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Diogo Pires @diogolpires.bsky.social · 8d

Join NetPlace seminar this Thursday at 5pm CET (4pm London) to hear @elenacandellone.bsky.social's work on “Mapping extreme users through negative ties in online social interactions"!

NetPlace @netplace.bsky.social · 9d

Our fall seminar series begins this Thursday, Oct. 2 (4pm UTC+1/11am EDT) with a talk by Elena Candellone. She’ll be speaking about “Mapping extreme users through negative ties in online social interactions”, followed by a discussion on “the joy of planning scientific events”.

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NetPlace @netplace.bsky.social · 13d

We’re excited to announce the line-up for our fall seminar series! We have three awesome speakers who will share their research and perspectives on the craft of science.

At NetPlace, we try to build spaces for junior researchers to come together to learn from each other and develop their craft. Our seminar series does just this, integrating the sharing of scientific knowledge and discussion about the process of science. We hope Ph.D. students from complex systems, network science, and interdisciplinary research in general will join us for a monthly talk and discussion.

Elena Candellone (Thursday, Oct. 2)
Louis Boucherie (Thursday, Nov. 6)
Haily Merritt (Thursday, Dec. 4)

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Diogo Pires @diogolpires.bsky.social · Sep 3

This follows the call published in the Lancet for all professional and academic associations to “break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza” and fulfil their moral responsibility by speaking out.

Find the call here and support it by signing their petition:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza

Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths...

www.thelancet.com

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Diogo Pires @diogolpires.bsky.social · Sep 3

This is a call for the Complex Systems Society to stand with other academic organizations and publicly condemn the ongoing genocide in Gaza 🇵🇸

Add your name to the letter here:
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

CSS, recognize the genocide in Gaza!

This is a call to all members of the Complex Systems Society. We ask the CSS to join other academic organisations in publicly condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza. We ask you to sign the letter be...

docs.google.com

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Katerina Stankova @katstankova.bsky.social · Sep 3

It was my pleasure to kick off the AMETHYST satellite! What a great crowd and interactions, what a great venue! Thanks to the organizers in @amethystccs.bsky.social , incl. @diogolpires.bsky.social , for inviting me!

AMETHYST CCS @amethystccs.bsky.social · Sep 3

The AMETHYST satellite kicked off this morning in Siena, Italy 🇮🇹, with opening remarks by Alberto Antonioni!

Katerina Stankova then delivered a great invited talk on the present and future of Game Theory of Evolving Systems, with a focus on cancer treatment applications.

Find us in Room 149!

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Diogo Pires @diogolpires.bsky.social · Sep 3

Visit AMETHYST in room 149 at @css-conference.bsky.social, for a full day satellite on Game Theory in Complex Systems in Siena 🇮🇹🇮🇹

There is a great panel of invited speakers and contributed talks you can find here:

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AMETHYST CCS @amethystccs.bsky.social · Sep 3

The AMETHYST satellite kicked off this morning in Siena, Italy 🇮🇹, with opening remarks by Alberto Antonioni!

Katerina Stankova then delivered a great invited talk on the present and future of Game Theory of Evolving Systems, with a focus on cancer treatment applications.

Find us in Room 149!

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Conference on Complex Systems @css-conference.bsky.social · Sep 2

Diogo Pires @diogolpires.bsky.social · Sep 2

Today I’m presenting my work on the self-organisation of common goods usage at @css-conference.bsky.social! 🇮🇹✨

Find me in Social Systems 3 at 12:45, to hear about the challenges faced by natural and human-made commons and how to solve them (session starts 11.30)!

Preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2504.07175

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Diogo Pires @diogolpires.bsky.social · Sep 2

I’ll present a simple, decentralised & scalable individual strategy that drives self-organisation in systems of multiple commons.

The mechanism offers new insights for behavioural ecology, and practical applications to Internet services & the governance of natural and socio-technical commons!
🐦🌱📡

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Diogo Pires @diogolpires.bsky.social · Sep 2

Today I’m presenting my work on the self-organisation of common goods usage at @css-conference.bsky.social! 🇮🇹✨

Find me in Social Systems 3 at 12:45, to hear about the challenges faced by natural and human-made commons and how to solve them (session starts 11.30)!

Preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2504.07175

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AMETHYST CCS @amethystccs.bsky.social · Sep 1

📝 Check out the full programme, including our nine contributed talks here on our website:

amethystsatellite.weebly.com/program.html

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AMETHYST CCS @amethystccs.bsky.social · Sep 1

🚀 The Conference on Complex Systems @css-conference.bsky.social kicked off today in Siena, Italy 🇮🇹

Don’t miss AMETHYST this Wednesday, Sept 3rd!

Check out the full programme here: amethystsatellite.weebly.com/program.html

amethystsatellite.weebly.com

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Joana G Sa @joanagsa.bsky.social · Jul 31

Happy to share that @spac.bsky.social was awarded an @erc.europa.eu PoC
It's a bit of an unusual one: the innovation is in policy. We want to help scientists, NGO's, journalists... implement @ec.europa.eu #DSA #Article40 and make the internet a better place
More info: www.lip.pt?lang=en&sect...

ERC funds project on algorithmic bias led by LIP researcher

Joana Gonçalves-Sá, from LIP’s SPAC group, receives ERC Proof of Concept grant to audit recommendations from search engines and LLMs.

www.lip.pt

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Joana G Sa @joanagsa.bsky.social · Jun 25

Need a break?
Want to find out how many fake news titles you can identify?
Unfortunately, it only takes 5 min and you will then have to go back to whatever it is that you were doing
(You would also be helping the work of @spac.bsky.social, in case that matters)
socialcomplexity.eu/limesurvey/i...

FARE - main

socialcomplexity.eu

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Onkar Sadekar @onkarsadekar.bsky.social · Jun 19

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Thrilled to share our new paper "Drivers of cooperation in social dilemmas on higher-order networks", out now in J. R. Soc. Interface! 🚀

With Andrea Civilini, Vito Latora & @fede7j.bsky.social

🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@dnds_ceu @ceu
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Drivers of cooperation in social dilemmas on higher‐order networks | Journal of The Royal Society Interface

Understanding cooperation in social dilemmas requires models that capture the complexity of real-world interactions. While network frameworks have provided valuable insights to model the evolution of ...

royalsocietypublishing.org

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Diogo Pires @diogolpires.bsky.social · Jun 10

So cool! Enjoy it!!

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AMETHYST CCS @amethystccs.bsky.social · May 28

🚨 New extended deadline: May 30! 🚨

Want to give a talk on game theory in complex systems at @css-conference.bsky.social on Sept 3 in Siena, Italy?

Submit your abstract to the AMETHYST satellite by the end of the week!

Check out our website for more info 👇 amethystsatellite.weebly.com

#CCS2025

AMETHYST

The fourth edition of the leading satellite on game theory at CCS, following three successful events at CCS 2021 in Lyon, France, CCS 2022 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain and CCS 2024 in Exeter, United...

amethystsatellite.weebly.com

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NetPlace @netplace.bsky.social · May 26

🔥 Hey NetPals! NetSci 2025 is almost here, and we proudly present Peercolation!

We're kicking things off with an ice-breaking event, especially welcoming ECRs!

📅 Sunday, 1st June 2025
🕕 6 PM till late
📍 Stadspark, Maastricht 🇳🇱

🔗 More info: netplace.site/event/netsci25/peercolation_social_event

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NetPlace @netplace.bsky.social · May 27

🎉 We welcome Andreia Sofia Teixeira @asteixeira.bsky.social, Associate Professor in the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University London, as our first @netsciconf.bsky.social panelist! She bridges network science and machine learning to explore complex systems and collective behavior.

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Nikoleta Glynatsi @nikoletaglyn.bsky.social · May 22

An incredible opportunity! 📰🎉 Join our research group exploring social questions, work with an amazing supervisor, and live in Japan for a few years while you're at it! 🇯🇵🍜

Yohsuke Murase @yohm.bsky.social · May 21

📢 We’re hiring! RIKEN iTHEMS has launched a new Mathematical Social Science Team, and we’re looking for researchers to join us. If you're into cooperation, norms, or networks, check out the call!
🔗 www.riken.jp/en/careers/r...
Feel free to DM me if you have questions!

Seeking a few Research Scientists or Postdoctoral Researchers at Mathematical Social Science Team (W25015)

www.riken.jp

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Diogo Pires @diogolpires.bsky.social · May 19

Don't miss the satellite on Game Theory on Complex Systems at #CCS2025, with Sergey Gavrilets and Katerina Stankova already confirmed as invited speakers!

Join in Siena, Italy, and submit your abstract for a contributed talk this week to be part of it! 📬

AMETHYST CCS @amethystccs.bsky.social · May 19

⏳ Two days left!

Submit your abstract for the AMETHYST satellite at #CSS2025 by May 21!

If you want to present your work on game theory in complex systems this September in Siena 🇮🇹, send us your 1–2 page abstract:
📧 [email protected]

More info on:
🔗 amethystsatellite.weebly.com

AMETHYST

The fourth edition of the leading satellite on game theory at CCS, following three successful events at CCS 2021 in Lyon, France, CCS 2022 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain and CCS 2024 in Exeter, United...

amethystsatellite.weebly.com

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Diogo Pires @diogolpires.bsky.social · May 15

Join @netplace.bsky.social workshop on Networks and Physics this Friday at @qmul.ac.uk if you’re in London or around!

NetPlace @netplace.bsky.social · May 14

🚨 Reminder! Our Networks & Physics workshop is happening this Friday at QMUL (London). It’s free to attend, and there’s still room for more people!
Come join us for a day of great talks and collaboration...

NetPlace @netplace.bsky.social · May 7

🚨 Just 1 week to go!

Join us in London 🇬🇧 on May 16 for the NetPlace Workshop on Networks & Physics!

Keynotes, collabathon, ERC-style pitches & more 🧠⚛️💥

🆓 Registration is free

💸 Travel/accommodation support available for those who register by Friday May 9

👉 netplace.site/event/netpla...

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AMETHYST CCS @amethystccs.bsky.social · May 14

🚨 We’re thrilled to welcome Sergey Gavrilets (Uni of Tennessee) as our second invited speaker at #CCS2025!

Sergey's work spans human origins, the evolution of social complexity and broader transdisciplinary topics.

📅 Submit an abstract by May 21 or join us on Sept 3:
🔗 amethystsatellite.weebly.com

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Diogo Pires @diogolpires.bsky.social · May 14

🗣️ Kateřina Staňková is the first invited speaker announced for the AMETHYST satellite at @css-conference.bsky.social!

✉️ Submit an abstract for a contributed talk by May 21! More information on amethystsatellite.weebly.com

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AMETHYST CCS @amethystccs.bsky.social · May 12

🚨 Call for contributions! 🚨

Want to give a talk at the AMETHYST satellite at @css-conference.bsky.social on Sept 3rd in Siena, Italy?

Submit your 1–2 page abstract with a figure by May 21 to [email protected].

Spots are limited so get yours now! 👇
amethystsatellite.weebly.com

#CCS2025

AMETHYST - Expression of interest

AMETHYST is a CCS2024 satellite meeting. It will take place on early September 2024, in Exeter (United Kingdom). By submitting this expression of interest, you agree on receiving more information abou...

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