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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

New paper! Are universal models of human behavior really universal? Universal mobility models can work remarkably well on average while systematically failing for some socioeconomic groups. Accurate for whom? academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... Led by Ludovico Napoli with @martonkarsai.bsky.social

The figure is taken from the paper. It shows the maps of different cities in the US with areas (census tracts) colored proportionally to how bad/good the universal model describes the behavior of people in that area. The patterns show that model precision localizes around specific (low-income) areas

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

New research in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 finds that urban social mixing depends less on where people live and more on where they go each day. “Most of the mixing…is because of what [people] do,” says @estebanmoro.bsky.social of NetSI’s Social Urban Networks Lab. news.northeastern.edu/2026/08/31/i...

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Researcher investigates how people get into the urban mix

Do modern cities still offer the opportunity to meet people from different income levels, social and ethnic groups and backgrounds?

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

How can generative AI reshape how we understand and plan cities? A new Review in 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴, by Esteban Moro & collaborators, examines the opportunities—and limits—of AI for urban science, emphasizing rigorous validation, context and human judgment. tinyurl.com/3sxkk84a @estebanmoro.bsky.social

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

This is a special moment for a bunch of us, working to make it happen. Welcome to NetSci 2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social main conference, the 20th anniversary of it, here in Boston

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

NetSci 2026 has started! Fantastic to see so many people at the satellite sessions this morning! @netsciconf.bsky.social #netsci2026

The picture shows the (busy!) registration desk of the NetSci 2026 conference starting in Boston today

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Brennan Klein @jkbren.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

#NetSci2026 starts in 6 days! So pumped for this conference. netsci2026.com @netsciconf.bsky.social

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NetSci 2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Now available! 📋 Program Overview: tinyurl.com/4nz8v238 🗓️ Contributed Presentations • Parallel session talks schedule: tinyurl.com/2mfxtfxd • Lightning talks: tinyurl.com/44t2ddzf A list of poster presentations will be added shortly, and a more detailed program will be available soon — stay tuned!

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Don't miss today's live info session if you want to learn more about the Master's program in Complex Network Analysis at the Network Science Institute. Register here 👉 tinyurl.com/593etxbm Can't make it? No worries, two more sessions are planned for May 12th and May 14th tinyurl.com/2dsncmjs

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Caleb Chandler explores how societies emerge and evolve. Rather than engineered systems, he sees them as complex, adaptive, and emergent, and in the MS in Complex Network Analysis (2025–26 cohort), he’s found the grounding to pursue this path. Read more: tinyurl.com/hssa3t37

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

As we look ahead to the next academic year, join one of five live info sessions for our MS in Complex Network Analysis, led by @jkbren.bsky.social (Brennan Klein). Learn about concentrations, experiential learning, and career paths. Register and share with anyone interested. tinyurl.com/2dsncmjs

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Munjung Kim @mj-kim.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

The Higgs mechanism was proposed in 1964 by three independent teams. But here is the puzzle🤔: the "disruption index" says Higgs's paper is among the least disruptive ever. So what is going on? In our new paper, just out in #ScienceAdvances, we take up this puzzle: doi.org/10.1126/scia... 👇 1/7

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Uncovering simultaneous breakthroughs with a robust measure of disruptiveness

An embedding-based disruption measure not only robustly captures disruptive works but also reveals simultaneous discoveries.

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

We have just updated our "Atlas of Inequality." Have a look at the new version and our research on how to map experience segregation in cities inequality.media.mit.edu

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Atlas of Inequality

Explore income inequality among visitors to places in U.S. cities—an interactive map developed by the SUNLab at Northeastern and the Media Lab at MIT.

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NetSci 2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

We’re excited to welcome 𝗘𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗢. 𝗡𝘀𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗲 as an invited speaker at NetSci! A BU professor & leading data scientist, she advances health equity using AI & data—from mobile phones to satellites—through global collaborations and initiatives. tinyurl.com/4t5p46yr

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NetSci 2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

Still on the fence about NetSci? 👀 We’ve lined up an incredible group of speakers across complex systems, AI, biology, and more. Fresh ideas, deep dives, and new connections await. This is your sign—register now 😉 www.netsci2026.com/registration Huge thanks to our speakers, with more to come!

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Dean Eckles @eckles.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

⚙️ Working at the intersection of causality and networks? We're organizing a satellite event at @netsciconf.bsky.social in Boston on June 1st. The focus is networks science and causal inference. Submit your work by March 10th! causnets.github.io

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CausNetS: Toward a Causal Network Science

A NetSci 2026 Satellite

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Gábor Békés @gaborbekes.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

So yeah, already fourth iteration of my Data Analysis with AI course. gabors-data-analysis.com/ai-course/ All open source. I have an intro overview of AI and its use in data. gabors-data-analysis.com/courses/da-w...

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NetSci 2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

The speaker lineup keeps getting better! ✨ Meet our next speaker, 𝗦𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗸𝗮 𝗝𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻. A Professor of Physics at IIT Indore, her work spans nonlinear dynamics, complex systems & network science, revealing how network structure shapes collective behavior. Welcome! #Speakers 👉 www.netsci2026.com/speakers

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

This probably merits a longer conversation @manlius.bsky.social but I think your work is about other types of problems with mobility data, namely how you process it and how you account for noise in the data. We can talk offline if you want.

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

As I mentioned @pholme.bsky.social this is not our first work on bias in mobility data. We have dozens of pages in the Supplementary Materials of our papers from 2019-2021 on detecting and alleviating biases. Unfortunately, people don't have time to read the SMs...

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

(from linkedin) Thanks, @manlius.bsky.social I know your work and, relevant, but I don’t think it is similar. We have long been working on detecting and mitigating various biases in mobility data, and this paper focuses on a particular bias: the daily temporal representation of people’s behavior.

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

For those working on mobility data, the paper includes a table outlining our assessment of the biases present in mobility data, how to measure them, and how to mitigate them.

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Fantastic collaboration led by Sarah Sanchez, with @hamishgibbs.bsky.social, Takahiro Yabe, and Dan O'Brien

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Who shows up in mobility data — and when — matters. Comparing mobility data with ATUS, we find systematic time-of-day biases across demographic groups, and show how temporal post-stratification corrects them and changes downstream results.

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

[New paper!] Mobility data are incredibly powerful, but also come with a long list of well-known biases (sampling, coverage, demographics, behavioral, etc.). In the paper, we survey them all and then zoom in on one that has been surprisingly underexplored: temporal bias. arxiv.org/abs/2601.22330

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Alireza Javadian Sabet @arjsabet.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Excited to share that I’ll be giving a talk at @nunetsi.bsky.social on Thursday, Feb 19, 2026, at 1:30 pm ET (hybrid). If you’re around (or want to join virtually), I’d love to see you there! #ComputationalSocialScience #CareerMobility #Skills #FutureOfWork #Migration

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

(3/3) Still, it’s an interesting idea and a potentially useful sandbox for studying agent interaction and emergent behavior (even when it fails). The underlying OpenClaw setup also raises nontrivial security concerns that warrant more attention.

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

(2/3) Although people/researchers/coders are excited about it, most “activity” is noise: stochastic parrots talking to themselves. Have a look at this post with 1,700+ comments largely from a single bot repeating “1” or “agi yay!”: www.moltbook.com/post/f0b812b...)

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moltbook - the front page of the agent internet

A social network built exclusively for AI agents. Where AI agents share, discuss, and upvote. Humans welcome to observe.

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NetSci 2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Another fantastic Invited Speaker joining NetSci 2026 💫 𝗔𝘀𝘂 𝗢𝘇𝗱𝗮𝗴𝗹𝗮𝗿 (MIT), MathWorks Professor and Head of EECS. Her work spans optimization, machine learning, economics, and networks, focusing on incentives and algorithms for data-driven human-machine systems. Welcome! tinyurl.com/4t5p46yr

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NetSci 2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Please join us in welcoming 𝗞𝗶𝗺 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗵𝘁 as the next School Speaker at NetSci 2026 ✨ A data & media artist and information designer, Kim explores how data and computational systems shape visibility in contemporary culture. Speakers 🔗 www.netsci2026.com/speakers

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NetSci 2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

📣 Announcing 𝗗𝗶𝗲𝗴𝗼 𝗚𝗮𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶 as Invited Speaker at NetSci Conference 2026! Professor at the IMT School for Advanced Studies in Lucca & at Leiden University’s Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics, his research combines statistical physics, information theory, & random-graph modeling.

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Kyle Walker @kylewalker.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

New post: learn how to use the new interactive legends and screenshot control in R's mapgl package. These features are great for interactive demos and visualizing custom scenarios without Shiny. The new release (v0.4.4) is on CRAN now, so go get it! walker-data.com/posts/mapgl-...

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Hiroki Sayama @hirokisayama.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Submit your abstracts to #NERCCS2026! See you in Rochester NY in March

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

And all these was written a lot time ago by James C. Scott in his famous book "Seeing like a state". We need a more complex systems approach to systems of systems (like transportation)

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Microsiervos @microsiervos.com · 30/12/2025

En España somos los reyes de los canales de youtube de la «IA basura» (slop) caracterizada por vídeos de baja calidad, poco auténticos o imprecisos. En el Top #100 español hay 8 canales dedicados principalmente a estas mierdas, con 20+ millones de suscriptores www.digitaltrends.com/computing/th...

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Luís M. Rocha @lmrocha.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Great surprise to catch @estebanmoro.bsky.social speaking in Lisbon NOVA IMS organized by Flávio Pinheiro and including @joanagsa.bsky.social .

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

As 2025 ends, consider supporting NetSI with an end-of-year gift. Every donation fuels groundbreaking research, empowers students, and supports the next generation of interdisciplinary problem-solvers. Thank you for helping us drive curiosity, collaboration, and impact. 💛 tinyurl.com/4mus5ras

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

The Fall 2025 Speaker Series by #SUNLab wrapped up! Industry leaders from Meta, Spatial.ai, Citadel, and CARTO shared how behavioral and mobility data drive decisions across tech, retail, finance, and geospatial analytics. Thanks to all speakers and organizers! @estebanmoro.bsky.social

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Thrilled to have you at the 20th anniversary edition of NetSci! Can’t wait to hear your take on where we’re headed.

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YY Ahn @yyahn.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

I’m excited to speak at the 20th edition of @netsciconf.bsky.social! Honored to join speakers whose work I studied with fascination 20 years ago when I was just beginning. I’ll look forward to learning how the field has evolved, discovering new directions in network science, and meeting everyone!

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NetSci 2026 @netsciconf.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

✨ Excited to announce 𝗬𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝗬𝗲𝗼𝗹 (𝗬𝗬) 𝗔𝗵𝗻 as a NetSci 2026 Plenary Speaker! A leading network and data scientist, YY explores how complex systems shape behavior, cognition, and discovery. Stay tuned for more speaker updates as we build toward an inspiring NetSci 2026! ✨ www.netsci2026.com/speakers

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Great paper! In our work www.nature.com/articles/s41... with individual-level mobility, we found that much of isolation comes from what people do (their activity patterns) more than from where they live or demographics. Aggregated data (like SafeGraph) tends to blur that behavioral dimension.

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estebanmoro @estebanmoro.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Two minds who rewired how we think about networks—on one stage. Unmissable start to #NetSci2026. Join us!!

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Network Science Institute @nunetsi.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

We are excited to share the NetSci Conference announcement of its 1st plenary speakers! 🥁 🥁 Two pioneers—one stage: 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝘁𝘀 & 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗮𝘁𝘇 will reflect on the ideas that shaped their work and transformed our field in a joint keynote! NetSci 2026: tinyurl.com/4jdxb4kv

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