# jemdoc: menu{MENU}{SICN.html}, showsource = Statistical Inference in Complex networks In this course, we will introduce statistical methods to infer properties of large complex networks. Firstly, we will study how to learn standard properties of a network such as its diameter or connectivity. These properties are always useful to know, independently of their applications. Precisely, we will focus on two specific categories of networks, epidemic networks and telecom networks. In such networks, understanding general properties are not enough and specific problems have to be solved. In the case of epidemic network, we will study how to model the propagation of an epidemic and how we can estimate the parameter of our model. We will also show how to identify the source of an epidemic (patient zero). Concerning engineering/telecom networks, we will teach you how to estimate the delay of communication on each link, in a telecom network. We will study how to detect the failure of a link. In this course, we will provide answers to all these questions, problems, using statistic and probability theory. It will be a combination of theory and practical assignments, where you will be asked to program different estimators on a real network. == Syllabus - 19 Apr 2020: lecture-00 (Stanford videos) [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1X1L0Ph7yrbcusN74uru7XTkUcv5x-aj Introduction] and lecture-01 (IMT-Atlantique videos) [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwjlrTwbdRdqFp0xYgFb7-TnHtqJy5XGq Sampling and Estimation in Hidden Populations] - 3 May 2020: lecture-02 (Stanford Videos) [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1X1L0Ph7yraovgGn9m5-HjGdmpc3Y6yF Centrality measures and random networks] - 10 May 2020: lecture-03 (Stanford Videos) [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyWV78uazzEctTFgXvENMan8U0JwW2JkS Spectral clustering] and lecture-04 (IMT-Atlantique videos) [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLwjlrTwbdRdrhc7K52jkEjGChK9FuPbtn Adaptive identification of weak links] - 18 May 2020: lecture-05 (Stanford Videos) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL1X1L0Ph7yrbi391I_CGg7_wyPUS-RD8m&v=_7lBsyHNnx4 Epidemic's models] - 25 May 2020: lecture-06 (Stanford Videos) [http://snap.stanford.edu/class/cs224w-videos-2018/181106-cs224w-720.mp4 Outbreak detection].