On March 17, 2009 Mason Porter from the University of Oxford will be delivering a lecture entitled “Communities in Networks“.

Location: 130 Physics Bldg

Time: 4:30pm

Abstract: Networks (graphs) arise pervasively in biology, physics, technology, the social sciences, and myriad other areas. They typically exhibit a complicated mixture of random and structured features. Over the past several years, my collaborators and I have conducted several studies of cohesive mesoscopic structures known as “communities,” which consist of groups of nodes that are closely related. In this talk, I will discuss the idea of network community structure and discuss results my collaborators and I have obtained using networks constructed from data such as Facebook friendships, Congressional committee assignments and voting/legislation cosponsorship, and NCAA football schedules.