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Cory Glover
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A network scientist with too many interests. On the job market fall 2025. PhD Candidate in Network Science • Mathematician • Physicist • Husband • Latter-Day Saint • Music Obsessive https://coryglover.github.io
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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Jul 30
I've gotten some new followers so I thought I'd introduce myself.

I’m a 5th-year PhD candidate in network science with an applied math background, working with @barabasi.bsky.social. I study complex systems and love being the "math guy" on interdisciplinary problems. Check out my site or say hi!
Cory Glover
My research applies network science to uncover the organizing principles behind the complex systems that shape our world. From transportation and social media to nanomaterials and Broadway…
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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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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Sep 3
Really fascinating application of network epidemiology to understand historical phenomena. It's such a creative way to combine quantitative tools with historical records and link rumor spread with infectious disease.

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…
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COMPLEX NETWORKS 2025 @cna25.bsky.social · Aug 21
🚨 Submit your work to COMPLEX NETWORKS 2025!
📍 Binghamton, NY, Dec 9–11
📝 Proceedings of full papers (Springer) & abstracts (Book of Abstracts)
🎤 Keynotes: Bettencourt, Girvan, Glass, Newman, Stark
📅 Submission deadline: Sept 2
👉 complexnetworks.org/submission/
#ComplexNetworks2025
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Royal Society Publishing @royalsocietypublishing.org · Aug 19
#ProcB in @science.org | Dispersed female networks: female gorillas’ inter-group relationships influence dispersal decisions: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
When female gorillas relocate, they look for where their besties live
New study sheds light on social structures within our great ape cousins
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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Aug 15
Someone at a conference asked me what new dataset I am most excited about. This is it.

macaquenet.github.io
The Database
A Global Collaboration Of Macaque Researchers
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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Aug 13
Hard to believe that the first chapter of my dissertation came out a year ago. We investigated link entanglement in physical networks and found some interesting connections between the network's structure and it's ability to entangle itself.

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Measuring Entanglement in Physical Networks
A new mathematical measure of knottiness could help improve the transport efficiencies of subway and road systems, as well as other physical networks.
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Rick Betzel @richardfbetzel.bsky.social · Aug 12
So stoked to see this in press!

Diverging network architecture of the C. elegans connectome and signaling network

journal: journals.aps.org/prxlife/acce...
preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2412.14498

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PRX Life - Accepted Paper: Diverging network architecture of the C. elegans connectome and signaling network
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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Aug 11
Really cool work by @thomrobiglio.bsky.social, @maximelca.bsky.social, @lordgrilo.bsky.social and more blending higher order networks, dynamics and information theory to distinguish causal mechanisms and emergent behavior in networks, particularly when group interactions are involved.
Synergistic Signatures of Group Mechanisms in Higher-Order Systems
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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Aug 9
I cannot get over how cool this paper is from @ctestard.bsky.social, Michael Platt, @ljnbrent.bsky.social and more. If you are interested networks measuring adaptive behavior or honestly, just monkeys being resilient, check it out! #networkscience #animalbehavior www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Ecological disturbance alters the adaptive benefits of social ties
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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Aug 8
Are remote post-docs a thing? Is it worth reaching out to PIs in different countries/cities even if I am unable to move to that location due to other constraints? #AcademicSky #PostDoc
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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Aug 7
Anyone with insightful tips for the two-body problem? There’s the common “look for jobs in academic focused cities” but curious to hear other helpful insights.

#AcademicSky #PhDSky #Postdoc #Science
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Lauren Brent @ljnbrent.bsky.social · Aug 6
I learned a lot working on this new paper with this group of network scientists, sociologists, anthropologists and behavioural ecologists. We're hoping it helps anyone who feels (understandably!) lost in the animal social networks weeds.
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Daniel Redhead @danielredhead.bsky.social · Aug 4
🐒🕸️ New preprint! Confused about how to model animal social networks?

ASNA can be confusing—but also full of opportunity. We break down 5 common misunderstandings in animal social network analysis and share solutions from behavioural ecology, anthro, stats, & network science. Hope it helps!

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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Aug 5
Fantastic work. Great case for using generative network models.
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Daniel Redhead @danielredhead.bsky.social · Aug 4
🐒🕸️ New preprint! Confused about how to model animal social networks?

ASNA can be confusing—but also full of opportunity. We break down 5 common misunderstandings in animal social network analysis and share solutions from behavioural ecology, anthro, stats, & network science. Hope it helps!

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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Jul 30
I've gotten some new followers so I thought I'd introduce myself.

I’m a 5th-year PhD candidate in network science with an applied math background, working with @barabasi.bsky.social. I study complex systems and love being the "math guy" on interdisciplinary problems. Check out my site or say hi!
Cory Glover
My research applies network science to uncover the organizing principles behind the complex systems that shape our world. From transportation and social media to nanomaterials and Broadway…
coryglover.github.io
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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Jul 28
THIS! Definitely a complicated issue but we need to find a way to make space for null results in publications and not view them as lesser.
Researchers value null results, but struggle to publish them
Survey finds that fear of reputational harm and a lack of support and publication platforms are among respondents’ key concerns.
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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Jul 28
To those in #animalbehavior, does this call for collaboration from @jbbrask.bsky.social, Samuel Ellis, and
@darrencroft.bsky.social still ring true?

How can a network scientist help with this interdisciplinary effort? What questions are most important questions to start tackling?
Animal social networks: an introduction for complex systems scientists
Abstract. Many animals live in societies where individuals frequently interact socially with each other. The social structures of these systems can be stud
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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Jul 25
Exponential random graphs have long been null models distinguishing real patterns versus random effects in networks. But what about hypergraphs, where more than two nodes can interact at once? @sarawalk.bsky.social and team show an equivalent for hypergraphs exists with solid analytical grounding.
Entropy-based models to randomise real-world hypergraphs - Communications Physics
This work extends entropy-based models to hypergraphs, a popular alternative for describing polyadic interactions. After studying the asymptotic behaviour of thresholds generalising the percolation…
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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Jul 16
And this approach works really well! Because these nodes are both weak and well-connected, they can prevent a cascade before it's too late and better than many existing algorithms!

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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Jul 16
The critical set (green nodes) is the set of nodes they argue to protect. These nodes are both are fragile, implying they are not resilient to attacks. Secondly, these nodes have degree larger than the critical degree, implying they are well-connected enough to potentially start a cascade.

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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Jul 16
By coloring the network, the network gets subdivided into distinct groups. The average degree of each group is calculated and the smallest average degree of all the groups is called the critical degree. The critical set is then the fragile nodes with degree greater than the critical degree.

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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Jul 16
Using graph coloring, the authors successfully identify these fragile nodes. Graph coloring is a concept that stems from the 1800s. Graph coloring consists of assign each node a color such that each node does not share the same color as it's neighbor. (Image Wikipedia - Graph Coloring).

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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Jul 16
Often, a single node failure, which is in a particularly vulnerable position, can trigger this cascade. Rather than protecting the vulnerable node, this paper argues for finding "fragile" nodes, where one edge removal causes the node's failure, which are precursors to the network's cascade.

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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Jul 16
Cascading failures in a network are when the failure of a small fraction of nodes leads to the failure of the network as a whole. It is essentially a domino effect that quickly ceases a network's function. For example, a power grid failure may lead to a region-wide blackout.

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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Jul 16
I love when graph theory concepts stemming from the 1800s pop up to help in network science. This is a great article showing how to mitigate cascading failures in a network using graph coloring.

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Graph coloring framework to mitigate cascading failure in complex networks - Communications Physics
Cascading failures can severely impact networks. This research presents an algorithm that identifies critical nodes that mediate the failure propagation using local network topology. Protecting these…
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Cory Glover @cory-glover.bsky.social · Jul 14
Emergence is something fascinating but has always felt a bit abstract to me. Turns out I'm not alone! Really interesting read by @abbasrizi.bsky.social on the need to form precise definitions of emergence with examples from physics, birds, and herd immunity.
What is emergence after all?
Abbas K. Rizi
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