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***** To join INSNA, visit http://www.insna.org ***** ************************************************** SHORT COURSE “_Multilevel longitudinal network analysi_s" Naples, 15 May 2017 HTTP://WWW.ARS17.UNISA.IT/SHORTCOURSE A short course on "_Multilevel longitudinal network analysi_s" will be offered on May 15, 2017. The course is a satellite of the ARS'17 International Workshop on _Challenges in Social network research_. INSTRUCTOR: The course will be taught by Tom Snijders, _University of Groningen and Oxford University_. TOPICS treated will be the analysis of panel data on multiple 'parallel' networks, and on 'multilevel networks' defined as networks composed of subnetworks with nodes of different types (e.g., co-evolution of one-mode and two-mode networks). The course is limited to 40 ATTENDANTS. Selection of attendants will be based on registration time and on examination of CV by the scientific committee. PREREQUISITES for the course are a basic knowledge of stochastic actor-oriented models, and a knowledge of the basic concepts of Bayesian statistics. Computer software will be used as instructional tool. Some experience with the RSiena package in R will be helpful. LITERATURE Advisable to read: * Tom A.B. Snijders, Gerhard G. van de Bunt, and Christian E.G. Steglich (2010). Introduction to actor-based models for network dynamics. Social Networks, 32, 44-60. * Tom A.B. Snijders (2016). The Multiple Flavours of Multilevel Issues for Networks. Chapter 2 (pp. 15-46) in Emmanuel Lazega * Tom A.B. Snijders (eds.), Multilevel Network Analysis for the Social Sciences, Cham: Springer, 2016 Visit: http://www.stats.ox.ac.uk/~snijders/siena/ Registration To apply for the short course fill up the registration form [1] and send a CV to [log in to unmask] FEES Undergraduate/Graduate students EUR 60 Others EUR 80 VENUE Conference Centre FEDERICO II [2] Via Partenope, 36 80121 Naples-Italy ******************************************************************* Links: ------ [1] http://www.ars17.unisa.it/form [2] http://www.centrocongressi.unina.it/sala_partenope.php?on=3 _____________________________________________________________________ SOCNET is a service of INSNA, the professional association for social network researchers (http://www.insna.org). To unsubscribe, send an email message to [log in to unmask] containing the line UNSUBSCRIBE SOCNET in the body of the message.