The course dates will be the same for all participating universities, independent of the local university calendar.

Virtual Setup Meeting

Sept. 27, 2022, 15:00 German/16:00 Finnish time: A zoom link will be sent to pre-registered students for this meeting, which will explain the course, and the assignments for the block course.(Zoom Recording)


Block Course (October 5 to 7, 2022)

in the virtual setup meeting, the instructors will answer your questions regarding these topics. In the virtual block course, be prepared to present in 3-5 minutes, and using 4-6 Powerpoint slides each, the virtual mirror of your mailbox, and the results of the Twitter coolhunting of your topic of choice.

The block course will be virtual, but there will be the opportunity for students from each location (Cologne, Bamberg, Lucerne, LUT) to meet for the block course together in a classroom at their respective university.

Material for Pre-Work:

Here are links to the Hillary_Clinton and Enron E-Mail dataset for analyzing it with Griffin in case you can not access your own mailbox.

Link to intro slide deck

Link to happimetrics manuscript



Virtual Status Meetings, Thursdays 15:00-17:00 Ger/16:00-18:00 Fi

October 6, project kickoff (see recording of blockcourse of Oct 6)

October 13, virtual status #1 (zoom recording)

October 20, virtual status #2 (zoom recording)

November 3, virtual status #3 (zoom recording)

November 17, virtual status #4 (zoom recording)

December 1, virtual status - virtual mirror #5 (zoom recording)

December 15, virtual status #6 (zoom recording)

January 12, virtual status #7 (zoom recording)

January 26, virtual status #8 (zoom recording)

February 9, final presentation #9 (zoom recording)

February 28, midnight, final paper due


After successful completion, participants will get a "COIN Master" certificate with the logos of the participating institutions, signed by the main instructor