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Vermont Complex Systems Institute
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The Vermont Complex Systems Institute at the University of Vermont is a post-disciplinary team working on real-world, data-rich, meaningful complex systems problems of all kinds. https://vermontcomplexsystems.org/
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João Franco @okfranco.bsky.social · Sep 1
🎓 I've joined the PhD in Complex Systems & Data Science at @vcsi.bsky.social to work w/ @lhd.bsky.social & @juniperlov.bsky.social to explore social (complex) dynamics

🔬 Huge thanks to @joanagsa.bsky.social & Lília Perfeito for helping me get ready for this chapter

🚀 Excited for this next step!
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Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social · 19d
Excited about this paper and the interactive story to accompany it. Congrats @lhd.bsky.social @juniperlov.bsky.social @giulioburgio.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social and nice story telling @jstonge.bsky.social!
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Laurent Hébert-Dufresne @lhd.bsky.social · 19d
The interactive story is by @jstonge.bsky.social and other friends: complex-stories.uvm.edu/friends-funn....

The paper is with friends from @vcsi.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social and @unioflimerick.bsky.social.
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Laurent Hébert-Dufresne @lhd.bsky.social · 19d
Our Physical Review Letter looks at how to get power-law distributions of cascade size without tuning or self-organization to criticality by allowing cascades to improve in quality and jump over gaps or dead-ends

TL;DR complex-stories.uvm.edu/friends-funn...

Paper: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
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Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social · Aug 29
Working on an interesting data project? Want to enjoy Vermont during leaf peeping season? Submit a talk for PyData Vermont 2025! We will be hosting this event at UVM through our open source program office, VERSO: pydata.org/vermont2025/
PyData Vermont 2025 | Join the Python conference today
PyData Vermont 2025 is a two-day in-person conference for data scientists, engineers, and developers, featuring keynotes, talks, and networking at UVM in Burlington, VT, October 21-22.
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Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social · Aug 29
We love this research profile on Vermont Complex Systems Institute core faculty @juniperlov.bsky.social 🐙 www.linkedin.com/posts/uvm-vc...
Juniper Lovato is a Vermont Complex Systems Institute core faculty member and an outstanding thinker who has been critical to many of our most significant research efforts. Learn about what makes her…...
Juniper Lovato is a Vermont Complex Systems Institute core faculty member and an outstanding thinker who has been critical to many of our most significant research efforts. Learn about what makes her ...
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Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social · Aug 22
What do cascade dynamics teach us about why things go viral? New research from VCSI faculty and @sfiscience.bsky.social considers the fact that things don’t just spread — they change as they spread, and those changes strengthen or weaken their impact.

Read more here: www.uvm.edu/cems/cs/news...
Going Viral: How Ideas, Beliefs, and Innovations Spread in the Digital Age | Computer Science | The University of Vermont
It might start as a joke, a belief, or a rumor. At first, it’s easy to dismiss. But then it gains a twist, builds momentum, and spreads like wildfire. What causes some ideas to die out while others ta...
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Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social · Aug 19
Why do stock markets behave the way they do? New work from our partnership with MITRE upends traditional understanding of stylized facts in markets. Read more here:
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Revisiting Cont's stylized facts for modern stock markets
In 2001, Rama Cont introduced a now-widely used set of ‘stylized facts’ to synthesize empirical studies of financial price changes (returns), resulting in 11 statistical properties common to a larg...
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International Conference on Computational Social Science @ic2s2.bsky.social · Jul 25
All the keynote recordings are available now, enjoy! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
IC2S2'25 Norrköping - YouTube
This playlist contains all keynotes from IC2S2'25 in Norrköping, Sweden.
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Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social · Jul 25
Proud of our team's talks and posters at #IC2S2 in Norrköping Sweden - what a great week. We're excited to host next year in Vermont!
Team from the University of Vermont + External faculty posing for a picture by a river VCSI executive director announcing location for the conference in 2026, standing on a large stage with colleagues female scholar presenting a parallel talk, engaging with the audience PhD student presenting a research poster
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Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social · Jul 25
Great job Hendrik!
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Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social · Jul 24
Our team had an amazing week at @ic2s2.bsky.social in Norrköping Sweden and we will post pictures of our posters and talks soon - the big news is that we're so excited to host #IC2S2 in Burlington in 2026! youtu.be/p412S4GnPkc
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Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social · Jul 21
Newish work from VCSI core and external team members: @lhd.bsky.social @juniperlov.bsky.social @jstonge.bsky.social @jgyou.bsky.social & @nwlandry.bsky.social 👀
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TLZ @fettfanlange.bsky.social · Jul 19
Complexity science indirectly discovers democratic municipalism as an optimal solution to democratic governance. cool work by the folks at @vcsi.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44... may be of interest @jamesstout.bsky.social @miawong.bsky.social
Governance as a complex, networked, democratic, satisfiability problem - npj Complexity
npj Complexity - Governance as a complex, networked, democratic, satisfiability problem
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Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social · Jul 18
Some big news for us and congrats to @chrisdanforth.bsky.social on this NSF award: www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news...
UVM Attracts $5.5M from NSF for AI Supercomputer, Underground Robots, Health Science | UVM News | The University of Vermont
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Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social · Jul 18
Hello, Bluesky! We're excited to relocate here from X. You can also follow us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/uvm-vc...
What is SOCKS? | Vermont Complex Systems Institute
What is SOCKS? We'd love to tell you more! Thanks to the Vermont EPSCoR team, we'll be sharing a series of videos about this National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project that is building c...
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