This event is a workshop teaching social network analysis (SNA) as part of the DataFest Fringe.

There are two identical sessions, please choose either the morning OR afternoon.

SNA is a tool to illustrate how different items are connected together. These are often shown as nodes describing people with edges showing how the nodes link together. At its very core social network analysis uses data to help make connections, help people collaborate and enable more people to benefit from these collaborations.

During this workshop we will teach you to transform raw data into a social network graph using open source tools. Using open source tools means you will be able to take this work away and apply it on your own data without being required to pay for a license. The open source tools we will be using are R and igraph. No prior knowledge is required to take this course, it is suitable for beginners to SNA and R.

The target audience for this event are the public, private and third sectors. If you organise events you are particularly welcome as network analysis of event participants can help build relationships.

This event is part of DataFest 2018: datafest.global