Past Seminars

The archive of all our previous seminars

After every seminar, whether you were present or not, you want to come here! You will find all the information about each seminar below, including a fantastic blog. In this blog you will find highlights of the key points of the talks, useful resources for everyday PhD life and some food for thoughts from our biweekly conversations. Notice that the conversations had during our seminars are mostly unrelated to the research title of the talk. They are actually related to challenges in Academia and PhD life.

Moreover, if the speaker allows to record, the recording of the session is uploaded on Youtube, and available to access from our YouTube channel. Each blog is also posted on Twitter/X and Bluesky, and we encourage you to add your thoughts there!


List of past seminars

[#41] Networks of chemical automata as a solution to programmability in unconventional computing & How to survive lack of motivation in academia

[#41] Networks of chemical automata as a solution to programmability in unconventional computing & How to survive lack of motivation in academia

Ever experienced a lack of motivation while doing research? Motivation can be a powerful ally in handling the pressures of academia. Amaury J. L. Diaz discussed this in the last NetPLACE seminar.

Talk recording
[#40] Revealing multilevel political selective exposure, echo chambers, and polarization on social media & Integration of Theory and Methodology

[#40] Revealing multilevel political selective exposure, echo chambers, and polarization on social media & Integration of Theory and Methodology

We welcomed Yuan Zhang from University of Zurich, who talked about selective exposure and echo chambers on social media.

Talk recording
[#39] Applying modularity to temporal networks modelled as link streams & Managing PhD and industrial work

[#39] Applying modularity to temporal networks modelled as link streams & Managing PhD and industrial work

How hard is it to do a PhD while working for a company ? Last Thursday at NetPLACE, we hosted Victor Brabant from Université Lyon 1, who shared his experience balancing a PhD with a corporate job.

Talk recording
[#38] Industrial or smallholder, that is the question & Communicating scientific results to a general audience

[#38] Industrial or smallholder, that is the question & Communicating scientific results to a general audience

In our last seminar we welcomed Ariadna Fosch (BIFI Institute/ Centai), who talked to us about the contributions of different types of palm oil plantations, industrial and smallholders, towards a selection of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Talk recording
[#37] AI-GPT interaction to deradicalize radical novax behavior & Ethics in social interactions on social networks

[#37] AI-GPT interaction to deradicalize radical novax behavior & Ethics in social interactions on social networks

For our first seminar of the season, we hosted Andrea Russo (Sorbonne University and CNRS), who explored the intersection of digital sociology, ethnography, and AI, along with the challenges researchers face around data access and ethical considerations.

Talk recording