Ágnes Horvát

Ágnes Horvát serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University's School of Communication, with courtesy appointments in the Computer Science Department (McCormick School of Engineering) and the Department of Management and Organizations (Kellogg School of Management).

Her academic credentials include:

• Post-Doctoral Researcher, Northwestern Institute on Complex Systems (NICO)
• PhD in Interdisciplinary Physics, Heidelberg University, Germany
• BSc in Physics and Computer Science, Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania
• BA in Photography, Film, and Media, Sapientia University, Romania

Horvát's research pioneers computational approaches to collective behavior in socio-technical systems, examining network embeddedness in scholarly communication, collective intelligence in crowdsourcing communities, and predictive methods for cultural innovation. Her interdisciplinary methodology integrates network science, machine learning, and statistical analysis to decode complex human-system interactions.

Key recognitions include:

• National Science Foundation CAREER Award

She developed and teaches the 'Cultural Analytics' course, bridging creative industries with data science training for next-generation professionals. Her work demonstrates significant grant acquisition capabilities through sustained NSF funding support.