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NICO @nicoatnu.bsky.social · 4d

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

An event flyer for the Wednesdays@NICO Seminar Series, on October 8, 2025, featuring Tomer Ullman of Harvard University.

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NUCATS Institute @nucatsinstitute.bsky.social · 13d

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

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NICO @nicoatnu.bsky.social · 16d

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

A flyer for Data Science Nights, Fall Kick Off Meeting, on Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 5:30pm.

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · 17d

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)

Wed@NICO - 9/24 - Emma Alexander

YouTube video by Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems

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NICO @nicoatnu.bsky.social · 19d

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NICO @nicoatnu.bsky.social · 19d

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

An event flyer for Wednesday @ NICO Fall 2025 seminars, September 24 to November 12, featuring talks by by Emma Alexander, Sébastien Martin, Tomer Ullman, Patrick Park, Max Kreminski, Elizabeth Gerber, Julio Ottino, and Blaise Agüera y Arcas.

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Socializing with Scientists @socwithsci.bsky.social · Jul 24

🎧 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...

Katie Amato wonders what it means to be human (she's a biological anthropologist) - Socializing with Scientists

As a child, Katie thrived in her suburban Chicago backyard, reading The Boxcar Children and leading her little brother on adventures. A second grade unit on Jane Goodall cemented her curiosity about p...

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PNAS Nexus @pnasnexus.org · Jul 9

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...

Jean Metzinger, 1911–1912, La Femme au Cheval (Woman with a Horse), oil on canvas, Statens Museum for Kunst.

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Sonic Lab @sonic-nu.bsky.social · Jun 5

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-...

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NICO @nicoatnu.bsky.social · May 28

We forgot to tag @reeserichardson.bsky.social‬ and he can also be found here: reeserichardson.blog

Reese Richardson

Case studies in scientific reproducibility

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NICO @nicoatnu.bsky.social · May 28

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

A flyer for Data Science Nights on Thursday, May 29, 2025 featuring Reese Richardson of the Amaral Lab.

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NICO @nicoatnu.bsky.social · May 20

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

An event flyer for a Wednesdays@NICO talk on 5/21/25 featuring Rosemary Braun of Northwestern University.

NICO @nicoatnu.bsky.social · May 14

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

Wednesdays@NICO flyer for 5/14/25 featuring three Lightning Talk speakers: Yessica Herrera, Aakriti Kumar, and Tingyu "Mark" Zhao.

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · May 9

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)

Wed@NICO - 5/7/25 - Diego Gómez-Zará

YouTube video by Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems

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NICO @nicoatnu.bsky.social · May 7

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

Wednesdays@NICO flyer for 5/7/25 featuring Diego Gómez-Zará of the University of Notre Dame.

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NICO @nicoatnu.bsky.social · May 6

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

Uzzi Among Nine Northwestern Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The Academy – one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies – recognizes leaders across disciplines, professions, and perspectives.

www.mccormick.northwestern.edu

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Sonic Lab @sonic-nu.bsky.social · May 1

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

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NICO @nicoatnu.bsky.social · Apr 29

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

Wednesdays at NICO flyer for 4/30/25 with Nicole Woitowich of the Feinberg School of Medicine.

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NICO @nicoatnu.bsky.social · Apr 22

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

An event flyer for a Wednesdays@NICO talk on 4/23/25 featuring David Lazer of Northeastern University.

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NICO @nicoatnu.bsky.social · Apr 8

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

An event flyer for Wednesdays@NICO on 4/9/25 with Sourav Medya of UIC "AI For Patents: Progress, Pitfalls, and Potential"

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Matt Groh @mattgroh.bsky.social · Apr 2

📣 📣 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!

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · Mar 13

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)

Wed@NICO - 3/12/25 - Michael Dickey

YouTube video by Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems

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NICO @nicoatnu.bsky.social · Mar 5

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

An event flyer for Wednesdays@NICO on 3/5/25 with Neda Bagheri.

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Ben Waber @bwaber.bsky.social · Feb 27

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)

Wed@NICO - 2/26/25 - Morgan Frank

YouTube video by Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems

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