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Professor István Z. Kiss is a Professor of Network Science at the Network Science Institute, Northeastern University London. His research bridges network science, dynamical systems, and stochastic processes with applications in epidemic modeling, computational neuroscience, and complex systems analysis. He leads the Systems Processes and Networks Lab (SPAN Lab) and maintains active collaborations across multiple institutions globally.
- Current position: Professor of Network Science
- Institution: Northeastern University London
- Research unit: Network Science Institute (SPAN Lab)
- Key collaborators: Péter L. Simon (Eötvös Loránd University), Joel C. Miller (La Trobe University), Gregory A. Rempała (Ohio State University)
His research focuses on theoretical and data-driven problems at the intersection of network science and dynamical processes. Key areas include network inference, exactness of mean-field models, temporal and higher-order networks, adaptive/dynamic networks, and resilience of power networks. He has made significant contributions to understanding epidemic dynamics on complex networks, developing mathematical frameworks that connect approximate models with rigorous counterparts. Recent work emphasizes higher-order network structures, network inference from system-level data, and applications to public health and infrastructure resilience.
His publication record demonstrates consistent output in top journals including Journal of Mathematical Biology, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, and Physical Review E. The research shows a clear progression toward increasingly complex network structures, with recent publications focusing on higher-order interactions, temporal dynamics, and practical applications in epidemiology and infrastructure networks. His work bridges theoretical mathematics with real-world applications in disease control and network resilience.
Professor Kiss actively supervises postdoctoral researchers and PhD students, with current advisees including Federico Cosimo Malizia (higher-order network contagion), Kevin Teo (shipping networks), and Yan Li (trade dynamics). His supervision spans mathematical theory, computational modeling, and data analysis across multiple domains.
- Leverhulme Trust grant RPG-2017-370: Bayesian Inference and Approximations in High-dimensional Network Models
- Network Science Institute Boston funding for higher-order network research
- EPSRC grant EP/H001085/1 for information diffusion modeling
He leads the Systems Processes and Networks Lab (SPAN Lab), which develops mathematical frameworks for complex networked systems. The lab focuses on both theoretical advancements in network science and practical applications to epidemiology, neuroscience, and infrastructure networks. Current projects include developing tools for sequential temporal network analysis, understanding failure prediction in utility networks, and disentangling contact network structure effects on system-level outputs.
