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\author{Andrew Hayes}
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\begin{document}
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\begin{titlepage}
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\Huge \textsc{cs4423}
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\LARGE
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Networks
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Name: & Andrew Hayes \\
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Student ID: & 21321503 \\
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E-mail: & \href{mailto://a.hayes18@universityofgalway.ie}{a.hayes18@universityofgalway.ie} \\
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\tableofcontents
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\section{Introduction}
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\textbf{CS4423 Networks} is a Semester 2 module on \textbf{Network Science}.
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Modern societies are in many ways highly connected.
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Certain aspects of this phenomenon are frequently described as \textbf{networks}.
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CS4423 is an introduction to this emerging interdisciplinary subject.
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We'll cover several major topics in this module, including:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Graphs \& Graph Theory, and how they relate to networks;
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\item Representations of networks, including as matrices;
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\item Computing with networks, using \mintinline{python}{networkx} in Python;
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\item Centrality measures;
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\item Random graphs;
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\item Small worlds;
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\item Models of growing graphs;
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\end{itemize}
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Lecture notes \& assignments will come in the form of Jupyter notebooks, which allows us to include interactive Python code with the text.
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\subsection{Lecturer Contact Information}
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\item Name: Dr Niall Madden.
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\item School of Mathematical \& Statistical Sciences, University of Galway.
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\item Office: Room ADB-1013, Arás de Brún.
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\item E-mail: \href{mailto://niall.madden@universityofgalway.ie}{niall.madden@universityofgalway.ie}.
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\item Website: \url{https://www.niallmadden.ie}
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\end{itemize}
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\subsection{Schedule}
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Tentative schedule for labs / tutorials:
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\item Tuesday at 16:00 in AC215;
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\item Wednesday at 10:00 in CA116a.
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\end{itemize}
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There will be some practicals during the semester: Week 3 ``Introduction to Python \& Jupyter'' sessions, later weeks help with assignments, preparations for exam, etc.
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\subsection{Assessment}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Two homework assignments.
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Tentative deadlines: Weeks 5 \& 10.
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Each contribute 10\% each to the final grade.
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\item One in-class test.
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Probably Week 7 (depending on FYP deadlines).
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Contributes 10\% to the final grade.
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\item Final exam: 70\%.
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\end{itemize}
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\subsection{Introduction to Networks}
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Newman (for example) broadly divides the most commonly studied real-world networks into four classes:
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\begin{enumerate}
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\item \textbf{Technological networks:} rely on physical infrastructure.
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In many cases, this infrastructure has been built over many decades and forms part of the backbone of modern societies, including roads \& other transportation networks, power grids, and communications networks.
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\item \textbf{Social networks:} the vertices of a social network are people (or, at leasts, User IDs), with edges representing some sort of \textbf{social interaction}.
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In sociology, the vertices are often called \textbf{actors}, and the edges are called \textbf{ties}.
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Social networks are not just online: sociologists have studied social networks long before people started exhibiting their relations to others online.
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Traditionally, data about the structure of social networks have been compiled by interviewing the people involved.
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\item \textbf{Information networks:} consist of \textbf{data items} which are linked to each other in some way.
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Examples include relational databases.
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Sets of information (like scientific publications) have been linking to each other (e.g., through citations) long before computers were invented, although links in digital form are easier to follow.
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The \textbf{WWW} is probably the most widespread \& best-known example of an information network.
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Its nodes are \textbf{web pages} containing information in form of text \& pictures, and its edges are the \textbf{hyperlinks}, allowing us to surf or navigate from page to page.
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Hyperlinks run in one direction only, from the page that contains the hyperlink to the page that is referenced.
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Therefore, the WWW is a \textbf{directed network}, a graph where each edge has a direction.
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\item \textbf{Biological networks:}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Biochemical networks} represent molecular-level patterns of interaction \& control mechanisms in the biological cell, including metabolic networks, protein-protein interaction networks, \& genetic regulatory networks.
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\item A \textbf{neural network} can be represented as a set of vertices, the neurons, connected by two types of directed edges, one for excitatory inputs and one for inhibitory inputs.
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(Not to be confused with an artificial neural network).
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\item \textbf{Ecological networks} are networks of ecological interactions between species.
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\end{itemize}
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\end{enumerate}
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In each case, a network connects parts of a system (\textbf{nodes}) by some means (\textbf{links}).
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Different techniques are used to display, discover, \& measure the structure in each example.
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In its simplest form, a \textbf{network} is just a collection of points (called \textbf{vertices} or \textbf{nodes}), some of which are joined in pairs (called \textbf{edges} or \textbf{links}).
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Many systems of interest are composed of individual parts that are in some way linked together: such systems can be regarded as networks, and thinking about them in this way can often lead to new \& useful insights.
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\textbf{Network science} studies the patterns of connections between the components of a system.
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Naturally, the structure of the networks can have a big impact on the behaviour of the system.
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A \textbf{network} is a simplified representation of a complex system by vertices \& edges.
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The scientific study of networks is an interdisciplinary undertaking that combines ideas from mathematics, computer science, physics, the social sciences, \& biology.
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Between these scientific fields, many tools have been developed for analysing, modeling, \& understanding networks.
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\subsubsection{Network Measures}
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\textbf{Centrality} is an example of a useful \& important type of network measure; it is concerned with the question of how important a particular vertex or edge is in a networked system.
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Different concepts have been proposed to capture mathematically what it means to be central.
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For example, a simple measure of the centrality of a vertex is its \textbf{degree}, that is, the number of edges it is part of (or, equivalently, the number of vertices it is adjacent to).
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Applications of centrality include determining which entities in a social network have the most influence, or which links in a power grid are most vulnerable.
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Which measurements \& calculations give meaningful answers for a particular system depends of course on the specific nature of the system and the questions one wants to ask.
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\subsubsection{Network Concepts}
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Another interesting network concept is the \textbf{small-world effect}, which is concerned with the question of how far apart two randomly chosen points in a network typically are.
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Here, \textbf{distance} is usually measured by the number of edges one would need to cross over when travelling along a \textbf{path} from one vertex to another.
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In real-world social networks, the distance between people tends to be rather small.
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\end{document}
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