Albert-László Barabási

Network scientist and author of foundational work on scale-free networks, information diffusion, and social network dynamics. Director of the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research at Indiana University; research focuses on analyzing and modeling the spread of information and misinformation in social networks, network structure, and complex systems.

Sources in this wiki

• Information and Misinformation Spread on Social Networks (video)

Topics

• Network science
• Information diffusion in social networks
• Computational Propaganda
• Social networks and online communities
• Misinformation
• Scale-free networks

Notes

Barabási is a leading figure in network science and computational social science, with particular expertise in how network topology constrains information spread. His work bridges rigorous modeling of network dynamics with applied studies of misinformation, echo chambers, and social bots on platforms like Twitter and Facebook.