Learning the meso-scale organization of complex networks. This project aims to model and learn the organization of online social networks. We will combine mathematical models, inference, and domain kn

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Learning the meso-scale organization of complex networks. This project aims to model and learn the organization of online social networks. We will combine mathematical models, inference, and domain knowledge from computational social sciences to obtain interpretable descriptions of the role groups of users play in the network. The expected outcomes are new mathematical models and computational methods that learn from data how to best decompose a complex network into building blocks and their interactions, linking connectivity to function. This should provide benefits to industries and policy makers interested in how information spreads in social media, including the critical questions of understanding the mechanisms contributing to political polarization and fragmentation.. Scheme: Discovery Projects. Field: 4901 - Applied Mathematics. Lead: Prof Eduardo Altmann