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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  The slides available may be out of date (from the last version of the class) but will be updated after each lecture.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  The slides available may be out of date (from the last version of the class) but will be updated after each lecture.
  
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* Tue 9/11: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 09/11/2012|Overview of the course.]]
 
* Tue 9/11: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 09/11/2012|Overview of the course.]]
* Thu 9/13: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 09/13/2012|Sentiment: Polarity Classification.]]
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** There's an assignment hidden in the slides.  Make sure you do it!  Here's an [[User:Wcohen|example of a wiki user page]].
* Tue 9/18: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 09/18/2012|Sentiment: Subjectivity and Opinion.]]
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** 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.
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* Thu 9/13: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 09/13/2012|Sentiment 1: Polarity Classification.]]
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* Tue 9/18: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 09/18/2012|Sentiment 2: Subjectivity and Opinion.]]
 
* Thu 9/20: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 09/20/2012|Graph background 1: Properties of social networks]]
 
* Thu 9/20: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 09/20/2012|Graph background 1: Properties of social networks]]
 
* Tue 9/25: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 09/25/2012|Graph background 2: Homophily and social networks]]
 
* Tue 9/25: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 09/25/2012|Graph background 2: Homophily and social networks]]
* Thu 9/27: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 09/27/2012|More detail on homophily]]
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** Due today: '''Send a list of three papers you plan to summarize to me,Aasish, and Bhavana.'''
** Assignment (due Thu 10/4): Write at least one wiki page describing a recent technical paper, and correctly link it to a dataset page and/or a methods page. If the dataset page and methods page don't exist, then create them as well.  Here are some [[tips for writing wiki pages]] to help you do this.
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* Thu 9/27: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 09/27/2012|More detail on homophily]].  (Guest lecture - [http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~cshalizi/ Cosma Shalizi]).
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** Due today: '''One paper summary, to be posted on the wiki'''. (See the assignments section of the main course page).
  
 
== October ==
 
== October ==
  
* Tue 10/2: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/02/2012|TBD]]
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* Tue 10/2: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/02/2012|Graph Analysis 1: Spectral Methods]]
** '''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]]
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** '''The next two summaries are due.'''  Email pointers to your pages to the sma-instructors email list.
* Thu 10/4: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/04/2012|TBD]].
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* Thu 10/4: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/04/2012|Sense-level sentiment analysis]]. (Guest lecture from [http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~wiebe/ Jan Weibe].)
* Tue 10/9: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/09/2012|Student project proposals]]
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* Tue 10/9: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/09/2012|Graph Analysis 2: Probabilistic Graph Models]]
* Thu 10/11: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/16/2012|Graph Background 3: Spectral Methods]]
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** '''First draft of project proposal is due.'''
** Student slot 1
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* Thu 10/11: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/11/2012|Urban Analytics with Livehoods]]. (Guest lecture from [http://justincranshaw.com/ Justin Cranshaw].)
** Student slot 2
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* Tue 10/16: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/16/2012|Sampling from graphs]]
** '''Second draft of project proposal is due.'''
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** '''Final project proposal is due.'''
* Thu 10/16: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/18/2012|Graph Background 4: Probabilistic Graph Models]]
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* Thus 10/18: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/18/2012|StepGreen]]. (Guest lecture from [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jmankoff/ Jen Mankoff]).
** Student slot 1
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* Tue 10/23: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/23/2012|Unsupervised models for text in graphs]]
** Student slot 2
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** Or maybe, diffusion - I may switch.
* Tue 10/18: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/23/2012|Unsupervised models for text in graphs 1]]
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* Thus 10/25: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/25/2012|Diffusion of Information]]
** Student slot 1
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** Or maybe, unsupervised models for text in graphs.
** Student slot 2
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* Tues 10/30: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/30/2012|Advanced probabilistic models for sentiment and community]]. (Guest lecture from [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~rbalasub/ Ramnath Balasubramanyan]).
* Thu 10/23: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 10/23/2012|Unsupervised models for text in graphs 2]]
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** Student slot 1
 
** Student slot 2
 
 
== November ==
 
== November ==
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* Thus 11/1: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 11/1/2012|The Impact of User-Generated Content on Engagement and Commitment in Online Communities]] (Guest lecture from [http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~yichiaw/ Yi-Chia Wang].)
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* Tues 11/6: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 11/6/2012|Social Networks and Politics]]
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* Tues 11/8: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 11/8/2012|Diffusion and Viral Marketing]]
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* Tues 11/13: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 11/13/2012|Mid-term Project Reports]]
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* Thus 11/15: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 11/15/2012|Mid-term Project Reports]]
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* Tues 11/20: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 11/20/2012|Local Navigation in Small-World Graphs]]
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* Thus 11/22 '''Thanksgiving - no class!'''
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* Tues 11/27: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 11/27/2012|Linguistic Coordination and Social Contagion]]
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* Thus 11/29: [[Class Meeting for 10-802 12/1/2012|Social Problem-Solving]]
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== December ==
 
== December ==
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* Tues 12/4: [[Final project presentations 1]]
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* Thus 12/6: [[Final project presentations 2]]
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Tuesday 12/11 at Midnight EST: '''final projects are due'''

Latest revision as of 14:44, 30 November 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.

September

October

November

December

Tuesday 12/11 at Midnight EST: final projects are due