The Fifth Elephant 2019

The session is aimed at demystifying the world of network analytics by sharing motivating examples from some popular research papers. I will also provide brief theoretical basis of network analysis, introduce to network metrics, tools and resources. In the last section of the session, I will share some recent applications of SNA from public discourse.

Outline

1. Subject introduction and motivation
2. Key concepts and terminology
3. Network Measures
4. Tools, software used
5. Analytical techniques
6. Applications
   • Indian elections 2014
   • #MeToo Movement
   • Indian elections 2019
   • Bollywood network

Requirements

None

Speaker bio

I am a researcher and data scientist. My research interests are healthcare, e-commerce and social media. There are exciting possibilities, interesting insights waiting to be uncovered by network analysis. The talk is wide in its coverage and applications to ensure everyone, from geeks to politicians or doctors or journalists are kept onboard and learn something new as much as add to others.