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Episode: What Networks tell us about Trades, Power, and the World? (sps25)
Description: Networks are all around us, shaping phenomena like epidemics, communication, and transportation. In this talk, we will explore how real-world problems can be analyzed and solved using graph-based methods and simple algorithms. Drawing from examples such as trade networks, corporate structures, and historical data, I will demonstrate how network analysis reveals insights that would otherwise remain hidden. Using NetworKit (and NetworkX), we will analyze real-world datasets to answer questions like: What does the core-periphery model reveal about trade networks? Could we have predicted that Moscow will become Russia's capital? How do corporate hierarchies differ from interaction hierarchies within organizations? Throughout...