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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.
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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✨ 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
November 26, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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...
The networks of ingredient combinations as culinary fingerprints of world cuisines - npj Science of Food
npj Science of Food - The networks of ingredient combinations as culinary fingerprints of world cuisines
www.nature.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
💥 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/...
Assistant Professor in Network Science and Communication
About the Opportunity About the Opportunity The College of Arts, Media and Design (CAMD) at Northeastern University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Network Science, to b...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
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...
Future computer scientists urged to embrace AI collaboration
Northeastern University Professor Tina Eliassi-Rad met with students on the Oakland campus to discuss concerns about AI.
news.northeastern.edu
November 25, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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🗞️ 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...
Why do the latest fads spread like wildfire? Research explains
Network scientists found that the social overlap between groups plays a major part in how fast a phenomena or contagious illness transmits.
news.northeastern.edu
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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We’ve just released Epistorm-Mix, a new open dataset on how people in the U.S. mix across ages and settings in the post-COVID era.

📊 Contact-level data + contact matrices
Built for epidemic modeling & forecasting
Fully open data & code

🔗 www.epistorm.org/data/epistor...
Epistorm-Mix: Mapping Social Contact Patterns in the Post-Pandemic United States
Epistorm-Mix provides individual-level contact data and contacts patterns characterization relevant for the spread of respiratory infectious diseases within the US population.
www.epistorm.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
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⏰ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗗𝗲𝗰 𝟴!
Submit your Satellite proposal for NetSci 2026.
Details on how to apply, the review process, and organizer responsibilities are at the link below.
Don’t miss your chance to contribute to the program!
👉 tinyurl.com/42sru6kz
November 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Don’t miss the next 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙙𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙚𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙧 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨 talk by 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗣𝗼𝗻𝘀! Discover how honeybee swarms balance exploration and social signals to reach decentralized decisions, inspiring models for robotics and artificial swarms.
Join in person at One Portsoken 802 or online: tinyurl.com/48paxt7p
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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Happy to share our @complexity72h.bsky.social 2023 work on defensive vs. malicious worm dynamics. The study reveals when defence tools can contain attacks and when network topology tips the balance.
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Dynamics of defensive and malicious worm co-propagation across networked systems
The proliferation of Internet of Things (IoT) devices has greatly enhanced global connectivity but has also amplified cybersecurity risks, particularl…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
We are excited to share the NetSci Conference announcement of its 1st plenary speakers! 🥁 🥁

Two pioneers—one stage: 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘀 & 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗮𝘁𝘇 will reflect on the ideas that shaped their work and transformed our field in a joint keynote!

NetSci 2026: tinyurl.com/4jdxb4kv
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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What happens when a network is neither perfectly ordered nor completely random? Watts & Strogatz’s 1998 “small-world” insight: add a few random shortcuts to a local network, you keep the clustering but gain short paths.
𝙎𝙩𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙪𝙣𝙚𝙙, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙢𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡-𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙 𝙣𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙎𝙘𝙞 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙢 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣…
November 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Congratulations to @alexvespi.bsky.social for being awarded the EPS SNPD Prize 2025, in recognition of his seminal contributions to the statistical physics of complex networks and for unveiling the universal principles governing epidemic spreading and information diffusion.
eps.org/eps-snpd-pri...
The EPS SNPD Prizes 2025 are announced!
The Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Division (SNPD) of the European Physical Society (EPS) is happy to announce the winners of the EPS SNPD Prizes 2025.
eps.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
We’re proud to share that NetSI faculty David Lazer and
@alexvespi.bsky.social
have been named to Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list, recognizing scientists whose work ranks among the top 0.1% most cited globally for exceptional impact and influence.

𝘊𝘭𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘦 🔗 bit.ly/449idlv
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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And here's the published version: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...

Great teamwork with @federicomalizia.bsky.social, @andresguzmanm.bsky.social, and I. Kiss -- with special thanks to Federico for leading the effort!
November 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
With mosquitoes growing resistant to insecticides, new malaria control methods are crucial. A study by Binod Pant & colleagues shows that releasing fungus-infected male mosquitoes could safely and effectively curb malaria transmission.
tinyurl.com/k2dzcjxw
Study 🔗 tinyurl.com/3crmyr9w
Want to eradicate malaria-bearing mosquitoes? Try fungus, this researcher says
A Northeastern postdoc has created a mathematical model that demonstrates how a fungal solution could control malarial mosquito populations.
news.northeastern.edu
November 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Next up: two classic sociological networks!
Mohr & Duquenne (1997) map how NYC’s social welfare system evolved from strict moral categorizations of “the poor” in 1888 to a professionalized structure by 1917.
A Galois lattice reveals how culture shaped the very logic of relief.
🔗 tinyurl.com/a35dr9cv
November 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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The Turing Liaison Team is excited to host @lordgrilo.bsky.social, who will deliver a seminar entitled 'Tracing the Cultural Fabric of Sperm Whale Societies.'

📆 5 November
⏰ 13:00 - 14:00
📍Biomedical Building, C42 at the University of Bristol

Find out more here: tinyurl.com/mrxp5h2n
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Forthcoming in Physical Review Letters!
NetSI London authors Federico Malizia, Andrés Guzmán, Iacopo Iacopini & Istvan Kiss explore how group interactions spark explosive contagion in higher-order networks.
Story 🔗 tinyurl.com/84ymkz2t
Video ▶️ youtu.be/7mQwvK5mje0
SIR Epidemic on Higher-Order Networks
YouTube video by Network Science Institute
youtu.be
November 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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Another striking network visualization: the Network of Political Blogs during the 2004 U.S. presidential election.
Red = Republican, Blue = Democratic.
The analysis revealed dense within-party links and few cross-party ties—an early snapshot of online polarization.
Study 🔗 tinyurl.com/4mfxpr9b
November 5, 2025 at 7:08 PM
⚽📊 Dive into two days of data, sports & network(ing)s at the 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 & 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 + 𝗛𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗻 at #NetSI!
Hackathon kicks off Feb 27, followed by industry talks, panels & awards.
🗓️ Register by Dec 31 — open to all (under)grad students in Boston!
🔗 tinyurl.com/bdf5et9f
November 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻!
Secure your spot at the flagship conference of the Network Science Society and take advantage of the early bird registration special - www.netsci2026.com/registration
📅 June 1–5, 2026 | Hyatt Regency, Cambridge, MA
Join us as we celebrate 20 years of NetSci!
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
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Another great visualization—The Network of the Conclave maps the social structure of the papal conclave, where each node represents a cardinal, colored by doctrinal orientation. Few modern decision-making processes combine secrecy, ritual, and influence as vividly as this one.
🔗 tinyurl.com/2rz3as5w
October 30, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Join us for an insightful NetSI talk by Elizabeth Bruch, titled “Making Social Structure Visible: How Knowledge Changes the Rules.” The event will take place on Thursday, October 30 at 10:30 AM on the 11th Floor or via Zoom.

www.networkscienceinstitute.org/talks/elizab...
October 30, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Join us at 11:30 AM for an 11th Floor talk by Arianna Salazar-Miranda on “Urban Mobility, City Structure, and Segregation.” She will discuss how city design and dynamics influence movement and inequality with urban systems and spatial justice. www.networkscienceinstitute.org/talks/ariann...
October 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM