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Reader in Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary University working on Network Science, Data Science, and digital Epidemiology. Website: www.nicolaperra.com
Network map of Bluesky users flowingdata.com/2026/02/11/n...
Network map of Bluesky users
Theo Sanderson visualized the network of 3.4 million Bluesky users, placed by follow patterns. It is searchable and interactive. If you zoom in close enough, you can find our tiny pocket of data vi…
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February 11, 2026 at 9:37 AM
Network map of Bluesky users flowingdata.com/2026/02/11/n...
Global patterns of inequality in pedestrian shade provision idp.nature.com/authorize?re...
Global patterns of inequality in pedestrian shade provision - Nature Communications
Urban shade from trees and buildings is unevenly distributed globally, with lower-income and peripheral neighbourhoods consistently having less sidewalk shade despite higher heat vulnerability, unders...
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February 10, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Global patterns of inequality in pedestrian shade provision idp.nature.com/authorize?re...
Deep Generative Model for Human Mobility Behavior arxiv.org/abs/2510.06473
Deep Generative Model for Human Mobility Behavior
Understanding and modeling human mobility is central to challenges in transport planning, sustainable urban design, and public health. Despite decades of effort, simulating individual mobility remains...
arxiv.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Deep Generative Model for Human Mobility Behavior arxiv.org/abs/2510.06473
Reproducing the first and second moments of empirical degree distributions arxiv.org/abs/2505.10373
Reproducing the first and second moments of empirical degree distributions
The study of probabilistic models for the analysis of complex networks represents a flourishing research field. Among the former, Exponential Random Graphs (ERGs) have gained increasing attention over...
arxiv.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Reproducing the first and second moments of empirical degree distributions arxiv.org/abs/2505.10373
Whose Name Comes Up? Benchmarking and Intervention-Based Auditing of LLM-Based Scholar Recommendation arxiv.org/abs/2602.08873
Whose Name Comes Up? Benchmarking and Intervention-Based Auditing of LLM-Based Scholar Recommendation
Large language models (LLMs) are increasingly used for academic expert recommendation. Existing audits typically evaluate model outputs in isolation, largely ignoring end-user inference-time intervent...
arxiv.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Whose Name Comes Up? Benchmarking and Intervention-Based Auditing of LLM-Based Scholar Recommendation arxiv.org/abs/2602.08873
When do neural ordinary differential equations generalize on complex networks? arxiv.org/abs/2602.08980
When do neural ordinary differential equations generalize on complex networks?
Neural ordinary differential equations (neural ODEs) can effectively learn dynamical systems from time series data, but their behavior on graph-structured data remains poorly understood, especially wh...
arxiv.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:33 PM
When do neural ordinary differential equations generalize on complex networks? arxiv.org/abs/2602.08980
When do neural ordinary differential equations generalize on complex networks? arxiv.org/abs/2602.08980
When do neural ordinary differential equations generalize on complex networks?
Neural ordinary differential equations (neural ODEs) can effectively learn dynamical systems from time series data, but their behavior on graph-structured data remains poorly understood, especially wh...
arxiv.org
February 10, 2026 at 1:31 PM
When do neural ordinary differential equations generalize on complex networks? arxiv.org/abs/2602.08980
Robust Scaling in Human Brain Dynamics Despite Correlated Inputs and Limited Sampling Distortions link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/...
Robust Scaling in Human Brain Dynamics Despite Correlated Inputs and Limited Sampling Distortions
An analytical and numerical framework, applied to pooled resting-state functional magnetic resonance imaging, shows that collective brain activity is slightly subcritical yet close to criticality.
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February 10, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Robust Scaling in Human Brain Dynamics Despite Correlated Inputs and Limited Sampling Distortions link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/...
Impact of seed node position on network robustness under localized attacks arxiv.org/abs/2602.06436
Impact of seed node position on network robustness under localized attacks
Localized attacks (LAs), where damage propagates from a single seed node to its neighbors, pose significant threats to the robustness of complex networks. Although previous studies have extensively an...
arxiv.org
February 9, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Impact of seed node position on network robustness under localized attacks arxiv.org/abs/2602.06436
A large language model for complex cardiology care idp.nature.com/authorize?re...
A large language model for complex cardiology care - Nature Medicine
In a randomized study involving 9 general cardiologists and 107 real-world patient cases, assistance from a specifically tailored large language model resulted in preferable responses on complex case ...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
A large language model for complex cardiology care idp.nature.com/authorize?re...
The science of psychedelic medicine idp.nature.com/authorize?re...
The science of psychedelic medicine - Nature Medicine
This Review outlines the science behind psychedelic medicine and integrates mechanistic knowledge with clinical evidence across neuropsychiatric indications, highlighting challenges, controversies and...
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February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
The science of psychedelic medicine idp.nature.com/authorize?re...
Wikipedia and Grokipedia: A Comparison of Human and Generative Encyclopedias arxiv.org/abs/2602.05519
Wikipedia and Grokipedia: A Comparison of Human and Generative Encyclopedias
We present a comparative analysis of Wikipedia and Grokipedia to examine how generative mediation alters content selection, textual rewriting, narrative structure, and evaluative framing in encycloped...
arxiv.org
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Wikipedia and Grokipedia: A Comparison of Human and Generative Encyclopedias arxiv.org/abs/2602.05519
Higher-order adaptive behaviors outperform pairwise strategies in mitigating contagion dynamics arxiv.org/abs/2602.05915
Higher-order adaptive behaviors outperform pairwise strategies in mitigating contagion dynamics
When exposed to a contagion phenomenon, individuals may respond to the perceived risk of infection by adopting behavioral changes, aiming to reduce their exposure or their risk of infecting others. Th...
arxiv.org
February 6, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Higher-order adaptive behaviors outperform pairwise strategies in mitigating contagion dynamics arxiv.org/abs/2602.05915
Geometric Criticality in Scale-Invariant Networks arxiv.org/abs/2507.11348
Geometric Criticality in Scale-Invariant Networks
Dimension in physical systems determines universal properties at criticality. Yet, the impact of structural perturbations on dimensionality remains largely unexplored. Here, we characterize the attrac...
arxiv.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Geometric Criticality in Scale-Invariant Networks arxiv.org/abs/2507.11348
Modeling individual attention dynamics on online social media arxiv.org/abs/2507.01511
Modeling individual attention dynamics on online social media
In the attention economy, understanding how individuals manage limited attention is critical. We introduce a simple model describing the decay of a user's engagement when facing multiple inputs. We an...
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February 5, 2026 at 1:05 PM
Modeling individual attention dynamics on online social media arxiv.org/abs/2507.01511
Spatiotemporal determinants of vector-borne disease outbreaks link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/...
Spatiotemporal determinants of vector-borne disease outbreaks
Vector-borne diseases arise from the coupled dynamics of human mobility and mosquito ecology, producing outbreaks shaped by both spatial distributions and temporal patterns of movement. Here we develo...
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February 5, 2026 at 8:20 AM
Spatiotemporal determinants of vector-borne disease outbreaks link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/...
Functional motifs in food webs and networks www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:12 PM
Functional motifs in food webs and networks www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Temporal Motif Participation Profiles for Analyzing Node Similarity in Temporal Networks arxiv.org/abs/2507.06465
Temporal Motif Participation Profiles for Analyzing Node Similarity in Temporal Networks
Temporal networks consisting of timestamped interactions between a set of nodes provide a useful representation for analyzing complex networked systems that evolve over time. Beyond pairwise interacti...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Temporal Motif Participation Profiles for Analyzing Node Similarity in Temporal Networks arxiv.org/abs/2507.06465
Link Fraction Mixed Membership Reveals Community Diversity in Aggregated Social Networks arxiv.org/abs/2602.03266
Link Fraction Mixed Membership Reveals Community Diversity in Aggregated Social Networks
Community detection is a critical tool for understanding the mesoscopic structure of large-scale networks. However, when applied to aggregated or coarse-grained social networks, disjoint community par...
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February 4, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Link Fraction Mixed Membership Reveals Community Diversity in Aggregated Social Networks arxiv.org/abs/2602.03266
Social Catalysts, Not Moral Agents: The Illusion of Alignment in LLM Societies arxiv.org/abs/2602.02598
Social Catalysts, Not Moral Agents: The Illusion of Alignment in LLM Societies
The rapid evolution of Large Language Models (LLMs) has led to the emergence of Multi-Agent Systems where collective cooperation is often threatened by the "Tragedy of the Commons." This study investi...
arxiv.org
February 4, 2026 at 12:07 PM
Social Catalysts, Not Moral Agents: The Illusion of Alignment in LLM Societies arxiv.org/abs/2602.02598
Does AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clear www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Does AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clear
The vision of human-level machine intelligence laid out by Alan Turing in the 1950s is now a reality. Eyes unclouded by dread or hype will help us to prepare for what comes next.
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February 3, 2026 at 1:33 PM
Does AI already have human-level intelligence? The evidence is clear www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Who Connects Global Aid? The Hidden Geometry of 10 Million Transactions arxiv.org/abs/2512.17243
Who Connects Global Aid? The Hidden Geometry of 10 Million Transactions
The global aid system functions as a complex and evolving ecosystem; yet widespread understanding of its structure remains largely limited to aggregate volume flows. Here we map the network topology o...
arxiv.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:14 AM
Who Connects Global Aid? The Hidden Geometry of 10 Million Transactions arxiv.org/abs/2512.17243
Culturally Grounded Personas in Large Language Models: Characterization and Alignment with Socio-Psychological Value Frameworks arxiv.org/abs/2601.22396
Culturally Grounded Personas in Large Language Models: Characterization and Alignment with Socio-Psychological Value Frameworks
Despite the growing utility of Large Language Models (LLMs) for simulating human behavior, the extent to which these synthetic personas accurately reflect world and moral value systems across differen...
arxiv.org
February 3, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Culturally Grounded Personas in Large Language Models: Characterization and Alignment with Socio-Psychological Value Frameworks arxiv.org/abs/2601.22396
Correlation-Based Diagnostics of Social Contagion Dynamics in Multiplex Networks arxiv.org/abs/2601.22459
Correlation-Based Diagnostics of Social Contagion Dynamics in Multiplex Networks
Multiplex contagion dynamics display localization phenomena in which spreading activity concentrates on a subset of layers, as well as delocalized regimes where layers behave collectively. We investig...
arxiv.org
February 3, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Correlation-Based Diagnostics of Social Contagion Dynamics in Multiplex Networks arxiv.org/abs/2601.22459
Correcting temporal bias in mobility data using time-use surveys arxiv.org/abs/2601.22330
Correcting temporal bias in mobility data using time-use surveys
GPS mobility data is a valuable source of behavioral measurement which is subject to systematic biases including the over- or under-representation of demographic groups, and variations in the quality ...
arxiv.org
February 3, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Correcting temporal bias in mobility data using time-use surveys arxiv.org/abs/2601.22330