Alessandro Vespignani
@alexvespi.bsky.social
Networks & data, computational epidemiology, complex systems
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🎉 ISI Foundation is thrilled to announce that the Lagrange Prize – CRT Foundation Edition 2025 has been awarded to Professor Iyad Rahwan @iyadrahwan.bsky.social, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin!
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🎉 ISI Foundation is thrilled to announce that the Lagrange Prize – CRT Foundation Edition 2025 has been awarded to Professor Iyad Rahwan @iyadrahwan.bsky.social, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin!
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#NetSI_Sport duo, Brennan Klein & Maddalena Torricelli, joined SOURCE—Northeastern’s 2025 Showcase for Undergraduate Research—sharing a new project at the crossroads of sports, networks, and data science, soon launching as a Master’s course in Spring '26! 🔗 tinyurl.com/bddkc8vf
@jkbren.bsky.social
@jkbren.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 8:15 PM
#NetSI_Sport duo, Brennan Klein & Maddalena Torricelli, joined SOURCE—Northeastern’s 2025 Showcase for Undergraduate Research—sharing a new project at the crossroads of sports, networks, and data science, soon launching as a Master’s course in Spring '26! 🔗 tinyurl.com/bddkc8vf
@jkbren.bsky.social
@jkbren.bsky.social
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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.
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.
October 15, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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.
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.
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📌 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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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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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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We’re excited to launch the 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗡 𝗟𝗮𝗯 at @nunetsi.bsky.social London, led by Prof. István Kiss . The team studies how contagion spreads through networks—biological, social, and technological, with projects spanning epidemics, inference, and healthcare.
Span Lab 🔗 tinyurl.com/j4bve9n
Span Lab 🔗 tinyurl.com/j4bve9n
September 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
We’re excited to launch the 𝗦𝗣𝗔𝗡 𝗟𝗮𝗯 at @nunetsi.bsky.social London, led by Prof. István Kiss . The team studies how contagion spreads through networks—biological, social, and technological, with projects spanning epidemics, inference, and healthcare.
Span Lab 🔗 tinyurl.com/j4bve9n
Span Lab 🔗 tinyurl.com/j4bve9n
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Take another look at this study on social segregation in Milan, done by @riccardodiclemente.com and colleagues. It shows that diverse amenities, strong transit, and public spaces can turn outer neighborhoods into “social bridges” across income groups.
news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/17/c...
news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/17/c...
Researchers find Milan nightlife hubs bring rich and poor together
Northeastern University research using cellphone data from 100,000 people reveals where different income groups mix socially in Milan.
news.northeastern.edu
September 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Take another look at this study on social segregation in Milan, done by @riccardodiclemente.com and colleagues. It shows that diverse amenities, strong transit, and public spaces can turn outer neighborhoods into “social bridges” across income groups.
news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/17/c...
news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/17/c...
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Measuring AI’s impact on work goes beyond job losses, t’s about how tech reshapes skills & tasks. @estebanmoro.bsky.social and collaborators are building the 𝙊𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙐𝙎 𝙅𝙤𝙗 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 to track job skills and predict unemployment risk more accurately.
news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/17/n...
news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/17/n...
Artificial intelligence is reshaping jobs not just eliminating them, research shows
By framing your job as a set of skills, Northeastern researchers can measure an individual’s “unemployment risk.”
news.northeastern.edu
September 19, 2025 at 1:41 AM
Measuring AI’s impact on work goes beyond job losses, t’s about how tech reshapes skills & tasks. @estebanmoro.bsky.social and collaborators are building the 𝙊𝙗𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙐𝙎 𝙅𝙤𝙗 𝘿𝙞𝙨𝙧𝙪𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 to track job skills and predict unemployment risk more accurately.
news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/17/n...
news.northeastern.edu/2025/09/17/n...
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Andrew Renninger (UCL) studies cities under mobility, inequality & climate pressures. At #NetSI London Seminar Series, he’ll share his insights on mobility patterns.
Join us!
🌍 in person in 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝟰𝗽𝗺, or
🌎 virtually from the 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺
📆 on September 24th
🔗 tinyurl.com/4zefp6x9
Join us!
🌍 in person in 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝟰𝗽𝗺, or
🌎 virtually from the 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺
📆 on September 24th
🔗 tinyurl.com/4zefp6x9
September 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Andrew Renninger (UCL) studies cities under mobility, inequality & climate pressures. At #NetSI London Seminar Series, he’ll share his insights on mobility patterns.
Join us!
🌍 in person in 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝟰𝗽𝗺, or
🌎 virtually from the 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺
📆 on September 24th
🔗 tinyurl.com/4zefp6x9
Join us!
🌍 in person in 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝘁 𝟰𝗽𝗺, or
🌎 virtually from the 𝗨.𝗦. 𝗘𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝘁 𝟭𝟭𝗮𝗺
📆 on September 24th
🔗 tinyurl.com/4zefp6x9
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A new study co-authored by @riccardodiclemente.com reveals daily dynamics of urban segregation, moving beyond static views of residence and work.
@pnasnexus.org 🔗 tinyurl.com/4vysejx5
@pnasnexus.org 🔗 tinyurl.com/4vysejx5
September 10, 2025 at 5:55 PM
A new study co-authored by @riccardodiclemente.com reveals daily dynamics of urban segregation, moving beyond static views of residence and work.
@pnasnexus.org 🔗 tinyurl.com/4vysejx5
@pnasnexus.org 🔗 tinyurl.com/4vysejx5
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Exciting news for @nunetsi.bsky.social #London!!
We are going to…
London! 🇬🇧✨
Save the date: 22–26 June 2026 🗓️
Stay tuned on our socials and on the website www.complexity72h.com for the calls for tutors and participants — coming soon! 🚀
London! 🇬🇧✨
Save the date: 22–26 June 2026 🗓️
Stay tuned on our socials and on the website www.complexity72h.com for the calls for tutors and participants — coming soon! 🚀
September 2, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Exciting news for @nunetsi.bsky.social #London!!
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After publishing two new studies on the #dengue virus, @nunetsi.bsky.social professors 𝗠𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮 and 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 caught the attention of @nuglobalnews.bsky.social, which covered their different approaches to #forecasting dengue fever outbreaks.
news.northeastern.edu/2025/08/21/d...
news.northeastern.edu/2025/08/21/d...
Researchers use machine learning to predict dengue fever with 80% accuracy
Northeastern researchers use machine learning to predict dengue fever outbreaks, giving health officials time to prepare for spikes.
news.northeastern.edu
August 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
After publishing two new studies on the #dengue virus, @nunetsi.bsky.social professors 𝗠𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗮 and 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗝𝗼𝗵𝗮𝗻𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗻 caught the attention of @nuglobalnews.bsky.social, which covered their different approaches to #forecasting dengue fever outbreaks.
news.northeastern.edu/2025/08/21/d...
news.northeastern.edu/2025/08/21/d...
Very interesting study on social contagion applied in a historical context by @szapperi.bsky.social and collaborators. Powerful example of where good historical data can lead us in the future.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Epidemiology models explain rumour spreading during France’s Great Fear of 1789 - Nature
Epidemiological methods are used to show that the Great Fear of 1789, a series of peasant insurrections in rural revolutionary France, was driven by deliberate political action rather than spontaneous...
www.nature.com
August 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Very interesting study on social contagion applied in a historical context by @szapperi.bsky.social and collaborators. Powerful example of where good historical data can lead us in the future.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Read what is going on at NETSI. A lot of network science happened during the summer.
August 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Read what is going on at NETSI. A lot of network science happened during the summer.
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My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Scientists’ role in defending democracy
The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...
www.science.org
August 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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✨ Recommendations for Sharing Network Data and Materials were developed by an interdisciplinary working group of network researchers to clarify and promote open science practices in network research. buff.ly/0WxtZIt buff.ly/rWk3R3l
Recommendations for sharing network data and materials | Network Science | Cambridge Core
Recommendations for sharing network data and materials - Volume 12 Issue 4
doi.org
July 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
✨ Recommendations for Sharing Network Data and Materials were developed by an interdisciplinary working group of network researchers to clarify and promote open science practices in network research. buff.ly/0WxtZIt buff.ly/rWk3R3l
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@alinalungeanu.bsky.social received the 𝙎𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 for the conference paper "When Two is Too Many and Not Enough: Shared Leadership in Ancient Rome (32 to 491 CE)". Congratulations Dr. Lungeanu and team! ✨
tinyurl.com/4embj78e
tinyurl.com/4embj78e
July 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
@alinalungeanu.bsky.social received the 𝙎𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙋𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝘽𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙃𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙖𝙥𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙣 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥 for the conference paper "When Two is Too Many and Not Enough: Shared Leadership in Ancient Rome (32 to 491 CE)". Congratulations Dr. Lungeanu and team! ✨
tinyurl.com/4embj78e
tinyurl.com/4embj78e
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📍Our May–June Newsletter is out!
Highlights include an update on the National Internet Observatory project, #NetSI at #2025NetSci, new research on modeling behavior in epidemics, and on the chemical complexity of food with implications for nutrition science and therapeutics.
🔗 tinyurl.com/y5m5ht8n
Highlights include an update on the National Internet Observatory project, #NetSI at #2025NetSci, new research on modeling behavior in epidemics, and on the chemical complexity of food with implications for nutrition science and therapeutics.
🔗 tinyurl.com/y5m5ht8n
June 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
📍Our May–June Newsletter is out!
Highlights include an update on the National Internet Observatory project, #NetSI at #2025NetSci, new research on modeling behavior in epidemics, and on the chemical complexity of food with implications for nutrition science and therapeutics.
🔗 tinyurl.com/y5m5ht8n
Highlights include an update on the National Internet Observatory project, #NetSI at #2025NetSci, new research on modeling behavior in epidemics, and on the chemical complexity of food with implications for nutrition science and therapeutics.
🔗 tinyurl.com/y5m5ht8n
Comparative analysis of behavioral feedback models for epidemic forecasting"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We test data-driven vs. analytical behavioral models in retrospective fitting and out-of-sample forecasting of real data.
Shout-out to @netscience.bsky.social @ngozzi.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We test data-driven vs. analytical behavioral models in retrospective fitting and out-of-sample forecasting of real data.
Shout-out to @netscience.bsky.social @ngozzi.bsky.social
June 16, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Comparative analysis of behavioral feedback models for epidemic forecasting"
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We test data-driven vs. analytical behavioral models in retrospective fitting and out-of-sample forecasting of real data.
Shout-out to @netscience.bsky.social @ngozzi.bsky.social
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
We test data-driven vs. analytical behavioral models in retrospective fitting and out-of-sample forecasting of real data.
Shout-out to @netscience.bsky.social @ngozzi.bsky.social
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Happy to announce that @alexvespi.bsky.social joined the list of amazing invited speakers at the 2nd British NetSci Symposium! If you are a PhD student or Post-doc send us an abstract! The morning of the event will be entirely devoted to you! All info: www.netsci.uk/events.html
May 19, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Happy to announce that @alexvespi.bsky.social joined the list of amazing invited speakers at the 2nd British NetSci Symposium! If you are a PhD student or Post-doc send us an abstract! The morning of the event will be entirely devoted to you! All info: www.netsci.uk/events.html
Just released
Epydemix: An open-source Python package for epidemic modeling with integrated approximate Bayesian calibration
www.epydemix.org
Technical paper: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Epydemix: An open-source Python package for epidemic modeling with integrated approximate Bayesian calibration
www.epydemix.org
Technical paper: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
May 9, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Just released
Epydemix: An open-source Python package for epidemic modeling with integrated approximate Bayesian calibration
www.epydemix.org
Technical paper: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Epydemix: An open-source Python package for epidemic modeling with integrated approximate Bayesian calibration
www.epydemix.org
Technical paper: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Reposted by Alessandro Vespignani
Today we’re releasing Epydemix (www.epydemix.org), a Python package for flexible, modular, and data-driven epidemic modeling.
Designed for researchers, students, and public health professionals.
🧵👇
Designed for researchers, students, and public health professionals.
🧵👇
May 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Today we’re releasing Epydemix (www.epydemix.org), a Python package for flexible, modular, and data-driven epidemic modeling.
Designed for researchers, students, and public health professionals.
🧵👇
Designed for researchers, students, and public health professionals.
🧵👇
Reposted by Alessandro Vespignani
We present Epydemix: open-source python package for all stages of epidemic modelling: from models' definition to their calibration via ABC methods. Website: www.epydemix.org. Paper: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1.... High level summary: www.epistorm.org/activities/e...
May 9, 2025 at 2:21 PM
We present Epydemix: open-source python package for all stages of epidemic modelling: from models' definition to their calibration via ABC methods. Website: www.epydemix.org. Paper: www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1.... High level summary: www.epistorm.org/activities/e...
A must read -on campus….everyone seems intent on pretending that the most significant revolution in the world of thought in the past century isn’t happening. The approach appears to be: “We’ll just tell the kids they can’t use these tools and carry on as before.”-
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Will the Humanities Survive Artificial Intelligence?
Maybe not as we’ve known them. But, in the ruins of the old curriculum, something vital is stirring.
www.newyorker.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A must read -on campus….everyone seems intent on pretending that the most significant revolution in the world of thought in the past century isn’t happening. The approach appears to be: “We’ll just tell the kids they can’t use these tools and carry on as before.”-
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...