A few hours left to submit your extended abstract!!! Friday, Sep. 26, 23:59 AoE.

🚨Call for papers for the 2026 Inequality conference in Konstanz. I'm co-organizing it and we welcome submissions from Computational Social Science. The deadline is approaching quickly! inequality-conference.de

"AI slop" seems to be everywhere, but what exactly makes text feel like "slop"? In our new work (w/ @tuhinchakr.bsky.social, Diego Garcia-Olano, @byron.bsky.social ) we provide a systematic attempt at measuring AI "slop" in text! arxiv.org/abs/2509.19163 🧵 (1/7)

University of Zurich | Ethics in Complex Systems: Perspectives and challenges Registration deadline: October 1 #Ethics #ComplexSystems #Workshop #Society ./3 @yasasgari.bsky.social amahury.github.io/posts/worksh...

Most of the #EurIPS workshops now have their websites online 🙌 A lot of them have active call for participation and/or papers, so if you see something relevant to your field of research please consider submitting! Links for most workshops are available at: eurips.cc/workshops/

A couple of weeks ago @LiuhuayingYang & Paul Kahn hosted the annual Data Visualization Workshop at @csh.ac.at. @DanieleBarolo & I joined as invited scientists to share our research with artists, designers & data journalists. It was so much fun ✨ 🧵1/5

📢 We’ve heard your requests! The deadline is extended to: *Sep 26 (AoE)* ✅ Registration is open & we're exploring a support fund for attendees. 🔗 netscix2026.github.io @mluczak.bsky.social @ProfMSmall @droneale.bsky.social @danielapaolotti.bsky.social @gabridibo.bsky.social @netplace.bsky.social

I strongly recommend applying! I worked with @juhi153.bsky.social during my master’s thesis (she was my supervisor, mentor, and became a great friend). She’s great, supportive, and makes science fun. :-) Plus, you get to live in Finland: great social system, clean air, and even the northern lights!

We are hiring multiple PhD and postdocs for two newly funded projects at the intersection of mental health and political polarization at the CS Dept at Aalto, Finland. The PIs are Juhi Kulshrestha, Talayeh Aledavood, and Mikko Kivelä. Full call text and link to apply: www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...

Last week for submissions to the NetSci-X 2026 conference to be held in Auckland, New Zealand, in February 2026! netscix2026.github.io

🚨 New paper alert 🚨 Using LLMs as data annotators, you can produce any scientific result you want. We call this **LLM Hacking**. Paper: arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08825

💡📚 Passionate about emotions, gender & migration? We’re hiring a Research Associate for the #PROTEMO project at @uni-saarland.de! 🌍 Focus: migrant women’s experiences of domestic violence & how emotions, security & politics intersect. 📝 Apply by 10 Sept 2025 👉 www.protemo.eu/news-post/we...

📢Take a breath, you have extra days to finish! Due to technical issues with @openreviewnet this week, we’ve extended all deadlines by 2 weeks. 🗓️New deadline for abstracts: Sept 19, 23:59 AoE 📷 More info: netscix2026.github.io @MLuczak @ProfMSmall @droneale @danielapaolotti

Excited to announce the Social Network Summer School 🇨🇱! 📅 Jan 12–16, 2026 | Santiago, Chile Keynotes: @estebanmoro.bsky.social & @krivitsky.net @insna.bsky.social & @netscisociety.bsky.social Apply by Oct 5 👉 snlab-cl.github.io/summerschool/

As we are approaching the submission deadline for NetSci-X 2026 in Auckland this week, here is another opportunity to contribute to the conference: Host a thematic session for your sub-community. Call for session proposals is open now and will close on Sept 15th. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📢 Reminder: Abstract submission closes in 1 week: Sep 5, 23:59 AoE. Don’t miss #NetSciX2026 in Auckland, New Zealand! 🌐 More info: netscix2026.github.io @mluczak.bsky.social @ProfMSmall @droneale.bsky.social @danielapaolotti.bsky.social

#Call #GESISPanel Collect Your Own Linked #WebTracking and #SurveyData with the GESIS Panel.dbd Digital Behavioral Data Sample Panelists participate in repeated surveys and digital behavioral data collections such as web tracking, where participants' web browsing behavior is recorded.

Abstract submission deadline for #NetSciX2026 in Auckland, New Zealand, is one month away. We're excited to announce our lineup of keynote speakers. Time to get your abstracts ready & plan your trip if you want to contribute & get a chance to listen to these amazing scholars netscix2026.github.io

🚀 New postdoc position for Platform Data & Computational Social Science Join us to drive @gesis.org' efforts around the Digital Services Act (DSA) and conduct research with online platform data 💼 TV-L EG 14 | Location: Cologne 📌 Apply now: www.gesis.org/en/institute... #DSA #CSS #DataScience

Months before ChatGPT, for my keynote talk at @recsys.bsky.social I suggested we may be soon falling off the Internet cliff. I used this Einstein(?) quote to capture the yet-unknown impact of AI on our information ecosystem and argue that the future of human communication may be face-to-face.

Before heading to ACL, I'm excited to be at #IC2S2 this week! 🌞 I'll present a related working paper on validating LLM social simulations at the ABM session on Tuesday (11 AM, Vingen 7): indiiigo.github.io/files/GABM_V... (w/ @wanlo.bsky.social @mstrohm.bsky.social and @janalasser.bsky.social)

Before you head off for summer break, don't forget to submit your extended abstract! **Deadline is Sep 5, 23:59 AoE.** Better to get it done now than rush at the last minute. 🌞📝

1. Kevin Gross and I just posted a new science-of-science preprint. This one explores the looming peer review crisis. As many of you know, it's becoming significantly more difficult for journal editors to find scholars willing to serve as peer reviewers for submitted manuscripts.

System is so broken: - researchers write papers no one reads - reviewers don't have time to review, shamed to coauthors, use LLMs instead of reading - authors try to fool said LLMs with prompt injection - evaling researchers based on # of papers (no time to read) Dystopic.

This is a nice and clear "overview of the state of RAG" hamel.dev/notes/llm/ra... (via @arnicas.bsky.social's wonderful newsletter)

📢 Big news for platform researchers across Europe and beyond: Today, the @ec.europa.eu adopted the Delegated Act for Article 40 of the Digital Services Act (DSA) – a long-anticipated milestone enabling researchers to request access to non-public platform data under Article 40.4.

We welcome the @ec.europa.eu’s adoption of the Delegated Act on Data Access. This is a significant milestone in the implementation of the provisions of Article 40 in the Digital Services Act. 🔗 www.cnam.ie/european-com...

🚨 New preprint! Do LLMs really know what’s true? In our paper, @eliassi.bsky.social and I introduce sAwMIL: a probing method that distinguishes between true, false, and neither—capturing what LLMs actually “retain.” We evaluated 16 open models across 3 new datasets. 📄 arxiv.org/abs/2506.23921

It was great to share our #LLMScholarAudits at @icssi.bsky.social 2025. Thanks to everyone who stopped by! 📰 arxiv.org/abs/2506.00074 ⏯️ bit.ly/LLMScholar_I... 🎙️ bit.ly/LLMScholar_I... Also coming up at @ic2s2.bsky.social. Reach out to Daniele Barolo to learn more about it.

Thanks to everyone who showed interest in our #CanPreg study at @icwsm.bsky.social last week! Here are the materials: Paper: doi.org/10.1609/icws... Slides: bit.ly/CanPreg_ICWS... Poster: bit.ly/CanPreg_ICWS... by @LiuhuayingYang Podcast (NotebookLM) 🎙️: bit.ly/CanPreg_ICWS...

Susmita presented our paper with Danilo Dessi and @dietzestefan.bsky.social, introducing the TeleScope dataset. The dataset contains the message forwards across 70K channels, allowing the study of misinformation and hate speech spreading. P: doi.org/10.1609/icws... D: doi.org/10.7802/2825

‪@lespin.bsky.social‬ is presenting her work on cannabis usage during pregnancy. Paper: doi.org/10.1609/icws... Dataset: doi.org/10.17605/OSF... Apparently, you can listen to an AI-generated podcast covering the paper -> open.spotify.com/episode/2RoN...

Day 1 of @icwsm.bsky.social is kicking off today! 🎉 Just a heads-up: our special session “From Biased Algorithms to Inclusive Research: Science and Practice”—organized by the EDI team ( @elisalvai.bsky.social and me)—is happening at 12PM. Grab your lunch and join us for talks and discussion!

A Multimodal TikTok Dataset of #Ecuador's 2024 Political Crisis and Organized Crime Discourse by Gabriela Pinto, @emilioferrara.bsky.social USC workshop-proceedings.icwsm.org/abstract.php... @icwsm.bsky.social #dataforvulnerable25

📢 TU Graz students: Join our 2-day workshop to learn how networks and algorithms shape social inequalities. 🗓️ July 1–2, 9am-5pm 📍 For MA/PhD students at @tugraz.bsky.social ⏳ Register via CAMPUSonline by June 24 🔗 Details: bit.ly/INA_TUG_SS25 @netincsh.bsky.social‬ @csh.ac.at

📢 The NetSci-X 2026 Call for Abstracts is now open! Submit your work and join us in #Auckland to explore diversity in network science. 📅 Deadline: 5 September 2025, 23:59 AoE 🌐 More info: netscix2026.github.io @mluczak.bsky.social‬ Michael Small @droneale.bsky.social‬ Daniela Paolotti

We will be hosting a virtual symposium on "AI/LLMs for detecting scientific errors" as part of the Metascience Conference next Tuesday (June 17th) from 6:30 to 7:30 pm CEST. Participation is free. Further information and registration: metascience.info/virtual-symp...

💬 Un sistema educativo que segrega por nivel de renta y código postal, con una perversidad amparada por instituciones y partidos: cualquier familia tiene incentivos a colocar a sus hijos en el vagón de primera clase. 'La pública diferencia', qué tiempos...

The abstract submission system to #NetSciX2026 (to be held in Auckland, New Zealand in February '26) is now open for your contributions: netscix2026.github.io#portfolio Keep your eyes open at #NetSci2025 for our flyers or talk to us (@lespin.bsky.social and myself are around).

Science of connections satellite about to kick off at #NetSci2025 and I'm pleased to have #NetSciX2026 information in the bag (watch out for those flyers). The conference will be in Auckland, New Zealand, in February 2026. netscix2026.github.io

How AI will surpass human intelligence... 😂😅

New blogpost by my colleagues Sebastian Netscher, Farah Karim and Jana Meichsner about the future of DOI registration for datasets: blog.gesis.org/consolidatin... #rdm #researchdata #FAIRdata

Haven't registered for #FAccT2025 yet? Our next deadline is coming up! After June 6th, you will have to pay the late rate, so we strongly recommend registering soon. facctconference.org/2025/registr...

IceLab Camp: FREE #TRAINING for #PhD students and #Postdocs eager to explore science across boundaries! Learn how to ask questions, craft interdisciplinary research proposals & have fun doing it. September 23–26 near Umeå Apply by June 9 www.umu.se/en/icelab/ca... #complexsystems #complexityschool

Any good restaurant recommendations in #Maastricht?

Thanks for the interview Anja. It was fun and refreshing to think out of the box :-)

If you are at #WebSci2025, join our "Beyond APIs: Collecting Web Data for Research using the National Internet Observatory" - a tutorial that addresses the critical challenges of web data collection in the post-API era. national-internet-observatory.github.io/beyondapi_websci25/

New preprint from @lauraknelson.bsky.social, @mattwilkens.bsky.social, and myself tests different ways of simulating the past with LLMs. We don't fully answer the title question here—just show that simple strategies based on prompting and fine-tuning are insufficient. +

Happy to see this finally out in @natcomms.nature.com! 🎉 "The dynamics of leadership and success in software development teams" www.nature.com/articles/s41... Amazing collaboration with @lgajo.bsky.social, @johanneswachs.bsky.social and @fede7j.bsky.social