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The speaker lineup keeps getting better! โจ Meet our next speaker, ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ฎ๐ป. 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
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๐ฅ Weโre thrilled to announce our next NetSci Conference Keynote Speaker! โจ 2x ERC grant winner โจ Director, Covid Crisis Lab โจ COVID-19 advisor to the Italian government โจ Pioneer in infectious-disease modeling Please join us in welcoming
@alemelegaro.bsky.social
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www.netsci2026.com/speakers
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[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
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Yukun Yang
11 days ago
Our new paper (w.
@foucaultwelles.bsky.social
) shows how Asians online created new vocabularies for subversive humor and "everyday activism" that defy both Western propaganda and Asian hypernationalism. Link:
doi.org/10.1080/1071...
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How do battles for hearts and minds shape our information world? ๐๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐ช๐ฎ๐ป๐น๐ฒ๐๐ explores patterns in information competition, the ecosystems they occur in, and how understanding them can help reduce escalating conflict. Join the ๐๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด at NetSI on Feb 4:
tinyurl.com/mry49whc
10 days ago
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11 days ago
Another fantastic Invited Speaker joining NetSci 2026 ๐ซ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ด๐น๐ฎ๐ฟ (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
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Join ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ฐ๐ at the Network Science Institute on Jan. 30! Explore 3D knitted fabric formworks and how computational fabrication, geometry, and structural principles enable more sustainable construction and new architectural expression. ๐
tinyurl.com/3uwuf8cd
12 days ago
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A new study in ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐๐ช๐ด๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ต๐บ, co-authored by
#NetSI
๐ ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฒ๐น ๐๐ผ๐ต๐ฎ๐ป๐๐๐ผ๐ป, reveals the true economic burden of
#dengue
in Puerto Rico. Costs reach $63M in a median year & soar to $1.1B during epidemics, highlighting the need for stronger prevention & policy action.
tinyurl.com/4dj4a3tx
13 days ago
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15 days ago
Please join us in welcoming ๐๐ถ๐บ ๐๐น๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ต๐ as the next School Speaker at NetSci 2026 โจ A data & media artist and information designer, Kim explores how data and computational systems shape visibility in contemporary culture. Speakers ๐
www.netsci2026.com/speakers
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17 days ago
๐ฃ Announcing ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ด๐ผ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ฎ๐๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ถ as Invited Speaker at NetSci Conference 2026! Professor at the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca & at Leiden Universityโs Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics, his research combines statistical physics, information theory, & random-graph modeling.
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19 days ago
Weโre thrilled to welcome ๐ ๐ฒ๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ถ๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ as a School Speaker at NetSci Conference 2026! An Assistant Professor at Harvard, she leads the Geometric Machine Learning Group, developing efficient, theory-backed ML methods. Meet her & all the speakers ๐
www.netsci2026.com/speakers
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Taha Yasseri
20 days ago
Chapter 2: Duncan Watts &
@davidlazer.bsky.social
reflect on how the field has evolved from early simulation models to todayโs large-scale data and experiments, and ask how can computational social science move from producing insights to having real societal impact?
@nunetsi.bsky.social
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๐จ New pop-up talk! Join ๐ฅ๐๐ฎ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐ช๐ผ๐น๐ณ๐ฒ this Wed, Jan. 21 at the Network Science Institute as he explores hierarchical single linkage clustering for community detection with HDBSCAN, tackling outliers and flexible community structures. ๐
www.networkscienceinstitute.org/talks/ryan-d...
20 days ago
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Join us this week for a series of exciting talks at our
#London
and
#Boston
campuses! ๐
tinyurl.com/mpr87m6t
@rocher.lc
@hitanshupandit.bsky.social
@angelinawang.bsky.social
21 days ago
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A spotlight by
#NGN
on
@alexvespi.bsky.social
, Director of the Network Science Institute, awarded the EPS Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division Prize for "unveiling the universal principles governing epidemic spreading and information diffusion". ๐
news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/15/c...
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Heโs been knighted by Italy, and now has another feather in his cap
Applying physics to the spread of disease has yielded important information about getting ahead of pandemics.
https://news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/15/complex-networks-physics-honor/?utm_source=News%40Northeastern&utm_campaign=162ae88475-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2022_09_22_11_00_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_508ab516a3-162ae88475-279668379
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โช๐ Big news! Giovanni Petri has been selected for the ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ผ๐๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ at the Museum of Science. Heโll join 40+ fellows to advance the impact of science through digital storytelling. ๐
tinyurl.com/68skdhdy
@lordgrilo.bsky.social
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@museumofscience.bsky.social
26 days ago
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New ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ group at Northeastern uses network science to study sports dynamics. Treating play like a language, they reveal team โsignaturesโ and launch a new sports analytics course (๐
tinyurl.com/bddkc8vf
).
@alexvespi.bsky.social
@jkbren.bsky.social
news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/13/s...
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Scientists break down the tape to predict playersโ next moves
The NetSI Sport research group uses network science to treat sports analytics like conversations. Its grammar can predict what's said next.
https://news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/13/sports-analytics-network-science-research/
27 days ago
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A new
@nuglobalnews.bsky.social
article spotlights research by
#NetSI
Christoph Riedl, & Ben Weidmann: the key to effective AI collaboration isnโt just technical skill, but also soft skills like itโs empathy and perspective-taking.
news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/12/h...
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Want to get better at using ChatGPT? Try empathy, research finds
New research from Northeastern reveals that social skills like empathy are extremely valuable when collaborating with AI.
https://news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/12/human-ai-collaboration-empathy/
28 days ago
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28 days ago
@kyriakikalimeri.bsky.social
& Elisa Omodei come together for a rare joint session at NetSci Conference 2026. Their research draws on real-world data, exploring how network and computational social science can address societal issues.
tinyurl.com/4t5p46yr
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Join us at the Network Science Institute for our first 2026 visiting speaker! ๐ Jan 16, 2โฏPM EST ๐ป
www.networkscienceinstitute.org/talks/serena...
Serena Wang explores how AI and platform evaluators face โunknown unknownsโ and when agents have incentives to reveal metric observability.
29 days ago
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New paper in ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ introduces a new way to govern multi-agent networks by decoupling interaction from information. Using RL to adapt information flows, the method boosts cooperation without rewiring networks. Paper:
tinyurl.com/37ywp9b6
@babak-heydari.bsky.social
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about 1 month ago
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Brennan Klein
about 1 month ago
We're picking up the pace with speaker announcements for
#NetSci2026
! Stay tuned for more ๐ ...and get those abstracts submitted! Portal closes in <24 hours
www.netsci2026.com/call-for-abs...
**The deadline will not be extended again**
@netsciconf.bsky.social
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about 1 month ago
Another joint keynote at NetSci 2026 is official! ๐๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐-๐๐ฎฬ๐๐๐น๐ผฬ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ฎฬ๐๐ถ and ๐ฅ๐ฒฬ๐ธ๐ฎ ๐๐น๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ reunite on stage for a one-of-a-kind talk. Their discovery of scale-free networks and the BarabรกsiโAlbert model reshaped network science. We canโt wait to welcome you!
@barabasi.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4t5p46yr
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Continuing our exciting NetSci 2026 speaker lineup, weโre happy to welcome Eric Kolaczyk as a School Speaker! A McGill University Professor, his work advances statistical and ML foundations for network data & related data objects in computing-enabled and engineered systems.
tinyurl.com/4t5p46yr
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Thrilled to announce Petra Vertes as an Invited Speaker at NetSci 2026! A Cambridge University Professor, she leads the Systems Neuroscience Lab, using computational modeling & network science to uncover principles of brain organization, function, & neurodevelopmental disorders.
tinyurl.com/4t5p46yr
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In an interview with Northeastern Global News,
#NetSI
Csaba Both and
@barabasi.bsky.social
discuss their ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ study on physical networks and whether 1940s minimization principles explain neural growth.
news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/07/s...
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How string theory helped solve a mystery of the brainโs architecture
Using the same math deployed in string theory, network scientists have solved a standing mystery about the brainโs architecture.
https://news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/07/string-theory-neuron-connections/
about 1 month ago
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Final reminder! ๐ Abstracts for NetSci 2026 are due January 9 (anywhere on Earth). Join us in celebrating the 20th anniversary of NetSci in Boston, June 1โ5, 2026. Submission details here:
www.netsci2026.com/call-for-abs...
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New ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฒ study by
@barabasi.bsky.social
& colleagues reveals a new organizing principle for 3D physical networks. From blood vessels to neurons, these systems evolve by minimizing surface area, explaining brain and vascular architecture & predicting neuronal sprouting. Paper ๐
tinyurl.com/v34bxer
about 1 month ago
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A new study in ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ต โ ๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ analyzes post-pandemic dynamics of RSV, influenza, & COVID-19 across 148 U.S. ILI seasons. Results show RSV often peaks before influenza, signaling the start of ILI seasonโkey insight for earlier public health preparedness. ๐
tinyurl.com/mvezmvht
about 1 month ago
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Now in ๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฃ๐ต๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ a new study on how higher-order social interactions & hyperedge homophily shape information spread amplifying or reducing inequality Paper:
tinyurl.com/y9mwx3c7
@moritzlaber.bsky.social
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@samanthadies.bsky.social
Joseph Ehlert,
@jkbren.bsky.social
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@eliassi.bsky.social
about 1 month ago
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An article on Wired Italia about the study on ingredient combinations as fingerprints of culinary traditions by NetSI's
@iaciac.bsky.social
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@saumitranetsci.bsky.social
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@andreasantoro.bsky.social
Claudio Caprioli, Federico Battiston, Vito Latora
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about 1 month ago
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Happy Holidays from the Network Science Institute!๐ We wish you a relaxing and joyful holiday break, and a happy, healthy New Year filled with new ideas, collaboration, and discovery.
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๐ฃ ๐๐ฏ๐๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ! ๐๏ธ New deadline: ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฒ (anywhere on Earth) ๐ Find abstract requirements, conference topics, and submission instructions here:
www.netsci2026.com/call-for-abs...
We canโt wait to see your contributions! ๐
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Weโre excited to announce ๐จ๐น๐ฟ๐ถ๐ธ ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ as an Invited Plenary Speaker at
@netsciconf.bsky.social
2026! โจ A leader in social network science & visualization, his work spans centrality, clustering, & more recently sports analytics using network-based approaches to football.
www.netsci2026.com/speakers
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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. ๐
tinyurl.com/4mus5ras
about 2 months ago
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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
about 2 months ago
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2 months ago
Attending NetSci 2026? Two lodging options are available: ๐จ ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ผ๐ป/๐๐ฎ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด๐ฒ โ discounted rooms at the conference venue (book early!). ๐ก ๐๐จ ๐๐ผ๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด (๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฆ๐.) โ affordable single rooms in shared suites, a 20-min scenic walk away.
www.netsci2026.com/accommodations
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David Lazer on the gaps in Americansโ trust in scienceโand how to address themโin this Northeastern Global News piece, based on a new Nature Human Behaviour paper (
tinyurl.com/4tm8769p
).
@davidlazer.bsky.social
news.northeastern.edu/2025/12/09/s...
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Trust in science is low among minorities for a reason, research finds
Researchers at Northeastern trace distrust of scientists among certain groups to massive gaps in representation within science itself.
https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/12/09/science-representation-northeastern-survey/
2 months ago
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New research from the
#NetSI
team + colleagues shows: groups with historically lower trustโwomen, Black people, rural and lower-income residentsโtrust scientists more when they share their identity. Greater representation across communities can boost trust in science.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Representation in science and trust in scientists in the USA - Nature Human Behaviour
Druckman et al. document gaps in trust in scientists in the USA. People from groups less represented among scientists (for example, women and those with lower economic status) are less trusting. Incre...
https://tinyurl.com/4tm8769p
2 months ago
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2 months ago
Weโre excited to announce Moon Duchin as a
#NetSci2026
Plenary Speaker! A top University of Chicago mathematician, she applies geometry and computation to democracy and voting systems. Her award-winning work bridges math, policy, and complex systems.
www.netsci2026.com/speakers
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David Lazer
2 months ago
Happy to share our most recent paper, led by
@allisonwan.bsky.social
, auditing what domains Google shows when you search for a Member of Congress.
journalqd.org/article/view...
@journalqd.bsky.social
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Join us on the 11th floor at 177 Huntington Ave for โThe Digital Bindโ with Jeffrey Boase from the University of Toronto. Happening Thursday, Dec 4 at 2pm ET. Hybrid option available:
northeastern.zoom.us/j/93421052481
Donโt miss this talk on how digital life reshapes our social world!
2 months ago
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2 months ago
โฐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ: ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ต! NetSci 2026 abstract submissions close Dec 19 โ just around the corner. If youโre doing exciting work in network science (theory, computation, or applications), this is your chance to share it with a global community. ๐ Submit by Dec 19 ๐
www.netsci2026.com/call-for-abs...
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Join us for two exciting talks happening today โ one at our London Hub and one at our Boston Hub! ๐โจ Stay up to date on all upcoming events by visiting our Events page: ๐
www.networkscienceinstitute.org/events
2 months ago
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Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Institute! ๐ Weโre grateful for our community of researchers, collaborators, and students who push the boundaries of science every day.
2 months ago
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3 months ago
โจ Excited to announce ๐ฌ๐ผ๐ป๐ด-๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ผ๐น (๐ฌ๐ฌ) ๐๐ต๐ป 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! โจ
www.netsci2026.com/speakers
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New study by
@iaciac.bsky.social
+ co-authors and published on ๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ซ ๐ด๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ models global cuisines as networks of ingredient pairings, revealing unique culinary signatures and patterns, with AI models able to identify a cuisine from just a few recipes.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The networks of ingredient combinations as culinary fingerprints of world cuisines - npj Science of Food
npj Science of Food - The networks of ingredient combinations as culinary fingerprints of world cuisines
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41538-025-00588-4
3 months ago
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๐ฅ Northeastern University in Boston is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Network Science & Communication! Joint appointment with Communication Studies & College of Science. Review of applications begins ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ญ๐ฑ, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฑ. Please share!!
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Assistant Professor in Network Science and Communication
About the Opportunity About the Opportunity The College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Network Science, to b...
https://northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/Boston-MA-Main-Campus/Assistant-Professor-in-Network-Science-and-Communication_R137148
3 months ago
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At the ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐๐บ๐บ๐ถ๐ at Northeastern UniversityโOakland, Tina Eliassi-Rad highlighted how real gains in human effectiveness will come from collaborating with AI. Her keynote explored AIโs impact on jobs and the environment & the promise of true humanโAI partnership
news.northeastern.edu/2025/11/24/h...
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Future computer scientists urged to embrace AI collaboration
Northeastern University Professor Tina Eliassi-Rad met with students on the Oakland campus to discuss concerns about AI.
https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/11/24/human-ai-collaboration-expert/
3 months ago
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Iacopo Iacopini
3 months ago
๐๏ธ The latest NGN features a discussion with I. kiss on our latest paper "Disentangling the Role of Heterogeneity and Hyperedge Overlap in Explosive Contagion on Higher-Order Networks" recently published in PRL [https://doi.org/10.1103/z3d5-94zb]
news.northeastern.edu/2025/11/24/w...
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Why do the latest fads spread like wildfire? Research explains
Network scientists found that the social overlap between groups plays a major part in how fast a phenomena or contagious illness transmits.
https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/11/24/why-fads-spread-social-contagion/
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