Research
White papers:
- Network Science in Medicine (December 2024)
- Network Science for AI (September 2023)
Research centers for Network Science:
- Center for Network Science (iCeNSA 2007), Notre Dame, 2006
- UC Davis, Complexity Sciences Center, 2006
- Center for Network Science (CCNR) Northeastern, 2007
- Binghamton Center of Complex Systems (CoCo), Binghamton University, 2007
- Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research (CNetS), Indiana University Bloomington, 2008
- RPI Network Science and Technology Center, 2009
- West Point Network Science Center, 2009
- Duke University Network Analysis Center, 2010
- Department of Network and Data Science, Central European University, Vienna, 2012
- UPenn Warren Center for Data & Network Sciences, 2013
- UCSB Network Science IGERT, 2014
- Yale Institute for Network Science, 2014
- Network Science Institute, Northeastern University, 2015
- Center for Network Dynamics, Northwestern University, 2023
Education
Online courses and resources:
- A Short Course in Network Science, introductory software-based course on network elements, models and dynamic processes, Santo Fortunato.
- Accelnet-Multinet, program led by the Network Science Institutes of Northeastern University (NetSI) and Indiana University (IUNI) to expand the international community of scientific discovery and training focused around the exploration of multilayer network science.
- Analyzing ecological networks, The objective of this five-day course, co-organized by the FRB-CESAB and the ANR ECONET, is to train young researchers in analyzing ecological network data.
- Lectures on Network Dynamical Systems, a mathematical course on dynamical processes over networks. Free book/slides download at: https://fbullo.github.io/lns/ by Francesco Bullo.
Free Books:
- Lectures on Network Systems, by Francesco Bullo
- Network Science, by Albert-László Barabási
- The Atlas for the Aspiring Network Scientist, by Michele Coscia
NetSci 2025 Educational Video Competition:
- 1st place, Cognitive Social Structures, Izabel Aguiar
- 2nd place, “Spaghetti, Meatballs & Blackouts”: A Tasty Lesson in Network Robustness, Luca Santagata, Ankit Ramakrishnan
- 3rd place, Using Passing Networks to Find the Best Soccer Teams, Davor Curic
NetSci 2024 Educational Video Competition:
- 1st place, Similarity-based link prediction, Mike van Santvoort.
- 2nd place, Flight of the dragonfly: exploring nature’s spatial networks, Stéphanie Gascón.
- 3rd place, How to study the influence that we have on each other, that makes social behaviours propagate in our society?, Helcio Felipe, Timur Naushirvanov and Elsa Andres.
- Honorable mention, The physics and diversity behind flocking: a nature-inspired study, Ana Elisa Dellamatrice Barioni and Arthur Noronha Montanari.
PhD Programs in Network Science:
- Indiana University Bloomington, established 2005.
- Northeastern: PhD Program, established 2014.
- Central European University, established 2015.
- UCSB Network Science IGERT, established 2014.
- Network Biology, University of Maryland, NRT, beginning 2017.
Network Science in Education (NetSciEd). A community of over 100 Network Science Researchers and Educators. NetSciEd initiatives:
- NetSciEd website.
- Network Science in Education Satellite Symposia at NetSci2017.
- Network Literacy. An international effort to define what every citizen should know about Networks by the time they graduate from high school, now translated into 18 languages.
Public Engagement
Networks Are Everywhere:
- Video introduction to Network Science for a general audience, highlighting its relevance to everyone, and its use in educational settings.