Big Data and Social Physics
Massachusetts Institute of Technology via edX (4)
- Provider
edX
- Cost
Free Online Course (Audit)
- Session
Self Paced
- Language
English
- Duration
4 weeks long
Overview
Social physics is a big data science that models how networks of people behave and uses these network models to create actionable intelligence. It is a quantitative science that can accurately predict patterns of human behavior and guide how to influence those patterns to (for instance) increase decision making accuracy or productivity within an organization. Included in this course is a survey of methods for increasing communication quality within an organization, approaches to providing greater protection for personal privacy, and general strategies for increasing resistance to cyber attack.