Basti Kusch

Graphs are maximally expressive for higher-order interactions We demonstrate that graph-based models are fully capable of representing higher-order interactions, and have a long history of being used for precisely this purpose. This stands in contrast to a commo...

New on the arxiv:

“Graphs are maximally expressive for higher-order interactions”

arxiv.org/abs/2602.16937

We clarify central misconceptions in the recent literature on "higher-order networks".

w/ @piratepeel.bsky.social , @manlius.bsky.social, and @thilogross.bsky.social

Explainer 🧵: 1/N

📢 The WiNS Seminar Series is back! 🥳
Join us today at 11:00 a.m. ET (5pm CET) for the first talk of the season with Yanna Kraakman (Univ. of Twente):

Sampling random hypergraphs with fixed degrees

💬 DM for the Zoom link
@wins-society.bsky.social
@gulsahakcakir.bsky.social
@h-merritt.bsky.social

Our fall seminar series begins this Thursday, Oct. 2 (4pm UTC+1/11am EDT) with a talk by Elena Candellone. She’ll be speaking about “Mapping extreme users through negative ties in online social interactions”, followed by a discussion on “the joy of planning scientific events”.

Last week we had our second “Inverse Complexity Lab Retreat” at wonderful Traunkirchen!

skewed.de/lab/group.ht...

Nothing like eldritch C++ incantations by the sunny lakeside! 🏖️

Nominate a speaker for WiNS Seminar The Women in Network Science (WiNS) seminar is an interdisciplinary seminar with the aim to promote and showcase research by women and nonbinary researchers in network science. Attendance is open to e...

We are seeking speaker nominations for the Women in Network Science (WiNS) seminar series.

Let’s amplify diverse voices and break out of our usual bubbles.
Nominate someone inspiring today!

#WiNS #NetworkScience #WomenInScience

Nominate a speaker for WiNS Seminar The Women in Network Science (WiNS) seminar is an interdisciplinary seminar with the aim to promote and showcase research by women and nonbinary researchers in network science. Attendance is open to e...

shout out to the organizers of these seminars for a great semester, thank you @gulsahakcakir.bsky.social @elenacandellone.bsky.social and Echo Liu!

if you or someone you know would be a good fit for a future seminar, you can nominate them here docs.google.com/forms/u/1/d/... we’d love to have you!

Can LLMs be used to persuade people to disfavor authoritarian strategies? If you are at #ic2s2, stop by Júlia Számely's poster today to learn about our work in progress with @tomcostello.bsky.social & @dgrand.bsky.social

I'll have a poster on Thursday, come say hi! zenodo.org/records/1626...

#ic2s2

Tomorrow 1.30-2.30pm, poster ID 82

Interested in the relationships between team dynamics, leadership dynamics, and success?

I’ll be presenting my poster today at #ic2s2 (poster #82).

Attending #ic2s2? My poster is up today!

Multiscale patterns of migration flows in Austria: regionalization, administrative barriers, and urban-rural divides Migration is central in various societal problems related to socioeconomic development. While much of the existing research has focused on international migration, migration patterns within a single c...

New preprint: “Multiscale patterns of migration flows in Austria: regionalization, administrative barriers, and urban-rural divides”, with @thomrobiglio.bsky.social, Martina Contisciani, @martonkarsai.bsky.social, arxiv.org/abs/2507.11503

25 new scholarships for US researchers Fonds Zukunft Österreich (FZÖ) is providing €10 million in funding for an academy program to bring postdocs from the USA to Austria ++ Faßmann: “The right signal in these turbulent times”

Are you from the US and would like to work as a postdoc in Austria, maybe in our lab? 25 new fellowships will be available in July from the @oeaw.bsky.social: www.oeaw.ac.at/en/news/25-n...

If you are interested; get in touch!

Awesome! Good job!

Congrats! 🎉🎉🎉

#NetSci2025 closing ceremony
NetPlace announcements

A delightfully nerdy photo of @arash.network receiving a small karate club trophy from @nwlandry.bsky.social

An "action shot" of @arash.network during his award winning talk, with a TV in the background showing the famous karate club network

Hurray! 🎉 @arash.network (left) is the 24th recipient of the Zachary's Karate Club CLUB prize. For his talk @netsciconf.bsky.social NetSci 2025, he was entrusted with the illustrious trophy 🏆 from @nwlandry.bsky.social #networkscience networkkarate.tumblr.com

This makes me very happy!

@invcomplexity.skewed.de bike train to @netsciconf.bsky.social

@ituaustria.bsky.social

Hey, I'm sorry but unfortunately there is no recording of the panel discussion 😕

If you're already at @netsciconf.bsky.social and you're wondering what that graph is doing on your badge, here's the reason! We will have a lightning talk on wednesday to explain the rules before the first coffee break, don't miss it!

Flyer of panel on science as a craft at NetSci25

If you are at #NetSci25, join us at 1pm for our @netplace.bsky.social panel on the topic of "Science as a craft: Balancing career and skill progression", with panelists @asteixeira.bsky.social, @maximelca.bsky.social and @captainkirk1041.bsky.social

🔔 NEW at ⁠netsci2025! Ready to Gotta Match Them All? NetPlace’s Poster Matching Game turns the poster hall into a live graph hunt—perfect for meeting fellow researchers. 👀

🎉 Rounding out our panel, please welcome Alec Kirkley @captainkirk1041.bsky.social! Alec is an Assistant Professor at HKU, interested in complex networks and statistical physics. He works on developing new methods, drawing on ideas from information theory, Bayesian inference and machine learning.

🎉 Very happy to announce Maxime Lucas @maximelca.bsky.social as our next panelist! Maxime is an FNRS Postdoc at the Namur Institute for Complex Systems & UCLouvain in Belgium. He is interested in dynamical systems, complex systems, networks, and their applications to life sciences.

🎉 We welcome Andreia Sofia Teixeira @asteixeira.bsky.social, Associate Professor in the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University London, as our first @netsciconf.bsky.social panelist! She bridges network science and machine learning to explore complex systems and collective behavior.

🚀 After a series of successful panels in previous years, NetPlace returns to @netsciconf.bsky.social in Maastricht with:
"Science as a craft: Balancing career and skill progression"

🗓️ June 2, 2025 | 1:00–2:00 PM
🔗 Details: netplace.site/event/netsci...

🚨 Just 1 week to go!

Join us in London 🇬🇧 on May 16 for the NetPlace Workshop on Networks & Physics!

Keynotes, collabathon, ERC-style pitches & more 🧠⚛️💥

🆓 Registration is free

💸 Travel/accommodation support available for those who register by Friday May 9

👉 netplace.site/event/netpla...

Take a look at this, there are still spots available, registration is free and we can provide some financial support if you register by this Friday! 🔥 (Spread the word)

To anyone who is in(terested in going to) London, NetPlace is organizing a one-day workshop on "Networks and Physics" on the 16th of May!

More info here: netplace.site/event/netpla...