"Symbiogenesis, Computational Parallelism, and Complexity in Evolution". This Wed, NICO is honored to host @blaiseaguera.bsky.social from Google for our final talk of the fall quarter! Join us in Chambers Hall or online via Zoom. #AI #ComplexSystems 🗓️ Wed 11/12 at 12pm US Central 🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

Scientific revolutions have revealed a world of uncertainty, emergence, and interconnection. This Wed, NICO is honored to host Julio M. Ottino to discuss: "The Complexity Revolution: How Scientific Breakthroughs Reshaped Reality and Our Place Within It". 🗓️ Wed 11/05 at 12pm CST 🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

AI is booming. And so are the questions about it. Don’t miss this #KelloggInisght roundup of research from some of our faculty experts on the past, present and future of artificial intelligence. Read more: kell.gg/0aa4d8

A very reasonable take on AI in education

#AI is often framed as a story of replacement, but AI can help make our work more relational, effective, and deeply human. This Wed, NICO is thrilled to host Elizabeth Gerber to discuss "Human–AI Systems That Amplify Human Connection at Work". 🗓️ Wed 10/29 at 12pm US Central 🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

It’s notoriously difficulty to evaluate interfaces intended to support creative work. This Wednesday, NICO is thrilled to host @maxkreminski.bsky.social from Midjourney to discuss: "Tracing and Shaping Paths in Design Space". #WedatNICO #AI 🗓️ Wed 10/22 at 12pm US Central 🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

"Artificial intelligence is transforming business, science, marketing, and people's lives". @mattgroh.bsky.social, @dashunwang.bsky.social, and more Kellogg Faculty tell us how we got here and what could be next at Kellogg Insight. kell.gg/5hqk

Unconventional uses of data can stimulate creativity and innovation. This Wednesday, NICO is excited to host @patpark.bsky.social from Carnegie Mellon University to discuss: "Back to ‘Data' Science in the Age of AI". #datascience #ai 🗓️ Wed 10/15 at 12pm US Central 🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

Next was an amazing talk by @tomerullman.bsky.social on approximations in mental simulation and intuitive physics at @nicoatnu.bsky.social. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlva... (4/9)

People handle the everyday physical world with remarkable ease, but how do we do it? This Wednesday, NICO is thrilled to host @tomerullman.bsky.social, to discuss: "Good Enough: Approximations in Mental Simulation and Intuitive Physics". 🗓️ Wed 10/8 at 12pm US Central 🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

Changing the Way We Talk: How Science Communications Brings Research to the Masses — bit.ly/4mCl7WB

TONIGHT: We are kicking off our fall #DataScience Nights schedule with a meet and greet for all interested. Students and researchers of all levels are welcome! 📅 9/25 at 5:30pm, Chambers Hall, Evanston 🔗 bit.ly/nico-dsn

Next was a fascinating talk by Emma Alexander on information optimization in the visual cortex and the role of food on driving constrained processing at @nicoatnu.bsky.social www.youtube.com/live/kXaF0OQ... (6/9)

Announcing our fall seminar speakers! Starting September 24th, with talks by leading researchers from Northwestern, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon University, Midjourney, and Google. Join us each Wednesday at 12pm US Central: bit.ly/WedatNICO #WedatNICO #ComplexSystems #DataScience #AI

🎧 New episode with fascinating Northwestern biological anthropologist Katie Amato! @tgsatnu.bsky.social #scientist #science #biologicalanthropology #microbiome #microbes #juicing #interview #northwestern www.buzzsprout.com/2464891/epis...

What links Filippo Brunelleschi and Niels Bohr? In a Perspective, Julio Ottino describes different types of creativity in the sciences and arts, explores possible limits to AI’s creativity, and differentiates a breakthrough from a “break-with.” In PNAS Nexus: academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...

New research by Brian Uzzi, @noshir.bsky.social, Satyam Mukherjee, and Yun Huang shows teams are 1.6x more likely to win when they recruit from rival teams—not just for talent, but for insider knowledge. Read: The Upside of Recruiting Your Rivals insight.kellogg.northwestern.edu/article/the-...

This Thursday! Join us at NICO for the final Data Science Night of the spring term. This month, we are hosting Reese Richardson of the Amaral Lab to discuss how #DataScience can help us understand the academic black market. bit.ly/nico-dsn

Living systems exhibit surprising and beautiful self-organization at all scales. This Wed, @rosemarybraun.bsky.social discusses research that bridges the cellular and tissue/organism scales, presenting challenges and opportunities for the future. 🗓️ Wed 5/21 at 12pm US Central 🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

This Wednesday, NICO is thrilled to once again host Lightning Talks! This term we are lucky to have three amazing researchers from NICO, Kellogg, and McCormick Engineering. Join us at noon in Chambers Hall or online via Zoom. 🗓️ Wed 5/14 at 12pm US Central 🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

Next was an excellent talk by @dgomezara.bsky.social on how all-female and female-led teams drive more breakthrough ideas in science and innovation at @nicoatnu.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWxo... (4/5)

Today! NICO is thrilled to host @dgomezara.bsky.social from the University of Notre Dame (and a @sonic-nu.bsky.social alumnus), to discuss how female-Led teams drive breakthrough ideas in science. Join us in the Kellogg Global Hub or online via Zoom. 🗓️ Wed 5/7 at 12pm US Central 🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

Brian Uzzi Among Nine Northwestern Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/article...

Northwestern’s MS in Communication presents the Renaissance Leadership Retreat/ Certificate, a immersive experience in the heart of Tuscany. Designed to inspire, this retreat honors 4 decades of advancing communication leadership worldwide. 🗓️ April 27 – May 2 📍 Florence, Italy @noshir.bsky.social

This Wednesday! NICO is excited to host @nikiwoitowich.bsky.social from @nucatsinstitute.bsky.social to explore the biomedical research enterprise from a science of science perspective. Join us in person in Chambers Hall or online via Zoom. 🗓️ Wed 4/30 at 12pm US Central 🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

This Wednesday, NICO is thrilled to host David Lazer (@davidlazer.bsky.social) from Northeastern University to discuss the emergent and sometimes paradoxical logic of the internet news ecosystem. Join us in person in Chambers Hall or online via Zoom. 🗓️ Wed 4/23 at 12pm US Central 🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

First research talk of the spring quarter! This Wednesday, NICO is excited to host Sourav Medya from UIC, to explore how #AI can be harnessed to enhance the patent process. Join us in person in Chambers Hall or online via Zoom. 🗓️ Wed 4/9 at 12pm US Central 🔗 Full speaker schedule: bit.ly/WedatNICO

📣 📣 Postdoc Opportunity at Northwestern Dashun Wang and I are seeking a creative, technical, interdisciplinary researcher for a joint postdoc fellowship between our labs. If you're passionate about Human-AI Collaboration and Science of Science, this may be for you! 🚀 Please share widely!

Next was a mind-bending talk by Michael Dickey on ridiculous applications of gallium at @nicoatnu.bsky.social. 3D printing metal w/no heating, and moving robots with voltage-manipulated gallium surface tension?!?! Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYKI... (6/8)

Today! Computational models are essential tools to explain and guide biological intuition. This week, we are excited to host Neda Bagheri to discuss emergent spatiotemporal cell population dynamics. Join us in person in Chambers Hall or via Zoom. 🗓️ Wed 3/5 at 12pm US Central 🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

Next was an amazing talk by @mrfrank.bsky.social on challenges with determining how susceptible jobs are to automation at @nicoatnu.bsky.social. Frank presents a compelling network-oriented approach for modeling automation shocks. Highly recommend www.youtube.com/watch?v=7p0L... (7/8)

#AI has evolved and now challenges our understanding of skills and careers. This Wednesday, we are thrilled to host @mrfrank.bsky.social to explore "AI, Complexity, and the Future of Work". Join us in person in Chambers Hall or via Zoom. #WedatNICO 🗓️ Wed 2/26 at 12pm US Central 🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

Today! We are excited to host Marianne Green, MD, from the Feinberg School of Medicine and @iaim-nu.bsky.social to discuss "Precision Education in Medicine". Join us in person in Chambers Hall or via Zoom. #WedatNICO 🗓️ Wed 2/5 at 12pm US Central 🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

Announcing our winter seminar speakers! Running January 22 through March 12, 2025, take a break from the wintry weather and join us in Chambers Hall each Wednesday at 12pm U.S. Central, or hop on via Zoom: bit.ly/WedatNICO #WedatNICO #ComplexSystems #networkscience #datascience

❄️ Happy first day of the Winter Quarter!

I'm recruiting a PhD student to join the Human AI Collaboration lab at Kellogg, NU CS, and @nicoatnu.bsky.social If you're excited about computational social science, LLMs, digital experiments, real-world problem solving, this could be a great fit Please reshare! Deets 👇