LaNeT-vi, a program that represents large-scale networks in two-dimensions, was used to create the cover image for the November edition of Nature Physics. The featured image highlights several nodes in the foreground that stand out from the rest of the network, highlighting the main thrust of the journal's cover story; the most efficient spreaders in a network are not necessarily the most connected or central. Instead, efficient spreading correlates with spreader location within the core of the network as determined by the k-shell decomposition analysis.

Determining what makes an efficient spreader in a network is essential for optimizing network efficiency and the deployment of resources. As a publicly-available online tool, LaNeT-vi assists in this effort by allowing users to upload their own networks and receive original renderings of their information based on the k-core decomposition.

LaNeT-vi was developed in-house at the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University in collaboration with the CNRS, France and the CONICET in Argentina.