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Center for Complex Networks and Systems highlighted in The Atlantic

The Atlantic highlights research at IU in this article about the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) goal to develop a new science of social networks.

Predicting Epidemic Pathways - Using Technology Inside the War Against H1N1

Watch PTI's latest video about how Alex Vespignani & his CNetS team used science & technology to predict where H1N1 would travel. CNetS is a collaboration between PTI and the IU School of Informatics and Computing.

Johan Bollen appears on CNBC to discuss his paper "Twitter Mood Predicts the Stock Market"

Johan Bollen, member of PTI's CNetS group, appeared on CNBC to discuss his findings about how Twitter can be useful in predicting the market three to four days in advance.

Truthy.indiana.edu Uncovers Deceptive Tactics Leading Up to Elections

Astroturfers, Twitter-bombers and smear campaigners beware! PTI's Filippo Menczer has unleashed Truthy.indiana.edu to uncover deceptive tactics and misleading information leading up to the Nov. 2 election.

Vespignani featured in the journal 'Nature'

Read Alessandro Vespignani's paper "Complex Networks: The fragility of interdependency" in the April 14 issue of Nature.

Scientific American examines Vespignani's work with predicting epidemic spread, human mobility

Digital Science Center's Associate Director Alessandro Vespignani works to predict and model H1N1 and other flu transmission and their relationship with world travel. See also: IU News

IU's Vespignani and Wasserman to collaborate on $35.5 million Army research project

Professors Alessandro Vespignani and Stanley Wasserman have been named as collaborators in a $35.5 million Army Research Laboratory project to study social interactions. Read More

IU ranks high among colleges in 'Twitterverse'

PTI's Complex Networks and Systems researchers discuss a recent study that puts IU in the top 10 among colleges and universities using Twitter on WTHR news. Additional coverage: US News, Chicago Tribune, and IDS.

PTI researcher discusses H1N1 vaccine

School of Informatics and Computing professor Alex Vespignani shares expertise on availability of H1N1 vaccine in interview with WTHR news. Read More

Vespignani on Board of New Journal of Computational Science

Digital Science Center associate director to serve on editorial board of new journal published by Elsevier Science