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Toni Vallès, finalist in Famelab Spain 2015
by SEES lab, May 29, 2015Toni Vallès was one of eight scientists who qualified for the Spanish final of FameLab 2015, a communications competition designed to engage and entertain by breaking down science, technology and engineering concepts into three minute presentations. Contestants from around the world take part armed only with their wits and a...
Network science article in La Vaguardia
by SEES lab, July 16, 2014We believe that scientists should strive to reach the broader public, explaining what we do and why it is important. We have recently published an article in the Catalan newspaper La Vanguardia explaining the promise of network research. Here is the Catalan version and here the Spanish version....
Our research, in the media
by SEES lab, April 12, 2014Our research has recently been highlighted in several Catalan and Spanish media outlets. Here is a sample. We have also explained what we do in a language suitable to all (Catalan speaking) audiences in this Youtube video....
Roger Guimerà receives the Young Scientist Award for Socio and Econophysics 2014
by SEES lab, March 31, 2014Roger Guimerà, ICREA Research Professor at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, in Tarragona, Catalonia, is this year's recipient of the "Young Scientist Award for Socio- and Econophysics" of the German Physical Society (DPG). The Prize, endowed with 5000 euros, recognizes outstanding original contributions by a scientist under 40 that uses physical...
Roger Guimerà awarded Erdos-Renyi prize
by SEES lab, June 25, 2012On June 21st, Roger Guimerà was awarded the inaugural Erdos-Renyi Prize in Network Science. The award consists of a $3,000 cash prize, a diploma, and a plenary lecture at the NetSci2012 meeting, and is sponsored by the Network Science Society, whose primary mission is to support the activity of outstanding...
McDonnell Foundation Announces 2010 Grants for 21st Century Science Initiative Awards
by SEES lab, February 15, 2011$24 Million in Grants Continue the Commitment to Founder's Vision
(St. Louis, MO) The Officers of the James S. McDonnell Foundation today announced more than $24 million in grants in their ongoing program, the 21st Century Science Initiative.
Founded in 1950 by the...
Several open positions for PhD students (closed)
by SEES lab, September 8, 2010The SEES:lab (Marta Sales-Pardo and Roger Guimera, http://seeslab.info) seeks one or more candidates interested in obtaining a doctoral degree. The SEES:lab pursues excellence in research in the areas of complex networks, systems biology, socio-economic systems and science of science. The current openings are for research projects on complex networks and...
SEES:lab awarded grant by the James S. McDonnell Foundation
by SEES lab, September 1, 2010The SEES:lab has been granted a Research Award from the James S. McDonnell Foundation. The award, for an amount of $445,663, is one of 11 in the Program Area Studying Complex Systems.
Summary of the proposal
Recent technological advances have boosted our ability to gather information on a variety of complex processes...
Roger Guimerà receives Catalan Research Award
by SEES lab, July 23, 2010Roger Guimerà has has been awarded the Catalan Research Award in the category of Young Researchers. These new awards aim at increasing social recognition of science and, particularly, of the scientific activities of researchers working in Catalonia. They are awarded in two categories--Scientific Career and Yong Researchers. The Scientific Career...
Marta Sales-Pardo awarded Marie Curie International Reintegration Grant
by SEES lab, June 12, 2010Marta Sales-Pardo has been awarded a 100.000 Euro Marie Curie Reintegration grant with the project "Decomposition and Discovery of complex Networks" (DEDiNet). The reintegration program aims to reinforce the attractiveness of Europe by encouraging European researchers to return to a Member State or an Associated State in order to contribute...
Roger Guimerà in the program committee of CompleNet 2010
by SEES lab, June 11, 2010CompleNet 2010: 2nd International Workshop on Complex Networks (Oct 13-15, 2010, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil)
Call for Papers
This international workshop on complex networks (CompleNET 2010) aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners working on areas related to complex networks. In the past two decades we have been witnessing an exponential...
PhD positions available (closed)
by SEES lab, May 10, 2010The SEES:lab (Marta Sales-Pardo and Roger Guimera, http://seeslab.info) seeks one or more candidates interested in obtaining a doctoral degree. The SEES:lab pursues excellence in research in the areas of complex networks, systems biology, socio-economic systems and science of science. The current openings are for research projects on complex networks and...
Guimerà and Sales-Pardo start new faculty positions and launch the SEES:lab
by SEES lab, January 1, 2010Marta Sales-Pardo and Roger Guimerà will co-lead a research group focussed on the study of complex systems, the SEES:lab
Roger Guimerà starts a position as an ICREA Research Professor. This is a tenured position corresponding to full professor which will be associated with the Department of Chemical Engineering at Universitat Rovira...
Facebook (and Systems Biologists) Take Note: Network Analysis Reveals True Connections
by SEES lab, December 8, 2009Facebook figures out that you know Holly, although you haven?t seen her in 10 years, because you have four mutual friends?a good predictor of direct friendship. But sometimes Facebook gets it wrong. ?Hey, I don?t know Harry!?
Roger Guimera and Marta Sales-Pardo, a husband-wife research team at Northwestern University, have developed...