Exercises

1 Interactive Exercises

1. Friendship Paradox Game

Objective: Experience the friendship paradox interactively

• 🎉 Fun Challenge: Can you create a network where your friends have the most friends? 🤔💡 Give it a try in this Friendship Paradox Game! 🎮✨

Questions to consider: - Can you create a network where the friendship paradox is absent? - In other words, can you create a graph where your friends have the same number of friends as you? - What network structures minimize or maximize the friendship paradox effect?

2. Vaccination Game

Objective: Apply the friendship paradox to disease control strategies

• 🎉 Fun Challenge: Can you control the spread of a virus by strategically vaccinating individuals? 🤔💡 Give it a try in this Vaccination Game! 🎮✨

Questions to explore: - How does random vaccination compare to targeted vaccination? - Why is vaccinating highly connected individuals more effective? - What happens when vaccination resources are limited?

2 Pen and Paper Exercises

Objective: Understand the fundamentals of network data visualization

📝 Exercise: Data Visualization Basics

This exercise covers: - Principles of effective data visualization - Common pitfalls in network visualization - Best practices for degree distribution plots

3 Assignment

• For students enrolled in SSIE 641, you will receive a dedicated link to the assignment repository from the instructor.
• For those who are not enrolled, fork this assignment repository at Github.