A new tool co-developed by IUNI Director Santo Fortunato and IUNI affiliate Filippo Radicchi calculates a new metric the two scholars developed with Şirag Erkol (Ph.D. candidate in Informatics, Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research, Indiana University) and Satyaki Sikdar (Postdoctoral Fellow, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering, Indiana University). The new measure… Read more »
Join IUNI! We’re looking for Postdoctoral Research Fellows in Network Science
Come work at IUNI! The IU Network Science Institute has immediate openings for one or more outstanding postdoctoral fellows for 1.5 year or potentially 2.5 year posts at Indiana University Bloomington. IUNI Fellows will work with a number of faculty from across IUNI’s core faculty — who represent computer science, physics, psychology and brain sciences,… Read more »
Santo Fortunato and Olaf Sporns named Society Fellows of the Network Science Society
Congratulations to Santo Fortunato and Olaf Sporns, who were named Society Fellows of the Network Science Society at a session on July 27 during the society’s annual NetSci 2022 conference! Dr. Fortunato, Director of the IU Network Science Institute, and Dr. Sporns, member of the IUNI Advisory Council, were part of a class of seven… Read more »
Brea Perry named Interim Vice Provost for Research
Indiana University Bloomington Provost and Executive Vice President Rahul Shrivastav has announced IUNI Advisory Council Member Brea Perry as the Interim Vice Provost for Research, effective July 1, 2022. Perry has served as associate vice provost for the social sciences in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research at IU Bloomington since Jan. 1,… Read more »
New research article by IUNI affiliate faculty Dr. Hank Green selected as IJBM Editor’s Choice
Congratulations to IUNI affiliate faculty Dr. Hank Green! (Assoc. Prof, School of Public Health) His article, Role of Support Reciprocity in HIV Viral Suppression Among People Living with HIV and Their Treatment Partners in Botswana, was just selected as an Editor’s Choice article by the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine (IJBM). Dr. Green and his… Read more »
Remembering Val Pentchev (1973–2021), IUNI’s IT Director
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Valentin T. Pentchev, IUNI’s IT Director, on New Year’s Eve at the age of 48. Val, as we knew him, was kind, positive, entrepreneurial, and a consummate networker — of people, ideas, and technologies. He is survived by his wife, Liana Apostolova, faculty at… Read more »
Eleven Workshops on Network Analysis and Science
Networks workshops available to all IUNI is sponsoring a series of workshops in social network analysis and network science approaches and tools. All workshops will be held on the Bloomington campus except for Practical Applications of Network Neuroscience, which will be at the IU School of Medicine. There are also Zoom participation options for all workshops…. Read more »
IUNI Workshop Series: Call for Proposals!
We’re looking for instructors! IUNI would like to sponsor a series of high quality skill-building workshops for our IU community over the next academic year on topics related to methods, software, and recent statistical developments in networks. We are particularly interested in workshops that feature practical tips, tools, and training in network science and social… Read more »
IUNI hosts Networks 2021 conference, the first-ever joint meeting of two Network Science societies
In June and July, over 1,750 participants from more than 60 countries affiliated with close to 900 institutions took part in Networks 2021, one of the largest-ever gatherings of network scientists. The conference was the first to combine the annual meetings of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA’s annual Sunbelt meeting) and the… Read more »