Vladimir Batagelj

On April 5-22, 2022, the XXII Yasin (April) International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development organized by NRU HSE takes place. Within the conference framework, the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research traditionally organized a section, "Network Analysis," addressed to various theoretical and empirical studies from different disciplines, based on applying theoretical and methodological approaches from the field of network analysis. 

Congratulations to Anuška Ferligoj and Vladimir Batagelj on receiving the honorary awards of the Republic of Slovenia for achievements in research and development.

The conference was held online on September 6-10 and brought together sociologists, statisticians, computer and science specialists, economists, humanitarians, and scientists from all fields related to network science. The conference presented current results and the latest methodological developments in the field of social network analysis.

On July 5-10, Networks2021 was held – joint conference of Sunbelt and NetSci, the main international conferences on network analysis and network science. Nine laboratory members made oral and poster presentations at the conference and took part in workshops within the conference framework.

The laboratory's scientific advisor, Anuška Ferligoj, and senior research fellow Vladimir Batagelj got new recognitions.

The academic achievements of Daria Maltseva, Deputy Head of the International Laboratory for Applied Network Research, were recognized in the HSE Science Foundation competition framework. Congratulations to Daria and her co-author, prof. Vladimir Batagelj with the recognition of their research results and the received academic allowance of the 3rd level for two years.

On September 24-25, the ANR-Lab Anuška Ferligoj and senior researcher of the lab Vladimir Batagelj took part in the European Conference on Statistical Network Science COSTNET.

In January 2020, Wiley published the book "Advances in Network Clustering and Blockmodeling", edited by the ANR-Lab leading foreign experts Anuška Ferligoj and Vladimir Batagelj, jointly with Patrick Doreian. The work contains an overview of developments and achievements in the field of network clustering and blockmodeling over the past 10 years.

The 7th international workshop on the analysis of social networks was held on October 29-31 in Salerno, Italy. The workshop was about multilayer, multilevel and multimode networks. Some of our laboratory members and students of the master's program presented the results of their research on the thematic sessions.

ANR-Lab members took part in the 4th European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN 2019), whichwas held on September 9-12 in Zurich, Switzerland.

ANR-Lab, jointly with the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Ljubljana, has conducted the 10th International Summer School “Analysis of Scientific Networks” and the International Workshop on Scientific Networks.

ANR-Lab members took part in the main event in the field of social network analysis – XXXIX SunbeltSocial Networks Conference in Montreal, Canada.

At the XX April International Academic Conference on Economic and Social Development, ANR-Lab organized its own section "Network Analysis". 

Felipe Vaca Ramirez and Paco Arevalo Reyes, both from Ecuador, are second-year students in HSE’s Master’s programme in ‘Applied Statistics with Network Analysis’. Having heard about Russia’s rich mathematical tradition and the high academic standing of HSE, they both decided to study in Moscow despite how far away from home it is. Felipe and Paco share a background in economics, and the HSE programme’s focus on statistics and data and network analysis was a huge draw for them. Affordable tuition fees and multicultural environment were additional bonuses.

An introductory course on Network Analysis for first-year students was conducted under the guidance of the prof. Vladimir Batagelj, University of Ljubljana.

On November 21 and 28, ANR-Lab senior research fellow Daria Maltseva made a presentation at the “Sredin Seminar” (No. 1282/1283) at the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Ljubljana.

Vladimir Batagel, the professor at the University of Ljubljana, finished lecturing on the course “Exploratory Data Analysis” in the framework of the ANR-Lab's Master's programme “Applied Statistics with Social Network Analysis”.

Deputy Head of ANR-Lab Daria Maltseva took part in the 15th International Conference on Applied Statistics, which was held on September 23-26 in Ribno, Bled (Slovenia).

On November 20-21, The NRU HSE International Laboratory for Applied Network Research held its First International Conference on Social Network Analysis. The conference was organized in cooperation with the NRU HSE Faculty of Management, as part of its 7th Annual Conference "Contemporary Problems in Management: Exploring the Boundaries".