Our mission
Established in 2015, the Network Science Institute (NetSI) is a joint initiative between the College of Social Science and Humanities, the College of Science, the Bouvé College of Health Sciences, the Khoury College of Computer Sciences, the D’Amore-McKim School of Business, the College of Arts, Media and Design, Northeastern University London and the Roux Institute.
NetSI houses multiple lab groups led by our core faculty specializing in various focus areas, as well as numerous research teams assembled around specific projects. Our research and training programs are motivated by a desire to inspire and contribute to the growing community dedicated to understanding networks by discovering the underlying principles, properties and purpose of their connectivity. Our goal is to create and advance capabilities that enable us to uncover the underlying structure of natural and designed systems, so we can better understand, harness and create network “intelligence” that makes up our social, physical and informational systems.
NetSI Global
In 2022, NetSI established new Institute hubs to advance research, education, and innovation centered around network science. The two hub sites, located in Portland, Maine at the Roux Institute and at the Northeastern London campus, will serve as pillars of the expansive Northeastern University's global enterprise.
NetSI Global is dedicated to engaging and integrating regional network science communities and partnering with regional talent, institutions, ecosystems of innovation. With this initiative, we expect each site to grow into unique NetSI hub communities that will continue to innovate and propel interdisciplinary scientific advancement.
Our locations
Boston
The Boston location is the central hub of Northeastern's Network Science Institute, and the home of the nation's first doctoral program in Network Science. With over 100 active members including faculty, research scientists, PhD students, and support staff, our interdisciplinary approach fosters collaborations across research projects and training programs. Our research focuses on predictive modeling, collective insights, and advanced AI-driven methodologies to address pressing societal challenges. Faculty have appointments in academic departments in physics, mathematics, civil engineering, computer science, political science, psychology, communication, business, and health sciences.
London
The London hub was established with the aim to expand the impact of network science on an international scale, fostering the seamless exchange of knowledge and expertise between the US and Europe. Our NetSI London scales enable us to tap into the EU and UK research and innovation ecosystems and scale network science research globally. Our interdisciplinary research team builds on the technology and market oriented legacy of London to focus on the socio-economic complexity of urban environments, human health and global security.
Portland
The Portland hub, located at the Roux Institute in Maine, focuses on developing innovative network modeling approaches applied to translational, entrepreneurial, and community initiatives. NetSI Roux leverages the Maine ecosystem cultivated by the Roux partnerships, with major hospital systems and health care providers, industry leaders and state agencies. Our researchers participate in the Roux Institute's startup and incubator community where they contribute real-world network science-driven perspectives and tools to spur innovation, resolve challenges and support regional economic growth.
