Carleton University · COMP 4602

Social Networking

Credits : 0.5 creditReference year : 2026-27

Description

Introduction to virtual communities, overlay networks and social networking. Topics include architectural principles for heterogeneous social networking platforms, trust and reputation as social concepts, agent-based computing, and extraction of trends and patterns from information exchanged between community members.

Prerequisites

  • Prerequisite(s): (( COMP 2404 or SYSC 3010 or SYSC 3110 ) and ( COMP 2406 or SYSC 4504 )) or COMP 2601 .

Conditions and arrangements

  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for COMP 3601 (no longer offered).
  • Prerequisite(s): (( COMP 2404 or SYSC 3010 or SYSC 3110 ) and ( COMP 2406 or SYSC 4504 )) or COMP 2601 .
  • Lectures/labs four hours per week.
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Introduction to virtual communities, overlay networks and social networking. Topics include architectural principles for heterogeneous social networking platforms, trust and reputation as social concepts, agent-based computing, and extraction of trends and patterns from information exchanged between community members.

  • Prerequisite(s): (( COMP 2404 or SYSC 3010 or SYSC 3110 ) and ( COMP 2406 or SYSC 4504 )) or COMP 2601 .
  • Precludes additional credit for Precludes additional credit for COMP 3601 (no longer offered).
  • Lectures/labs four hours per week.

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