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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 11h

Next week's lineup of talks will take you from diagnosing change and polarization in neighborhoods with Jordan Kemp, to temporal graph neural networks with Ingo Scholtes, & to the limits of network science with Carlos Gershenson.

Join the talks tinyurl.com/mpr87m6t
or watch on tinyurl.com/4n9uarhu

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

The 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 (𝗪𝗪𝗖𝗦𝟮𝟲) has extended its hashtag#deadline for applications to 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟯𝘁𝗵!
For more information 🔗 wwcs2026.github.io
Apply here: tinyurl.com/yu3a8ydd

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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 · 5d

Exciting things in Topological Neuroscience! #NetSI_London @lordgrilo.bsky.social co-organized the “Topology of Human and Synthetic Minds” workshop at King’s College London, launching a new collaboration to advance this field.

#KIHSM 🔗 tinyurl.com/4zhs2m83
#NetSI_London 🔗 tinyurl.com/25ts6as4

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 6d

#NetSI is proud to be well represented in Stanford’s list of the world’s top 2% most-cited scientists (single-year impact), based on Elsevier Scopus data 🔗 tinyurl.com/yc4d4yv3

@barabasi.bsky.social @alexvespi.bsky.social @davidlazer.bsky.social @lordgrilo.bsky.social @estebanmoro.bsky.social

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 7d

Thrilled to announce a new collaboration between Marilyn Gatica & Giovanni Petri at #NetSI_London and #ReDLat, uniting global partners to advance dementia research through complex systems, clinical & computational neuroscience.

🔗 tinyurl.com/wwhfhu2f

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 8d

𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 is coming to the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University!
We are honored to host a conference that brings together the world’s leading ideas, discoveries, and challenges in network science.

@nunetsi.bsky.social @northeasternu.bsky.social @netsciconf.bsky.social

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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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 8d

Join Ariel Procaccia for his talk on "Thinking Outside the Ballot Box" today, Sept 30 at 3:30 PM on the 11th Floor of our Network Science Institute or via Zoom - www.networkscienceinstitute.org/talks/ariel-...
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Mariana Macedo @marianagmmacedo.bsky.social · 12d

WiNS Book Club is back!!

Join us for a Happy Hour to plan together:
Oct 8 | 6 PM UK 7 PM CET 1 PM Boston
Open to WiNS members via Slack.

@asteixeira.bsky.social @h-merritt.bsky.social
@wins-society.bsky.social

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Women in Network Science Society - Book Club

The Women in Network Science (WiNS) Book Club is an opportunity to share experiences, reflect on current issues, and connect with one another. This session will be led by Mariana Macedo, Sofia Teixeir...

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 12d

Exciting week at #NetSI! Ariel Procaccia (Harvard) on generative social choice, Simon David Lindner (Vienna/CSH) on cancer care stratification, and Eszter Hargittai (Zurich) launching the Misinformation Series.
Details & links 🔗 www.networkscienceinstitute.org/events

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 14d

Join us at 11:00 AM (4:00 PM London) for Andrew Renninger’s talk on “Human Mobility, Regularity, and Variability.” Attend via Zoom.

To join from NetSI's website: www.networkscienceinstitute.org/talks/andrew...

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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Germans Savcisens (Savčišens) @savcisens.com · 15d

Truthfulness isn’t always binary. Sometimes it’s… neither 🤔 Our Trilemma of Truth paper is headed to the @neuripsconf.bsky.social Mechanistic Interpretability workshop 🚀 Let’s connect in San Diego! 🌴

Preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2506.23921
Code and data: github.com/carlomarxdk/...

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

Join Jason Radford (@jsradford.bsky.social)on Thursday, Sep. 25th, for a virtual session on how to translate your research into a new venture and find the right path to address real-world problems through your work.

Register here ➡️ tinyurl.com/mfn9bpcd

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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 · 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.”

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

Prof. Mauricio Santillana discusses a PNAS study using 430K+ survey responses from all U.S. states (2020–22). The research reveals how personal choices, politics, and health guidance shaped COVID-19 behaviors, offering a deeper view beyond policy compliance.
news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/17/c...

At the height of the pandemic, Americans of all political stripes were on guard against COVID

Between April 2020 and June 2022, researchers found that people of different political leanings reported avoiding contact with others.

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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.

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 21d

Prof. Mauricio Santillana & the #MIGHTE Lab at @nunetsi.bsky.social have trained AI to predict #dengue fever outbreaks in 180 locations worldwide with 80% accuracy, offering public health officials reliable three-month forecasts to prepare for the virus.
news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/15/f...

How to use AI: Mauricio Santillana gave an algorithm accurate models to analyze data

Mauricio Santillana tested models that foretell upsurges of the disease in 180 locations around the world.

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 21d

Join us for a talk today at 2 PM – Boston Hub (11th Floor)!

Don't miss Andrea Baronchili’s talk on “Emergent Social Conventions and Collective Bias in Human and LLM Populations” which is also available over zoom - northeastern.zoom.us/j/93421052481

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 27d

Miss our first talk this week? London opened the season with Anton Tokariev (University of Helsinki), who discussed infant brain development, EEG mapping, and early-life adversity.

Watch the talk now on our YouTube channel, along with past Institute recordings. www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-i0...

Anton Tokariev on "Infant EEG Brain Networks and Their Links to Neurodevelopment"

YouTube video by Network Science Institute

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 27d

At #NetSI, @brionyswire.bsky.social studies health misinformation, focusing on 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻. In a new study with UF & Utah colleagues, she uses the ECTM survey to assess patients’ exposure, sources, forms of CTM, and whether it’s discussed with oncologists.
🔗 tinyurl.com/mpwsj5hh

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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 · 28d

Join us for a Talk Today @ 2:30 PM
📍 Boston Campus, 11th Floor – 177 Huntington Ave or over zoom- northeastern.zoom.us/j/93421052481

Join us for a guest talk by Bridget Smart on:
"Untangling Memory and Influence in Complex Systems:
Separable Markov Models for Sequence Generation"

All are welcome!

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Northeastern College of Science @northeasterncos.bsky.social · Sep 8

Data from COVID outbreaks led to new disease progression models. New research from Alessandro Vespignani, director of the @nunetsi.bsky.social looks at how these models capture the interplay between disease transmission & behavior. 🧪

Read more: http://bit.ly/46mWqIB

#COSConnects #NetworkScience

COVID data revolutionized disease projection models. Northeastern researchers explain what’s next

Northeastern expert Alessandro Vespignani says spontaneous changes in behavior during outbreaks influence disease projection models.

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