This new Spring 2027 course deals with the latest advances in network science, and is open to students in the master computer science programme at Leiden University who succesfully completed the Fall course Social Network Analysis for Computer Scientists, and are motivated to learn more about this area of research (see study guide description for precise admittance criteria).

This page will be updated with more information in January 2027, i.e., a few weeks prior to the start of the semester. Interested students are invited to reach out to the lecturer during the preceding course to indicate their interest.


Course information

Lectures: TBD
Lab sessions: TBD
Prerequisites: completion of SNACS and/or Complex Networks (BM)
Literature: provided papers and book chapters (free and digitally available)
Examination: based on presentation, paper, programming, peer review and participation (no exam)
Brightspace link: TBA
Study guide link: TBA
Study points: 6 ECTS

Course staff: prof.dr. Frank Takes (f.w.takes@liacs.leidenuniv.nl, room BE 3.07),
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Assistants: TBA



[Network visualization image]

Network with 1458 nodes and 1948 edges.