Before the conference begins, join us for 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗨𝗻𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗱: an informal evening on the stories behind research. Professor 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗻 will share the journey behind her landmark 2002 PNAS paper on community structure in networks.
📅 May 31 | 6 PM
✏️ Register: tinyurl.com/2e73wt46
🍕 Snacks included
Can't wait to meet more of the community! Discount tickets running out though so get them while you still can.
We have an amazing panel ready for you at NetSciX in Auckland!
Really great oppportunity for a Postdoc in my research group. If you have any questions hit me up!
When you have to scroll over two pages of AI-generated "summary" drivel to reach, you know, the text abstract written by the authors, you know the Elsevier people have really lost the plot
📢We're organzing a 2-hour hybrid event on May 20 at @iasamsterdam.bsky.social titled Network Science for the Society of the Future, with a keynote speech by @rafaelprietocuriel.bsky.social!
Go to our website to sign up:
NetSci 2026
Today we launch ORION: a coordinated initiative to make open research information more inclusive, accessible and democratic. Our experience with GoogleBigQuery support collaborative and community solutions for ORI infrastructures, increasing sustainability & resilience.
doi.org/10.54900/2pn...
In 2013 Aaron Swartz committed suicide for facing 35 years in prison for mass downloading scientific articles.
13 years later, Meta is almost getting away with an infraction orders of magnitude larger.
The law didn't change.
torrentfreak.com/uploading-pi...
This is me in 2017 after the first workshop on complex systems for high school students at Allameh Helli High School in Tehran. Teenage boys and girls were sitting next to each other, curious and full of questions. I loved that school. Seeing it damaged by US and Israeli bombs is heartbreaking.
Gamal Adel | جمال عادل
Gamal Adel | جمال عادل
Gamal Adel | جمال عادل
Can we share resources and burdens to make available key open research information resources in actionable and connectable form in the cloud? Through sharing processes and systems, is it possible, ove...
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In an ongoing lawsuit, Meta now argues that uploading pirated books to strangers via BitTorrent qualifies as fair use.
Happy to announce the panelists on the NetPlace panel at NetSciX 2026 New Zealand:
Akrati Saxena, Roland Molontay and Natalia Albert Llorente
🗓 Feb 17, 2026 | 🕠 5:30–6:30 PM
@netscisociety.bsky.social
All welcomed!
Abbas K. Rizi
Tiago Peixoto
📢Postdoc Opportunity in Network Science!
PLANET-NL invites applications for a Postdoc at Leiden University.
Have a strong track record in network science and solid programming skills/computational analysis experience?
Apply here before 10 May: careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/Postdoc-...
⏳30 hours to go!
DWeb Camp Early Bird ticket sales and Call for Proposals close tomorrow at 23:59 CET!
Get your tickets and submit your ideas soon!
How can network science contribute to the society of tomorrow? Join PLANET‑NL at the UvA IAS Festival on May 20 (14:00–16:00 CET) for “Imagining 2036" - a deep dive into how network science can shape the next decade. More info & online registration here: www.planetnl.org/post/virtual...
On behalf of the Platform for Large Scale Analysis of Networks (PLANET-NL), we are pleased to invite you to join us virtually for the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) Festival Future Challenges sess...
A retired British primary school administrator with a British passport and a valid visa was shackled, chained and detained for six weeks by ICE
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...
