The students of the Center for Econometrics hold a weekly reading group each quarter where students and faculty meet to present and discuss books and papers in the field. This term we are reading the book “Statistical Analysis of Network Data” by Eric D. Kolaczyk. The presentations are scheduled as follows:

• January 15: Chapter 2, “Preliminaries on Graphs and Useful Constructs”. Sergey Gitlin.
• January 22: Chapter 4, “Descriptive Analysis of Network Characteristics, Part 1: Vertex and Edge Characteristics”. Sofya Budanova.
• January 29: Chapter 4, “Descriptive Analysis of Network Characteristics, Part 2: Characterizing Network Cohesion”. Sofya Budanova.
• February 5: Chapter 5, “Sampling and Estimation in Network Graphs”. Anand Krishnamurthy.
• February 12: Chapter 6, “Models for Network Graphs”. Yi Sun.
• February 19: Chapter 7, “Network Topology Inference”. Shruti Sinha.
• February 26: Chapter 8, “Modelling and Prediction for Processes on Net- work Graphs”. Agustin Saade Ospina.
• March 5: Chapter 9, “Analysis of Network Flow Data”. Paul Mohnen.

For questions and comments about the reading group contact Sergey Gitlin at Sergey [at] u.northwestern.edu or Sofya Budanova at SofyaBudanova2016 [at] u.northwestern.edu