The members of my group gifted my a t-shirt commemorating 20 years of @graph-tool.skewed.de (counting from the first commit in 2006 during my PhD)! 🎉 Time passes just way too fast. 👨🦳
Lena Mangold
@lenamangold.bsky.social
Complex networks and computational social science. Postdoc at @invcomplexity.skewed.de (IT:U Austria) - formerly at @cams.ehess.fr (CNRS & EHESS). Once data scientist at UK Labour & Datasketch (Bogota). https://lenafm.github.io/
Good news everyone! 🎉 The new version 3.0 of graph-tool is just out with major improvements! See below. graph-tool.skewed.de graph-tool is a comprehensive and efficient Python library to work with networks, including structural, dynamical, and statistical algorithms, as well as visualization. 1/N
New blog post: "Higher orders need higher standards" skewed.de/lab/posts/hi... I discuss our current work disentangling misconceptions around "higher-order" networks: arxiv.org/abs/2602.16937 Explainer thread for the paper here: bsky.app/profile/tiag...
Higher orders need higher standards – Inverse Complexity Lab
Research group on inverse problems in complex systems and network science.
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New on the arxiv: “Graphs are maximally expressive for higher-order interactions” arxiv.org/abs/2602.16937 We clarify central misconceptions in the recent literature on "higher-order networks". w/ @piratepeel.bsky.social , @manlius.bsky.social, and @thilogross.bsky.social Explainer 🧵: 1/N
🎓 Short interview with me by the lovely people at @cams.ehess.fr , where I wrapped up my PhD this summer ✨ In 🇫🇷, with a longer version also available in 🇬🇧: shorturl.at/FjNRA
🔎 Découvrez l’interview de Lena Mangold, jeune docteure de l’EHESS (CAMS), qui vient de débuter un postdoctorat au sein de l’Inverse Complexity Lab (IT:U, Austria) !
New preprint: “Multiscale patterns of migration flows in Austria: regionalization, administrative barriers, and urban-rural divides”, with @thomrobiglio.bsky.social, Martina Contisciani, @martonkarsai.bsky.social, arxiv.org/abs/2507.11503
Multiscale patterns of migration flows in Austria: regionalization, administrative barriers, and urban-rural divides
Migration is central in various societal problems related to socioeconomic development. While much of the existing research has focused on international migration, migration patterns within a single c...
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Last week we had our second “Inverse Complexity Lab Retreat” at wonderful Traunkirchen! skewed.de/lab/group.ht... Nothing like eldritch C++ incantations by the sunny lakeside! 🏖️
Come join us tomorrow afternoon (2nd June) at WiNS @ NetSci: the future of Network Science (Location: FPN Tongeren zaal)! Keynotes by @asteixeira.bsky.social and @katyborner.bsky.social, followed by lightining talks / posters from the WiNS community :)
Only 2 more days to go until our satellite at @netsciconf.bsky.social 🎉 Come for the Pathways talks by Katy Börner and Andreia Sofia Teixeira stay for all the latest WiNS research 🔍 Details here: tinyurl.com/4BJWTMWJ Everyone’s welcome — we can’t wait to see you there! ✨
🚨 Acceptance Decisions Are In! 🚨 We’ve finalized the acceptance decisions for the submissions received before the priority deadline. Make sure to check your inbox! ✨ We’re still accepting submissions on a rolling basis! Submit your abstract here: tinyurl.com/winsNetSci25
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📅 Don't miss out on our biweekly seminar series! Next Monday (Feb 24th, 11 AM ET), we'll have @gulsahakcakir.bsky.social from the University of California, Los Angeles. She’ll be presenting her work titled "Copy or Collaborate? Optimal Networks for Collective Problem Solving." See you all there!✨
If you're an early-career network scientist and want to present your work (in progress) to a supportive and interdisciplinary audience: Priority deadline for the WiNS satellite at NetSci25 is today! 🚨
🚨 Priority Deadline TOMORROW! 🚨 WiNS is hosting a half-day satellite at NetSci 2025 (@netsciconf.bsky.social) in Maastricht! Submit your abstract here: forms.gle/nEY4qWTnMuwL... Deadline: February 17th Full event details: sites.google.com/view/womenin... #NetSci2025 #WomenInNetworkScience
WiNS is on Bluesky! Follow for updates on events, opportunities and new research ✨
🚀 We’re officially on Bluesky! 💙 The Women in Network Science (WiNS) Society connects and supports network scientists who identify as underrepresented genders in the field. Follow us for updates on events, opportunities, and exciting research from our community! #NetworkScience #WiNS
Cool new paper out by my colleagues on filter bubbles on music streaming platforms - go check it out :)
New paper out (with @camcom.bsky.social & Victor Chareyron). "Reframing the filter bubble through diverse scale effects in online music consumption" 🎵 📲 (1/5) www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Women in Network Science is hosting a half-day satellite at @netsciconf.bsky.social 2025 in Maastricht 🇳🇱! 🌟 Submit your abstract here: forms.gle/nEY4qWTnMuwL... Deadline: February 17th Full event details: sites.google.com/view/womenin... #NetSci2025 #WomenInNetworkScience
New paper out (with @camcom.bsky.social) 🥳 Want to understand how your network's metadata relate to its block structure? Check out our 'metablox' tool! @CommsPhys "Quantifying metadata relevance to network block structure using description length" 🧵(1/5) www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Quantifying metadata relevance to network block structure using description length - Communications Physics
Network data often includes categorical node attributes whose relevance to the network’s structure is often unknown. Here the authors propose the metablox (metadata block structure exploration) tool, ...
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New paper! “Scalable network reconstruction in subquadratic time” arxiv.org/abs/2401.01404 TL;DR: It's now possible to reconstruct huge networks from observational data using statistical inference. Explainer thread: 1/N
First ever published paper (with @camcom.bsky.social ) seems like a good reason for a first post here :) "Generative models for two-ground-truth partitions in networks" 🧵 (1/6) journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...
Generative models for two-ground-truth partitions in networks
A myriad of approaches have been proposed to characterize the mesoscale structure of networks most often as a partition based on patterns variously called communities, blocks, or clusters. Clearly, di...
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