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| What is
Network Science? |
Network Science is “the study of network representations of physical, biological, and social phenomena leading to predictive models…Initiation of a field of network science would…provide a body of rigorous results [to] improve predictability of engineering design…and also speed up basic research…”
from the National Research Council.
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| Purpose |
The purpose of the Network Science Center at West Point is three-fold: First, to bring together service members, civilians, cadets, and the Academic community to contribute to the emerging discipline of Network Science; Second, to address Army-specific and related Network Science challenges; and Third, to provide relevant educational opportunities for current and future Army leaders. |
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Vision |
The vision of the Network Science Center is to be a nationally-recognized center for excellence. A Center which promotes an aggressive program of basic and applied science, maintains a leadership role in Network Science education, serves as a focal point for collaboration among Network Science experts, and effectively provide resources for the experimental testing of new ideas that may address Army needs.
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| Goals |
The goals of
the Network Science include the
fostering of relationship and
facilitation of communication in
order to establish and lead a
community amongst both the Network
Science researchers and the West
Point faculty and staff among
departments; acting as a interface
between the Army and Network
Science; achieving the appropriate
emphasis on Network Science in
cadet and faculty development at
West Point; sponsoring cadet and
faculty projects; and excelling in
research on net-centric operations
to include the interaction between
information and social networks.
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| Collaborators |
Army Research
Institute- Dr. Joe Psotka
OASD- Networks and
Information Integration- Dr. David Alberts
Army Research Laboratory
CERDEC C2D- Mr. Ray
McGowan
DARPA- Dr. Mari
Maeda
Army Research
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The following Network Science courses are being taught at the U.S. Military Academy. These courses provide cadets with a foundation in Network Science that enables them to pursue research in this field up to their firstie (senior) year and beyond.
- IT 485 Interdisciplinary Topics in Network Science
- MA 461 Graph Theory and Networks
- PL 497 Social Network Analysis
- XE 402 Introduction to Network Science
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