Brennan Klein

📣Announcing the 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲! Leading researchers in network science and complex systems will visit the 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗦𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗲 to share ideas and connect with our community. Stay tuned for more on the speakers & talks!

@douglasguilbeault.bsky.social
@jkbren.bsky.social

Lectures on Tap - Drawing Lines:Data & Justice in the Criminal Legal System Professors, experts, and storytellers giving thought-provoking lectures in Boston bars.

Event link here:

Lectures on Tap - Drawing Lines: Data & Justice in the Criminal Legal System www.eventbrite.com/e/lectures-o...

poster advertising the event — Drawing Lines: Data & Justice in the Criminal Legal System, by Professor Brennan Klein. March 5, 2026

Thursday, March 5th! I’m giving a @lecturesontap.bsky.social about our work on drug-free zone laws & data justice — with incredible collaborators at @campaignzero.bsky.social @nunetsi.bsky.social @hutchinscenter.bsky.social

Currently sold out, but there’s sometimes day-of tickets, so check back!

The speaker lineup keeps getting better! ✨
Meet our next speaker, 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗝𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻. A Professor of Physics at IIT Indore, her work spans nonlinear dynamics, complex systems & network science, revealing how network structure shapes collective behavior. Welcome!
#Speakers 👉 www.netsci2026.com/speakers

Fairness in PCA-Based Recommenders

🎙️ I had a great time joining the Data Skeptic podcast to talk about my work on recommender systems

If you're interested in embeddings, aligning group preferences, or music recommendations, check out the episode below 👇

open.spotify.com/episode/6IsP...

📣 Announcing 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 as Invited Speaker at NetSci Conference 2026!
Professor at the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca & at Leiden University’s Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics, his research combines statistical physics, information theory, & random-graph modeling.

We’re thrilled to welcome 𝗠𝗲𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗯𝗲𝗿 as a School Speaker at NetSci Conference 2026! An Assistant Professor at Harvard, she leads the Geometric Machine Learning Group, developing efficient, theory-backed ML methods.
Meet her & all the speakers 👉 www.netsci2026.com/speakers

Scientists break down the tape to predict players’ next moves The NetSI Sport research group uses network science to treat sports analytics like conversations. Its grammar can predict what's said next.

New 𝙉𝙚𝙩𝙎𝙄 𝙎𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙩 group at Northeastern uses network science to study sports dynamics. Treating play like a language, they reveal team “signatures” and launch a new sports analytics course (🔗 tinyurl.com/bddkc8vf).

@alexvespi.bsky.social @jkbren.bsky.social

news.northeastern.edu/2026/01/13/s...

We're picking up the pace with speaker announcements for #NetSci2026! Stay tuned for more 👀

...and get those abstracts submitted! Portal closes in <24 hours www.netsci2026.com/call-for-abs...

**The deadline will not be extended again** @netsciconf.bsky.social

Another joint keynote at NetSci 2026 is official! 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁-𝗟𝗮́𝘀𝘇𝗹𝗼́ 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗯𝗮́𝘀𝗶 and 𝗥𝗲́𝗸𝗮 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁 reunite on stage for a one-of-a-kind talk. Their discovery of scale-free networks and the Barabási–Albert model reshaped network science. We can’t wait to welcome you!
@barabasi.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/4t5p46yr

Thrilled to announce Petra Vertes as an Invited Speaker at NetSci 2026! A Cambridge University Professor, she leads the Systems Neuroscience Lab, using computational modeling & network science to uncover principles of brain organization, function, & neurodevelopmental disorders.
tinyurl.com/4t5p46yr

Abstract submission deadline for NetSci 2026 has been extended! The new deadline to submit work to is January 9, 2026 (anywhere on earth)

We’re excited to announce 𝗨𝗹𝗿𝗶𝗸 𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘀 as an Invited Plenary Speaker at @netsciconf.bsky.social 2026! ✨ A leader in social network science & visualization, his work spans centrality, clustering, & more recently sports analytics using network-based approaches to football.
www.netsci2026.com/speakers

Structural Reducibility of Hypergraphs An information-theoretic framework finds and removes redundancies in a hypergraph representation of a network, allowing for more efficient analysis of higher-order elements.

Structural Reducibility of Hypergraphs link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/...

Attending NetSci 2026? Two lodging options are available:
🏨 𝗛𝘆𝗮𝘁𝘁 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻/𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗴𝗲 — discounted rooms at the conference venue (book early!).
🏡 𝗕𝗨 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 (𝟭𝟬 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗦𝘁.) — affordable single rooms in shared suites, a 20-min scenic walk away.
www.netsci2026.com/accommodations

here’s a great profile in the NYTimes about Moon Duchin’s work!

#NetSci2026

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/s...

Deterministic construction of typical networks in network models It is often desirable to assess how well a given dataset is described by a given model. In network science, for instance, one often wants to say that a given real-world network appears to come from a ...

Deterministic construction of typical networks in network models arxiv.org/abs/2512.02254

so excited for this!

⏰ 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲: 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟵!

NetSci 2026 abstract submissions close Dec 19 — just around the corner.
If you’re doing exciting work in network science (theory, computation, or applications), this is your chance to share it with a global community.

📅 Submit by Dec 19
🔗 www.netsci2026.com/call-for-abs...

This Thanksgiving, I'm thankful that @yyahn.bsky.social is one of our #NetSci2026 keynotes 🎉

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So excited for this. Stay tuned for some more exciting announcements soon 👀

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This! Reminds! Me! of an awesome NetSci 2019 activity 👀 opennetsci.github.io

@alicepatania.bsky.social @juniperlov.bsky.social @lhd.bsky.social et al

websites used to be art 🤌 here’s 2007 ❤️😭

Abstract and satellite submissions are open! Join us this summer in Boston for the 20th anniversary of @netsciconf.bsky.social netsci2026.com

For some bonus content, here’s the 2006 conference homepage :)

We’re excited to launch the 𝐒𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐂𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐗 𝐏𝐲𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐀𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 𝐂𝐮𝐩 - a hackathon-style challenge that will bring together the community to collaborate, compete, and innovate using open-source SkillCorner data.

👉 Sign up pysport.org/analytics-cup

Continuing our network visualization series.
Research has long focused on a few related disorders—but genetics now reveals links across nearly all diseases. The HDN, developed by @barabasi.bsky.social maps genetic connections between disorders, offering a genome-wide roadmap for future discoveries.

Let’s warm up your appetite for the beauty of networks! 🌐
Leading up to #NetSci2026, we’ll share iconic visualizations that reveal just how interconnected our world is. Consider this your visual warm-up before the conference! 👀

Come join us in Boston this summer!

It's the 20-year anniversary of one of my absolute favorite conferences — we'll be planning some exciting events/discussions to celebrate how far this field has come and where it might go next.

Watch this space: www.netsci2026.com