012]]. The slides available may be out of date (from the last version of the class) but will be updated after each lecture. | This is the syllabus for [[Social Media Analysis 10-802 in Fall 2012]]. The slides available may be out of date (from the last version of the class) but will be updated after each lecture. | ||
Revision as of 14:06, 11 September 2012
This is the syllabus for Social Media Analysis 10-802 in Fall 2012. The slides available may be out of date (from the last version of the class) but will be updated after each lecture.
Contents
September
- Tue 9/11: Overview of the course.
- There's an assignment hidden in the slides. Make sure you do it!
- Here's my current working idea for paper-review assignments for this class. Give me feedback by Sun 9/18 by leaving a comment on the wiki.
- Thu 9/13: Sentiment 1: Polarity Classification.
- Tue 9/18: Sentiment 2: Subjectivity and Opinion.
- Thu 9/20: Graph background 1: Properties of social networks
- Tue 9/25: Graph background 2: Homophily and social networks
- Thu 9/27: More detail on homophily. (Guest lecture - Cosma Shalizi).
October
- Tue 10/2: Graph Analysis 1: Spectral Methods
- Thu 10/4: Sense-level sentiment analysis. (Guest lecture from Jan Weibe.)
- First draft of project proposal is due. To hand it in, please add a link to this List of First-Draft Project Proposals for 10-802 in Fall 2012
- Tue 10/9: Graph Analysis 2: Probabilistic Graph Models
- Thu 10/11: Urban Analytics with Livehoods. (Guest lecture from Justin Cranshaw.)
- Second draft of project proposal is due.
- Tue 10/16: Sampling from graphs
- Thus 10/18: StepGreen. (Guest lecture from Jen Mankoff).
- Tue 10/23: Unsupervised models for text in graphs
- Thus 10/25: Diffusion of Information
- Tues 10/30: Advanced probabilistic models for sentiment and community. (Guest lecture from Ramnath Balasubramanyan).
November
- Thus 11/1: The Impact of User-Generated Content on Engagement and Commitment in Online Communities (Guest lecture from Yi-Chia Wang.)
- Tues 11/6: Social Networks and Politics
- Tues 11/8: Diffusion and Viral Marketing
- Tues 11/13: Mid-term Project Reports
- Thus 11/15: Mid-term Project Reports
- Tues 11/20: Local Navigation in Small-World Graphs
- Thus 11/22 Thanksgiving - no class!
- Tues 11/27: Social Contagion
- Thus 11/29: Social Networks and Commerce
December
- Tues 12/1: Social Problem-Solving
- Thus 12/3: Anonymity in Networks
- Tues 12/4: project reports 1
- Thus 12/6: project reports 2
Thursday 12/13: final projects are due
