NetSciEd 2025: The Symposium on Network Science and Education will be held in June 2025 as a satellite of the NetSci 2025 Conference at Maastricht, the Netherlands, following a series of successful previous editions.
NetSciEd 2025 is a venue to discuss anything related to network science and education, including educational activities to teach/learn network science and applications of network science to understand, model, and improve educational systems and practices. Teachers, students and education researchers are welcome to participate, and we look forward to further discussions about developing a network science curriculum for K-12 students.
PROGRAM: The Satellite will take place on Tuesday June 3rd, 2025 between 2:30pm - 6:00pm CEST. See below for details of the program.
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS:
Closed: Contributed oral presentations will be 15 minutes long in total (including both talk and Q & A). If you are interested in presenting at NetSciEd 2025, please submit a brief abstract to Evelyn Panagakou (e.panagakou@northeastern.edu) by 13 April 2025 (2nd phase of submissions).
Your abstract should:
* Include the title of your presentation, the list of authors and their affiliations, and the contact information (e-mail address) of the corresponding author.
* Include a summary of your presentation (up to 300 words).
* Be formatted as a single PDF file (maximum 2 pages including figures/tables, if any).
We will review your submissions and email notifications by 27 April 2025.
TOPICS OF DISCUSSION:
Topics to be discussed at the Satellite include but are not limited to:
Outreach activities, tools, and materials
Curricular development and practices for teaching network science
Use of network science concepts and tools to teach traditional subjects in K–12 education
Teacher education
Informal education
Network modeling and analysis of educational systems, curricular materials, classroom/school dynamics
Applications of network science for the improvement of education
ORGANIZERS:
Catherine Cramer ((UCSD, USA, cbcramer@ucsd.edu )
Ralucca Gera (Naval Postgraduate School, USA, rgera@nps.edu)
Evelyn (Evangelia) Panagakou (Northeastern University, USA e.panagakou@northeastern.edu — Main Contact)
Mason A. Porter (UCLA, USA, mason@math.ucla.edu )
Hiroki Sayama (Binghamton University, USA, sayama@binghamton.edu )
Stephen Uzzo (National Museum of Mathematics, USA, uzzo@momath.org)
KEYNOTE TALK:
The overlooked need for Ethics in Complexity Science: Why it matters and how it affects the educational practices
Ana María Jaramillo
Complexity Science Hub, Vienna, Austria
CONTRIBUTED TALKS:
Quantifying Interdisciplinary Synergy in Higher STEM Education
Gahyoun Gim* Department of Physics Gyeongsang National University, Jinju 52828, Korea
Jinhyuk Yun School of AI Convergence, Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea Sang Hoon Lee Department of Physics Gyeongsang National University, Jinju, Korea
A Network Approach to Disentangle the Complexity of School and Residential Segregation
R. M. Hilman* Computational Science Lab University of Amsterdam, 1090 GH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
W. Boterman Urban Geographies, University of Amsterdam, 1018 WV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
M.Lees Computational Science Lab, University of Amsterdam, 1090 GH Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Updating the Complex Systems Keyword Diagram Using Collective Feedback and Latest Literature Data
Hiroki Sayama
Binghamton University, State University of New York, Binghamton, NY, USA; Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan; Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany
D-ROOM: a growing social network in a car manufacturing company based on network science
T. Tanizawa*, K. Motozawa, M. Furutani, K. Matsunaga, Y. Suzuki
Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan
E. Hata, H. Ohno, Y. Fujita
CMC Corporation, Japan
Interdisciplinary Training in Complex Networks and Systems
Deborah S. Rocha and Luis M. Rocha
School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, Binghamton University (State University of New York), Vestal NY, USA.
Bridging entertainment and education: Teaching network science using popular TV shows
Marcelo de Souza
Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brazil