Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems - NICO

04/06/2026

Announcing our spring seminar speakers! Starting April 8th, we are excited to host an interdisciplinary set of talks by leading researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon, Northwestern, Cure Violence Global, IGB Leibniz Institute, and the University of Pennsylvania, plus a Lightning Talks session with NU scholars!

Join us each Wednesday at 12pm US Central: https://bit.ly/WedatNICO

02/03/2026

Announcing our winter seminar speakers! Starting on February 4th, we are excited to host a diverse set of talks by leading researchers from Yale, University of Chicago, Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, and Northwestern.

Join us each Wednesday at 12pm US Central: https://bit.ly/WedatNICO

09/23/2025

Announcing our fall seminar speakers! Running September 24 through November 12, we are excited to host talks by leading researchers from Northwestern, Harvard, Carnegie Mellon University, Midjourney, and Google.

Join us each Wednesday at 12pm US Central, in person or via zoom: bit.ly/WedatNICO

05/20/2025

Living systems exhibit surprising and beautiful self-organization at all scales. This Wednesday is our final speaker of the spring! Rosemary Braun of NU's Dept of Molecular Biosciences joins us to discuss research that bridges the cellular and tissue/organism scales, presenting challenges and opportunities for the future.

🗓️ Wed 5/21 at 12pm US Central
🔗 https://bit.ly/WedatNICO

05/06/2025

Brian Uzzi Among Nine Northwestern Faculty Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

The Academy – one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies – recognizes leaders across disciplines, professions, and perspectives.

04/22/2025

This Wednesday, NICO is thrilled to host David Lazer from Northeastern University to discuss the emergent and sometimes paradoxical logic of the internet news ecosystem. Join us in person in Chambers Hall or online via Zoom.

🗓️ Wed 4/23 at 12pm US Central
🔗 https://bit.ly/WedatNICO

04/08/2025

This Wednesday is our first research talk of the spring quarter! This week, NICO is excited to host Sourav Medya from UIC, to explore how can be harnessed to enhance various aspects of the patent process. Join us in person in Chambers Hall or online via Zoom.

🗓️ Wed 4/9 at 12pm US Central
🔗 Full speaker schedule: https://bit.ly/WedatNICO

02/25/2025

has evolved and now challenges our understanding of skills and careers. This Wednesday, we are thrilled to host Morgan Frank from the University of Pittsburgh, to explore "AI, Complexity, and the Future of Work". Join us in person in Chambers Hall or online via Zoom.

🗓️ Wed 2/26 at 12pm US Central
🔗 bit.ly/WedatNICO

01/22/2025

Announcing the Wednesdays@NICO winter seminar speakers! Running January 22nd through March 12th, 2025, take a break from the wintry weather and join us in Chambers Hall each Wednesday at 12pm U.S. Central, or hop on via Zoom: https://bit.ly/WedatNICO

This term we are thrilled to host researchers from Northwestern, U of Illinois, Notre Dame, Brandeis, Pittsburgh, U of Washington, and NC State, focusing broadly on the topics of complex systems, network science, and data science.

10/28/2024

This Tuesday! NICO is thrilled to host Matt Groh at our monthly Data Science Night to discuss deepfake detection across contexts from political speeches to photography to podcasts. Join us in Chambers Hall on the Evanston Campus at 5:20pm.

🗓️ Tuesday 10/29 at 5:20pm US Central
🔗 http://bit.ly/nico-dsn

09/30/2024

Announcing our fall seminar speakers! 🍂 Starting October 2 and running through November 20, we are excited to host talks focusing broadly on the topics of complex systems, network science, and data science, with researchers this term from across Northwestern, plus Google DeepMind, University of Illinois Chicago, and the University of Minnesota.

Join us each Wednesday in person at 12pm U.S. Central, or hop on via Zoom: https://bit.ly/WedatNICO