Ciro Cattuto
@ccattuto.bsky.social
Data Science · Digital Epidemiology · Computational Social Science · Tech for good, but not a technosolutionist · Scientific Director at @isi.it · Happier outdoors. 🇪🇺🇮🇹🏔️
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We're excited to announce that the website and registration for IC2S2 2026 (July 28-31) will launch in early December! The Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social at the University of Vermont will be hosting IC2S2 in 2026: youtube.com/watch?v=p412S4GnPkc&feature=youtu.be
IC2S2 2026 | Burlington, Vermont
YouTube video by UVM Office of Research
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November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We're excited to announce that the website and registration for IC2S2 2026 (July 28-31) will launch in early December! The Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social at the University of Vermont will be hosting IC2S2 in 2026: youtube.com/watch?v=p412S4GnPkc&feature=youtu.be
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Meet Prof. Iyad Rahawan, winner of the Lagrange Prize 2025 🏆
Exploring how AI reshapes our society.
@iyadrahwan.bsky.social @alexvespi.bsky.social @ccattuto.bsky.social
#lagrangeprize #fondazionecrt #ogr
Exploring how AI reshapes our society.
@iyadrahwan.bsky.social @alexvespi.bsky.social @ccattuto.bsky.social
#lagrangeprize #fondazionecrt #ogr
October 29, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Meet Prof. Iyad Rahawan, winner of the Lagrange Prize 2025 🏆
Exploring how AI reshapes our society.
@iyadrahwan.bsky.social @alexvespi.bsky.social @ccattuto.bsky.social
#lagrangeprize #fondazionecrt #ogr
Exploring how AI reshapes our society.
@iyadrahwan.bsky.social @alexvespi.bsky.social @ccattuto.bsky.social
#lagrangeprize #fondazionecrt #ogr
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I am deeply honored to be awarded the Lagrange Prize 🏆, the premier award in the field of Complex Systems.
I'd like to share this moment with all my current and past students, research team members, and collaborators over the years.
Thank you CRT Foundation & @isi.it for this honor
I'd like to share this moment with all my current and past students, research team members, and collaborators over the years.
Thank you CRT Foundation & @isi.it for this honor
🎉 ISI Foundation is thrilled to announce that the Lagrange Prize – CRT Foundation Edition 2025 has been awarded to Professor Iyad Rahwan @iyadrahwan.bsky.social, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin!
October 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I am deeply honored to be awarded the Lagrange Prize 🏆, the premier award in the field of Complex Systems.
I'd like to share this moment with all my current and past students, research team members, and collaborators over the years.
Thank you CRT Foundation & @isi.it for this honor
I'd like to share this moment with all my current and past students, research team members, and collaborators over the years.
Thank you CRT Foundation & @isi.it for this honor
Join us later today in Torino at OGR 👉 bit.ly/47hxXDN
October 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Join us later today in Torino at OGR 👉 bit.ly/47hxXDN
I’m proud to support the Python Software Foundation and their commitment to building an inclusive community. Please consider donating if you can!
Please read our statement, share it with your networks, and support us if you can. www.python.org/sponsors/app... psfmember.org/civicrm/cont...
October 28, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I’m proud to support the Python Software Foundation and their commitment to building an inclusive community. Please consider donating if you can!
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TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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The official home of the Python Programming Language
www.python.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:47 PM
TLDR; The PSF has made the decision to put our community and our shared diversity, equity, and inclusion values ahead of seeking $1.5M in new revenue. Please read and share. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...
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🎉 ISI Foundation is thrilled to announce that the Lagrange Prize – CRT Foundation Edition 2025 has been awarded to Professor Iyad Rahwan @iyadrahwan.bsky.social, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin!
October 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🎉 ISI Foundation is thrilled to announce that the Lagrange Prize – CRT Foundation Edition 2025 has been awarded to Professor Iyad Rahwan @iyadrahwan.bsky.social, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin!
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The most important thing universities should do in a world with AI is to greatly increase the number of professors, so that classes can be smaller and more class time can be spent directly interacting with students as people.
go, student newspaper of Notre Dame and Saint Mary
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
"employ in-class essays, oral exams+ rigorous discussions — that are far more difficult to use AI tools to complete. a close reading of the text should constitute the bulk in any introductory humanities class."
www.ndsmcobserver.com/article/2025...
Editorial: AI-proof the Core Curriculum
The Core Curriculum is an essential part of a Catholic education that must be saved from AI.
www.ndsmcobserver.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
The most important thing universities should do in a world with AI is to greatly increase the number of professors, so that classes can be smaller and more class time can be spent directly interacting with students as people.
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Vietare l’educazione alla sessualità nelle scuole medie compromette salute e sicurezza per:
👉aumento gravidanze adolescenziali
👉maggiore incidenza infezioni sessualmente trasmissibili
👉minore capacità di riconoscere e prevenire abusi, violenza e coercizione sessuale
#Valditara
#Lega
👉aumento gravidanze adolescenziali
👉maggiore incidenza infezioni sessualmente trasmissibili
👉minore capacità di riconoscere e prevenire abusi, violenza e coercizione sessuale
#Valditara
#Lega
October 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Vietare l’educazione alla sessualità nelle scuole medie compromette salute e sicurezza per:
👉aumento gravidanze adolescenziali
👉maggiore incidenza infezioni sessualmente trasmissibili
👉minore capacità di riconoscere e prevenire abusi, violenza e coercizione sessuale
#Valditara
#Lega
👉aumento gravidanze adolescenziali
👉maggiore incidenza infezioni sessualmente trasmissibili
👉minore capacità di riconoscere e prevenire abusi, violenza e coercizione sessuale
#Valditara
#Lega
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
nyti.ms
October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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I've defended my PhD 🎓🙂
Huge thanks to @nuriaoliver.com for her guidance over these years and to the committee @ccattuto.bsky.social , Isabel Valera, and G. González Serrano for their time, insights, and an inspiring discussion 🙏
Excited for what's coming next!
Huge thanks to @nuriaoliver.com for her guidance over these years and to the committee @ccattuto.bsky.social , Isabel Valera, and G. González Serrano for their time, insights, and an inspiring discussion 🙏
Excited for what's coming next!
October 7, 2025 at 1:26 PM
I've defended my PhD 🎓🙂
Huge thanks to @nuriaoliver.com for her guidance over these years and to the committee @ccattuto.bsky.social , Isabel Valera, and G. González Serrano for their time, insights, and an inspiring discussion 🙏
Excited for what's coming next!
Huge thanks to @nuriaoliver.com for her guidance over these years and to the committee @ccattuto.bsky.social , Isabel Valera, and G. González Serrano for their time, insights, and an inspiring discussion 🙏
Excited for what's coming next!
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October 3, 2025 at 1:52 AM
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“If the social platforms and language models that increasingly shape our understanding of the world are inscrutable black boxes, Wikipedia is the opposite, maybe the most legible, endlessly explainable information management system ever made." www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can survive
The site’s volunteers face threats from Trump, billionaires, and AI.
www.theverge.com
October 1, 2025 at 1:48 PM
“If the social platforms and language models that increasingly shape our understanding of the world are inscrutable black boxes, Wikipedia is the opposite, maybe the most legible, endlessly explainable information management system ever made." www.theverge.com/cs/features/...
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📢 Keynotes unlocked: 4/12. Thrilled to have Anna Levina as a keynote speaker in Complenet’26! Join us to learn more about #networks, #neurons and #criticality!
🌐 Info & registration: complenet.weeblysite.com
🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!
🌐 Info & registration: complenet.weeblysite.com
🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!
September 29, 2025 at 1:46 PM
📢 Keynotes unlocked: 4/12. Thrilled to have Anna Levina as a keynote speaker in Complenet’26! Join us to learn more about #networks, #neurons and #criticality!
🌐 Info & registration: complenet.weeblysite.com
🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!
🌐 Info & registration: complenet.weeblysite.com
🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!
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Based on the body of evidence, what happens if pregnant women do not receive Covid booster vaccination?
Thousands of hospitalizations of infants and expectant mothers
@nathanlo.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Thousands of hospitalizations of infants and expectant mothers
@nathanlo.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
September 29, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Based on the body of evidence, what happens if pregnant women do not receive Covid booster vaccination?
Thousands of hospitalizations of infants and expectant mothers
@nathanlo.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Thousands of hospitalizations of infants and expectant mothers
@nathanlo.bsky.social @peterhotezmdphd.bsky.social
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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NASA scientists have spoken out about how cuts to NASA funding and staff costs irreplaceable personnel, and dismantles their vital research.
Read their Voyager Declaration here: www.standupforscience.net/nasa-voyager...
NASA scientists have spoken out about how cuts to NASA funding and staff costs irreplaceable personnel, and dismantles their vital research.
Read their Voyager Declaration here: www.standupforscience.net/nasa-voyager...
September 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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NASA scientists have spoken out about how cuts to NASA funding and staff costs irreplaceable personnel, and dismantles their vital research.
Read their Voyager Declaration here: www.standupforscience.net/nasa-voyager...
NASA scientists have spoken out about how cuts to NASA funding and staff costs irreplaceable personnel, and dismantles their vital research.
Read their Voyager Declaration here: www.standupforscience.net/nasa-voyager...
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Sino a quando i cittadini (incazzati) non scenderanno in piazza, la politica non rimetterà mai la #sanità pubblica tra le priorità del Paese
#SalviamoSSN
#SalviamoSSN
September 27, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Sino a quando i cittadini (incazzati) non scenderanno in piazza, la politica non rimetterà mai la #sanità pubblica tra le priorità del Paese
#SalviamoSSN
#SalviamoSSN
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WHAT IS MIGRATION? Joining a migrant family through the deadly Darién jungle connecting South and North America
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PROMO: WHAT IS MIGRATION? Joining a migrant family through the deadly Darién jungle connecting South and North America
Copyright©: Rasmus Krath Cameras & sound: Rasmus Krath Shot in 4K D-Log on Sony A7IV, DJI Pocket 3, DJI Mini Pro 4 and GoPro 10 The material in this promo…
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September 21, 2025 at 8:36 PM
WHAT IS MIGRATION? Joining a migrant family through the deadly Darién jungle connecting South and North America
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Join us in Zaragoza!
📢 Keynotes unlocked: 2/12. Thrilled to have Ciro Cattuto @ccattuto.bsky.social as a keynote speaker in Complenet’26! Join us to learn more about empirical contact #networks and their dynamics!
🌐 Info & registration: www.complenet.org
🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!
🌐 Info & registration: www.complenet.org
🚨 Call for contributions open – submit by Nov 15, 2025!
September 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Join us in Zaragoza!
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“Vaccines represent one of humanity’s greatest achievements”
@adamratnermd.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
@adamratnermd.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
Public Health Success Is Fragile - The Return Of Measles Is Proof
Measles is surging and vaccine hesitancy is up. In his book "Booster Shots," Dr Adam Ratner explains why measles is back and how we can control this deadly infectious killer.
www.forbes.com
September 16, 2025 at 3:46 AM
“Vaccines represent one of humanity’s greatest achievements”
@adamratnermd.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
@adamratnermd.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/madhuk...
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Some findings of note: ChatGPT has a global and diverse user base, with usage growing faster in poorer countries than in wealthy ones. And people are increasingly using it in their personal lives rather than for help at work. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Here’s what the data says people ask ChatGPT
OpenAI released the first detailed public study on who uses its chatbot and what they most often ask it to do.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Some findings of note: ChatGPT has a global and diverse user base, with usage growing faster in poorer countries than in wealthy ones. And people are increasingly using it in their personal lives rather than for help at work. www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...
Delighted to have contributed to this effort led by @gfalbery.bsky.social with our SocioPatterns data on animal social networks.
Celebrating the publication of our big collaborative spatial-social meta-analysis of density-dependent transmission effects, out now in Nature Eco Evo! doi.org/10.1038/s415... (or rdcu.be/eD6eB)
September 14, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Delighted to have contributed to this effort led by @gfalbery.bsky.social with our SocioPatterns data on animal social networks.
This was a great collaboration, combining high-resolution data from wearable proximity sensors, virological data, air quality data and more. Delighted to see it out there.
New Preprint! Co-led with Nicolas Banholzer *The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools* on MedRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2025... (YET TO BE PEER REVIEWED)
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools.
Close-proximity interactions are considered a key risk factor for respiratory virus transmission, but their importance relative to shared space and air quality remains unclear. We conducted a six-week...
doi.org
August 22, 2025 at 5:38 PM
This was a great collaboration, combining high-resolution data from wearable proximity sensors, virological data, air quality data and more. Delighted to see it out there.
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New Preprint! Co-led with Nicolas Banholzer *The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools* on MedRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2025... (YET TO BE PEER REVIEWED)
The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools.
Close-proximity interactions are considered a key risk factor for respiratory virus transmission, but their importance relative to shared space and air quality remains unclear. We conducted a six-week...
doi.org
August 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
New Preprint! Co-led with Nicolas Banholzer *The relative contribution of close-proximity contacts, shared classroom exposure and indoor air quality to respiratory virus transmission in schools* on MedRxiv. doi.org/10.1101/2025... (YET TO BE PEER REVIEWED)