Motivation
I was long thinking of setting up a website like this. Here are the brief motivation elements behind it:
First, being among the few people at CEU that systematically deal with networks, I was often asked by students and faculty members alike about specific resources that will help them in their own research. Whether it was a seminal article, a recent book, a cool website, simple software, or a famous data set, I was gladly searching around my humongous electronic library, or skillfully browsing the web to find the useful resources. Some of these were repeating, although the beneficiaries most often did not. So I started planning a compact site where I could store all these interesting and useful items that people could easily access.
Secondly, I immediately understood that such a project will undoubtedly help me: I will be able to structure my chaotic humongous electronic library; I will force myself to systematically read old and new things and for all of which I will again force myself to briefly comment upon (a short summary; potential areas/debates which these readings might address); I will stay in touch with the dynamic scholarly literature and its applications; and, I will ease myself into the literature review for my dissertation.
Finally, beyond all these technical reasons, the driving force behind this website is, without doubt, my belief that “sharing is caring”, that I should “pay it forward”, that the readers of this website are “beneficiaries of open knowledge”; that someone will appreciate this effort, as I appreciate the effort of all the people that inspire me to do this. Enjoy!
First, being among the few people at CEU that systematically deal with networks, I was often asked by students and faculty members alike about specific resources that will help them in their own research. Whether it was a seminal article, a recent book, a cool website, simple software, or a famous data set, I was gladly searching around my humongous electronic library, or skillfully browsing the web to find the useful resources. Some of these were repeating, although the beneficiaries most often did not. So I started planning a compact site where I could store all these interesting and useful items that people could easily access.
Secondly, I immediately understood that such a project will undoubtedly help me: I will be able to structure my chaotic humongous electronic library; I will force myself to systematically read old and new things and for all of which I will again force myself to briefly comment upon (a short summary; potential areas/debates which these readings might address); I will stay in touch with the dynamic scholarly literature and its applications; and, I will ease myself into the literature review for my dissertation.
Finally, beyond all these technical reasons, the driving force behind this website is, without doubt, my belief that “sharing is caring”, that I should “pay it forward”, that the readers of this website are “beneficiaries of open knowledge”; that someone will appreciate this effort, as I appreciate the effort of all the people that inspire me to do this. Enjoy!
Disclaimer
contribute
Anybody is welcome to contribute to this website! I will make sure you are credited for your contribution!
Do you think I missed something important (article, book, website, software, data set)? Contact me! Write a short description of the resource you find useful and justify why that particular resource will help our readers.
Do you have data you want to make public on this website? Contact me! Write a short description of the dataset (content, purpose, timeline) and add a code book next to it, which explains how the data was collected and what exactly the data set contains.
Do you think I missed something important (article, book, website, software, data set)? Contact me! Write a short description of the resource you find useful and justify why that particular resource will help our readers.
Do you have data you want to make public on this website? Contact me! Write a short description of the dataset (content, purpose, timeline) and add a code book next to it, which explains how the data was collected and what exactly the data set contains.