Event Details

• Tuesday, November 4, 2025
  5:00 PM - 6:30 PM
  City: Peterborough
  
  Building: Student Centre
  Room: Event Space (1.07)
  Cost: Free

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Dots & Lines: Hidden Networks in Social Media, AI and Nature  

Lecture Abstract: 

Networks measure interactions. They emerge in the spread of epidemics, in the firing of neurons in the brain, in the food webs that sustain ecosystems, and in the flow of information online. We move through networks every day, though most remain unseen. Network science has become a vibrant field that draws on mathematics, computing, biology, and the social sciences, offering fresh ways to understand the systems around us. Join me in exploring these networks of dots and lines, and discover how once you see them, the world never looks the same. 

About Dr. Anthony Bonato: 

Dr. Anthony Bonato is a globally recognised expert in graph theory and network science and a professor at Toronto Metropoitan University. He has authored over 150 papers and eight books, including Dots and Lines: Hidden Networks in Social Media, AI, and Nature (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025).

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