Albert-​​Laszlo Barabasi

At the world’s largest sci­ence con­fer­ence, North­eastern scholars urged inter­dis­ci­pli­nary com­mu­ni­ca­tion to develop solu­tions to the world’s greatest challenges.

Net­work sci­en­tists at North­eastern have designed an algo­rithm capable of iden­ti­fying the subset of com­po­nents that reveal a com­plex system’s overall nature.

Albert-​​László Barabási and his col­leagues have devel­oped a new math­e­mat­ical algo­rithm that improves the pre­dic­tive power of human behav­ioral patterns

Albert-​​​​László Barabási, Dis­tin­guished Pro­fessor of Physics, explains how he and his North­eastern col­leagues are exploring com­plex net­works that emerge in nature, sci­ence and technology.

Fil­ippo Simini and Albert-​​László Barabási of the Center for Com­plex Net­work Research present a new model for map­ping human mobility pat­terns that could lead to more accu­rate pre­dic­tions of the spread of infec­tious dis­eases and even knowledge.

North­eastern is hosting an exhibit that show­cases how map­makers today are exploring what it means to visu­alize sci­ence: its prin­ci­ples and interconnections.

In a new study, North­eastern net­work sci­en­tists debunked the food-​​pairing hypoth­esis, which is based on the prin­ciple that foods that share flavor com­pounds taste better together.

Net­work sci­en­tists at North­eastern col­lab­o­rate on first large-​​scale map of a plant’s pro­tein net­work, which could one day help treat human disease.

Net­work sci­en­tists at North­eastern find that Google’s PageRank algo­rithm can reveal com­plex inter­ac­tions in other kinds of net­works, such as the human body.

Director of Northeastern’s Center for Com­plex Net­work Research wins recog­ni­tion from sci­ence foun­da­tion based in Italy

In this month’s cover story in the journal Nature, North­eastern researchers pro­vide a pathway to greater con­trol of com­plex sys­tems, including bio­log­ical and social networks.

Net­work sci­ence researchers find that dis­as­ters trigger rapid rise in mobile com­mu­ni­ca­tions, sug­gesting changes in emer­gency response policy

The latest paper from Northeastern’s Center for Com­plex Net­work Research pro­vides a clearer pic­ture of mol­e­c­ular inter­ac­tions within cells, and their poten­tial to cause disease

Renowned Euro­pean artist meets renowned North­eastern physi­cist — and the result is on exhibit at Inter­na­tional Village

People around the world can join the online effort to reveal Barabási’s latest book on networks—one word at a time

By estab­lishing human pre­dictability, Northeastern’s leading net­work sci­en­tists hope to address pressing public health and urban devel­op­ment challenges

North­eastern physi­cist awarded the Coz­zarelli Prize for coau­thoring one of the six most out­standing sci­en­tific papers of last year.

Net­work researchers at North­eastern pre­dict that Blue­tooth and MMS viruses could wreak havoc with any smart­phone that gains sig­nif­i­cant market share.

North­eastern Uni­ver­sity physi­cist Albert-​​​​László Barabási has once again been rec­og­nized for his out­standing con­tri­bu­tions to sci­ence. Joining a long list of award win­ners cred­ited with his­toric con­tri­bu­tions such as cre­ating … read more »

Nature mag­a­zine cover story dis­cusses rev­o­lu­tionary find­ings In a ground­breaking paper pub­lished as a cover story in this week’s Nature mag­a­zine, North­eastern Uni­ver­sity physi­cist Pro­fessor Albert-​​​​László Barabási and his team … read more »

Pri­vacy of users pro­tected by “anonymized” data survey North­eastern Uni­ver­sity Pro­fessor Albert-​​​​László Barabási and his team have done ground­breaking research into the nature of human mobility. The Uni­ver­sity is proud of … read more »

World-​​​​renownedPhysicist Receives Pres­ti­gious Honor for Exem­plary Con­tri­bu­tions to Inter­dis­ci­pli­nary Sci­ence Boston, Mass. – North­eastern Uni­ver­sity physi­cist Albert-​​​​László Barabási has been elected into the Acad­emia Europaea by mem­bers of the pres­ti­gious orga­ni­za­tion. … read more »