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David Lazer
(Methodology, Networked Governance)

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Stanley Wasserman
(Current Trends, Methodology, Social Networks)
Guy Stuart
(Economic Sociology, Finance)
David Gibson
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Jason Greenberg>
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Allan Friedman
(Simulations)
Yu-Ru Lin
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Sklyer Place
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Sune Lehmann
(Complex Networks, Computational Social Science, Statistics)
Jukka-Pekka Onnela
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Nathan Eagle
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Ben Waber
(Technology, Social Computing) Ines Mergel
(Knowledge Sharing, Social Computing, Social Software, Government 20)
Maria Binz-Scharf
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Sebastian Schorf
(Social Interaction, Cultural Interaction)
Alexander Schellong
(Admin, eGovernment, Government 20, Citizen Relationship Management)

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30 January 2011

Networks of the Brain


If you have not discovered this book yet, take a look.
Highly recommended. Fascinating.

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Summary: Over the last decade, the study of complex networks has expanded across diverse scientific fields. Increasingly, science is concerned with the structure, behavior, and evolution of complex systems ranging from cells to ecosystems. Modern network approaches are beginning to reveal fundamental principles of brain architecture and function, and in this book, Olaf Sporns describes how the integrative nature of brain function can be illuminated from a complex network perspective. Highlighting the many emerging points of contact between neuroscience and network science, the book serves to introduce network theory to neuroscientists and neuroscience to those working on theoretical network models. (...)

Posted by Stan Wasserman at January 30, 2011 4:36 PM