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

🥁 We’re thrilled to announce our next NetSci Conference Keynote Speaker! ✨ 2x ERC grant winner ✨ Director, Covid Crisis Lab ✨ COVID-19 advisor to the Italian government ✨ Pioneer in infectious-disease modeling Please join us in welcoming @alemelegaro.bsky.social! 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

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...

How do battles for hearts and minds shape our information world? 𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗮 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 explores patterns in information competition, the ecosystems they occur in, and how understanding them can help reduce escalating conflict. Join the 𝘔𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘳 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 at NetSI on Feb 4: tinyurl.com/mry49whc

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

Join 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗼𝗽𝗲𝘀𝗰𝘂 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. 🔗 tinyurl.com/3uwuf8cd

A new study in 𝘐𝘯𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘋𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘗𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘺, co-authored by #NetSI 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻, 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

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.

We’re thrilled to welcome 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿 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 👉 www.netsci2026.com/speakers

Chapter 2: Duncan Watts & @davidlazer.bsky.social reflect on how the field has evolved from early simulation models to today’s large-scale data and experiments, and ask how can computational social science move from producing insights to having real societal impact? @nunetsi.bsky.social

🚨 New pop-up talk! Join 𝗥𝘆𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝗪𝗼𝗹𝗳𝗲 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. 🔗 www.networkscienceinstitute.org/talks/ryan-d...

Join us this week for a series of exciting talks at our #London and #Boston campuses! 🔗 tinyurl.com/mpr87m6t @rocher.lc @hitanshupandit.bsky.social @angelinawang.bsky.social

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". 🎉 news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/15/c...

‪🎉 Big news! Giovanni Petri has been selected for the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 at the Museum of Science. He’ll join 40+ fellows to advance the impact of science through digital storytelling. 👏 tinyurl.com/68skdhdy @lordgrilo.bsky.social, @museumofscience.bsky.social

New 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙎𝙄 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 group at Northeastern uses network science to study sports dynamics. Treating play like a language, they reveal team “signatures” and launch a new sports analytics course (🔗 tinyurl.com/bddkc8vf). @alexvespi.bsky.social @jkbren.bsky.social news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/13/s...

A new @nuglobalnews.bsky.social article spotlights research by #NetSI Christoph Riedl, & Ben Weidmann: the key to effective AI collaboration isn’t just technical skill, but also soft skills like it’s empathy and perspective-taking. news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/12/h...

@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

Join us at the Network Science Institute for our first 2026 visiting speaker! 📅 Jan 16, 2 PM EST 💻 www.networkscienceinstitute.org/talks/serena... Serena Wang explores how AI and platform evaluators face “unknown unknowns” and when agents have incentives to reveal metric observability.

New paper in 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯 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,

We're picking up the pace with speaker announcements for #NetSci2026! Stay tuned for more 👀 ...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

Another joint keynote at NetSci 2026 is official! 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁-𝗟𝗮́𝘀𝘇𝗹𝗼́ 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗮́𝘀𝗶 and 𝗥𝗲́𝗸𝗮 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 reunite on stage for a one-of-a-kind talk. Their discovery of scale-free networks and the Barabási–Albert model reshaped network science. We can’t wait to welcome you! @barabasi.bsky.social tinyurl.com/4t5p46yr

Continuing our exciting NetSci 2026 speaker lineup, we’re 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

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

In an interview with Northeastern Global News, #NetSI Csaba Both and @barabasi.bsky.social discuss their 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 study on physical networks and whether 1940s minimization principles explain neural growth. news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/07/s...

Final reminder! 👋 Abstracts for NetSci 2026 are due January 9 (anywhere on Earth). Join us in celebrating the 20th anniversary of NetSci in Boston, June 1–5, 2026. Submission details here: www.netsci2026.com/call-for-abs...

New 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 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 🔗 tinyurl.com/v34bxer

A new study in 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵 – 𝗔𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘀 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 season—key insight for earlier public health preparedness. 🔗 tinyurl.com/mvezmvht

Now in 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀 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, @samanthadies.bsky.social Joseph Ehlert, @jkbren.bsky.social, @eliassi.bsky.social

An article on Wired Italia about the study on ingredient combinations as fingerprints of culinary traditions by NetSI's @iaciac.bsky.social, @saumitranetsci.bsky.social, & colleagues @andreasantoro.bsky.social Claudio Caprioli, Federico Battiston, Vito Latora

Happy Holidays from the Network Science Institute!🎄 We wish you a relaxing and joyful holiday break, and a happy, healthy New Year filled with new ideas, collaboration, and discovery.

📣 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! 🗓️ New deadline: 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟵, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 (anywhere on Earth) 👉 Find abstract requirements, conference topics, and submission instructions here: www.netsci2026.com/call-for-abs... We can’t wait to see your contributions! 🚀

We’re excited to announce 𝗨𝗹𝗿𝗶𝗸 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘀 as an Invited Plenary Speaker at @netsciconf.bsky.social 2026! ✨ 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

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

Attending NetSci 2026? Two lodging options are available: 🏨 𝗛𝘆𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻/𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 — discounted rooms at the conference venue (book early!). 🏡 𝗕𝗨 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝟭𝟬 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝘁.) — affordable single rooms in shared suites, a 20-min scenic walk away. www.netsci2026.com/accommodations

David Lazer on the gaps in Americans’ trust in science—and how to address them—in 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...

New research from the #NetSI team + colleagues shows: groups with historically lower trust—women, Black people, rural and lower-income residents—trust scientists more when they share their identity. Greater representation across communities can boost trust in science. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

We’re 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

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

Join us on the 11th floor at 177 Huntington Ave for “The Digital Bind” with Jeffrey Boase from the University of Toronto. Happening Thursday, Dec 4 at 2pm ET. Hybrid option available: northeastern.zoom.us/j/93421052481 Don’t miss this talk on how digital life reshapes our social world!

⏰ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵! NetSci 2026 abstract submissions close Dec 19 — just around the corner. If you’re doing exciting work in network science (theory, computation, or applications), this is your chance to share it with a global community. 📅 Submit by Dec 19 🔗 www.netsci2026.com/call-for-abs...

Join us for two exciting talks happening today — one at our London Hub and one at our Boston Hub! 🌍✨ Stay up to date on all upcoming events by visiting our Events page: 🔗 www.networkscienceinstitute.org/events

Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at the Institute! 🍁 We’re grateful for our community of researchers, collaborators, and students who push the boundaries of science every day.

✨ 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

New study by @iaciac.bsky.social + co-authors and published on 𝘯𝘱𝘫 𝘴𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘥 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...

💥 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 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. Please share!! northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...

At the 𝗔𝗜 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗶𝘁 at Northeastern University–Oakland, Tina Eliassi-Rad highlighted how real gains in human effectiveness will come from collaborating with AI. Her keynote explored AI’s impact on jobs and the environment & the promise of true human–AI partnership news.northeastern.edu/2025/11/24/h...

🗞️ 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...