New blog post: "Higher orders need higher standards" skewed.de/lab/posts/hi... I discuss our current work disentangling misconceptions around "higher-order" networks: arxiv.org/abs/2602.16937 Explainer thread for the paper here: bsky.app/profile/tiag...

Use whatever abstraction you find more useful or convenient! We're not saying that hypergraphs are bad or useless. We're just criticizing the unfounded claim that they are required to represent multivariate interactions.

Very happy to be part of this project. My take on it is, hypergraph or network can describe the same systems and yield the same phenomena. The decision really comes down to if you want to work with matrices or higher-order tensors to explore these phenomena.

I have also written for you a short semi-technical piece on #ComplexityThoughts about this: open.substack.com/pub/manlius/... Enjoy!

Maybe it’s time we stop calling graphs “pairwise”. Multivariate coupling functions include HO interactions by design, hyperedges are optional. Under the order-decomposability assumption, the same node-level dynamics can be written as infinitely many equivalent multilayer (“gauge”) models. 1/

New preprint w/ @tiago.skewed.de, @manlius.bsky.social & @thilogross.bsky.social! Graph edges define the interaction domain — functional form is free Hyperedges constrain by grouping nodes into subsets: special case, not a generalisation Multilayer graphs represent any hypergraph — not vice versa

Out now: "Gender differences in collaboration and career progression in physics" we use collaboration #networks to identify differences between women and men in collaboration and career progression in physics. Work with Mingrong She, Jan Bachmann and Fariba Karimi.

There's only one week left to register for our Network Science Summer School at Utrecht University! Learn how networks shape our social, economic, and biological worlds. Hands-on training in Python & R from leading experts. July 7-11, 2025. Register now at net-science.github.io #NetworkScience

And we're done! Goodbye everyone, safe journeys home!

When I thought it'd be a party hosting #NetSci2025 in Maastricht I didn't think it would manifest so literally 🥂🎶🕺

Thanks to everyone who helped us put this whole event together. Thanks to everyone who joined us this week. Seeing so many happy network scientists was truly wonderful!

The lovely Netplace people and their wonderful energy and ideas created some great opportunities for connections and engagement. It was really nice to work with them!

Congratulations for these lovely contributions!

Time to storm the castle!

@yasasgari.bsky.social showing our work on temporal multiscale assortativity with @piratepeel.bsky.social at the algorithm and metrics session at #netsci2025

This is actually just retaliation to mess with all those network scientists who've been using their badges for "free" train rides. #NetSci2025

I came at #NetSci2025 to present but I ended up being presented. Thanks @piratepeel.bsky.social

#netsci2025 is officially open! @piratepeel.bsky.social explaining the advanced AI used to make badges find their owners

Starting the SINM satellite at @netsciconf.bsky.social with an exciting talk by Daichi Kuroda!

No time to summarize 2.5h lecture in a few posts Some of the most important messages can be found by reading #ComplexityThoughts at manlius.substack.com and by reading our paper w/ @piratepeel.bsky.social @tiago.skewed.de at www.nature.com/articles/s41... If you are in Maastricht, say hello /fin

It was a pleasure to lecture at the @netsciconf.bsky.social for an interested & interactive audience. What's a model? Why do we model? Is our network a network? Can we restore broken and forgotten links? I will post on #ComplexityThoughts about this lecture, which I have enjoyed to prepare. 🧵 1/

The alarm you just heard at #NetSci2025 is the Dutch testing their emergency alert system that happens every first Monday of the month at 12 noon. THE WORLD IS NOT ENDING (yet)

The quiet before the storm. Good morning #NetSci2025

Not long now... @netsciconf.bsky.social

We're looking for a new colleague to join us in Maastricht as an Assistant/Associate Professor in statistical learning in our Data Analytics and Digitalisation department. Deadline to apply: June 8th vacancies.maastrichtuniversity.nl/job/Maastric...

📢 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 – 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 📢 Joseph Lizier, Associate Professor at the School of Computer Science at the University of Sydney. "Inferring network models from multivariate time-series data"

Join us at NetSci 2025 in Maastricht for an essential session on academic publishing with Dillon Eastoe! Learn how to choose journals, navigate peer review, and make your research visible. 📚✨

Come learn all about networks at our Summer School in Utrecht, The Netherlands this July! For more details: net-science.github.io Register now: utrechtsummerschool.nl/courses/data...

Last chance to submit your abstracts -- deadline is tomorrow! netsci2025.github.io/calls/ #NetSci2025

Roll up! Roll up! The NetSci 2025 merchandise has landed. I heard that most conference merchandise was thrown away, so I designed ours accordingly.

📢 NetSci 2025 Speaker announcement: Ginestra Bianconi, Professor of Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary University of London. "Topology and geometry shape the dynamics of higher-order networks"

Don't forget to send us your late-breaking work! netsci2025.github.io/calls/ The deadline is next week, 2 April 2025, 23:59 AOE

📢 NetSci 2025 Speaker announcement: Riet van Bork, Assistant Professor at the University of Amsterdam "Measuring psychological constructs in the network framework"

📢 NetSci 2025 Speaker announcement: Christof Schütte, Full Professor at the Freie Universitaet Berlin and Zuse Institute Berlin "Emergence in Multiscale Social Networks"

📢 NetSci 2025 Speaker announcement: Omid Ebrahimi, Research Fellow at Oxford University. "Towards precision in the diagnostic profiling of patients: leveraging psychometric networks and symptom dynamics in the assessment and treatment of mental disorders"

📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗟𝗮𝘁𝗲-𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸 – 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 📢 We are excited to announce 𝗮 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 for the NetSci Conference! netsci2025.github.io/calls/

Please note that the deadline for submitting applications for travel grants is this Thursday 13 March 2025.

The deadline is today! You have until 23:59 CET to register at the early-bird rate!

🚀 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 Call for 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝘃𝗲𝗹 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀! 🌍✈️ NetSci 2025 is offering a limited number of travel grants to support individuals facing financial constraints, e.g., those from low and middle-income countries. 🌐 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝘄: netsci2025.github.io/calls/

Hey NetPals! Facing financial constraints and you might not be able to attend NetSci 2025? We're pleased to announce that we have two registration fee waivers available for early-career researchers. If you are interested, complete this forms.gle/WCdtWiCvoEcn... by 3rd Mar.

📢 We've extended the deadline for early-bird registrations to 6 March 2025 (23:59 CET) to give you a bit more time to register! netsci2025.github.io/registration/

📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⏳ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟳&𝟭𝟴, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 Visit the respective satellite web pages for further details netsci2025.github.io/satellites/

If you'd love to participate in an interdisciplinary symposium, submit until Valentine's day ;) 💘 💊 🖥️ New deadline: Friday 14th Feb #NetBioMed2025 @netsciconf.bsky.social

📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 ⏳ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟵 & 𝟭𝟬, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 Visit the respective satellite web pages for further details netsci2025.github.io/satellites/

📢 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀: 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀 ⏳ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗼𝗼𝗻: 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟳, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 Visit the respective satellite web pages for further details netsci2025.github.io/satellites/

TopoNets Reminder! 👇

🚨Happy to announce that EpiMob is back for a 4th edition @netsciconf.bsky.social 🙌 🏃‍♂️🦠Interested in behavioral data and public health? Join us in Maastricht in June 2025 🦠🏃‍♀️ The call for abstracts is open! Deadline is February 15 👉 epimob.weebly.com/call-for-abs...

Interested in #NetworkMedicine, #SystemsBiology or #BiomedicalResearch in general? Join us at #NetBioMed2025 🧬🩺🔬! A @netsciconf.bsky.social satellite to be held in Maastricht. Submit your contribution by February 10th. For more information visit our website: netbiomed2025.github.io

It's wonderful to be here at the winter workshop on complex systems. The organisers are such great hosts, they even provided me with the correct attire so that I could be dressed appropriately for my talk ☠️

Announcing the 1st Satellite on Understudied Networks in Computational Social Science to be held at @netsciconf.bsky.social in Maastricht, June 2-6. We welcome contributed presentations on CSS research using understudied social network data (not X, Facebook etc.!): galeale.github.io/UNCSS/