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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · 3d

In a new paper on @condmatstatmech-bt.bsky.social, we introduce a novel framework for quantifying the impact of each edge (i.e. each bank–firm relationship) on systemic risk in financial systems.

👉 arxiv.org/abs/2510.03087

#complexity #economics #networks #datascience

The systemic impact of edges in financial networks

In this paper, we assess how the stability of financial networks is affected by interconnectedness considering its tiniest variation: the edge. We compute the impact of edges as the percentage differe...

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Sep 3

New text on Medium : Chaos theory, the anguish of freedom, and the banality of evil

Unpredictability as a connecting point between science, existentialism, and political philosophy

francisco-rodrigues.medium.com/chaos-theory...

Chaos theory, the anguish of freedom, and the banality of evil

Unpredictability as a connecting point between science, existentialism, and political philosophy

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Aug 29

Our new work on Arxiv.

arxiv.org/abs/2508.20257

Discovering equations from data: symbolic regression in dynamical systems

The process of discovering equations from data lies at the heart of physics and in many other areas of research, including mathematical ecology and epidemiology. Recently, machine learning methods kno...

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Aug 28

The Economist: What Brazil can teach America
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

Brazil offers America a lesson in democratic maturity

It is a test case for how countries recover from a populist fever

www.economist.com

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Jul 30

In a new paper, we examine Parkinson's disease using electroencephalography signals.

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Jul 29

🚨New paper: Additive effect of wildfires on hospital admission in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Additive effect of wildfires on hospital admission in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Additive effect of wildfires on hospital admission in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Jul 10

N𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐄. We explore the use of 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 (CNNs) to predict parameters in 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬.

journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...

Parameter inference in nonlinear dynamical systems via recurrence plots and convolutional neural networks

Inferring control parameters in nonlinear dynamical systems is an important task in analyzing general dynamical behaviors, particularly in the presence of inherently deterministic chaos. Traditional a...

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · May 29

My EPL Highlight: Physics and machine learning: mutual benefits
www.europhysicsnews.org/articles/epn...
#Physics #Machinelearning #datascience #AI #analytics #Science

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · May 23

A group led by Professor Michael Mockel from Aschaffenburg University visited usy today. We had some very productive discussions in our beautiful garden. Also with prof. Thomas Peron.

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · May 6

My new post: On the shoulders of giants: from the pre-Socratic philosophy to ChatGPT

medium.com/@francisco-r...

On the shoulders of giants: from the pre-Socratic philosophy to ChatGPT

The evolution of knowledge and the myth of the lone genius.

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · May 3

In our new paper, we show that caries may be the first warning sign of chronic diseases .
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#caries #networks #diseases #PublicHealth #NCDs

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · May 3

In our new paper in Scientific Reports, we use a machine learning workflow to analyze drug-induced changes in neuronal biosensor data using complex network measures.
#Neuropharmacology #AI #GraphTheory
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Machine learning and complex network analysis of drug effects on neuronal microelectrode biosensor data - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Machine learning and complex network analysis of drug effects on neuronal microelectrode biosensor data

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Apr 18

Great to see that our work on #multilayer #networks was one of the most-read papers in Methods in Ecology and Evolution:

🔖A new centrality index designed for multilayer networks
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

With Marco Mello and Nastaran Lotfi.

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Apr 14

🚨 Applications open to study high-order complex networks in beautiful Natal. 🏖️

www.iip.ufrn.br/eventsdetail...

🔖 Three-day school (25 June - 27 June) followed by a three-day workshop (30 June - 2 July).

🏖️ Natal:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=klEy...

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Mar 7

In our new paper, we show how machine learning can accurately diagnose depressive disorders from EEG data.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Revealing patterns in major depressive disorder with machine learning and networks

Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a multifaceted condition that affects millions of people worldwide and is a leading cause of disability. There is a…

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Feb 28

🚨 Complex Networks beyond Pairwise Interactions: From Theory to Applications

✅ Three-day school (25 June - 27 June) followed by a three-day workshop (30 June - 2 July).

🌍 In Natal, Brazil.

www.iip.ufrn.br/eventsdetail...

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Feb 11

✅ The "𝐈𝐈 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬" will take place from May 12-18, 2025, at IFT-UNESP in São Paulo, sponsored by ICTP-SAIFR.

🚨 Limited funds are available to cover travel and local expenses.
www.ictp-saifr.org/smidd2025/

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Feb 5

In our new paper, we employ network analysis to examine community disputes in post-civil war Mozambique. By analyzing a range of conflicts—from domestic disputes to wartime accusations—we reveal the deep-rooted tensions that persist in the Gorongosa district.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Jan 29

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Jan 29

For all the networks, we find that random forests can predict the outbreak size or synchronization state with high accuracy, indicating that the network structure plays a fundamental role in the dynamic process.

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Jan 29

For epidemic propagation, the k-core plays a fundamental role, while for synchronization, the betweenness centrality and accessibility are the measures most related to the state of an oscillator.

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Jan 29

In our new paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society A, we use machine learning techniques to predict dynamic variables in complex networks.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

With @ymoreno.bsky.social , Thomas Peron, Colm Connaughton, and Jürgen Kurths

A machine learning approach to predicting dynamical observables from network structure | Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Estimating the outcome of a given dynamical process from structural features is a key unsolved challenge in network science. This goal is hampered by difficulties associated with nonlinearities, corre...

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Sam Scarpino @scarpino.bsky.social · Jan 15

The NetSciX 2025 talks are live streaming on YouTube. Prof @barabasi.bsky.social from @nunetsi.bsky.social is up in 20 minutes!

You can find the full program here: netscix2025.iiti.ac.in?page_id=1028

We’re +10.5 hours here in Indore from Boston.

www.youtube.com/live/frY8luh...

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Jan 15

Thanks for sharing, @scarpino.bsky.social!

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Francisco Rodrigues @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social · Jan 15

In a new paper on arXiv, we introduce a principled Bayesian framework for identifying power-law behaviour. Our methodology does not reject the scale-free hypothesis in many cases where the KS test does, contributing to a more precise evaluation of the scale-free hypothesis.
arxiv.org/abs/2311.11200

Beyond the Power Law: Estimation, Goodness-of-Fit, and a Semiparametric Extension in Complex Networks

Scale-free networks play a fundamental role in the study of complex networks and various applied fields due to their ability to model a wide range of real-world systems. A key characteristic of these ...

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