Organisation:
Prof. Dr. Verena Wolf
Gerrit Großmann, MSc
Michael Backenköhler, MSc
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Many real-world phenomena like rumor spreading, contagions in financial markets, epidemic outbreaks, or cognitive processes can be expressed in the terms of complex networks. The seminar explores dynamical processes which are linked to networked structures in intriguing ways. In particular, we aim at understanding the complex interplay between the topology and the emerging dynamics of a network. We analyze brain networks or online social networks and explore various techniques for their analysis and classification ranging from diffusion models and stochastic simulations to deep learning approaches.
There are no prerequisites to take the seminar but a basic understanding of linear algebra and probability theory will be useful.
The final grade consists of: your presentation (40%), reports (40%), and participation during the seminar discussions (20%).
Identify the key ideas and concepts and give a self-consistent presentation explaining these concepts to your fellow students. Assume no prior knowledge about the topic. Read related work and include it where it seems useful to you or where it is necessary to understand the topic. Meet with your supervisor and send her your slides at least one week before your presentation (deadline is Wednesdays 23:59). The duration should be 20-30 min.
In each seminar session (including the session of your own presentation), choose one of the two presented papers/topics and write a short report (600-1600 words) about it. Shortly summarize (what you consider to be) the main contribution or most intriguing idea of the paper. Explain what did you like/dislike about the paper (both methodically and presentation-wise). Highlight connections to other seminar papers. We do not expect comprehensive understanding of the paper.
You can use the Springer LNCS Latex template (every other reasonable formatting is fine too).
Send the reports as a .pdf-files to Gerrit Großmann by Email within the following 13 days of the presentation. The deadline is always Wednesdays 23:59. The subject should be NetworkSeminarSubmission+<YourFullName> (without < and >). The corresponding filename should be be <YourFullName>_<TopicName>.pdf (without < and >).
Each participant gets one session where he/she can skip the report. Since we have six sessions, we expect each participant to submit five short reports (but maximally one repert per session).
Read each presented paper in advance (of course, we do not expect you to understand them fully) and actively participate in the discussion. We expect each participant to attend each session.