FINET: Schedule

WeekDateTopicMaterialReading Material
116 Sep 2025Introduction to Financial NetworksslidesNone
18 Sep 2025Network elementsslidesChapter 2
19 Sep 2025Small worldsslidesChapter 2
223 Sep 2025Hubs and centrality slidesChapters 2 and 3
25 Sep 2025Trees 🌳slidesChapter 9
26 Sep 2025Coursework presentationcoursework 
330 Sep 2025Network models - Part IslidesChapter 2
02 Oct 2025Network models - Part IIslidesChapter 2
03 Oct 2025Community detection - Part IslidesChapter 4
407 Oct 2025Community detection - Part IIslidesChapter 4
09 Oct 2025Community detection - Part IIIslidesChapter 4
10 Oct 2025MotifsslidesLecture and 
suggested papers
514 Oct 2025Contagion Part I - Opinion dynamicsslidesLecture and 
suggested papers
16 Oct 2025Contagion Part II - Robustness and controlslidesLecture and 
suggested papers
17 Oct 2025Multipartite networks, projections, filteringslidesChapter 5
621 Oct 2025Break - focus on your coursework!  
23 Oct 2025Break - focus on your coursework!  
24 Oct 2025Break - focus on your coursework!  
728 Oct 2025Break - focus on your coursework!  
30 Oct 2025Exam preparationslides 
31 Oct 2025Exam preparation - part IIslides 
84 Nov 2025GUEST LECTURE [recording] 
Dr. Amanah Ramadiah - Financial Networks in practice		 Check the recording on 
Learn->Financial Networks->Lecture Recording
6 Nov 2025Stylised facts of financial markets [recording]slides

Papers: 

7 Nov 2025Overview of agent-based modellingslidesChapters 1 and 2 of the paper "Heterogeneous Agent Models in Economics and Finance". 

You can read the rest of the paper if interested.
911 Nov 2025GUEST LECTURE
Dr Federico Musciotto [ONLINE - LIVE]

Topic: Fraud detection using financial networks and AI		 The lecture is live on Class Collaborate.

Go to Learn -> Financial Networks. On the right, you'll see "Class Collaborate". Click the three dots next to it. Click on "View all sessions". Click on the correct session.
13 Nov 2025GUEST LECTURE [recording]
Alexander Shepherd - Business applications of AI-related risk management		slidesCheck the recording on 
Learn->Financial Networks->Lecture Recording
14 Nov 2025   
1018 Nov 2025No lecture: focus on the coursework and exam preparation  
20 Nov 2025Guest lecture by Ognyan Simeonov [IN PERSON] LG.11 - 40 George Square Lower Teaching Hub

Topic: Stochastic block models to cluster financial transaction data		slidesThe lecture is in person.
21 Nov 2025No lecture: focus on the coursework and exam preparation  
1125 Nov 2025Exam preparation - part IIslides 
27 Nov 2025Final Q&A session  
 11 Dec 2025Guest lecture by Dr Paolo Barucca [IN PERSON]  
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