Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 09/09/2026 111331209
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026These meme-brained illiterates. Who do they think (fictionalized) Churchill was talking about? 5579
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesDirk Wulff @dirkwulff.bsky.social · 19/06/2026🚨 New preprint Do LLMs have stable dispositions measurable using instruments designed for humans? Led by @jelenameyer.bsky.social, our new preprint shows that LLM responses are driven by response bias, rendering their psychological profiles method artifacts. @dgarcia.eu @arc-mpib.bsky.social 1216
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesJennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social · 19/06/2026This is a good way to think about AI’s shortfall. It’s the journey that brings satisfaction more than the destination. The AI shortcut omits the struggle/friction/elation that makes the outcome worthwhile. Weirdly, it’s also why billionaires become assholes—no friction, no joy. 28830
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesStefan Feuerriegel @sfeuerriegel.bsky.social · 10/06/2026📣 New paper @nathumbehav.nature.com: A reporting checklist for large language models in behavioural science www.nature.com/articles/s41... 1178
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesChristopher Barrie @cbarrie.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Very pleased to have been on the leadership team for this paper! LLMs are already being used all over behavioural science. But it is often pretty hard to work out exactly what has been done, and therefore how much confidence to place in the results. www.nature.com/articles/s41...nature.comA reporting checklist for large language models in behavioural science - Nature Human BehaviourLarge language models offer new opportunities for behavioural science, but their rapid evolution poses challenges for research rigour. We introduce a consensus-based reporting checklist to improve tra... 16127
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Humans invented arithmetic circa 3000 BC. And yet here we are. 1216642
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesJared Holt @jaredlholt.bsky.social · 16/04/2026Zohran Mamdani said he's going to start taxing rich people who buy luxury housing in NYC but don't actually live in there, and the former CEO of Twitter/X called it "actually one of the scariest things I have ever seen." 723103861774
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesStefan Feuerriegel @sfeuerriegel.bsky.social · 23/03/2026🚀Introducing 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐄-𝐋𝐋𝐌: A reporting checklist for using LLMs in behavioral & social science ✅GUIDE-LLM is a reporting checklist designed by 80+ experts to improve transparency, reproducibility & ethical accountability of LLM-based research 📄 llm-checklist.comllm-checklist.comGUIDE-LLMReporting Checklist for Studies with Large Language Models in the Behavioral and Social Sciences 43420
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesKevin Yang @yang3kc.bsky.social · 22/03/2026We've extended the #CySoc2026 deadline to March 25 to give authors a few additional days to prepare their submissions! Please consider submitting your work and sharing this information! More information: cy-soc.github.io/2026/ Submission portal: easychair.org/conferences?... 045
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci Moralesjlenti.bsky.social @jlenti.bsky.social · 18/03/2026📣 Manuscript out! 📣 Do you struggle in navigating the maze of ABM methods? 🧭 This works unifies the literature on ABM calibration/estimation within a single comprehensive taxonomy: 🎲 sampling-based methods 🤖 meta-models 📖 open-box methods with @gdfm.bsky.social 💡 papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....papers.ssrn.comEstimating Parameters of Agent-Based Models from Data: A Methodological ReviewCalibrating Agent-Based Models (ABMs) is essential for grounding their simulated dynamics in empirical reality, yet parameter estimation, a core part of calibra 021
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesMark Riedl @markriedl.bsky.social · 04/02/2026New work by my former PhD student, Boyang Li His team produced 500 stories of less than 100 words. LLMs were basically chance-level at answering binary questions about the stories arxiv.org/abs/2601.12410arxiv.orgAre LLMs Smarter Than Chimpanzees? An Evaluation on Perspective Taking and Knowledge State EstimationCognitive anthropology suggests that the distinction of human intelligence lies in the ability to infer other individuals' knowledge states and understand their intentions. In comparison, our closest ... 612114
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesISI Foundation @isi.it · 30/01/2026📣 CS2Italy 2026 the Italian Conference on Computational Social Science ⏰ Today is the last day to submit your abstract 📍 Turin, May 19–21 We welcome abstract submissions in: #ComputerScience #NetSci #ComplexSystems #Sociology #Economics #Politics #CognitiveScience #Psychology 👉 cs2italy.orgcs2italy.orgCS2ItalyThe Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cl... 066
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesCS2Italy @cs2italy.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Submit your abstracts to CS2Italy by 👉 Jan 15 👈 Italian Conference on Computational Social Science to join us in Turin on May 19-21 We welcome abstract submissions on #computerscience #netsci #complexsystems #sociology #economics #politics #cognitivesci #psychology and more For more: cs2italy.org 02124
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesMartin Saveski @msaveski.bsky.social · 01/12/2025New paper in Science: In a platform-independent field experiment, we show that reranking content expressing antidemocratic attitudes and partisan animosity in social media feeds alters affective polarization. 🧵 515468
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesCS2Italy @cs2italy.bsky.social · 18/11/2025🔈 *Call for Participation* 🔈 Italian Conference on Computational Social Science – CS2Italy May 19-21, 2026 in Torino, Italy Premier venue for Computational Social Science in Italy: #sociology #polisci #economics #netsci #complexsystems ++ Submit your abstract by Jan 15: cs2italy.org plz reshare 02931
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesCorrado Monti @c0rrad0.bsky.social · 21/10/2025🏆 We have won a Methods Recognition award at #CSCW2025 for our paper about Narratives of War in the Ukrainian memetic warfare! Link to the paper: arxiv.org/abs/2309.08363 With @yelenamejova.bsky.social , Arthur Capozzi, @gdfm.bsky.social and myself. Huge thanks to @acm-cscw.bsky.social ! 0212
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesBlas Kolic @blas-ko.bsky.social · 06/10/2025While limited to one ABM, this work fills a critical gap in the ABM calibration literature, providing the first structured comparison of DA and LBI for latent state inference. Kudos to Marco, Corrado, and Gianmarco for such a wonderful collaboration! Hope you enjoy it 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2509.17625arxiv.orgComparing Data Assimilation and Likelihood-Based Inference on Latent State Estimation in Agent-Based ModelsIn this paper, we present the first systematic comparison of Data Assimilation (DA) and Likelihood-Based Inference (LBI) in the context of Agent-Based Models (ABMs). These models generate observable t... 012
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesBlas Kolic @blas-ko.bsky.social · 06/10/2025🚨 Fresh from ArXiv: “Comparing Data Assimilation and Likelihood-Based Inference on Latent State Estimation in Agent-Based Models” with @marcopangallo.bsky.social, @c0rrad0.bsky.social, & @gdfm.bsky.social 👉 arxiv.org/abs/2509.17625 1104
Gianmarco De Francisci Morales @gdfm.bsky.social · 28/08/2025Mango Mussolini is the new expression that I didn’t know I needed until now! 020
Gianmarco De Francisci Morales @gdfm.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Almost back from #ic2s2 (thanks Lufthansa). The most positively-surprising impression from the conference, almost a decade after the first edition, is how much the discipline has coalesced. In 2016, it was easy to distinguish a paper authored by computer scientists vs sociologists. Not so easy now! 080
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesManoel Horta Ribeiro @manoelhortaribeiro.bsky.social · 22/07/2025🚨 Study alert! We've developed a prototype that enables you to create personalized social media feeds using natural language rules and import them into Bluesky. Join our study to try out the tool, give us your feedback, and earn a $50 gift card! Sign up: forms.gle/MkSGKzxDfBEc... Please share :) 0188
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesFrancesco Pierri @frapierri.bsky.social · 22/07/2025FOMO for #ic2s2 is hitting hard---especially for Francesco, who is bravely pretending he’s totally fine without me. Go check out our poster on early linguistic fingerprints of conspiracy theorists on Reddit (w. @gdfm.bsky.social )! Full paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2506.05086 091
Gianmarco De Francisci Morales @gdfm.bsky.social · 22/07/2025@c0rrad0.bsky.social presenting our work on the Russia-Ukraine war on social media #ic2s2 091
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesIngmar Weber @ingmarweber.de · 22/07/2025If you're @ic2s2.bsky.social #IC2S2 and are looking for a faculty position, get in touch. @uni-saarland.de is hiring. Right now, there's an open call in Computer Science @saarland-informatics-campus.de: www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up... Soon, there'll be open calls in the Social Sciences.uni-saarland.de 11812
Gianmarco De Francisci Morales @gdfm.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Causality center stage at #ic2s2 with opening keynote by @eckles.bsky.social 051
Gianmarco De Francisci Morales @gdfm.bsky.social · 02/07/2025🚨Are moral judgements biased by the gender of the subject? We find *no* direct effect when looking at Reddit! Our causal study design is based on carefully matching similar situations that people with different genders experience (and share). Study led by @loreb92.bsky.social rdcu.be/eumlQrdcu.beMoral judgments in online discourse are not biased by genderScientific Reports - Moral judgments in online discourse are not biased by gender 083
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci Moralesjlenti.bsky.social @jlenti.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Hugging my poster at @icwsm.bsky.social! 🥰 Back in Copenhagen to present "Variational Inference of Parameters in Opinion Dynamics Models"! Great time here, meeting all my @nerdsitu.bsky.social friends and creating new connections in the community! ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC... 073
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesFrancesco Pierri @frapierri.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Our paper "Conspiracy theories and where to find them on TikTok" has been accepted at the Main conference of @aclmeeting.bsky.social 2025! Great work led by @fracorso.bsky.social supervised by @gdfm.bsky.social and yours truly. For more details check the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2407.12545 141
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci Moralesjlenti.bsky.social @jlenti.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Great experience in Sydney at #WWW2025! Today I presented the paper "Causal modeling of climate activism on Reddit", the work done during my visiting period in Copenhagen with the amazing team @c0rrad0.bsky.social, @lajello.bsky.social, @gdfm.bsky.social! dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/... 153
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesKyriaki Kalimeri @kyriakikalimeri.bsky.social · 01/04/2025📢 Deadline Extended! 🚨 6th Workshop on Data for the Wellbeing of the Most Vulnerable at #ICWSM2025! 🗓️ New Deadline: April 7th, 2025 Submit your abstract or paper 🔗 tinyurl.com/DWMV25 #DataForSocialGood @yelenamejova.bsky.social @danielapaolotti.bsky.social @isi.it @icwsm.bsky.social 0811
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesYelena Mejova @yelenamejova.bsky.social · 31/03/2025One day remaining to submit to our #ICWSM Workshop on #Data for the Wellbeing of the Most #Vulnerable -- submit your short and long papers by March 31! sites.google.com/view/datafor... 012
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesJonas L Juul @jonassjuul.bsky.social · 24/03/2025I am hiring PhD students and Postdocs to join me in beautiful Copenhagen. Together, we will develop data science methods to improve epidemic preparedness. Copenhagen is amazing, salary is good, we have plenty of funding, and a great community. Read more..: candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...candidate.hr-manager.netPh.D. and postdoc positions in Data Science for epidemic preparedness at the NERDS research groupThe NERDS (NEtwoRks, Data, and Society) team at the IT University of Copenhagen welcomes applications from aspiring PhD students and postdocs in the areas of Da 25343
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesGabriele D'Acunto @officiallydac.bsky.social · 22/03/2025📢📢📢"The Relativity of Causal Knowledge" THANK YOU to @clabat9.bsky.social for working side by side with me on this exciting project and making this article possible. Big thanks also to @hansmriess.bsky.social and Fabio Massimo Zennaro for their valuable feedback on an earlier version of the paper. 072
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci Moralesjlenti.bsky.social @jlenti.bsky.social · 19/03/2025See you in the amazing Copenhagen! 🍻🇩🇰 Extended abstract of "Variational Inference on Parameters of Opinion Dynamics Models" accepted at @icwsm.bsky.social ! Big thanks to @gdfm.bsky.social and Fabrizio Silvestri! Check the arXiv arxiv.org/pdf/2403.05358 (TL;DR: Model + Data = ❤️)arxiv.org 022
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesYelena Mejova @yelenamejova.bsky.social · 10/03/2025📢 Meet the keynote speakers of the upcoming #ICWSM Workshop on #Data for the Wellbeing of the Most #Vulnerable 👉 Paddy Brock at World Bank & UNHCR Joint Data Center 👉 @robysinatra.bsky.social at University of Copenhagen Join us! Submission deadline: March 31 sites.google.com/view/datafor... 22316
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesLuca Maria Aiello @lajello.bsky.social · 05/03/2025"Urban Highways Are Barriers to Social Ties" out on PNAS! The 1st large-scale measure of how highways weaken social connections between the communities they separate. This barrier effect is strong in the 50 largest US cities--especially for low-income Black communities. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 411540
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci Moralesaris-gionis.bsky.social @aris-gionis.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Join my group in KTH Royal Institute of Technology! One PhD position available funded by the Swedish Research Council (VR). Application deadline on March 6, 2025. More details at: kth.varbi.com/en/what:job/...kth.varbi.comDoctoral student in machine learning with focus on explainable clusteringProject description Third-cycle subject: Computer Science We are looking for a highly-qualified and motivated individual to pursue a PhD in the area of machine learning with focus on explainable clust 043
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesYelena Mejova @yelenamejova.bsky.social · 12/02/2025📢 CfP: #ICWSM2025 Workshop on #Data for the Wellbeing of the Most #Vulnerable 👉 #AI #NLP #epidemiology #demography #sociology #humanitarian #datascience submit your abstract, or short or long paper by ⏰ March 31 sites.google.com/view/datafor... w/ @kyriakikalimeri.bsky.social + Daniela Paolotti 01716
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesYelena Mejova @yelenamejova.bsky.social · 11/02/2025👉 preprint: The Role of Science in the Climate Change Discussions on Reddit how was science cited in the past 14 years? preprints or journals? find answers are here: arxiv.org/abs/2502.05026 w/ Paolo Cornale @mictiz.bsky.social @kyriakikalimeri.bsky.social @elisaomodei.bsky.social Daniela Paolottiarxiv.orgThe Role of Science in the Climate Change Discussions on RedditCollective and individual action necessary to address climate change hinges on the public's understanding of the relevant scientific findings. In this study, we examine the use of scientific sources i... 176
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesNERDS @nerdsitu.bsky.social · 31/01/2025📣 The PhD Open Call 2025 is now open! Get in touch with us to apply for a PhD with NERDS in beautiful Copenhagen. Deadline: Feb 24th nerds.itu.dk/2025/01/31/p... 01416
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesLuca Luceri @luceriluc.bsky.social · 20/01/2025👇 accepted at The Web Conference 2025 🍾🍻 0101
Gianmarco De Francisci Morales @gdfm.bsky.social · 20/01/2025Just in time for the acceptance at WebConf 2025: "Causal Modeling of Climate Activism on Reddit" @jlenti.bsky.social @lajello.bsky.social @c0rrad0.bsky.social See you in Sydney! 0151
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci Moralesjlenti.bsky.social @jlenti.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Italian gestures at italian conference 🤌 Great vibes at #CS2Italy! I presented my last work during my 6 months with @nerdsitu.bsky.social ! Reddit data + social theory -> Causal model of climate activism! @lajello.bsky.social @c0rrad0.bsky.social @gdfm.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2410.10562 0112
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesLuca Maria Aiello @lajello.bsky.social · 15/01/2025New tool to estimate the level of participation in collective action expressed in natural language. Applied to social media, it can produce large-scale and granular estimates of behavior change wrt collective action. github.com/ariannap13/e... @nerdsitu.bsky.social @itu.dk @carlsbergfondet.dk 0167
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesKatrin Weller @kwelle.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Highly recommended: my colleagues at the GESIS Computational Social Science department are searching for a new team lead. Great people, great research, work on research infrastructure and open science. Plus: tenure option ("Entfristung") 01217
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesManuel Gomez Rodriguez @autreche.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Very excited and grateful to receive an ERC Consolidator grant #ERCCoG on Counterfactuals in Minds and Machines! Are you interested in a postdoc or Ph.D.? Please get in touch by email!learning.mpi-sws.org 163
Reposted by Gianmarco De Francisci MoralesThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/12/2024Breaking news: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared “emergency martial law” on Tuesday evening, accusing the opposition of “antistate” activities for paralyzing the government with impeachment motions.washingtonpost.comSouth Korea president declares martial law to overcome opposition partyYoon blamed the opposition party for “unprecedented” impeachment attempts of various government officials and cuts proposed for next year’s budget. 2623399
Gianmarco De Francisci Morales @gdfm.bsky.social · 25/11/2024It's amazing how much of my feed on Xitter was pseudo-gurus trying to clickbait with some pseudo-science. I hadn't even realized until I moved here (boiled frog syndrome). So refreshing! 040