Thrilled to announce the Handbook of Computational Social Science is officially out! 956 pages, 118 authors, and truly global, interdisciplinary perspectives. Deep thanks to the contributors and anonymous reviewers who shaped this over 4 years. Buy your copy now! @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

"Fractals in rate-induced tipping", new pre-print with Jason Qianchuan Wang and Yi Zheng. We show how fractal saddles in the phase space of non-linear dynamical systems lead to fractals in the parameter space controlling rate-induced tipping points. arxiv.org/abs/2601.16373

"Meso-scale structures in signed networks", new preprint with Wei Zhang (weizhang1995.bsky.social) , Olga Boichak (@ol, Tristram J Alexander, and Tiago P. Peixoto (@tiago.skewed.de) arxiv.org/abs/2512.11281

Please consider submitting an abstract to DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM); 8 - 13 March 2026; Dresden: dresden26.dpg-tagungen.de Physics of Socio-Economic Systems Division: www.dpg-physik.de/vereinigunge...

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

Some extra info: (1) Priority areas are listed, but those working in *any* area relevant to the School of CS are welcome to apply; (2) the due time of the application (Dec 1) is 🇦🇺 Sydney time (keep in mind!); (3) we welcome applications at *all* levels. usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

This is an important first step. Association with Horizon Europe would scale & diversify Australia international scientific collaborations We’ve long advocated for Association to Horizon Europe, recognising it would mitigate geopolitical risks & deliver economic & scientific benefits to Australia.

"Inference of epidemic networks: the effect of different data types" , new pre-print with Oscar Fajardo and Carl Suster. We introduce a model+MCMC to sample transmission trees based on different types of data on sampled hosts. Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.01871 Code: github.com/oscarcapote/...

If you're attending #ic2s2 and are interested in this postdoc position, please reach out to me and let's have a chat. Application deadline: 1st August.

For NSW residents, consider signing the e-petition "Extend Transport Concessions to Students in NSW" www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/Pages/ePe...

Applications are now open for our International Visitor Program, open to #mathematicians to visit Aus 🐨 between July '26-'June 27, or March '26-June -27 (Aus/NZ citizens) 📅 Apply by Aug 1, info: mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa... Please share with your networks 🔁 #MathSky

Continuing position on Mathematical Optimization in our School here in Sydney. usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...

Compendium of Urban Complexity - just published: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Interaction networks and stability of coexistence in ecological communities: work by @yumeng0806.bsky.social, @szhorvat.bsky.social, @lepuslapis.bsky.social, Carl Modes @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social #published @cp-cellsystems.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1016/j.cels.2025.101297

Who studies Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects? 🔬 The Wikimedia Foundation’s Research team does, motivated by the same principles of openness and transparency that powers the free knowledge movement as a whole. 🧵⬇️ (1/5)

#SYDNEY it's your turn for Physics in the Pub to - Quantum or not! Call for presenters now open, until 6 June. More info here:https://www.linkedin.com/events/physicsinthepub7309452389646835712/ Audience registration here: events.humanitix.com/physics-in-t... sponsored by @ausphysics.bsky.social

Funded PhD position available in my group: international applications welcome! Looking for a student interested in complex systems, dynamics and applications to complex neural systems to join our group in the School of Physics at Sydney University. Details here: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...

Nice visualisation on data of Australian elections.

"Sampling Triangulations of Manifolds Using Monte Carlo Methods", my paper with Jonathan Spreer has now been published in "Experimental Mathematics". www.tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/...

Happy that this just came out on PRX: “Network Reconstruction via the Minimum Description Length Principle” journals.aps.org/prx/abstract... 1/3

Open postdoc position at @ceu-dnds.bsky.social in Vienna in the Computational Human Dynamics Lab of @martonkarsai.bsky.social on inequalities in 15-minutes cities in collaboration with www.dut-coline.org. Check it out: careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-P... @ic2s2.bsky.social @netscisociety.bsky.social

At PRX Quantum, we are very excited to launch a collection of papers celebrating the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology! Have a look… and for those at the APS Global Physics Summit 2025 please come to our session on Tuesday to hear more! prxquantumcollection.org

Like a rookie, I forgot to put the link in the very first post: arxiv.org/abs/2503.07736

Come and explore elements of #symmetry in music with this combined lecture-recital: part of #MathsAtTheMuseum. Artem Puletov and Denis Collins (UQ) will discuss symmetry in music, with an accompanying performance by Ensemble Offspring Reservations essential: bit.ly/4k8jVtP #CCWMxSMRI #mathsky #IDM

🌍 Join us in Copenhagen - fantastic city for work-life balance and awesome science. I am hiring PhD students & Postdocs in my group at SODAS Univ of Copenhagen to explore AI, network science & the science of science. 📍 Start: flex summer 2025 📌 Info&Apply: www.robertasinatra.com/2025/03/02/p...

We're advertising a continuing position in the School of Physics at Sydney! Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Optics & Photonics Deadline April 3rd usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA... Base Salary Level B/C, $122,830 - $173,492 p.a + 17% superannuation #Physics #AcademicSky

Deadline for the SINM workshop at NetSci 2025 is approaching. Only 2 more days to submit! Please feel free to reach out with any questions and see sinm.network for details.

‼️Save the date‼️The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program kicks off its first call for applications from April 1, 2025; applications can be submitted until May 13, 2025. mpg.de/en/max-planc... #ScienceCareer

Meanwhile, Australia still leaves in limbo many incoming students (holding PhD offers and funding!) for months on end, esp. from Iran. Waiting a year, two, with no updates — unnecessary and cruel. www.timeshighereducation.com/news/phd-vis... via John Ross (Times Higher Ed). @davidpocock.bsky.social

"A generative model for community types in directed networks", paper with Cathy X. Liu and Tristram J. Alexander, now published in the Journal of Complex Networks. It shows how different relationships between two groups of nodes (users) can appear in (social) networks. doi.org/10.1093/comn...

🚀 Our new preprint on the scaling of one-dimensional cities is out! 📄🌆 Excited to share this work with @diegorybski.bsky.social & @renabridged. Check it out: 🔗 arxiv.org/html/2501.12... #UrbanScaling #ComplexSystems #Cities #scalinglaws #TheLine #NEOM

Modern-Day Oracles or Bullshit Machines? Jevin West (@jevinwest.bsky.social) and I have spent the last eight months developing the course on large language models (LLMs) that we think every college freshman needs to take. thebullshitmachines.com

Just over two weeks left to apply to our program for visits in 2026 (Applications: bit.ly/3XqOxxK, due 18 February)! To get a feel for research at SMRI, interviews with visiting mathematicians are on this playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

"Synthetic graphs for link prediction benchmarking", new paper with Alexey Vlaskin published in the Journal of Physics: Complexity @ioppublishing.bsky.social doi.org/10.1088/2632...

If you feel that BlueSky is “different“ from X, the data supports you :) Using a network of 15M users (56% of the platform) we find that the probability that the log-normal law is wrong wrt to the power-law is just ~7% Why that matters? Pop 🧵 follows! 1/ #scaling #NetSky #ComplexSystems 🧪

STAPHYS29: Abstract sumbission deadline postponed to January 20! statphys29.org/abstract/

Bumping this once more. One of the benefits of IT:U is the very generous in-house base funding, consisting of recurrent positions for post-docs and PhDs, not just as a part of a startup package. Get in touch if you want to know more details.

📣 We are hiring! CEU Department of Network and Data Science is looking for a new assistant professor. We seek applications from candidates with a background in Computational Social Science. The review of applications will begin on January 15. 🔗 careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-A...

"Statistical Laws in Complex Systems: Combining Mechanistic Models and Data Analysis", my 150p monograph written at @SydneyMaths and @mpi_pks is now published by @SpringerNature: Electronic/print: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... (ask me for e-copies or check arxiv.org/abs/2407.19874) A thread:

The Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden has moved its social media presence to BlueSky. Follow us for updates on our research on the Physics of Complex Systems!

Applications for round 1 of our International Visitor Program are open! Are you a mathematician looking to visit Australia & spend time doing research? Apply by Feb 18: bit.ly/3XqOxxK. Please share with interested parties 🔁 #mathsky #statsky #IVP #SMRI

Cosmos Mag has my take on today’s Google QEC result in @natureportfolio.bsky.social Awesome result everyone! #quantum cosmosmagazine.com/science/phys...

"Synthetic graphs for link prediction benchmarking" , New pre-print with Alexey Vlaskin arxiv.org/abs/2412.03757

Good news everyone! A new version of graph-tool is just out! @graph-tool.skewed.de graph-tool.skewed.de Graph-tool is a comprehensive and efficient Python library to work with networks, including structural, dynamical, and statistical algorithms, as well as visualization. 1/N #networkscience

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