Topics, References and Assignment

First Session: Analyses of Information Flows (July 8th):

1. Social Network Analysis in Social Network Services
2. Classical information diffusion: Methods for information diffusion
3. Provenance of information diffusion in social media
4. Rumor spreading in social media
5. Digital Currencies: Network Analysis of the Bitcoin Block-­-Chain 
6. Digital Currencies: Anonymity in the Bitcoin System
   

Second Session: Accountability, Trust and Privacy (July 15th):

1. Modelling trust/distrust in social media

2. Methods for identifying credibility and high quality content

3. Information diffusion use case: online journalists

4. Privacy Protection: Transparency-­-Enhancing Technologies
   

5. Privacy Protection: Accountability-­-Oriented Approaches towards Privacy 

6. Privacy Protection: Trust Banks and Identity Management to Protect Privacy
   

References: Part 1, Part 2