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We’ve lined up an incredible group of speakers across complex systems, AI, biology, and more. Fresh ideas, deep dives, and new connections await.
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Huge thanks to our speakers, with more to come!
I wrote about the time Jesse Jackson brought the movement to Sesame Street. [giftie] www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...
Jesse Jackson, whose impassioned oratory and vision of a “rainbow coalition” of the poor and forgotten made him the nation’s most influential Black figure in the years between the civil rights crusades of Martin Luther King Jr. and the election of Barack Obama, died Tuesday at 84. nyti.ms/4bZdMPa
New (competition funded) PhD opportunity with me,
@iaciac.bsky.social and @dralgernon.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Higher-order networks and animal communication. Suited to someone keen on network science theory/computational modeling and keen to adapt this to ecology & evolution.
"La teatralità e l'inganno sono strumenti potenti".
(Cit.)
Impact of behavioral heterogeneity on epidemic outcome and its mapping into effective network topologies arxiv.org/abs/2601.21743
I like the recommendation "Avoid overly broad funding calls." For decades I have recommended that the Portuguese funding agency stops "calls in all domains". But it is 2026 and we are still going through these expensive motions that likely pass the Szilard point...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Will you have a Masters degree by May'26? Apply today and join ISI Foundation in Turin, Italy!
This is a GREAT opportunity for a "pre-doc" where you get hands-on experience leading a research project, in collaboration with humanitarian and other partners.
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Even Reddit shows the dynamics of echo chambers — and network science helps reveal how they emerge! 🌐
Many thanks to
@giuliocimini.bsky.social
@adtony.bsky.social
and Daniele CIrulli
for the supernice work together!
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What we found:
🔵 Clear polarization in both interaction and topic networks
🔴 Distinct Democratic, Conservative, and Banned communities
⚡ Election periods amplify divisions and reduce linguistic diversity
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Using statistical network validation, we mapped how users, subreddits, and news sources interacted around the 2016 U.S. presidential election
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📢 New preprint out!
“Polarization and echo chambers in Reddit’s political discourse”
👉 arxiv.org/abs/2510.27467
Reddit is often seen as a healthier space for political debate — but is it really? 🤔
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Daniele Cirulli, Antonio Desiderio, Giulio Cimini, Fabio Saracco: Polarization and echo chambers in Reddit's political discourse https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.27467 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.27467 https://arxiv.org/html/2510.27467
arXiv alert! 📄🚨
A review paper about the physics of news, rumors, and opinions
arxiv.org/abs/2510.15053
w @manlius.bsky.social @sarawalk.bsky.social Guido Cadarelli et al.
The CSS Senior Award at CCS2025 goes to Guido Caldarelli (Director, CNR-ISC; Professor of Theoretical Physics, Ca’ Foscari Venice) following his keynote “Networks: a Compass in Complex Systems congratulations! 🏅 #CCS2025
Our last speaker is Francesco Gesualdo, "From infodemic monitoring to behavioural modelling: applying social media insights in the BEHAVE-MOD projec"
The second invited speaker is Kalymeri Kiriaki!
@matteocinelli.bsky.social is the first invited speaker of the second session of BeSAFE
The last speaker of the first session is Francesco Bonacina, presenting "Establishing a standard framework for missing data inference in contact matrices"
Lorenzo Amir Nemati Fard presenting "Bridging Classical and Epi-Economic Approaches for Modeling Behavior in Epidemic Models" @BeSAFE @css-conference.bsky.social
Now, it's time for @chpoletto.bsky.social
Eugenio Valdano on stage @BeSAFE @css-conference.bsky.social
Ready to start!
Many thanks for your mention! If you are interested, I am giving a seminar tomorrow @css-conference.bsky.social, it will be a pleasure to discuss about it :)
Check out the full program: 👉 www.code-project.it/besafe/
See you there! @akacaycepollard.bsky.social @smelons.bsky.social @frapierri.bsky.social @cref-enrico-fermi.bsky.social
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🚀 Ready for BeSafe?
Our satellite workshop @css-conference.bsky.social kicks off this afternoon in Room 14! We’re excited to host Eugenio Valdano, @chpoletto.bsky.social, @matteocinelli.bsky.social, and @kyriakikalimeri.bsky.social as our invited speakers.
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Exponential random graphs have long been null models distinguishing real patterns versus random effects in networks. But what about hypergraphs, where more than two nodes can interact at once? @sarawalk.bsky.social and team show an equivalent for hypergraphs exists with solid analytical grounding.
Just a quick update: 🚀 we’re pleased to announce that @chpoletto.bsky.social has joined as our final invited speaker!
@css-conference.bsky.social @frapierri.bsky.social @akacaycepollard.bsky.social @fabmazza.bsky.social
