About

The NEtwoRks, Data, and Society (NERDS) group, founded in 2019, is researching network and data science applications to social systems at ITU Copenhagen, Data Science Section. NERDS consists of interdisciplinary researchers who focus on quantitative projects at the boundary of network science, data science, AI, and computational social science, including science of science, social networks and dynamics, multiplex networks, science of success, urban sustainability, human mobility, data visualization, and fundamental questions in complex systems. We are Research Environment of the Year 2022.

Research

https://pure.itu.dk/portal/en/organisations/networks-data-and-society/publications/

Contact & Social Media

Email: luai@itu.dk
Office: 3F11 (DR P4), Kaj Munks Vej 9, 2300 København
IT University of Copenhagen, Rued Langgaards Vej 7, 2300 København

Mastodon: https://datasci.social/@nerdsitu
Github: https://github.com/NERDSITU
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/nerdsitu.bsky.social
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nerdsitu

Wellbeing

We have experienced our fair share of abusive academic environments, vowing to not recreate yet another place like that at NERDS. Indeed, we won the prize Research Environment of the Year 2022 by following guidelines: https://nerds.itu.dk/2022/06/02/nerds-is-research-environment-of-the-year-2022/

Our network, expertise, and funders

Our team brings data/network science expertise from institutions such as: MIT, Harvard, United Nations, Cornell University, Nokia Bell Labs, Northeastern University

We are well connected on an international level to, for example: MIT, Harvard, United Nations, Cornell University, Northeastern University, University of Chicago, ISI Foundation, Complexity Science Hub Vienna
We are well connected on a national level to, for example: DTU, KU (SODAS), Aarhus University, Dansk Kyst- og Naturturisme

Our funders include: VILLUM Foundation, Carlsberg Foundation, Danish Ministry of Transport, European Commission, CHANSE, Novo Nordisk Foundation, Innovation Fund Denmark

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