Sam Scarpino
@scarpino.bsky.social
Scientist. Director of AI + Life Sciences and Professor of Public Health Sciences at Northeastern University. External Faculty at the Santa Fe Institute and Vermont Complex Systems Institute. scarpino.github.io
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In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
November 11, 2025 at 1:50 AM
In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last.
The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes.
Why?
It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.
1/ A expected, the latest data update from Walgreens shows rising levels of general respiratory infections and also the first signs of influenza activity in the US!
We're also seeing wastewater signals in Georgia rising, in support of what Walgreens is report.
We're also seeing wastewater signals in Georgia rising, in support of what Walgreens is report.
1/ A concerning flu "variant" may be driving an early rise in cases in the UK.
The virus is an H3N2, but has mutations that suggest it may evade some prior immunity.
We're not seeing much activity in the US, but that may be changing.
A 🧵 on what signals I'm watching.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The virus is an H3N2, but has mutations that suggest it may evade some prior immunity.
We're not seeing much activity in the US, but that may be changing.
A 🧵 on what signals I'm watching.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New flu virus mutation could see ‘worst season in a decade'
Leading flu experts say they will not be surprised if this year's is the worst flu season for a decade.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
1/ A expected, the latest data update from Walgreens shows rising levels of general respiratory infections and also the first signs of influenza activity in the US!
We're also seeing wastewater signals in Georgia rising, in support of what Walgreens is report.
We're also seeing wastewater signals in Georgia rising, in support of what Walgreens is report.
1/ A concerning flu "variant" may be driving an early rise in cases in the UK.
The virus is an H3N2, but has mutations that suggest it may evade some prior immunity.
We're not seeing much activity in the US, but that may be changing.
A 🧵 on what signals I'm watching.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The virus is an H3N2, but has mutations that suggest it may evade some prior immunity.
We're not seeing much activity in the US, but that may be changing.
A 🧵 on what signals I'm watching.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
New flu virus mutation could see ‘worst season in a decade'
Leading flu experts say they will not be surprised if this year's is the worst flu season for a decade.
www.bbc.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:16 AM
1/ A concerning flu "variant" may be driving an early rise in cases in the UK.
The virus is an H3N2, but has mutations that suggest it may evade some prior immunity.
We're not seeing much activity in the US, but that may be changing.
A 🧵 on what signals I'm watching.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
The virus is an H3N2, but has mutations that suggest it may evade some prior immunity.
We're not seeing much activity in the US, but that may be changing.
A 🧵 on what signals I'm watching.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Sam Scarpino
Alan did a ton of work on our latest revision. Message of the story still holds: more data does not necessarily lead to better downstream performance for many models.
Check out all our new analyses here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Check out all our new analyses here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Alan did a ton of work on our latest revision. Message of the story still holds: more data does not necessarily lead to better downstream performance for many models.
Check out all our new analyses here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Check out all our new analyses here: www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Sam Scarpino
Multi-model approach to understand and predict past and future dengue epidemic dynamics
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Brilliant work by @cathalmills.bsky.social + many others
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Brilliant work by @cathalmills.bsky.social + many others
November 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Multi-model approach to understand and predict past and future dengue epidemic dynamics
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Brilliant work by @cathalmills.bsky.social + many others
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Brilliant work by @cathalmills.bsky.social + many others
Reposted by Sam Scarpino
🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻!
Secure your spot at the flagship conference of the Network Science Society and take advantage of the early bird registration special - www.netsci2026.com/registration
📅 June 1–5, 2026 | Hyatt Regency, Cambridge, MA
Join us as we celebrate 20 years of NetSci!
Secure your spot at the flagship conference of the Network Science Society and take advantage of the early bird registration special - www.netsci2026.com/registration
📅 June 1–5, 2026 | Hyatt Regency, Cambridge, MA
Join us as we celebrate 20 years of NetSci!
November 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
🚨 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻!
Secure your spot at the flagship conference of the Network Science Society and take advantage of the early bird registration special - www.netsci2026.com/registration
📅 June 1–5, 2026 | Hyatt Regency, Cambridge, MA
Join us as we celebrate 20 years of NetSci!
Secure your spot at the flagship conference of the Network Science Society and take advantage of the early bird registration special - www.netsci2026.com/registration
📅 June 1–5, 2026 | Hyatt Regency, Cambridge, MA
Join us as we celebrate 20 years of NetSci!
The struggle is real for humans too.
The loading-the-dishwasher struggle is real. Even—or especially—for the $20,000 1X Neo humanoid home robot.
🔗: on.wsj.com/47whlZ1
🔗: on.wsj.com/47whlZ1
October 31, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The struggle is real for humans too.
Reposted by Sam Scarpino
1/5: Interested in basketball? Disease ecology? Epidemics?
5 years ago, the NBA embarked on a great experiment in infection control: "The NBA Bubble." In a new preprint led by Dr. Yun Tao + Dr. Nita Bharti, we examine it's underlying disease ecology principles.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
5 years ago, the NBA embarked on a great experiment in infection control: "The NBA Bubble." In a new preprint led by Dr. Yun Tao + Dr. Nita Bharti, we examine it's underlying disease ecology principles.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Pandemic-era sports league operations as a new paradigm for local epidemic resilience
Strategic, coordinated, and rapid responses are essential when pathogens emerge, yet these responses are often mishandled during epidemics due to myriad factors, including entrenched socioeconomic and...
www.medrxiv.org
October 31, 2025 at 11:56 AM
1/5: Interested in basketball? Disease ecology? Epidemics?
5 years ago, the NBA embarked on a great experiment in infection control: "The NBA Bubble." In a new preprint led by Dr. Yun Tao + Dr. Nita Bharti, we examine it's underlying disease ecology principles.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
5 years ago, the NBA embarked on a great experiment in infection control: "The NBA Bubble." In a new preprint led by Dr. Yun Tao + Dr. Nita Bharti, we examine it's underlying disease ecology principles.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Sam Scarpino
Scale invariance and statistical significance in complex weighted networks arxiv.org/abs/2510.23964
Scale invariance and statistical significance in complex weighted networks
Most networks encountered in nature, society, and technology have weighted edges, representing the strength of the interaction/association between their vertices. Randomizing the structure of a networ...
arxiv.org
October 30, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Scale invariance and statistical significance in complex weighted networks arxiv.org/abs/2510.23964
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New preprint: More is different for AI multi-agent systems - but what does more mean?
arxiv.org/abs/2510.22422
With @ariel-flint.bsky.social, @lajello.bsky.social and Romualdo Pastor-Satorras.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.22422
With @ariel-flint.bsky.social, @lajello.bsky.social and Romualdo Pastor-Satorras.
October 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
New preprint: More is different for AI multi-agent systems - but what does more mean?
arxiv.org/abs/2510.22422
With @ariel-flint.bsky.social, @lajello.bsky.social and Romualdo Pastor-Satorras.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.22422
With @ariel-flint.bsky.social, @lajello.bsky.social and Romualdo Pastor-Satorras.
Reposted by Sam Scarpino
Nice podcast by WorldPop of our recent article on modelling practices during COVID-19 👇
(link to the article www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...)
(link to the article www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...)
October 27, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Nice podcast by WorldPop of our recent article on modelling practices during COVID-19 👇
(link to the article www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...)
(link to the article www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2...)
What does Jurassic Park have to do with “de-extinction” and genetic engineering? If you paid attention to Dr Ian Malcolm, absolutely everything! @cbo.bsky.social with 🔥🔥🔥 piece on the 35th anniversary of the book!
October 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM
What does Jurassic Park have to do with “de-extinction” and genetic engineering? If you paid attention to Dr Ian Malcolm, absolutely everything! @cbo.bsky.social with 🔥🔥🔥 piece on the 35th anniversary of the book!
Reposted by Sam Scarpino
📌 Save the Date!
The flagship conference of the Network Science Society - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - is coming to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭-𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
Prepare to share ideas, discoveries & challenges in network science.
Registration opens soon! 🔗 www.netsci2026.com
The flagship conference of the Network Science Society - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - is coming to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭-𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
Prepare to share ideas, discoveries & challenges in network science.
Registration opens soon! 🔗 www.netsci2026.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:56 PM
📌 Save the Date!
The flagship conference of the Network Science Society - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - is coming to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭-𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
Prepare to share ideas, discoveries & challenges in network science.
Registration opens soon! 🔗 www.netsci2026.com
The flagship conference of the Network Science Society - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - is coming to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭-𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
Prepare to share ideas, discoveries & challenges in network science.
Registration opens soon! 🔗 www.netsci2026.com
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Follow us for speaker news, deadline reminders, event highlights & community updates.
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October 3, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Stay connected with @netsciconf.bsky.social! 💬
Follow us for speaker news, deadline reminders, event highlights & community updates.
Don’t miss a moment—join the conversation! 👇
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Follow us for speaker news, deadline reminders, event highlights & community updates.
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We're hosting the 20th anniversary meeting of the Network Science Society at Northeastern University!
Follow our account as we announce speakers and join us in Boston this summer!
Follow our account as we announce speakers and join us in Boston this summer!
📌 Save the Date!
The flagship conference of the Network Science Society - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - is coming to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭-𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
Prepare to share ideas, discoveries & challenges in network science.
Registration opens soon! 🔗 www.netsci2026.com
The flagship conference of the Network Science Society - 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 - is coming to Northeastern University’s Network Science Institute, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟭-𝟱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲.
Prepare to share ideas, discoveries & challenges in network science.
Registration opens soon! 🔗 www.netsci2026.com
October 1, 2025 at 10:53 AM
We're hosting the 20th anniversary meeting of the Network Science Society at Northeastern University!
Follow our account as we announce speakers and join us in Boston this summer!
Follow our account as we announce speakers and join us in Boston this summer!
Reposted by Sam Scarpino
Message passing for epidemiological interventions on networks with loops
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21596
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21596
September 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Message passing for epidemiological interventions on networks with loops
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21596
https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.21596
Simpsons all the way down.
September 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Simpsons all the way down.
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a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time
One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.
www.bbc.com
September 24, 2025 at 1:34 PM
a new mRNA therapy apparently can cut the rate of Huntington's disease progression by ~75%. yet more miracle shit www.bbc.com/news/article...
Reposted by Sam Scarpino
Final week to apply for the 2026 SFI Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships
If you're an early-career scholar and passionate about collaborative, transdisciplinary research beyond traditional departments, this is the postdoc fellowship for you.
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
If you're an early-career scholar and passionate about collaborative, transdisciplinary research beyond traditional departments, this is the postdoc fellowship for you.
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
September 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Final week to apply for the 2026 SFI Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships
If you're an early-career scholar and passionate about collaborative, transdisciplinary research beyond traditional departments, this is the postdoc fellowship for you.
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
If you're an early-career scholar and passionate about collaborative, transdisciplinary research beyond traditional departments, this is the postdoc fellowship for you.
Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
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Join us in Zaragoza!
📢 Keynotes unlocked: 2/12. Thrilled to have Ciro Cattuto @ccattuto.bsky.social as a keynote speaker in Complenet’26! Join us to learn more about empirical contact #networks and their dynamics!
🌐 Info & registration: www.complenet.org
🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!
🌐 Info & registration: www.complenet.org
🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!
September 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Join us in Zaragoza!
Reposted by Sam Scarpino
We found a nice way to accurately solve the SIS model. Rather than expanding in space with ever larger moment closures (pairs, triples, ...), we expand in time. No more difficult than pair-approximations yet much more accurate.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11706
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11706
The threshold and quasi-stationary distribution for the SIS model on networks
We study the Susceptible-Infectious-Susceptible (SIS) model on arbitrary networks. The well-established pair approximation treats neighboring pairs of nodes exactly while making a mean field approxima...
arxiv.org
September 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We found a nice way to accurately solve the SIS model. Rather than expanding in space with ever larger moment closures (pairs, triples, ...), we expand in time. No more difficult than pair-approximations yet much more accurate.
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11706
arxiv.org/abs/2509.11706
Reposted by Sam Scarpino
Good news! Ring vaccinations against #Ebola have begun in DRC, according to @who.int:
“An initial 400 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine—from the country’s stockpile of 2000 doses prepositioned in the capital Kinshasa—have been delivered to Bulape, one of the current hotspots of the outbreak.”
“An initial 400 doses of the Ervebo Ebola vaccine—from the country’s stockpile of 2000 doses prepositioned in the capital Kinshasa—have been delivered to Bulape, one of the current hotspots of the outbreak.”
Ebola vaccination begins in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bulape, Democratic Republic of the Congo—Vaccination of frontline health workers and contacts of people infected with Ebola virus disease has begun in Bulape health zone in the Democratic Republic of ...
www.afro.who.int
September 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Reposted by Sam Scarpino
Last year, I finished carving "The Shape of Her Song" ... from a large chunk of walnut, 28" tall. This year, it won its second award at the 81st Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition.
September 14, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Last year, I finished carving "The Shape of Her Song" ... from a large chunk of walnut, 28" tall. This year, it won its second award at the 81st Annual Wabash Valley Exhibition.
Reposted by Sam Scarpino
In our 4 months of existence, @beaconbio.bsky.social has gained active users in 162 countries. Clearly there is a need for a free & open resource that not only raises alarm about new threats but provides context about why it matters. Thank you to all our users!
“Our main goal is to reduce the time between the reporting of a disease and its response,” said project founder Dr. Nahid Bhadelia, an infectious disease physician who served in the Biden administration’s COVID response team. “You want a potential alarm bell.”
Boston-based AI disease tracker aims to be an ‘alarm bell’ as the Trump administration severs global health ties
A tool out of Boston University aims to enhance surveillance of disease outbreaks across the globe, a task traditionally informed by several federal agencies that have been dismantled or cut back in t...
www.wbur.org
September 12, 2025 at 1:29 PM
In our 4 months of existence, @beaconbio.bsky.social has gained active users in 162 countries. Clearly there is a need for a free & open resource that not only raises alarm about new threats but provides context about why it matters. Thank you to all our users!