Social Network Analysis Workshop in May

FYI, for those who would like to learn more about social network analysis:

Network Analysis Workshop at Ohio State University

The Political Science Department, in conjunction with Complex Systems
Innovation Group, Program in Statistics and Methodology (PRISM), and the
National Science Foundation, is pleased to host a one day workshop on Network
Analysis on Thursday, May 5th, from 9:00 - 3:00. The workshop will be taught by
Bruce A. Desmarais, Department of Political Science, University of
Massachusetts-Amherst (http://www.people.umass.edu/bruced/).

The course will provide an introduction to political network analysis and will
cover the basics of network analysis including: terminology, data
collection/storage and basic description. We will also consider advanced topics
in description and exploration such as graphical representation and community
detection. Additionally, the course will introduce methods of statistical
inference with network data including regression with quadratic assignment
procedure (QAP), exponential random graph models (ERGMs), and bilinear random
effects models. All methods will be demonstrated in the R statistical software,
and commented code will be made available in conjunction with the course.

There is limited space available for interested participants, so we ask all of
those hoping to attend to RSVP as soon as possible (link below). If you have
any questions regarding the workshop, please feel free to contact Janet
Box-Steffensmeier (steffensmeier.2@osu.edu) or Jason Morgan
(morgan.746@osu.edu). Additional information and a detailed schedule will be
emailed to registered participants as soon as they become available.

RSVP here: https://secure.polisci.ohio-state.edu/networkshortcourse.htm