Mining big Graphs/Networks An information/social graph is made up of a set of individuals/entities (nodes)tied by one or more interdependency (edges), such as friendship Mining big networkS: A field is emerging that leverages the capacity to collect and analyze data at a scale that may reveal patterns of individu and group behaviors.” 1. David Lazer, Alex Pentland, Lada Adamic, Sinan Aral, Alber-Laszlo Barabasi, et aL. Computational Social Science. Science 20093 Mining Big Graphs/Networks • An information/social graph is made up of a set of individuals/entities (“nodes”) tied by one or more interdependency (“edges”), such as friendship. 1. David Lazer, Alex Pentland, Lada Adamic, Sinan Aral, Alber-Laszlo Barabasi, et al. Computational Social Science. Science 2009. Mining big networks: “A field is emerging that leverages the capacity to collect and analyze data at a scale that may reveal patterns of individual and group behaviors.” [1]