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NetSI is growing! In 2022, NetSI established two new institute hub sites in Portland, Maine and London, UK.

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The Network Science Institute (NetSI) at Northeastern University is a multi-disciplinary research community supporting innovative research and training in network science. ‍About Us

NetSI is growing!

In 2022, NetSI is establishing two new institute hub sites in Portland, Maine and London, UK.

Working to discover and inspire fundamentally new ways to measure, model, predict and visualize meaningful interactions and interconnectivity of social, physical and technological systems

Latest news & announcements

Nov 15, 2023

Announcement

Albert-Laszlo Barabasi and Alessandro Vespignani named among the Highly Cited Researchers 2023 by Clarivate™Albert-Laszlo Barabasi and Alessandro Vespignani named among the Highly Cited Researchers 2023 by Clarivate™Albert-Laszlo Barabasi and Alessandro Vespignani named among the Highly Cited Researchers 2023 by Clarivate™Albert-Laszlo Barabasi and Alessandro Vespignani named among the Highly Cited Researchers 2023 by Clarivate™

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Sep 21, 2023

Announcement

Tina Eliassi-Rad became the recipient of the Joseph E. Aoun Professorship Tina Eliassi-Rad became the recipient of the Joseph E. Aoun Professorship Tina Eliassi-Rad became the recipient of the Joseph E. Aoun Professorship Tina Eliassi-Rad became the recipient of the Joseph E. Aoun Professorship

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Sep 19, 2023

News Feature

Northeastern among sites chosen by CDC to establish ‘National Weather Service’ for infectious disease Northeastern among sites chosen by CDC to establish ‘National Weather Service’ for infectious disease Northeastern among sites chosen by CDC to establish ‘National Weather Service’ for infectious disease Northeastern among sites chosen by CDC to establish ‘National Weather Service’ for infectious disease

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Aug 16, 2023

Announcement

Congratulations to Dr. Harrison Hartle for defending his Ph.D. dissertation on "Entropy and dynamics of random networks"!Congratulations to Dr. Harrison Hartle for defending his Ph.D. dissertation on "Entropy and dynamics of random networks"!Congratulations to Dr. Harrison Hartle for defending his Ph.D. dissertation on "Entropy and dynamics of random networks"!Congratulations to Dr. Harrison Hartle for defending his Ph.D. dissertation on "Entropy and dynamics of random networks"!

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Recent publications

Nearest-neighbor directed random hyperbolic graphs

Physical Review E

November 21, 2023

The unequal effects of the health–economy trade-off during the COVID-19 pandemic

Nature Human Behaviour

November 16, 2023

Spatiotemporal gender differences in urban vibrancy

Sage Journals

October 28, 2023

Hyper-cores promote localization and efficient seeding in higher-order processes

Nature Communications

October 6, 2023

Joseph Walther

Distinguished Professor of Communication and Bertelsen Presidential Chair in Technology and Society / University of California, Santa Barbara

Distinguished Speaker Series

A New Perspective on Online Hate: Prosocial Networks of Antisocial Behavior

Serina Chang

PhD Candidate, Stanford University

Inferring Networks and Behaviors from Data for High-stakes Decisions

Tongjing Wang

PhD Candidate, Utrecht University

Visiting speaker

Revealing Multiplexity of Information-based City Relationships Using Collocation Analysis

Stay tuned for upcoming talks at NetSI!

More publications

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What should stay open during the next pandemic? New model weighs protecting public health and the economy

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Northeastern receives $17.5 million from CDC to launch infectious disease prediction center

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Network Science Institute expansion to London creates new European hub for trail blazing academic field

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Democrats and Republicans consume very different news content on Facebook, researcher says

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Northeastern professor wins prestigious award for her work on the ethics of artificial intelligence

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