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Probability Seminar: Samantha Petti, Georgia Institute of Technology

6 Feb @ 4:15 pm - 5:30 pm

Sparse random graphs with overlapping community structure

In this talk we introduce two different random graph models that produce sparse graphs with overlapping community structure and discuss community detection in each context. The Random Overlapping Community (ROC) model produces a sparse graph by constructing many Erdos Renyi random graphs (communities) on small randomly selected subsets of vertices. By varying the size and density of these communities, ROC graphs can be tuned to exhibit a wide range normalized of closed walk count vectors, including those of hypercubes. This is joint work with Santosh Vempala. In the second half of the talk, we introduce the Community Configuration Model (CCM), a variant of the configuration model in which half-edges are assigned colors and pair according to a matching rule on the colors. The model is a generalization of models in the statistical physics literature and is a natural finite analog for classes of graphexes. We describe a hypothesis testing algorithm that determines whether a graph came from a community configuration model or a traditional configuration model. This is joint work with Christian Borgs, Jennifer Chayes, Souvik Dhara, and Subhabrata Sen.

 

 

Refreshments will be served at 3:45 in the 3rd floor lounge of Hanes Hall

 

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Date:
6 Feb
Time:
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm
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125 Hanes Hall
Hanes Hall
Chapel Hill, NC 27599 United States