NERDS
@nerdsitu.bsky.social
Networks, Data, and Society research group @itu.dk. Data Science | Network Science | Computational Social Science
We are: https://nerds.itu.dk/people | https://bsky.app/starter-pack-short/4ej8RNM
We are: https://nerds.itu.dk/people | https://bsky.app/starter-pack-short/4ej8RNM
Jacob Liam Curran-Sebastian has joined NERDS
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January 2, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Manuel Knepper has joined NERDS
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December 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
With several fresh fathers and Italians in our group, a relevant link to share: www.ilpost.it/2025/12/21/p...
I papà di Copenhagen sono diversi - Il Post
Per gli italiani che visitano la città è molto evidente: c'entrano i lunghi congedi parentali della Danimarca e in generale dei paesi del nord Europa
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December 21, 2025 at 10:13 PM
With several fresh fathers and Italians in our group, a relevant link to share: www.ilpost.it/2025/12/21/p...
Very good. All public institutions, like universities, should follow suit!
Update. The Danish government is moving away from #Microsoft products to #opensource alternatives.
https://itsfoss.com/news/denmark-road-traffic-authority-ditches-microsoft/
#Denmark
https://itsfoss.com/news/denmark-road-traffic-authority-ditches-microsoft/
#Denmark
Denmark Begins its Exit from Microsoft — and This is Just the Beginning
The move is part of a government-wide effort to reduce dependency on Microsoft software. The traffic department's move is just the beginning.
itsfoss.com
December 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Very good. All public institutions, like universities, should follow suit!
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Excellent news! Our full paper "The Influence of the Communication Medium on Data Storytelling" based on the thesis of my former master's student Tamara Nagel has been accepted for oral presentation at #chiir2026! See you in Seattle!
December 17, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Excellent news! Our full paper "The Influence of the Communication Medium on Data Storytelling" based on the thesis of my former master's student Tamara Nagel has been accepted for oral presentation at #chiir2026! See you in Seattle!
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More great news: our other full paper "Tip-of-the-Tongue Search in the Wild: Analyzing Human and LLM Performance and Success Factors on Complex Search Requests" was also accepted at #chiir2026, this one together with @maria83.bsky.social, Mark Hall, Marijn Koolen, Mette Skov and Vivien Petras!
December 18, 2025 at 1:16 PM
More great news: our other full paper "Tip-of-the-Tongue Search in the Wild: Analyzing Human and LLM Performance and Success Factors on Complex Search Requests" was also accepted at #chiir2026, this one together with @maria83.bsky.social, Mark Hall, Marijn Koolen, Mette Skov and Vivien Petras!
Michael, Anastassia and Manuel win Innoexplorer Grant!
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December 11, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Michael, Anastassia and Manuel win Innoexplorer Grant!
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#kv25 Since I keep reading and reviewing papers using #LLMs to simulate social dynamics I think it's just fair to see how they would do in simulating the outcome of the local elections we had yesterday in #Copenhagen. The plot below shows the "predicted" value obtained via gpt4o
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
#kv25 Since I keep reading and reviewing papers using #LLMs to simulate social dynamics I think it's just fair to see how they would do in simulating the outcome of the local elections we had yesterday in #Copenhagen. The plot below shows the "predicted" value obtained via gpt4o
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🔈 *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
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
November 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🔈 *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
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
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Yay, datasci.social is now 3 years old! 🥳
Same as last year, so I don't bother with a new post: https://community.datasci.social/blog/2024-11-15/two-years-old/
stable users - no issues - 99.9+% uptime - muchas gracias to our supporters!! 💖
Only new thing: Given bluesky's predictable moderation […]
Same as last year, so I don't bother with a new post: https://community.datasci.social/blog/2024-11-15/two-years-old/
stable users - no issues - 99.9+% uptime - muchas gracias to our supporters!! 💖
Only new thing: Given bluesky's predictable moderation […]
Original post on datasci.social
datasci.social
November 16, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Yay, datasci.social is now 3 years old! 🥳
Same as last year, so I don't bother with a new post: https://community.datasci.social/blog/2024-11-15/two-years-old/
stable users - no issues - 99.9+% uptime - muchas gracias to our supporters!! 💖
Only new thing: Given bluesky's predictable moderation […]
Same as last year, so I don't bother with a new post: https://community.datasci.social/blog/2024-11-15/two-years-old/
stable users - no issues - 99.9+% uptime - muchas gracias to our supporters!! 💖
Only new thing: Given bluesky's predictable moderation […]
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A short thread of observations using Max Andrew's tool to explore the network of relationships revealed in the Epstein estate email cache. @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com
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1. There is a tight inner circle, densely connected. Trump is in the near outer rim.
epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com
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1. There is a tight inner circle, densely connected. Trump is in the near outer rim.
epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:29 AM
A short thread of observations using Max Andrew's tool to explore the network of relationships revealed in the Epstein estate email cache. @thatsjustlikeyouropinionman.com
🧵
1. There is a tight inner circle, densely connected. Trump is in the near outer rim.
epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com
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1. There is a tight inner circle, densely connected. Trump is in the near outer rim.
epstein-doc-explorer-1.onrender.com
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Picard management tip: As soon as you find out that a person is truly toxic, get them the hell off your ship.
November 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Picard management tip: As soon as you find out that a person is truly toxic, get them the hell off your ship.
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I just got 3.1 mil DKK, so if you are interested in uncovering how climate change 🏭☁️⛅⛈️🌊🌪️🌬️ affects our movement patterns and mobility related behaviors, then I will be opening a PhD position later this year
Hvordan påvirker klimaforandringer menneskers kollektive adfærd? ☔️🤷
👉 Det vil ITU-forsker @vedransekara.bsky.social undersøge i et nyt projekt, der netop er blevet støttet med 3,1 mio. kr. fra Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond 👏
🔗 www.itu.dk/Om-ITU/Press...
👉 Det vil ITU-forsker @vedransekara.bsky.social undersøge i et nyt projekt, der netop er blevet støttet med 3,1 mio. kr. fra Danmarks Frie Forskningsfond 👏
🔗 www.itu.dk/Om-ITU/Press...
November 4, 2025 at 10:18 AM
I just got 3.1 mil DKK, so if you are interested in uncovering how climate change 🏭☁️⛅⛈️🌊🌪️🌬️ affects our movement patterns and mobility related behaviors, then I will be opening a PhD position later this year
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Best poster I've ever seen -- check how the shape reflects the contents! (By Anastasia Vybornova & @trivikrama.bsky.social) #ODISSEI2025
November 4, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Best poster I've ever seen -- check how the shape reflects the contents! (By Anastasia Vybornova & @trivikrama.bsky.social) #ODISSEI2025
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If you're a student in need of a personal website (and if you're doing research, yes, you need a website!), I keep a list of nice examples here, most of which are reusable: www.are.na/maria-antoni...
For example, I just spotted this beautiful website by Catherine Yeh: github.com/catherinesye...
For example, I just spotted this beautiful website by Catherine Yeh: github.com/catherinesye...
November 3, 2025 at 8:11 PM
If you're a student in need of a personal website (and if you're doing research, yes, you need a website!), I keep a list of nice examples here, most of which are reusable: www.are.na/maria-antoni...
For example, I just spotted this beautiful website by Catherine Yeh: github.com/catherinesye...
For example, I just spotted this beautiful website by Catherine Yeh: github.com/catherinesye...
Vedran wins Independent Research Fund Denmark Grant!
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November 3, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Vedran wins Independent Research Fund Denmark Grant!
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Two new NERDS papers: Algorithmic bias, street network simplification
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November 3, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Two new NERDS papers: Algorithmic bias, street network simplification
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How fair are the algorithms that decide who gets information online? Our new paper in PNAS Nexus shows that maximization algorithms, the ones used to pick “influencers” in social networks, unintentionally deepen inequality.
🧠 Sekara, Dotu, Cebrian, Moro & García-Herranz
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
🧠 Sekara, Dotu, Cebrian, Moro & García-Herranz
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
Detecting bias in algorithms used to disseminate information in social networks and mitigating it using multiobjective optimization
Abstract. Social connections are conduits through which individuals communicate, information propagates, and diseases spread. Identifying individuals who a
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October 31, 2025 at 1:39 PM
How fair are the algorithms that decide who gets information online? Our new paper in PNAS Nexus shows that maximization algorithms, the ones used to pick “influencers” in social networks, unintentionally deepen inequality.
🧠 Sekara, Dotu, Cebrian, Moro & García-Herranz
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
🧠 Sekara, Dotu, Cebrian, Moro & García-Herranz
🔗 doi.org/10.1093/pnas...
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Join us for a Data Discussion on Friday, November 7! 📅
Daniel Juhász Vigild will start by exploring how government use of AI impacts its trustworthiness, while Stephanie Brandl will examine whether LLMs can identify and classify fine-grained forms of populism.
Event🔗: sodas.ku.dk/events/sodas...
Daniel Juhász Vigild will start by exploring how government use of AI impacts its trustworthiness, while Stephanie Brandl will examine whether LLMs can identify and classify fine-grained forms of populism.
Event🔗: sodas.ku.dk/events/sodas...
SODAS Data Discussion 3 (Fall 2025)
SODAS is delighted to host Daniel Juhász Vigild and Stephanie Brandl for the Fall 2025 Data Discussion series!
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October 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Join us for a Data Discussion on Friday, November 7! 📅
Daniel Juhász Vigild will start by exploring how government use of AI impacts its trustworthiness, while Stephanie Brandl will examine whether LLMs can identify and classify fine-grained forms of populism.
Event🔗: sodas.ku.dk/events/sodas...
Daniel Juhász Vigild will start by exploring how government use of AI impacts its trustworthiness, while Stephanie Brandl will examine whether LLMs can identify and classify fine-grained forms of populism.
Event🔗: sodas.ku.dk/events/sodas...
Find his lecture slides here: uscuni.org/talks/slides...
October 30, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Find his lecture slides here: uscuni.org/talks/slides...
Martin gave a fantastic talk today about his personal path and insights about #opensource in front of a 100+ people audience, impressing also many students!
October 30, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Martin gave a fantastic talk today about his personal path and insights about #opensource in front of a 100+ people audience, impressing also many students!
Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net will present in 1.5 hours at ITU, AUD 1: "Open source inside out"
October 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Martin Fleischmann @martinfleischmann.net will present in 1.5 hours at ITU, AUD 1: "Open source inside out"
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Excited to share that my first journal paper (w/ Dr Craig Robson & @alistaircford.bsky.social) has been published in the Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research! Read more (open access) here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
Thanks to @geospatialcdt.bsky.social and Craig and Ali for enabling this!
Thanks to @geospatialcdt.bsky.social and Craig and Ali for enabling this!
October 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Excited to share that my first journal paper (w/ Dr Craig Robson & @alistaircford.bsky.social) has been published in the Journal of Cycling and Micromobility Research! Read more (open access) here: doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...
Thanks to @geospatialcdt.bsky.social and Craig and Ali for enabling this!
Thanks to @geospatialcdt.bsky.social and Craig and Ali for enabling this!