Past Seminars

Hey NetPals! Who’s up for a ghostly good time? In our last seminar with Gonzalo Contreras-Aso, we discussed about spectral centrality measures, higher-order networks, peer-review in interdisciplinary fields and much more! Very active discussion here.

Do you prefer jumping from topic to topic like a frog, or do you like to keep your eyes focused on just one? We discussed this on Thursday, February 22nd, with Hygor Piaget, a researcher at Sony CSL, who introduced the topic with the talk “Trying to Survive as a Frog in a World of Birds”.

Starting a fresh interdisciplinary project and feeling lost? Got an idea, dive in, and bam – reality hits differently? Yu Tian, WINQ Fellow at Nordita, shared her experience in the talk “How to survive when reality is far from your expectation?”.

Exploration or exploitation, that is the question! Hey, NetPALS, we have all faced the dilemma: whether to stick to our research or expand our expertise. Guillaume discussed this at our last seminar with his talk “How to efficiently expand your interdisciplinary “expertise”.

Hey, NetPALS, we are back with our blogs! Are you curious about how social media shapes our opinions? From vaccines to climate change, Alessandro Galeazzi discussed this at our last seminar with his talk “The evolution of polarization in online debates”.

Have you ever wondered about the pros and cons of research in a company versus academia? In our last seminar, Matteo Bruno gave insight into his experience at Sony CSL Rome, in his talk titled “How compact should my city be?”

Are you looking for a postdoc position but also desire independence? Have you heard about independent fellowships? Francesco Coghi from Nordita, Sweden, discussed them in our last seminar with a talk titled “Rare (but maybe not so much after all) events in science and academia.

Hey NetPALS, have you ever wondered what Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) are? In our last seminar, Veronica Lachi from the University of Siena covered this topic extensively in her talk “Machine Learning for Graphs: Hot Trends and Emerging Frontiers.”

Alright, NetPALS! Let’s dive into the crux of our latest NetPLACE seminar. Recently, we had the privilege to host Yuanzhao Zhang from the Santa Fe Institute. His presentation was on Twisted landscapes: higher-order interactions make basins deeper but smaller.

WE’RE BACK, NetPALS!!! New format, new faces, and ready to start again. In the last seminar, we had our first round table, our new format of NetPLACE seminars, led by Danilo Riccio from Queen Mary University of London. Danilo made a short presentation, titled Using Typewriters in the Era of Laptops: A Glimpse into the Future of Academia.