SFI External Professor Mahzarin Banaji (Harvard University) has received a BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award ...

A recent study by SFI Postdoctoral Fellow Andrew Steir and Professor Brandon Ogbunu in NPJ Complexity shows that many U.S.

In a network, pairs of individual elements, or nodes, connect to each other; those connections can represent a sprawling system with myriad individual links. A hypergraph goes deeper: It gives ...

In many careers, a person must learn foundational skills before advancing more deeply into their profession. Computer programmers need a solid foundation in basic mathematics; nurses must gain ...

SFI External Professor and Science Steering Committee member Michelle Girvan (University of Maryland) has been elected President of the Network Science Society, an organization that supports an ...

Medieval friar William of Ockham posited a famous idea: always pick the simplest explanation. Often referred to as the parsimony principle, “Ockham’s razor” has shaped scientific decisions for ...

Cultural traits — the information, beliefs, behaviors, customs, and practices that shape the character of a population — are influenced by conformity, the tendency to align with others, or ...

When Claude Shannon wrote “A Mathematical Theory of Communication” in 1948, he was known as a mathematician and an electrical engineer. From this extraordinarily influential paper — cited more than ...

The decision of what to eat, and how dietary choices impact overall health, has always been complicated. Although nutritional guidelines can often offer guidance, there is no one-size-fits-all ...

Update April 4: The CGS selection committee will begin reviewing applications on April 8, 2024. Priority will be given to submissions completed by April 8; later submissions will be considered on a ...