Vacancy: 3-year Postdoc in Network Science

August 5, 2022 network science
The Computational Network Science group is expanding, and there is currently a vacancy for a 3-year postdoc. The postition offers a lot of freedom in a warm and friendly environment. Interested? Feel free to always reach out informally, before officially applying. For details, see the university website’s vacancy detailing the…

Leiden CNS @ IC2S2 2022

July 8, 2022 network science
Several members of the CNS team and POPNET project are present at the 8th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2 2022) in Chicago. Wednesday July 20, 1:20 – 2:20: Circulation of a digital community currency. Carolina Mattsson and Frank Takes (poster session 1) Wednesday July 20, 1:20 – 2:20:…

CNS at NetSci 2022

July 8, 2022 network science
The CNS team is present at the International Network Science Society Conference (NetSci 2022), held July 25-29 2022, online, organized by the team in Shanghai, China. Carolina Mattsson will present a lightning talk and poster at the conference: Monday July 25, 14:05: Carolina Mattsson, Teodoro Criscione and Frank Takes. Circulation…

Dutch Network Science Society Symposium 2022

May 5, 2022 network science
On May 19, the 2022 annual symposium of the Dutch Network Science Society will take place in Leiden. It features talks from six researchers in various scientific disciplines working on theory and applications of network analysis. The event is organized by Leiden University, and is free to attend: More information…

CNS team @ NetsciX 2022

February 8, 2022 network science
The CNS team is present at the International School and Conference on Network Science (NetSciX), held 8-11 February 2022 in Porto, Portugal. On Wednesday February 10, Caroline Mattsson will present in the session on Economics and Financial Networks. Wednesday February 10, 11:00, Auditorium 1, paper 24 – Network analysis of…

Rachel de Jong starts as PhD candidate

October 2, 2021 network science
Rachel de Jong MSc started as a PhD candidate in the Computational Network Science (CNS) group in October of 2021. She received her bachelor and (cum laude) master degree at Leiden University and has an interest in exact theoretical topics such as algorithms, data structures and applying them in order…

Leiden CNS @ EUSN 2021

September 2, 2021 network science
Our group is presenting two papers at the 5th European Conference on Social Networks, EUSN 2021: Tue Sep 7, Session S1: 10:00-10:20 – Process-driven network analysis of passing in professional football, by Carolina Mattsson and Frank Takes Thu Sep 9, Session S9: 10:20-10:40 – Population-scale social network analysis, by Frank…

Leiden CNS @ IC2S2 2021

July 26, 2021 network science
Our Leiden Computational Network Science group is present at the 7th International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2 2021) with a number of presentations: Teodoro Criscione and Carolina Mattsson (poster presentation): Network Analysis of Sarafu Currency System (abstract) Rachel de Jong, Mark van der Loo and Frank Takes (poster presentation): Measuring Anonymity in Complex  Networks (abstract) Frank…

Leiden CNS @ Networks 2021

June 22, 2021 network science
Various memebers of the Leiden CNS group are present at the Networks 2021 conference, which is the Joint Sunbelt and NetSci Conference. It is the first combined meeting of the International Network for Social Network Analysis (Sunbelt XLI), and the Network Science Society (NetSci 2021); two communities that the Leiden…

Hanjo Boekhout starts as PhD candidate

August 19, 2020 network science
Hanjo Boekhout MSc started as a PhD candidate in the Computational Network Science group in August of 2020. Both his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Computer Science, with a specialization in “Computer Science and Advanced Data Analytics”, were obtained with honor (cum laude) at Leiden University. During his Master’s studies,…