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Networks in Popular Television

Sure, we’re nerds, but we like to kick back and watch a little TV just like everyone else. Of course, being network scientists, we tend to notice when network principles surface. Here are a couple of examples we thought we’d highlight. Game of Thrones: A network analysis of the Storm of Swords book, linking characters […]

Jer Thorp: Cascade

Jer Thorp gave an excellent talk last week at Hillman on data visualization. One project that caught our eye in particular was Cascade, which displays social sharing of web content tracking shares along a time scale. Check it out here: http://nytlabs.com/projects/cascade.html