CNetS

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The Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research (CNetS) focuses on fostering interdisciplinary research in all areas related to complex networks and systems, computational social science, and data science. We mine, model, and analyze complex systems and networks, producing high-impact and high-visibility research that applies, and occasionally develops, AI approaches to a wide range of topics: from modeling online diffusion and influence to detecting social bots and online manipulation, and from science of science to climate studies and a range of health-related topics.

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Agents of Influence: 60 Years of Connections

Join us for a mini conference in celebration of the 60th year of our esteemed colleague, Fil Menczer October 3-4, 2025 Location | Photo Drop | Program | Logistics | Organizers Location ...

October 3rd, 2025

CNetS researchers reach finals of the Prosocial Ranking Challenge

Jina Lee Talk

May 30, 2025 12pm EDT Luddy AI 2005 Speaker: Jina Lee Title: Selective Recognition: Gendered Recognition of Different Types of Scientific Novelty Abstract: Gender disparities in scientific recognition are not uniform but vary systematically across types of novelty. This study introduces...

May 19th, 2025

Menczer AAAS Fellow

The American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the world’s largest general scientific societies and publisher of the Science family of journals, named Filippo Menczer to its 2024 fellows’ class, a lifetime honor within the scientific community. Menczer is among 471 scientists,...

March 29th, 2025

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