Network scientist at @NUNetsi || @IPIPS_Harvard โ€” @ https://xitter.cf/t.co/LhxK3zGekS

Boston, Massachusetts
Joined December 2012
From tiki-taka to "attacki-taka" (sorryy, cheesy) was the only way I could describe Spain's style of play under Luis de la Fuente. Add in some Messi magic... all together a great preview for Sunday's ESP ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ - ๐Ÿ“ท ARG match, by @cesareo_r for @NUGlobalNews news.northeastern.edu/2026/0โ€ฆ
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Iโ€™ve been having a great time doing some analyses for @NUGlobalNews @Northeastern over the last few weeks! Here a few bonus round of 16 knockout game preview graphics โ€” passing networks, signature passing patterns, and signature carrying/dribbling clusters.l
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The #FifaWorldCup2026 has 48 teams, 104 matches, and millions of data points. We are finding the stories in the numbers, in collaboration with @NUnetsi researchers. New analysis here on NGN Offside: news.northeastern.edu/world-โ€ฆ
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Day 2 of the NetSci School starts soon! Elisa Omodei and Kyriaki Kalimeri will be leading a data-driven, interactive session. Bring your laptops and join us in Harvard Square B! Session materials: dropbox.com/scl/fi/kxjk6b8q6โ€ฆ
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Some pre-NetSci Boston views! #netsci2026 @NetSciConf
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Weโ€™re excited to welcome ๐—˜๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ข. ๐—ก๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฒ as an invited speaker at NetSci! A BU professor & leading data scientist, she advances health equity using AI & dataโ€”from mobile phones to satellitesโ€”through global collaborations and initiatives. tinyurl.com/4t5p46yr
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The speaker lineup keeps getting better! โœจ Meet our next speaker, @sarikajalan9 A Professor of Physics at IIT Indore, her work spans nonlinear dynamics, complex systems & network science, revealing how network structure shapes collective behavior. tinyurl.com/4t5p46yr
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Brennan Klein retweeted
Weโ€™re thrilled to welcome ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ as a School Speaker at NetSci Conference 2026! She is an Assistant Professor at Harvard, where she leads the Geometric Machine Learning Group. Meet her & all the speakers ๐Ÿ‘‰ netsci2026.com/speakers
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We're picking up the pace with speaker announcements for #NetSci2026! Stay tuned for more ๐Ÿ‘€ ...and get those abstracts submitted! Portal closes in <24 hours netsci2026.com/call-for-abstโ€ฆ **The deadline will not be extended again** @NetSciConf
Another joint keynote at NetSci 2026 is official! @barabasi and ๐—ฅ๐—ฒฬ๐—ธ๐—ฎ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ reunite on stage for a one-of-a-kind talk. Their discovery of scale-free networks and the Barabรกsiโ€“Albert model reshaped network science. We canโ€™t wait to welcome you! tinyurl.com/4t5p46yr
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Brennan Klein retweeted
Another joint keynote at NetSci 2026 is official! @barabasi and ๐—ฅ๐—ฒฬ๐—ธ๐—ฎ ๐—”๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ reunite on stage for a one-of-a-kind talk. Their discovery of scale-free networks and the Barabรกsiโ€“Albert model reshaped network science. We canโ€™t wait to welcome you! tinyurl.com/4t5p46yr
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Abstract submission deadline for NetSci 2026 has been extended! The new deadline to submit work to is January 9, 2026 (anywhere on earth)
โฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ: ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต! NetSci 2026 abstract submissions close soon โ€” donโ€™t miss your chance to share your work with a global network science community. ๐Ÿ“… Submit by Dec 19 ๐Ÿ”— netsci2026.com/call-for-abstโ€ฆ
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Brennan Klein retweeted
Excited to announce ๐—จ๐—น๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ธ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ as an Invited Plenary Speaker at @NetSci2026! โœจ A leader in social network science & visualization, his work includes more recently sports analytics using network-based approaches to football. netsci2026.com/speakers
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Brennan Klein retweeted
Attending NetSci 2026? Two lodging options are available: ๐Ÿจ ๐—›๐˜†๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป/๐—–๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐Ÿก ๐—•๐—จ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐˜.) netsci2026.com/accommodationโ€ฆ
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hereโ€™s a great NYTimes profile about Moon Duchinโ€™s work! #NetSci2026 nytimes.com/2025/11/03/scienโ€ฆ
โœจ Thrilled to announce ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐——๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป as a NetSci 2026 Plenary Speaker! A leading mathematician at UChicago, Moon works at the intersection of geometry, computation & democracy, building data-driven tools to understand voting systems. More: netsci2026.com/speakers
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Brennan Klein retweeted
โฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ: ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿต! NetSci 2026 abstract submissions close soon โ€” donโ€™t miss your chance to share your work with a global network science community. ๐Ÿ“… Submit by Dec 19 ๐Ÿ”— netsci2026.com/call-for-abstโ€ฆ
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โœจ Excited to announce ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด-๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—น (๐—ฌ๐—ฌ) ๐—”๐—ต๐—ป as a NetSci 2026 Plenary Speaker! A leading network and data scientist, YY explores how complex systems shape behavior, cognition, and discovery. For more speaker updates: netsci2026.com/speakers
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โฐ ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ: ๐——๐—ฒ๐—ฐ ๐Ÿด! Submit your Satellite proposal for NetSci 2026. Details on how to apply, the review process, and organizer responsibilities are at the link below. Donโ€™t miss your chance to contribute to the program! ๐Ÿ‘‰ tinyurl.com/42sru6kz
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๐——๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐˜€ & ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‡ will give their first-ever ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ at NetSci 2026! Donโ€™t miss this rare conversation between two pioneers! Call for abstracts: tinyurl.com/3tbj2v83 Call for satellites: tinyurl.com/42sru6kz
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What happens when a network is neither perfectly ordered nor completely random? Watts & Strogatzโ€™s 1998 โ€œsmall-worldโ€ insight: add a few random shortcuts to a local network, you keep the clustering but gain short paths. ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ง๐™š!!
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Next up: two classic sociological networks! Mohr & Duquenne (1997) map how NYCโ€™s social welfare system evolved from strict moral categorizations of โ€œthe poorโ€ in 1888 to a professionalized structure by 1917. ๐Ÿ”— tinyurl.com/a35dr9cv
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