New on the arxiv: “Graphs are maximally expressive for higher-order interactions” arxiv.org/abs/2602.16937 We clarify central misconceptions in the recent literature on "higher-order networks". w/ @piratepeel.bsky.social , @manlius.bsky.social, and @thilogross.bsky.social Explainer 🧵: 1/N

⚙️ Working at the intersection of causality and networks? We're organizing a satellite event at @netsciconf.bsky.social in Boston on June 1st. The focus is networks science and causal inference. Submit your work by March 10th! causnets.github.io

So yeah, already fourth iteration of my Data Analysis with AI course. gabors-data-analysis.com/ai-course/ All open source. I have an intro overview of AI and its use in data. gabors-data-analysis.com/courses/da-w...

The speaker lineup keeps getting better! ✨ Meet our next speaker, 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗝𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻. A Professor of Physics at IIT Indore, her work spans nonlinear dynamics, complex systems & network science, revealing how network structure shapes collective behavior. Welcome! #Speakers 👉 www.netsci2026.com/speakers

[New paper!] Mobility data are incredibly powerful, but also come with a long list of well-known biases (sampling, coverage, demographics, behavioral, etc.). In the paper, we survey them all and then zoom in on one that has been surprisingly underexplored: temporal bias. arxiv.org/abs/2601.22330

Correcting temporal bias in mobility data using time-use surveys arxiv.org/abs/2601.22330

Excited to share that I’ll be giving a talk at @nunetsi.bsky.social on Thursday, Feb 19, 2026, at 1:30 pm ET (hybrid). If you’re around (or want to join virtually), I’d love to see you there! #ComputationalSocialScience #CareerMobility #Skills #FutureOfWork #Migration

LLMs were trained heavily on Reddit data, and now someone has built Reddit for LLMs: MoltBook, a social network for AI agents. (1/3)

Another fantastic Invited Speaker joining NetSci 2026 💫 𝗔𝘀𝘂 𝗢𝘇𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗿 (MIT), MathWorks Professor and Head of EECS. Her work spans optimization, machine learning, economics, and networks, focusing on incentives and algorithms for data-driven human-machine systems. Welcome! tinyurl.com/4t5p46yr

Wow. This is devastating. www.science.org/content/arti...

Please join us in welcoming 𝗞𝗶𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁 as the next School Speaker at NetSci 2026 ✨ A data & media artist and information designer, Kim explores how data and computational systems shape visibility in contemporary culture. Speakers 🔗 www.netsci2026.com/speakers

📣 Announcing 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 as Invited Speaker at NetSci Conference 2026! Professor at the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca & at Leiden University’s Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics, his research combines statistical physics, information theory, & random-graph modeling.

New post: learn how to use the new interactive legends and screenshot control in R's mapgl package. These features are great for interactive demos and visualizing custom scenarios without Shiny. The new release (v0.4.4) is on CRAN now, so go get it! walker-data.com/posts/mapgl-...

Submit your abstracts to #NERCCS2026! See you in Rochester NY in March

And all these was written a lot time ago by James C. Scott in his famous book "Seeing like a state". We need a more complex systems approach to systems of systems (like transportation)

En España somos los reyes de los canales de youtube de la «IA basura» (slop) caracterizada por vídeos de baja calidad, poco auténticos o imprecisos. En el Top #100 español hay 8 canales dedicados principalmente a estas mierdas, con 20+ millones de suscriptores www.digitaltrends.com/computing/th...

Great surprise to catch @estebanmoro.bsky.social speaking in Lisbon NOVA IMS organized by Flávio Pinheiro and including @joanagsa.bsky.social .

As 2025 ends, consider supporting NetSI with an end-of-year gift. Every donation fuels groundbreaking research, empowers students, and supports the next generation of interdisciplinary problem-solvers. Thank you for helping us drive curiosity, collaboration, and impact. 💛 tinyurl.com/4mus5ras

The Fall 2025 Speaker Series by #SUNLab wrapped up! Industry leaders from Meta, Spatial.ai, Citadel, and CARTO shared how behavioral and mobility data drive decisions across tech, retail, finance, and geospatial analytics. Thanks to all speakers and organizers! @estebanmoro.bsky.social

Nature research paper: No meta-analytical effect of economic inequality on well-being or mental health go.nature.com/4psQk0a

I’m excited to speak at the 20th edition of @netsciconf.bsky.social! Honored to join speakers whose work I studied with fascination 20 years ago when I was just beginning. I’ll look forward to learning how the field has evolved, discovering new directions in network science, and meeting everyone!

✨ Excited to announce 𝗬𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝗬𝗲𝗼𝗹 (𝗬𝗬) 𝗔𝗵𝗻 as a NetSci 2026 Plenary Speaker! A leading network and data scientist, YY explores how complex systems shape behavior, cognition, and discovery. Stay tuned for more speaker updates as we build toward an inspiring NetSci 2026! ✨ www.netsci2026.com/speakers

Two minds who rewired how we think about networks—on one stage. Unmissable start to #NetSci2026. Join us!!

We are excited to share the NetSci Conference announcement of its 1st plenary speakers! 🥁 🥁 Two pioneers—one stage: 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘀 & 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗮𝘁𝘇 will reflect on the ideas that shaped their work and transformed our field in a joint keynote! NetSci 2026: tinyurl.com/4jdxb4kv

🚨Milestone alert🚨: The NZA has officially read over 1 MILLION pages of zoning text! 📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄📄 Our team is in the midst of wrapping up major work in CA, UT, ME, & NC—turning dense, local, LONG codes into open, accessible data. Check out the progress at zoningatlas.org/atlas.

Giving a talk Monday at Northeastern’s CEE Distinguished Seminar Series on "Cities Beyond Maps", using mobility data, network science & AI to uncover the invisible urban networks that shape how people move and connect.

🎓 Summer School on Social Network Research 🇨🇱 📢 Keynote speakers: ✨Pavel Krivitsky – statistical network models ✨Esteban Moro – network science & complex systems 📍In-site event in Chile for postgraduate, PhD, post-doc & early career scholars. 👉 Program & registration: snlab-cl.github.io/summerschool/

🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻! Secure your spot at the flagship conference of the Network Science Society and take advantage of the early bird registration special - www.netsci2026.com/registration 📅 June 1–5, 2026 | Hyatt Regency, Cambridge, MA Join us as we celebrate 20 years of NetSci!

@aespinosarada.bsky.social @gvegayon.bsky.social @franciscaortizruiz.bsky.social @krivitsky.net @estebanmoro.bsky.social @insna.bsky.social @netscisociety.bsky.social

Work with us at UVA School of Data Science! @uvadatascience.bsky.social will continue to hire multiple faculty members across many areas of data science! Let me know if you're curious about our school. :) datascience.virginia.edu/pages/join-o...

How fair are the algorithms that decide who gets information online? Our new paper in PNAS Nexus shows that maximization algorithms, the ones used to pick “influencers” in social networks, unintentionally deepen inequality. 🧠 Sekara, Dotu, Cebrian, Moro & García-Herranz 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

Join our authors at the @broadinstitute on 30th October 2025 💻 Do bring your devices to explore these fascinating Macroscopes! 📚 Copies of Atlas of Macroscopes will be available for purchase at the event from the The MIT Press Bookstore. @mitpress.bsky.social @broadinstitute.org

🚨 Deadline extended! Apply by Nov 5 Join the Social Network Summer School 🇨🇱 📅 Jan 12–16, 2026 | Santiago, Chile Keynotes: @estebanmoro.bsky.social @krivitsky.net @franciscaortizruiz.bsky.social, Diego Palacios, @gvegayon.bsky.social 💻 Group projects · Network models snlab-cl.github.io/summerschool/

Ready for another edition of #netmob. This time in Paris!! Here we go

Stay connected with @netsciconf.bsky.social! 💬 Follow us for speaker news, deadline reminders, event highlights & community updates. Don’t miss a moment—join the conversation! 👇 LinkedIN: tinyurl.com/5n7hv5pr IG: tinyurl.com/hjbjam2a X: x.com/NetSciConf Web: www.netsci2026.com

#NetSI is proud to be well represented in Stanford’s list of the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists (single-year impact), based on Elsevier Scopus data 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc4d4yv3 @barabasi.bsky.social @alexvespi.bsky.social @davidlazer.bsky.social @lordgrilo.bsky.social @estebanmoro.bsky.social

Why scientists should take more coffee breaks | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 is coming to the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University! We are honored to host a conference that brings together the world’s leading ideas, discoveries, and challenges in network science. @nunetsi.bsky.social @northeasternu.bsky.social @netsciconf.bsky.social

📌 Save the Date! The flagship conference of the Network Science Society - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - is coming to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭-𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. Prepare to share ideas, discoveries & challenges in network science. Registration opens soon! 🔗 www.netsci2026.com

Measuring AI’s impact on work goes beyond job losses, t’s about how tech reshapes skills & tasks. @estebanmoro.bsky.social and collaborators are building the 𝙊𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙐𝙎 𝙅𝙤𝙗 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 to track job skills and predict unemployment risk more accurately. news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/17/n...

Maps, roads, and skylines don’t tell the whole story of our cities. Invisible barriers + hidden connections shape urban life in ways we rarely see. I’ll dig into this at my ACM SIGSPATIAL keynote “Cities Beyond Maps.” See you all! 🚶‍♂️🏙🏢 sigspatial2025.sigspatial.org/keynotes/

Excited to announce the Social Network Summer School 🇨🇱! 📅 Jan 12–16, 2026 | Santiago, Chile Keynotes: @estebanmoro.bsky.social & @krivitsky.net @insna.bsky.social & @netscisociety.bsky.social Apply by Oct 5 👉 snlab-cl.github.io/summerschool/

Reading La Voz de Galicia this morning before our Camino de Santiago route and found this interesting interview to @drxeo.eu congrats!

🎉 Registration is OPEN for NetMob 2025! 📍 Paris, Oct 8–10 @ CNAM 📊 Join the leading community in mobile data & network science. 💸 Early bird rates until Sept 7! 🔗 Register: v4.event-vert.org/en/netmob2025/ 🛂 Need a visa? Info & support letters available! #NetMob2025 #DataScience #Mobility

Presenting #IC2S2 tutorial "Mobility Flows and Accessibility Using R and Big Open Data" www.ekotov.pro/spanish-open... - done. Next up - the rest of the conference)

We want to see you in Paris! 😀🥐🇫🇷 -Apply by July 22, 2025 (23:59 AoE). Notifications will be sent by July 28, 2025, to allow time for travel arrangements and visa processing. More details at: netmob.org/www25/#trave...

Missing this year’s edition of #IC2S2, but following the updates here using Maria’s feed. Thanks!

A new PNAS study by @ngozzi.bsky.social, Nicola Perra & @alexvespi.bsky.social shows how COVID-era data, that includes behavioral analytics, can improve models of disease spread. This could improve future projections for both pandemics & seasonal illnesses. news.northeastern.edu/2025/07/02/d...

Netmob 2025 abstract submission deadline was extended until July 7th!

NetMob News!! We now have an extension to the submission deadline, don't miss the new date. 🤗