Nice to reconnect with Cedrik Fermont after 16 years, last time was in Vietnam. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and music with us in Macau @syrphe.bsky.social

Dec 5-7, I attended COSCON 2025, the amazing open source conference of KAIYUANSHE 开源社 community. Open Collaboration in action for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals ! linkedin.com/feed/update/... #AI #DPGs #opensource #opencollaboration #SDGs

I'm in Beijing for COSCON'2025, the annual open source conference in China. Please ping me if you are there also. #pharo #opensource

The inaugural NetLogo Conference is coming to Chicago, June 22-24, 2026! Help shape the program → Take our 2-min survey: forms.gle/Zj4VCz6fCEPB... Join researchers, educators & modelers from around the world for 3 days of ABM innovation & fun. Details: www.netlogo.org/netlogo_con_...

👋 Hi everyone! After 6 years at United Nations University (UNU) Institute in Macau, my time will come to an end in March 2026. I’m seeking a new role and would appreciate your support. You can read more details on what I m looking for here: www.linkedin.com/posts/serges...

"No OSPO is an island." - Bastien Guerry #UNOpenSourceWeek

*New Resource* - 'Guidance on using large language models to extract cause-and-effect pairs from texts for systems mapping', written by Jordan White and Pete Barbrook-Johnson. See: www.cecan.ac.uk/resources/to...

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet Dave Snowden, the creator of the Cynefin framework which helps executives and leaders take action and navigate complex, uncertain situations by first sensing the context in which they need to act. #complexsystem #sensemaking www.linkedin.com/posts/serges...

Year 2 of testing if Chatgpt can write a joke about agent-based modelling: "Why don’t agent-based models ever get invited to parties? Because they always act independently and cause emergent behavior!" I'm not sure we made any improvements here...

The work on using Physics Informed Neural Networks to model plants that we initiated with Emilie Peynaud, Paulin Melatagia Yonta and Jean-François Barczi, during my time in Cameroon is finally out as a preprint publication dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...

The new UNU-EHS #InterconnectedRisks report highlights 5 transformative changes for a thriving future: ♻️ Rethink waste 🌿 Realign with nature 🤔 Reconsider responsibility 🌟 Reimagine the future 💎 Redefine value Find out more: interconnectedrisks.org #UNUat50

🌍CCS 2025 -Call for Abstracts! The deadline for submitting abstracts for CCS 2025 has been extended to April 5, 2025. 📷 New Abstract Submission Deadline: April 5, 2025, at 23:59 CEST. 🔗Submission portal: ccs25.cssociety.org/abstract-2/

@unu-flores.bsky.social welcome!

The French team was highly motivated to run the 2025 Macao 10K International race today. The weather was perfect, almost no humidity compared to the previous year. I was able to run this year in less than one hour with a pace of 5:56 min/km. www.macao10k.com/en/results

#EpiverseTRACE is now on Bluesky & LinkedIn! 🎉 We’re expanding to be more inclusive & diverse, reaching a wider audience in public health & data science. Want to know more about what we do?⁉️🤔 🧵a thread!

I recently attended the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, held at the Grand Palais from February 10 to 11, 2025, representing the United Nations University Institute in Macau. Some personal highlights 💡 from the Summit. www.linkedin.com/posts/serges...

The Coq proof assistant software is in the process of changing its name to “Rocq” because “Coq” leads itself to a double entendre in English. (See coq.discourse.group/t/coq-commun... ) This decision is, of course, colossally stupid, not just because renaming software is always stupid, but mostly …

UNU Digital Technology and Sustainable Development Talent Programme Youth Scholar Training Camp 2025 - AI and Climate Action: Balancing Benefits and Risks - 3 UNU research institutes involved: UNU-Macau, @unumerit.bsky.social in Netherland and UNU-EHS in Bonn www.linkedin.com/posts/serges...

On this International Mother Language Day observed by United Nations, let's remember that many world languages are still not well represented in Large Language Models. Let’s preserve linguistic and cultural diversity! arxiv.org/abs/2412.10271

I was really happy to contribute to the conversation with the students from the United Nations Student Association (UNSA) Maastricht and give them some insights on United Nations University for their future professional careers. unu.edu/merit/news/u... @ununiversity.bsky.social @unumerit.bsky.social

🚀 CCS2025 Travel Grants! 🌍 Grants available for researchers from low & middle-income countries! Covers fees, travel & more. Must: ✅ Present research (talk, poster, or satellite) ✅ Reside in an eligible country ✅ No previous Open Arms grant 🔗 More info: ccs25.cssociety.org/open-arms-gr...

📢 Call for papers 📢 Workshop "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research" that I organise with colleague @dandekadt.bsky.social at LSE in November 2025. Anyone interested please send us a 250-word abstract by 26 March 2025 ! Learn more➡️ buff.ly/3CCijaY @lsemethodology.bsky.social

Arrived at the AI Action Summit in Paris. I will be involved in several side events Feb 11. Happy to interact with everyone 🤗

We are looking for participants! If you are a researcher and would like to participate in a study exploring data search with LLMs, please reach out me 😊 #AcademicSky ⏬⏬⏬

I'm spending right now one week at UNU-MERIT for a training session that we are organising with them and I can see that this is a wonderful place with a lot of great colleagues working at the intersection of research and policymaking. Please apply if you want to lead this Institute.

⏰ DEADLINE EXTENDED: UNU-MERIT Director (D-1) Applications remain open for the Director (D-1) role at UNU-MERIT 🇺🇳. Lead a globally recognised institute at the intersection of academia and the UN, shaping research, education, and partnerships. Deadline: 14 February 2025 Apply now: buff.ly/3Dz8ZEU

2025 marks UNU’s 50th Anniversary! 🎉 Please follow along throughout the year to learn more about UNU, our institutes, our research, our educational programs, and our solutions for a sustainable future. Celebrate #UNUat50 with us: unu.edu/unuat50

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Bienvenue sur BlueSky. Cela me rappelle le temps où j'ai travaillé au Cameroun pour @ird-fr.bsky.social de 2017 à 2019.

⏳ TWO WEEKS LEFT TO APPLY: Director of UNU-MERIT UNU-MERIT is seeking its next Director (D-1) to lead research, education, & global partnerships at the intersection of academia and the United Nations system. 🗓️ Apply by: 31 January 2025 📍 Maastricht, Netherlands 🌐 Learn more: buff.ly/3Dz8ZEU

Join us on Wednesday, January 22nd to learn more about the Frugal AI Challenge, how to submit and why it matters! 🌱 💻 ⚡ www.linkedin.com/events/72861...

What do the predictability limits of epidemics have to do with limits on our us of AI study biology? Tomorrow at 9am in Indore (1030pm today in Boston), I'm going to try and connect these dots during my #netscix2025 keynote lecture. Tune into the live feed here: www.youtube.com/live/frY8luh...

I was invited in December by the Learning Planet Institute in Paris for a podcast to share how Artificial Intelligence and social simulations can empower inclusive decision making to accelerate the SDGs. podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/r...

To wrap your head around agents and think through the ethics, our Society and Ethics team put together a great resource - 👏 @mmitchell.bsky.social @sashamtl.bsky.social @evijit.io @giadapistilli.com huggingface.co/blog/ethics-...

AI and network science are inextricably linked. As network scientists, we have an opportunity to help cut through the hype and realize meaningful core and applied advances in AI. @hirokisayama.bsky.social kicking off #netscix2025 in beautiful Indore!

It's becoming difficult to deal with the news. On the one hand, catastrophes. On the other hand, unprepared decision makers. My reflexions in the #ComplexityThoughts post below, accompanied by the podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/65UH... A short recap 🧵 1/ open.substack.com/pub/manlius/...

"The fulcrum of #AI governance — that is, its balancing point — must be #UN values, centred on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," says UNU Rector @txm23.bsky.social in his recent article published in The Japan Times. Read more: buff.ly/407ufJj #AIGovernance #UDHR

Just in time before the end of the year… 🎉 Release 3.0 of our open-source Python package #pyam_iamc for scenario analysis & data visualization of emissions, energy systems and Integrated-Assessment models... 💡🔌 Highlights in the 🧵 …

🔴 VACANCY: Director (D-1) 🇺🇳 Join UNU-MERIT, a partnership of the United Nations University and Maastricht University. Lead our institute, drive research, and build partnerships to tackle global challenges. 🗓️ Apply by: 31 Jan 2025 📍 Maastricht, Netherlands 🌐 buff.ly/3Dz8ZEU #UNJobs #Vacancy

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Thrilled to announce the @datasociety.bsky.social Generative AI & Labor Primer by Aiha Nguyen & Alexandra Mateescu. It covers how GenAI impacts many forms of work, the human labor behind GenAI & AI's impact on worker control & surveillance. A labor/tech must-read! datasociety.net/library/gene...

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Here's my end-of-year review of things we learned out about LLMs in 2024 - we learned a LOT of things simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/... Table of contents:

Thank you to European AI Office for their invitation to join the European AI Office workshop on General-Purpose AI models and systemic risks. They are launching a network of evaluators to exchange ideas. Happy to contribute with an UN and global South perspective.

Day 13: trailblazers www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu... #countdown2025

Invited today at the Learning Planet Institute for their research workshop on « AI for collective Intelligence. How can AI&humans collaborate to transform learning & education ». We have an intense conversation on how AI can help to amplify the voice of youth in the UN system.

Tonight I saw the play "Who hacked Garoutzia" based on the book by @devil-lau.bsky.social @abiteboul.com and Gilles Dowek. A great story about a hacked chatbot, murders and a police investigation!