Research Initiation Award Grant: SONAS: Social Network Analysis and Simulation Systems

北卡罗来纳农工州立大学的项目题为：研究启动奖- SONAS：社会网络分析和仿真系统，建议研究不同的社会网络并开发基于网络的社会网络分析和仿真（SONAS）系统。本研究的目标是：开发社会网络分析与仿真系统，构建基于经济分析局数据的大型国家投入产出（IO）金融网络；利用疾病控制和预防中心的国家卫生统计数据创建一个国家卫生统计网络；开发网络约简算法，提高SONAS系统的性能；并通过开发一个自进化的网络环境来研究网络动力学。该项目将从计算和社会的角度增加对人和计算机的社会网络属性的理解。国家卫生统计网络将为具有相应网络流量的矩阵公式的详细分析奠定基础。国家卫生网络与国家经济网络的合并不仅对本项目中的网络分析具有重要意义，而且对将连续群理论、马尔可夫理论和网络拓扑连接到一个定义良好的数学基础和结构也很重要。该项目的教育目标是：在北卡罗来纳农工州立大学建立一个现代化的社会网络模拟实验室；招收、培训和指导有进取心的大学生进行社会网络分析和模拟；并吸引代表性不足的学生从事计算机科学方面的职业。

North Carolina A&T State University's project entitled: Research Initiation Award - SONAS: Social Network Analysis and Simulation Systems, proposes to study different social networks and develop a web-based Social Network Analysis and Simulation (SONAS) system. The goals of this research are: to develop a social network analysis and simulation system, construct a large national input-output (IO) financial network based on Bureau of Economic Analysis data; utilize the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Health Statistics data to create a National Health Statistics Network; develop a network reduction algorithm to enhance the performance of the SONAS system; and investigate network dynamics by developing a self-evolving network environment. The project will increase the understanding of social network properties of people and computers from both computational and social perspectives. The national health statistics network will lay a foundation for detailed analysis in matrix formulations with corresponding network flows. The merger of the national health network with the national economic network will be of importance not just for the network analysis in this project, but also to connect the continuous group theory, Markov theory, and network topology to a well-defined mathematical foundation and structure.The educational objectives of the project are: to establish a modern Social Network Simulation Laboratory at North Carolina A&T State University; to recruit, train, and mentor motivated undergraduate students in social network analysis and simulations; and to attract underrepresented students to pursue a career in computer science.