Master's degree programs in Mathematics in Brazil

an application of networks to characterize their titles

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2020.259.18

Keywords:

Semantic networks,, Dissertations, Communities, Titles,, Disciplines

Abstract

The paper deals with networks of master's thesis titles in mathematics in Brazil. The analysis uses semantic networks of titles (SNT) to qualitatively and quantitatively characterize the networks. Forty-one course of master's degrees were selected and the SNTs were constructed using the approach based on cliques in which the title words are mutually connected. The Louvain method (algorithm) was applied to detect word communities. The networks were characterized and grouped by geographic region, which led to infer distinctions between regions based on the regularity or not of the word groups.

Author Biographies

Inácio de Sousa Fadigas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (Brazil)

He holds a degree in Civil Engineering from the State University of Feira de Santana (1984) and a master's degree in Civil Engineering (Geotechnics) from the Federal University of Paraíba (1987) and a PhD in Knowledge Dissemination (UFBA / UEFS / LNCC / UNEB / IFBA / CIMATEC 2011 ). He is Full Professor at the State University of Feira de Santana. He also has a specialization in Mathematics Education (UEFS 1998) and experience in Mathematics. He coordinated the Mathematics Education Center Omar Catunda of UEFS from 1997 to 2008. He currently participates in the group Fuxicos e Boatos, dedicated to studies and research in Network Science.

Trazíbulo Henrique Pardo Casas, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (Brazil)

Graduated in Civil Engineering from the State University of Feira de Santana (1984), master's degree in Systems and Computer Engineering from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (1991) and doctorate in Informatics in Education from the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (2003) . He is currently an adjunct professor b at the State University of Feira de Santana. Has experience in Education, with emphasis on Informatics in Education, acting mainly on the following subjects: informatics, informatics in education, mathematical education and education, cognitive science. cyberculture, philosophy and technology, dissemination of knowledge.

Marcos Grilo Rosa, Universidade Estadual de Feira de Santana (Brazil)

He has a degree in Mathematics from the State University of Feira de Santana (2001), a master's degree in Mathematics from the Federal University of Pernambuco (2004) and a doctorate in Dissemination of Knowledge from the Federal University of Bahia (2016). He is currently an adjunct professor at the State University of Feira de Santana. Has experience in Geometry and Topology, Network Theory, Graph Theory and Mathematics Teaching.

Hernane Borges de Barros Pereira, Universidade do Estado da Bahia e SENAI ClMATEC (Brazil)

Hernane Borges de Barros Pereira completed his doctorate in Multimedia Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya in 2002. He is currently Full Professor at the Department of Education at the State University of Bahia and Associate Professor at the SENAI ClMATEC. He lectures in the Graduate Program in Computational Modeling and Industrial Technology and, also, in the Graduate Program in Knowledge Diffusion. He serves as an ad-hoc consultant to the Brazilian Ministry of Education. Professor Pereira main interests in the fields of science, information technology and innovation lie in the areas of social and complex networks, diffusion of knowledge, software engineering and human computer interaction, through computer modeling techniques.

Obra Digital No. 18. Comunicación y Cultura

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2020-02-28

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Fadigas, I. de S., Pardo Casas, T. H., Rosa, M. G., & Pereira, H. B. de B. (2020). Master’s degree programs in Mathematics in Brazil: an application of networks to characterize their titles. Obra Digital, (18), 103–118. https://doi.org/10.25029/od.2020.259.18

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No. 18 (2020): Communication and Culture

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Miscellaneous

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