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Art of Networks II Exhibition
The Hub Spotlight Series communicates advances in Data, Network & Systems Science, STEM Education, and Art & Visualization. Students who participate in NetSci High engage in critical analysis of many of these, and other, visualizations, and make group presentations. They ask questions such as: Who is the intended audience? What is the purpose of the […]
Bringing Big Data to Bear on Organ Failure
The Hub Spotlight Series communicates advances in Data, Network & Systems Science, STEM Education, and Art & Visualization. Plamen Ivanov is a Research Professor in the Center for Polymer Studies in the Department of Physics at Boston University and Director of the Laboratory for Network Physiology. When Plamen Ivanov walked into Massachusetts General Hospital last […]
Network Science Workshop Training Manual Development
Since 2011, NetSci High has been developing and leading workshops for K-12 students, teachers and graduate students. Every summer we have hosted an immersive summer training “boot camp” that led to yearlong research projects for high school student teams, teachers and graduate students from partner research labs. We are now in the process of packaging […]
NetSci High Participates in NSF Roundtable on Broader Impacts
On December 3, NetSci High’s Paul Trunfio participated in a roundtable discussion on broader impacts with Dr. Pramod Khargonekar, Assistant Director, NSF Directorate for Engineering, BU Associate Provost for Research Gloria Waters, and several STEM Education leaders at Boston University. Paul’s remarks, which follow, focused on the goal of NetSci High to achieve broader impacts […]
Hiroki Sayama Publishes Complex Systems Textbook
NetSci High collaborator Hiroki Sayama has recently published the textbook Introduction to the Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems Introduction to the Modeling and Analysis of Complex Systems introduces students to mathematical/computational modeling and analysis developed in the emerging interdisciplinary field of Complex Systems Science. Complex systems are systems made of a large number of […]
NetSci High Goes to CompleNet
With a supplemental award from NSF all our NetSci High students and teachers participated in the 6th International Workshop on Complex Networks. The NetSci High students presented their posters at CompleNet and discussed their work with attendees, and attended the entire conference and networked with some of the top researchers in the Network Science field, […]
Network Literacy: Essential Concepts and Core Ideas
“Network Literacy: Essential Concepts and Core Ideas” is now available.
Cambridge Science Festival Workshops April 22nd
When: April 22, 2015 Where: Boston University (School of Education Room 130, 2 Silber Way) Time: 2 pm – 4 pm (note new times) Free registration at: Cambridge Science Festival Registration Page The field of network science aims to solve some of the most complex problems facing our society today. In this series of discussions […]
NetSci High: Bringing Network Science Research to High Schools
A paper describing the success of the project NetSci High is now published as part of the proceedings for the 6th Workshop on Complex Networks (CompleNet). Authors: Catherine Cramer, Lori Sheetz, Hiroki Sayama, Paul Trunfio, H. Eugene Stanley, Stephen Uzzo We present NetSci High, our NSF-funded educational outreach program that connects high school students who […]
NetSci High Featured on Stelar
This summer, twenty four students had an opportunity to meet Dr. Alex “Sandy” Pentland from MIT’s Media Lab, Dr. Gene Stanley from Boston University’s Center for Polymer Studies, and other researchers to learn about current applications in network science. The goal of ITEST’s Network Science for the Next Generation – known as “NetSci High” – […]