Hands On Training

Networks, Crowds and Markets

Cornell University

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Course Features

Duration

10 weeks

Delivery Method

Online

Available on

Limited Access

Accessibility

Mobile, Desktop, Laptop

Language

English

Subtitles

English

Level

Beginner

Effort

5 hours per week

Teaching Type

Instructor Paced

Course Description

The course invites you to examine the interconnectedness of modern life through an exploration of fundamental questions about how our social, economic, and technological worlds are connected. Students will explore game theory, the structure of the Internet, social contagion, the spread of social power and popularity, and information cascades.

This MOOC is based on an interdisciplinary Cornell University course entitled Networks, taught by professors David Easley, Jon Kleinberg, and Éva Tardos. That course was also the basis for the book, Networks, Crowds, and Markets: Reasoning About a Highly Connected World. This course is designed at the introductory undergraduate level without formal prerequisites.

Course Overview

Live Class

Human Interaction

Personlized Teaching

International Faculty

Post Course Interactions

Instructor-Moderated Discussions

Skills You Will Gain

Prerequisites/Requirements

High school algebra, some background in probability.

What You Will Learn

Analyze the processes by which ideas, beliefs, opinions, products, technologies, and social conventions spread through social networks.

Apply game theory to analyze strategic behavior in a variety of settings including auction design, Web advertising, network routing, and social marketing.

Explore the relationships between markets, information, and consumer expectations.

Understand strategic behavior in matching markets that link buyers and sellers.

Use the tools of graph theory as a basis for studying the Internet social networks, and the process of Web search.

Course Instructors

David Easley

Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Science at Cornell University

David Easley is the Henry Scarborough Professor of Social Science and a professor in the departments of Economics and Information Science at Cornell University. His research focuses on learning and w...

Eva Tardos

Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Science and Information Science at Cornell University

Eva Tardos is the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Computer Science and Information Science at Cornell. Her research focuses on issues at the interface of computing and economics, with an emphasis o...

Jon Kleinberg

Chair of the Department of Information Science at Cornell University

Jon Kleinberg is the Tisch University Professor of Computer Science and Information Science at Cornell, where he is currently chair of the Department of Information Science. His research focuses on i...

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