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1/25/16 DCS/CSCI 2350: Social & Economic Networks Introduction Mohammad T . Irfan Email: mirfan@bowdoin.edu Web: www.bowdoin.edu/~mirfan Class Website: http://bit.ly/networks2016 Office Hours: M 12pm, Tu 4:306 (VAC 309) TA

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DCS/CSCI 2350: Social & Economic Networks

Mohammad T . Irfan Email: mirfan@bowdoin.edu Web: www.bowdoin.edu/~mirfan Class Website: http://bit.ly/networks2016 Office Hours: M 1—2pm, Tu 4:30—6 (VAC 309) TA Cory Alini’s Hours: W 7—9 (VAC 304)

Introduction

Syllabus and required background

u Course website

u http://bit.ly/networks2016

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Connections

2012

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Cascades

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Technology adoption (today’s news)

Viral Facebook posts (2013)

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Arab Spring (2010 – 2014) Northeast blackout (2003)

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Hush puppies (1995) Baltimore STD outbreak (1995)

u 1995 to 1996: 500% increase

Iconic photo of Lafayette Court housing

Lafayette Ct Lexington Tr

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Small World

6-degrees of separation

u Milgram’s experiment (1960s)

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The Internet

Algorithms & economics of search

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Strategic decision- making in Networks

Game theory

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Markets

60 Lives, 30 Kidneys, All Linked NY Times

Graphs

Unifying element among all these stories

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Photo: TouchGraph App

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Graphs

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