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Georgios Panayiotou @giorgospanay.bsky.social · 2d

In Zurich today for the Ethics in Complex Systems Workshop

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Georgios Panayiotou @giorgospanay.bsky.social · 9d

My friends after watching this: "is this your PhD?"

NetScience @netscience.bsky.social · 10d

Network Science, and three of its avengers, featured in the latest @veritasium.bsky.social video (one of the largest youtube channels for Science education)!! youtu.be/CYlon2tvywA?... @stevenstrogatz.com Duncan Watts @barabasi.bsky.social

Something Strange Happens When You Trace How Connected We Are

YouTube video by Veritasium

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Zachary Neal @zpneal.bsky.social · 9d

Want to promote transparency and clarity in network research by helping develop 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 (𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐃)?

Sign up to get involved here: tinyurl.com/help-with-GR...

▪️ All career stages welcome
▪️ All fields welcome
▪️ Be compensated for your time

GRAND Recruitment

Complete this short questionnaire to help develop Guidelines for Reporting About Network Data (GRAND).

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Diletta Goglia @dilettagoglia.bsky.social · 14d

🚨 New paper out! 🚨

🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2509.21092
[read comments for more!]

Special thanks to my co-authors @dvladek.bsky.social and Alessio Gandelli from @uuinfolab.bsky.social !

#ComputationalSocialScience #OnlineSocialNetworks
@arxiv-cs-si.bsky.social

Influence of the majority group on individual judgments in online spontaneous conversations

This study investigates how the majority group influences individual judgment formation and expression in anonymous, spontaneous online conversations. Drawing on theories of social conformity and anti...

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Vincent Traag @vtraag.bsky.social · 19d

Nearly twenty years after the first igraph release, igraph 1.0 has finally arrived! 🎉 This release focuses on providing a stable and more consistent interface that users and downstream maintainers can rely on with confidence. For more detail, see igraph.org/2025/09/20/i...

C/igraph 1.0.0

Nearly twenty years after the first igraph release, igraph 1.0 has finally arrived. This release focuses on providing a stable and more consistent interface that users and downstream maintainers can r...

igraph.org

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Theodora Moldovan @theamoldovan.bsky.social · 23d

Our new study provides the first large-scale look at how collective action is expressed in spoken digital discourse, using #BlackLivesMatter as a case study.

Many thanks to @ariannapera.bsky.social @dvladek.bsky.social @lajello.bsky.social for the collab

Check it out: arxiv.org/abs/2509.13197

Podcasts as a Medium for Participation in Collective Action: A Case Study of Black Lives Matter

We study how participation in collective action is articulated in podcast discussions, using the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement as a case study. While research on collective action discourse has pr...

arxiv.org

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Luca Rossi @lrossi.bsky.social · 29d

I will not stop using my em dashes out of fear of a reviewer accusing me of using AI!

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Lisette Espín-Noboa @lespin.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢Take a breath, you have extra days to finish!
Due to technical issues with @openreviewnet this week, we’ve extended all deadlines by 2 weeks.

🗓️New deadline for abstracts: Sept 19, 23:59 AoE

📷 More info: netscix2026.github.io
@MLuczak @ProfMSmall @droneale @danielapaolotti

Promotional graphic for NetSciX 2026 in Auckland, New Zealand. The text reads:

“CALL FOR ABSTRACTS. You’ve got 2 more weeks to submit your work and join the dialogue on diversity in network science. Deadline Friday, 19 September 2025, 23:59 AoE. More information: netscix2026.github.io.”

The design features a photo of a person working on a laptop with a notebook, pencil, and cup of coffee on the desk. The layout uses white, black, and orange accents.

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Hiroki Sayama @hirokisayama.bsky.social · Sep 4

#CCS2025 Day 4 invited speaker Fariba Karimi discusses inequality between majority and minority in social networks of science

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ArXiv Paper Poster (cs.SI & ph-soc) @soc-net-bot.bsky.social · Sep 1

Population-Scale Network Embeddings Expose Educational Divides in Network Structure Related to Right-Wing Populist Voting
https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.21236
Administrative registry data can be used to construct population-scale networks whose ties reflect shared social contexts between persons....📈🤖

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Gautam Dey @gautamdey.bsky.social · Aug 27

Final year PhD students, I know you’re desperately trying to finish experiments/revisions/submissions/write a thesis & just survive - but please spare a few minutes to apply to your dream postdoc labs.

It easily takes A YEAR from first contact, even if everything goes to plan on both sides.

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uuinfolab @uuinfolab.bsky.social · Aug 24

Our article on population-scale networks of social opportunities constructed from administrative data is now available online: www.nature.com/articles/s41....

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Georgios Panayiotou @giorgospanay.bsky.social · Aug 23

🧮 ~8M nodes, 330M relationships across family, household, school & work.

🇸🇪 We constructed a multilayer population-scale network for Sweden, capturing distinct features of the country.

📝 doi.org/10.1038/s415...

cc: @ingakwoh.bsky.social @matmagnani.bsky.social ++

Anatomy of a Swedish population-scale network - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Anatomy of a Swedish population-scale network

doi.org

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Tina @crippledtree.bsky.social · Aug 15

Καλημέρα!
Καλό Δεκαπενταύγουστο!

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YY Ahn @yyahn.bsky.social · Aug 13

"This is the first result to break the O(m+nlogn) time bound of Dijkstra's algorithm on sparse graphs, showing that Dijkstra's algorithm is not optimal for SSSP."

arxiv.org/abs/2504.17033

Breaking the Sorting Barrier for Directed Single-Source Shortest Paths

We give a deterministic $O(m\log^{2/3}n)$-time algorithm for single-source shortest paths (SSSP) on directed graphs with real non-negative edge weights in the comparison-addition model. This is the fi...

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Alicia King (she/her) @aliciajeanking.bsky.social · Aug 13

Catching up on emails after week away from office really highlights just how many predatory journal invites I receive (even though I routinely block them).

#academicsky

elmo from sesame street sitting at a table with a purple cup and straw

ALT: elmo from sesame street sitting at a table with a purple cup and straw

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Georgios Panayiotou @giorgospanay.bsky.social · Aug 11

Summer CV-worthy math project (finishing balatro) complete. Now to finally update my website

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Diletta Goglia @dilettagoglia.bsky.social · Jul 24

So glad for the support I received🙏🏻 I met so many interesting people, had fruitful discussions and so much fun!
Special thank to my supervisors @dvladek.bsky.social @calikus.bsky.social , to my amazing colleagues @uuinfolab.bsky.social and … [comments]

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Hendrik Erz @hendrik-erz.de · Jul 24

It‘s a wrap!

Man, what an experience. I’m 150% exhausted, but 200% happy!

It was an honor hosting #IC2S2 2025 in Norrköping with phenomenal weather for so many lovely people! I can’t wait to see you all again!

Many thanks to all participants, keynote speakers, and helpers!

❤️

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Inga Wohlert @ingakwoh.bsky.social · Jul 24

Happy to be part of this work and seeing it being presented here in Sweden!

Georgios Panayiotou @giorgospanay.bsky.social · Jul 24

No better place than a Swedish #ic2s2 to present our population-scale network of Sweden! 🇸🇪

Very grateful to discuss ideas and challenges with colleagues (future collaborators?) working with similar data.

You can find our preprint here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Georgios Panayiotou @giorgospanay.bsky.social · Jul 24

cc: @uuinfolab.bsky.social @matmagnani.bsky.social @ingakwoh.bsky.social

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Georgios Panayiotou @giorgospanay.bsky.social · Jul 24

No better place than a Swedish #ic2s2 to present our population-scale network of Sweden! 🇸🇪

Very grateful to discuss ideas and challenges with colleagues (future collaborators?) working with similar data.

You can find our preprint here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...

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Davide Vega @dvladek.bsky.social · Jul 24

We did a thing, and we are presenting it today at the @ic2s2.bsky.social #IC2S2 poster session:

A model to study Manipulative Language.

Work led by @dilettagoglia.bsky.social, in collaboration with @calikus.bsky.social and myself. Find Diletta at poster #26.

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uuinfolab @uuinfolab.bsky.social · Jul 23

@uuinfolab.bsky.social @ #ic2s2

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Georgios Panayiotou @giorgospanay.bsky.social · Jul 23

We will for sure, still a couple days to go

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