Epinets presents a new way to think about social networks, which focuses on the knowledge that underlies our social interactions. Guiding readers through the web of beliefs that networked individuals have about each other and probing into what others think, this book illuminates the deeper...

Foreword: The path to this book / by Howard Stevenson, Sarofim-Rock Professor Emeritus -- Introduction: About this book -- Part One: A legacy of social responsibility -- Part Two: Making a difference today -- Part Three: Stories of alumni impact -- Education and lifelong learning -- Health and...

We introduce a formal language for describing epistemic states in networks at the individual (node, or agent) and interactive (multi-node) levels and at multiple epistemic levels (knowledge as well as knowledge about knowledge) and show how it allows us to represent states of belief, confidence...