Resources
Rookie’s Guide to Network Science: Part 1 – Part 2 – Part 3 – Part 4
Manuel Lima’s “The Power of Networks”
Sharing the Beauty of Networks by Mason Porter
Google Ideas Networks Discussions
Alex Vespignani Interview on Spreading Diseases
Richard Feynman “The Pleasure of Finding Things Out”
Interactive Online Visualizations
GraphR – Visualization Network of Congressional Interactions (worksheet available: here)
Arms Trade Visualization (and related article)
Visualization of Migration Flows
Large Networks Visualization Tool
Other Visualizations
50 Great Examples of Data Visualization
MOBS Lab (under “Visualizations”)
Sune Lehmann (See “In the Press”)
Articles/Books/Presentations
Using Metadata to find Paul Revere
Network Science Online Book (Barabasi)
Teach Network Science to Teenagers. Also curriculum materials available: this directory.
Introduction to the Mathematics of Networks
Friends You Can Count On (New York Times)
Miscellaneous
Relationship Science Plans Database of Names and Connections
Tricia Brown Dance Company (network communicating movement)
CODE: Teaching Programming in Schools (Video)
NetSci Websites
NetSciEd2 (June 2013) Copenhagen
Hiroki Sayama’s Summer Camp Zip File (278MB)
Software Install: NetLogo
Step 1: Download from here: NetLogo Download
Step 2: Go to this page: NetLogo Extensions and click on “Download it from here” link.
Step 3: This will create a nw.zip that when unzipped will create a “Networks” folder that you will place in the Models > Sample Models.
Software Install: Network Interactives
Download Network Attack & Network Optimizer at: BU Networks Software & Curriculum
