Projects Collaboration Network for Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering in Skopje

Abstract

This paper presents the process of building of the collaboration network of employees at the Faculty of Computer Science and Engineering (FCSE), Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje. The source for constructing the network are the scientific collaborations by joint projects participations of the FCSE employees, extracted from the institutional database. The internal structure of the acquired model of the FCSE's collaboration network is analyzed to investigate the hidden knowledge it possesses. The structure of the network affects the information available to individuals and their opportunities to cooperate. The structure of the network also affects the overall flow of information and the nature of the scientific community. Several centrality metrics were computed for identifying important individuals in the institution. Moreover, community detection algorithm was employed for determining the community structures in the collaborative network. The resulting structures show that such a division corresponds to the real connections between researchers.