The course is held in I period, on Fridays 8am to 10am.
Teachers include Matti Nelimarkka and Lauri Eloranta. For practical matters, contact Matti ( matti.nelimarkka@helsinki.fi ).
We will cover (approximately)
- What is computational social science?
- Data extraction and data mining
- Social network analysis
- Complex systems
- Simulations
- Ethical and legal issues
- Validity and reliability of computational methods
- Practices of computational social science
We will co-construct the course program based on the interests of participants.
Syllabus