NetSci 2013: Nine reasons to go (all of them)
Phew. There’s only one day to go before the call for abstracts closes, but with a burst of posts in the last couple of days, I finally managed to complete the list of 9 reasons to visit NetSci this year. This post summarizes and lists all 9 reasons (although it’d be great if you could read them all) - hoping to convince you that you absolutely need to head on over and submit a 1-page abstract on your most recent fun result … so you can join in on the fun. The very best reason to go, is all the interesting, intelligent, and creative people you will meet in Copenhagen.
- Reason 1. The venue. Check out the post - the pictures speak for themselves.
- Reason 2. The NetSci school. Amazing speakers (headlined by A-L Barabasi) and great tutorials on NetworkX, Gephi, and Mathematica.
- Reason 3. Brand new types of talks. In addition to the good old fashioned talks, we’re also doing plenary Ignite Sessions and Young Investigator talks.
- Reason 4. Publisher session. We’ll have a session where publishers from NPG and APS (among others) will tell you how to write the papers they want to see.
- Reason 5. The superb list of satellite workshops. Speaks for itself.
- Reason 6. The NetSci Dinner will be delicious and feature fine wines.
- Reason 7. The snarky/silly reason. My (partially failing) attempt to be funny with movie references. (Help from Mason Porter improved this post.)
- Reason 8. The updated NetSci look is beautiful and due to Chair of Design, Isabel Meirelles (and Petter).
- Reason 9. Great group of invited speakers. Who will entertain you and make you smarter while they’re at it.
Don’t forget to submit an abstract
And check out the brand new poster for more info + don’t forget to retweet, +1, put on mailing lists, and so on.