network-science

Dr. Noshir Contractor, a former president of ICA, is a pioneer in network science, computational social science, and web science. He explores how knowledge networks form and perform across contexts. We’re honoured to have him at the MU–ICA Conference 2025 as an inaugural speaker to unpack the social architecture of the digital infrastructures permeating our world. 📅 MU–ICA Conference on Human & D…

Dec 11, 2018 – SONIC summer intern, Cameron DeChurch, presented at the 7th International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications. This summer he used historical records to construct digital networks of the collaboration among Florentine Renaissance painters. His paper with Noshir Contractor, “Using Network Science to Discover the Grand Masters of the Florentine Renaissance” finds th…

At the N orth American Regional Social Networks (NASN) Conference of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) in Washington, D.C., Contractor spoke as a panel member to discuss common and complementary themes, approaches, and open problems across the major field of network sciences — primarily focussing on the bridges between social network analysis (SNA) and network science …