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NetSci 2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social · 8d

📌 Save the Date!

The flagship conference of the Network Science Society - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - is coming to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭-𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
Prepare to share ideas, discoveries & challenges in network science.

Registration opens soon! 🔗 www.netsci2026.com

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NetSci 2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social · 5d

Stay connected with @netsciconf.bsky.social! 💬
Follow us for speaker news, deadline reminders, event highlights & community updates.
Don’t miss a moment—join the conversation! 👇

LinkedIN: tinyurl.com/5n7hv5pr
IG: tinyurl.com/hjbjam2a
X: x.com/NetSciConf
Web: www.netsci2026.com

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 15d

We’re excited to launch the 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗡 𝗟𝗮𝗯 at @nunetsi.bsky.social London, led by Prof. István Kiss . The team studies how contagion spreads through networks—biological, social, and technological, with projects spanning epidemics, inference, and healthcare.

Span Lab 🔗 tinyurl.com/j4bve9n

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 20d

Take another look at this study on social segregation in Milan, done by @riccardodiclemente.com and colleagues. It shows that diverse amenities, strong transit, and public spaces can turn outer neighborhoods into “social bridges” across income groups.

news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/17/c...

Researchers find Milan nightlife hubs bring rich and poor together

Northeastern University research using cellphone data from 100,000 people reveals where different income groups mix socially in Milan.

news.northeastern.edu

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 20d

Measuring AI’s impact on work goes beyond job losses, t’s about how tech reshapes skills & tasks. @estebanmoro.bsky.social and collaborators are building the 𝙊𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙐𝙎 𝙅𝙤𝙗 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 to track job skills and predict unemployment risk more accurately.

news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/17/n...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping jobs not just eliminating them, research shows

By framing your job as a set of skills, Northeastern researchers can measure an individual’s “unemployment risk.”

news.northeastern.edu

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 19d

Andrew Renninger (UCL) studies cities under mobility, inequality & climate pressures. At #NetSI London Seminar Series, he’ll share his insights on mobility patterns.
Join us!
🌍 in person in 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝟰𝗽𝗺, or
🌎 virtually from the 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺
📆 on September 24th
🔗 tinyurl.com/4zefp6x9

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 28d

A new study co-authored by @riccardodiclemente.com reveals daily dynamics of urban segregation, moving beyond static views of residence and work.

@pnasnexus.org 🔗 tinyurl.com/4vysejx5

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · Sep 2

Exciting news for @nunetsi.bsky.social #London!!

Complexity 72h @complexity72h.bsky.social · Sep 2

We are going to…

London! 🇬🇧✨

Save the date: 22–26 June 2026 🗓️

Stay tuned on our socials and on the website www.complexity72h.com for the calls for tutors and participants — coming soon! 🚀

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · Aug 22

After publishing two new studies on the #dengue virus, @nunetsi.bsky.social professors 𝗠𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮 and 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 caught the attention of @nuglobalnews.bsky.social, which covered their different approaches to #forecasting dengue fever outbreaks.

news.northeastern.edu/2025/08/21/d...

Researchers use machine learning to predict dengue fever with 80% accuracy

Northeastern researchers use machine learning to predict dengue fever outbreaks, giving health officials time to prepare for spikes.

news.northeastern.edu

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Alessandro Vespignani @alexvespi.bsky.social · Aug 28

Very interesting study on social contagion applied in a historical context by @szapperi.bsky.social and collaborators. Powerful example of where good historical data can lead us in the future.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Epidemiology models explain rumour spreading during France’s Great Fear of 1789 - Nature

Epidemiological methods are used to show that the Great Fear of 1789, a series of peasant insurrections in rural revolutionary France, was driven by deliberate political action rather than spontaneous...

www.nature.com

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Alessandro Vespignani @alexvespi.bsky.social · Aug 27

Read what is going on at NETSI. A lot of network science happened during the summer.

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · Aug 14

My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientists’ role in defending democracy

The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...

www.science.org

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Society for the Improvement of Psychological Science (SIPS) @improvingpsych.org · Jul 24

✨ Recommendations for Sharing Network Data and Materials were developed by an interdisciplinary working group of network researchers to clarify and promote open science practices in network research. buff.ly/0WxtZIt buff.ly/rWk3R3l

Recommendations for sharing network data and materials | Network Science | Cambridge Core

Recommendations for sharing network data and materials - Volume 12 Issue 4

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · Jul 29

@alinalungeanu.bsky.social received the 𝙎𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 for the conference paper "When Two is Too Many and Not Enough: Shared Leadership in Ancient Rome (32 to 491 CE)". Congratulations Dr. Lungeanu and team! ✨
tinyurl.com/4embj78e

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · Jun 30

📍Our May–June Newsletter is out!
Highlights include an update on the National Internet Observatory project, #NetSI at #2025NetSci, new research on modeling behavior in epidemics, and on the chemical complexity of food with implications for nutrition science and therapeutics.
🔗 tinyurl.com/y5m5ht8n

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Alessandro Vespignani @alexvespi.bsky.social · Jun 16

Comparative analysis of behavioral feedback models for epidemic forecasting"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

We test data-driven vs. analytical behavioral models in retrospective fitting and out-of-sample forecasting of real data.

Shout-out to @netscience.bsky.social @ngozzi.bsky.social

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NetScience @netscience.bsky.social · May 19

Happy to announce that @alexvespi.bsky.social joined the list of amazing invited speakers at the 2nd British NetSci Symposium! If you are a PhD student or Post-doc send us an abstract! The morning of the event will be entirely devoted to you! All info: www.netsci.uk/events.html

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Alessandro Vespignani @alexvespi.bsky.social · May 9

Just released
Epydemix: An open-source Python package for epidemic modeling with integrated approximate Bayesian calibration
www.epydemix.org

Technical paper: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

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Nicolò Gozzi @ngozzi.bsky.social · May 9

Today we’re releasing Epydemix (www.epydemix.org), a Python package for flexible, modular, and data-driven epidemic modeling.

Designed for researchers, students, and public health professionals.

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NetScience @netscience.bsky.social · May 9

We present Epydemix: open-source python package for all stages of epidemic modelling: from models' definition to their calibration via ABC methods. Website: www.epydemix.org. Paper: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1.... High level summary: www.epistorm.org/activities/e...

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Alessandro Vespignani @alexvespi.bsky.social · May 6

A must read -on campus….everyone seems intent on pretending that the most significant revolution in the world of thought in the past century isn’t happening. The approach appears to be: “We’ll just tell the kids they can’t use these tools and carry on as before.”-
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?

Maybe not as we’ve known them. But, in the ruins of the old curriculum, something vital is stirring.

www.newyorker.com

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · Apr 28

A proud moment for science, for @nunetsi.bsky.social, and especially for Prof. 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁-𝗟𝗮́𝘀𝘇𝗹𝗼́ 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗮́𝘀𝗶 who was inducted into the 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 during the Presentation Ceremony at the 162nd annual meeting of the NAS on April 25th.
Our warmest congratulations @barabasi.bsky.social ✨

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · May 2

Complex networks power public health, fintech, social media insights, and more. The 𝗠𝗦 𝗶𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 allows students to specialize without loosing methodological breath. Have questions? Info Webinars ➡️ bit.ly/3RAX4Kt
Program Info 🔗 bit.ly/3RMhXCz

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Iacopo Iacopini @iaciac.bsky.social · May 1

CRAB: Complexity Research in Animal Behaviour will be back at #CCS2025 Siena!

Do you work at the intersection of complexity science and animal behaviour? 🐜🐁🦍🐋🦋🐦
Don't miss your chance to present your interdisciplinary research at CRAB 🦀

👉 sites.google.com/view/crab202...
⏰ Deadline: June 1st 2025

CRAB2025

Complexity Research in Animal Behaviour Satellite @ CCS 2025 - Siena, 3 September 2025 Animal groups can be considered as complex systems of interacting entities (the individuals). The collective beha...

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