Section outline

  • Have you enjoyed the SNA course so much that you are considering a thesis on related subjects? Great!

    Here are a few ideas we would like to work on... of course you can also propose something new and completely different!

    • Mental Health in Online Social Media
    • Fake News, Echo Chamber, Polarization
    • Cognitive Network Science
    • Feature-rich network modeling
    • NDlib: modeling competing diffusion processes
    • NDlib: definition of novel diffusion models tailored for specific scenarios (e.g., fake news, opinion dynamics...)
    • CDlib: a comparative analysis of Community Discovery algorithms
    • CDlib: definition of novel community discovery approaches for dynamic/multiplex/feature-rich networks
    • XAI: Explaining Community Discovery Algorithms
    • DyNetX: a library for modeling and studying dynamic network topologies
    • Graph Embedding: representing (static|dynamic) networks in low dimensional space to support prediction and clustering
    • High Order Networks: studying and modeling high-order temporal networks

    A thesis can focus either on the definition of a new model/algorithm or on the usage of complex network analysis methodologies as tools for studying specific phenomena.


    Past Thesis example:

    • Data Warehouse For Reddit Data And Its Usage
    • Modeling peer-pressure: a data-driven estimate of open-mindedness from high-order online political discussions
    • Echo chamber and Political Polarization: A time- and linguistic-aware analysis of online polarized discussions
    • Towards Attributed Stream-Hypernetwork Analysis: Structure, Features and Dynamics of Complex Social Systems
    • Can language be modelled through Network Science? A Textual Forma Mentis Network case study
    • Filter Bubbles in the Italian Twittersphere: a data-driven analysis
    • A tale of two OSNs: online political debate around Capitol Hill assault on Twitter and Parler
    • Reasoning, Machine Learning and Network Science: a comprehensive approach to Knowledge Graphs interlinking
    • Fiori, reti e frattali: un approccio nature-inspired per l'analisi di network.
    • Scholarly Career Paths: Brain Drain and Exterophily
    • Polarizzazione Politica & Echo Chamber: una metodologia per l'identificazione e analisi su Reddit
    • Modeling Algorithmic Bias in Opinion Dynamics: simplicial complexes, and evolving network topologies
    • Modeling Human Mobility considering Spatial, Temporal and Social Dimensions
    • Bounded confidence, Stubborness e Peer Pressure: simulare l'adozione di fake news tramite modelli di opinion dynamics
    • La struttura complessa degli spazi semantici: un approccio guidato dalla network science
    • "It's a long way to the top" Predicting Success via Innovators'adoptions
    • Supervised Link Prediction su Reti Sociali


    Interested? Contact Giulio Rossetti for more details.