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Elena Candellone @elenacandellone.bsky.social · 2d

📢 The WiNS Seminar Series is back! 🥳
Join us today at 11:00 a.m. ET (5pm CET) for the first talk of the season with Yanna Kraakman (Univ. of Twente):

Sampling random hypergraphs with fixed degrees

💬 DM for the Zoom link
@wins-society.bsky.social
@gulsahakcakir.bsky.social
@h-merritt.bsky.social

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NetPlace @netplace.bsky.social · 9d

Our fall seminar series begins this Thursday, Oct. 2 (4pm UTC+1/11am EDT) with a talk by Elena Candellone. She’ll be speaking about “Mapping extreme users through negative ties in online social interactions”, followed by a discussion on “the joy of planning scientific events”.

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Inverse Complexity Lab @invcomplexity.skewed.de · Aug 8

Last week we had our second “Inverse Complexity Lab Retreat” at wonderful Traunkirchen!

skewed.de/lab/group.ht...

Nothing like eldritch C++ incantations by the sunny lakeside! 🏖️

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Mariana Macedo @marianagmmacedo.bsky.social · Jul 31

We are seeking speaker nominations for the Women in Network Science (WiNS) seminar series.

Let’s amplify diverse voices and break out of our usual bubbles.
Nominate someone inspiring today!

#WiNS #NetworkScience #WomenInScience

Nominate a speaker for WiNS Seminar

The Women in Network Science (WiNS) seminar is an interdisciplinary seminar with the aim to promote and showcase research by women and nonbinary researchers in network science. Attendance is open to e...

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haily merritt, phd @h-merritt.bsky.social · May 19

shout out to the organizers of these seminars for a great semester, thank you @gulsahakcakir.bsky.social @elenacandellone.bsky.social and Echo Liu!

if you or someone you know would be a good fit for a future seminar, you can nominate them here docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/... we’d love to have you!

Nominate a speaker for WiNS Seminar

The Women in Network Science (WiNS) seminar is an interdisciplinary seminar with the aim to promote and showcase research by women and nonbinary researchers in network science. Attendance is open to e...

docs.google.com

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Elisa Omodei @elisaomodei.bsky.social · Jul 23

Can LLMs be used to persuade people to disfavor authoritarian strategies? If you are at #ic2s2, stop by Júlia Számely's poster today to learn about our work in progress with @tomcostello.bsky.social & @dgrand.bsky.social

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Elena Candellone @elenacandellone.bsky.social · Jul 22

I'll have a poster on Thursday, come say hi! zenodo.org/records/1626...

#ic2s2

Negative Ties Highlight Hidden Extremes in Social Media Polarization

Poster for the 11th International Conference on Computational Social Science (Norrköping, Sweden | July 21-24, 2025)

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Thomas Robiglio @thomrobiglio.bsky.social · Jul 22

Tomorrow 1.30-2.30pm, poster ID 82

Inverse Complexity Lab @invcomplexity.skewed.de · Jul 22

Attending @ic2s2.bsky.social? Checkout the poster presented by @thomrobiglio.bsky.social! #ic2s2

Inverse Complexity Lab @invcomplexity.skewed.de · Jul 22

New preprint: “Multiscale patterns of migration flows in Austria: regionalization, administrative barriers, and urban-rural divides”, with @thomrobiglio.bsky.social, Martina Contisciani, @martonkarsai.bsky.social, arxiv.org/abs/2507.11503

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Lorenzo Betti @loreb92.bsky.social · Jul 22

Interested in the relationships between team dynamics, leadership dynamics, and success?

I’ll be presenting my poster today at #ic2s2 (poster #82).

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clara eminente @claraeminente.bsky.social · Jul 22

Attending #ic2s2? My poster is up today!

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Inverse Complexity Lab @invcomplexity.skewed.de · Jul 22

New preprint: “Multiscale patterns of migration flows in Austria: regionalization, administrative barriers, and urban-rural divides”, with @thomrobiglio.bsky.social, Martina Contisciani, @martonkarsai.bsky.social, arxiv.org/abs/2507.11503

Multiscale patterns of migration flows in Austria: regionalization, administrative barriers, and urban-rural divides

Migration is central in various societal problems related to socioeconomic development. While much of the existing research has focused on international migration, migration patterns within a single c...

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Inverse Complexity Lab @invcomplexity.skewed.de · Jun 29

Are you from the US and would like to work as a postdoc in Austria, maybe in our lab? 25 new fellowships will be available in July from the @oeaw.bsky.social: www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/25-n...

If you are interested; get in touch!

25 new scholarships for US researchers

Fonds Zukunft Österreich (FZÖ) is providing €10 million in funding for an academy program to bring postdocs from the USA to Austria ++ Faßmann: “The right signal in these turbulent times”

www.oeaw.ac.at

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Basti Kusch @bastikusch.bsky.social · Jun 7

Awesome! Good job!

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Basti Kusch @bastikusch.bsky.social · Jun 6

Congrats! 🎉🎉🎉

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Hiroki Sayama @hirokisayama.bsky.social · Jun 6

#NetSci2025 closing ceremony
NetPlace announcements

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Aaron Clauset @aaronclauset.bsky.social · Jun 4

Hurray! 🎉 @arash.network (left) is the 24th recipient of the Zachary's Karate Club CLUB prize. For his talk @netsciconf.bsky.social NetSci 2025, he was entrusted with the illustrious trophy 🏆 from @nwlandry.bsky.social #networkscience networkkarate.tumblr.com

A delightfully nerdy photo of @arash.network receiving a small karate club trophy from @nwlandry.bsky.social

An "action shot" of @arash.network during his award winning talk, with a TV in the background showing the famous karate club network

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Basti Kusch @bastikusch.bsky.social · Jun 4

This makes me very happy!

Giovanni Petri @lordgrilo.bsky.social · Jun 4

Summing up the results with a poem! Awesome touch!

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Thomas Robiglio @thomrobiglio.bsky.social · Jun 4

@invcomplexity.skewed.de bike train to @netsciconf.bsky.social

@ituaustria.bsky.social

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Basti Kusch @bastikusch.bsky.social · Jun 2

Hey, I'm sorry but unfortunately there is no recording of the panel discussion 😕

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Alessia Galdeman @alessianetwork.bsky.social · Jun 2

If you're already at @netsciconf.bsky.social and you're wondering what that graph is doing on your badge, here's the reason! We will have a lightning talk on wednesday to explain the rules before the first coffee break, don't miss it!

NetPlace @netplace.bsky.social · Jun 1

🔔 NEW at ⁠netsci2025! Ready to Gotta Match Them All? NetPlace’s Poster Matching Game turns the poster hall into a live graph hunt—perfect for meeting fellow researchers. 👀

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Basti Kusch @bastikusch.bsky.social · Jun 2

If you are at #NetSci25, join us at 1pm for our @netplace.bsky.social panel on the topic of "Science as a craft: Balancing career and skill progression", with panelists @asteixeira.bsky.social, @maximelca.bsky.social and @captainkirk1041.bsky.social

Flyer of panel on science as a craft at NetSci25

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NetPlace @netplace.bsky.social · Jun 1

🔔 NEW at ⁠netsci2025! Ready to Gotta Match Them All? NetPlace’s Poster Matching Game turns the poster hall into a live graph hunt—perfect for meeting fellow researchers. 👀

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NetPlace @netplace.bsky.social · May 31

🎉 Rounding out our panel, please welcome Alec Kirkley @captainkirk1041.bsky.social! Alec is an Assistant Professor at HKU, interested in complex networks and statistical physics. He works on developing new methods, drawing on ideas from information theory, Bayesian inference and machine learning.

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NetPlace @netplace.bsky.social · May 29

🎉 Very happy to announce Maxime Lucas @maximelca.bsky.social as our next panelist! Maxime is an FNRS Postdoc at the Namur Institute for Complex Systems & UCLouvain in Belgium. He is interested in dynamical systems, complex systems, networks, and their applications to life sciences.

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NetPlace @netplace.bsky.social · May 27

🎉 We welcome Andreia Sofia Teixeira @asteixeira.bsky.social, Associate Professor in the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University London, as our first @netsciconf.bsky.social panelist! She bridges network science and machine learning to explore complex systems and collective behavior.

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