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Welcome to NetPlace! The place for all young network scientists.

Youtube Channel https://youtube.com/@netplace3823?si=2axmpzrp3kix8wPK

Twitter: @netplace_semi

Email: [email protected]

Website: https://www.netplace.site/
Join us this week on Thursday, Nov. 6, for our second seminar series of the fall semester! We are excited for Louis Boucherie to present his work on the effect of geographical constraints on human mobility.
November 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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”.
September 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
We’re excited to announce the line-up for our fall seminar series! We have three awesome speakers who will share their research and perspectives on the craft of science.
September 25, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🔔 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. 👀
June 1, 2025 at 2:43 PM
🎉 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.
May 31, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🎉 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.
May 29, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🔥🔥What a day at our Networks & Physics workshop at QMUL! From thought-provoking talks to a hands-on Collabathon, we wrapped up with amazing projects presented by our participants. Huge thanks to the speakers and participants for the energy and insight!
May 28, 2025 at 8:32 AM
🎉 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.
May 27, 2025 at 2:36 PM
🔥 Hey NetPals! NetSci 2025 is almost here, and we proudly present Peercolation!

We're kicking things off with an ice-breaking event, especially welcoming ECRs!

📅 Sunday, 1st June 2025
🕕 6 PM till late
📍 Stadspark, Maastricht 🇳🇱

🔗 More info: netplace.site/event/netsci25/peercolation_social_event
May 26, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Join us for a dynamic 1 day in-person workshop designed for young researchers eager to explore the intersection of Network Science and Physics!

Time & location: Queen Mary University of London, 16 May 2025.

Register here
docs.google.com/forms/d/1LuJ...

More details: netplace.site/event/netpla...
April 28, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🔥 Hey NetPals! This week, we're excited to welcome William Thompson from the University of Vermont, who will talk about stochastic opinion dynamic models and share insights into finding (or not finding) your niche as a researcher.

📅 When: 17th Apr (tomorrow), 4pm UK time

Zoom: netplace.site
April 16, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🔥 Hey NetPals! This week, we're excited to welcome Samuel Martín-Gutiérrez from the @netincsh.bsky.social who will talk about intersectional inequalities in social networks and finding the right audience for your research.

📅 When: 3rd Apr, 4pm UK time

Zoom: netplace.site
March 31, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🔥 Hey Pals, time for our usual seminar announcement! This week, we’re excited to have Helcio Felippe discussing similarity measures in networks and voluntary work in academia (see below).

Save the date: 20th Mar, 4pm UK time
Zoom: netplace.site
March 17, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🔥 Hey Pals, we're back! This week, we are happy to have Sagar Kumar (@diesagar.bsky.social) discussing models of information spread in populations and giving us his views on interdisciplinary research.

📷 Save the date: 6th Mar, 4pm UK time
Zoom: netplace.site
March 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🔥 Hey NetPals! This week, we're excited to have Alessia Antelmi, who will discuss the impact of group interactions on climate-related opinion change and the transition from PhD to researcher in academia

📅 Save the date: 20th Feb, 4pm UK time

Zoom: netplace.site
February 17, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🔥 Hey NetPals!

This week, we welcome Lucio La Cava @luciolcw.bsky.social from University of Calabria, who will discuss the rise of decentralized social media and challenges for early-career researchers in the age of big tech.

📅 Mark your calendars: 6th Feb, 4pm UK time

Zoom: netplace.site
February 5, 2025 at 6:03 AM
🔥 Hey NetPals, NetPlace is back!

This week, we welcome Arianna Pera from IT University of Copenhagen, who will discuss swing voters on social media, and imposter syndrome in academia.

📅 Mark your calendars: 23rd Jan, 4pm UK time

Zoom: netplace.site
January 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
We’re excited to announce our second speaker Prof. Sanjay Puri from Jawaharlal Nehru University.

Join us at NetPlace@NetSciX 2025, 15 Jan 2025, starting from 18:00.
January 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We’re thrilled to announce our first speaker @barabasi.bsky.social from Northeastern University!

Join us at NetPlace@NetSciX 2025, 15 Jan 2025, starting from 18:00.
January 9, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Apart from being the keyboard behind Complexity Cat, Amahury researches chemical automata networks to tackle the programmability challenge in unconventional computing, aiming for greater energy efficiency than traditional systems.
December 10, 2024 at 2:26 PM
🔥 Hey NetPals! It's time for our usual seminar recap! In the last session, we had the pleasure of discussing chemical automata networks and the challenges of lacking motivation in academia with Amaury J. L. Diaz @amahury.bsky.social from Binghamton University.
December 10, 2024 at 2:26 PM
🔥 Hey NetPals! This week, we welcome Francesco Bortolotti, who will discuss modeling social systems and interactions in the age of GenAI, covering methods, challenges, and real-world examples 📊🤖.

📅 Mark your calendars: 12th Dec, 5pm UK (notice the time!)
🔗 Join us on Zoom: netplace.site
December 9, 2024 at 12:05 PM
We are thrilled to announce the merger of two key organizations supporting early-career researchers in network science: SYNS (Society of Young Network Scientists) and NetPLACE (Networks, PhD Life, and Complexity). Together, we are now NetPlace!
November 29, 2024 at 3:00 PM
She highlighted how researchers from other domains can offer valuable perspectives and guidelines, helping to refine approaches and ensure that network scientists do research that is both impactful and accessible to the research community as a whole.
November 27, 2024 at 10:20 AM
Using a network approach and multi-scale community detection on Twitter/X accounts, she revealed that selective exposure is more complex than a simple left-right division.
November 27, 2024 at 10:20 AM