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ISI Foundation @isi.it · 13d

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

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ISI Foundation @isi.it · 15d

@alexvespi.bsky.social @iyadrahwan.bsky.social @ccattuto.bsky.social @maxplanck.de

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ISI Foundation @isi.it · 15d

His pioneering research explores how AI and digital media shape the way we think, learn, work, play, cooperate, and govern.
🏆 Award ceremony: Oct 28, 2025 | 6:30 p.m.
📍 Binario 3 | OGR Torino (Corso Castelfidardo 22)

Open to the public Reserve here 👉 bit.ly/47hxXDN

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ISI Foundation @isi.it · 15d

🎉 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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ISI Foundation @isi.it · Sep 10

Super interesting insights on internal migration in Europe with an evident high skill migration from the southern countries to the northern ones.
Thanks again, Daniela, and thanks to our attendees for the thoughtful questions.

ISI Foundation @isi.it · Sep 10

Seminar wrap‑up: “Where would you go next? Exploring migration aspirations of high‑skilled migrants through LinkedIn data”
Thank you to Dr.@perrottadaniela.bsky.social (Research Scientist & Deputy Head, Migration & Mobility Lab,@mpidr.bsky.social)for sharing her research with all of us at @isi.it

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Michele Tizzani @mictiz.bsky.social · Aug 5

How do socioeconomic factors shape protective behaviors and contact patterns years after the COVID-19 pandemic?

Find out in our new paper in PLOS Computational Biology.
journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

@laetitiagauvin.bsky.social
@isi.it

Socioeconomic determinants of protective behaviors and contact patterns in the post-COVID-19 pandemic era: A cross-sectional study in Italy

Author summary COVID-19 outcomes have been shown to vary across different socioeconomic groups, but the mechanisms by which socioeconomic conditions influence transmission are not yet fully understood...

journals.plos.org

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Nicolò Gozzi @ngozzi.bsky.social · Jul 29

📢 Call for Participants – RespiCompass RSV Scenario Round 2025/26

@ecdc.europa.eu is launching a new modelling round via RespiCompass, focused on RSV immunisation strategies for newborns across the EU/EEA.

🗓️ Deadline: Dec 1, 2025
🔗 Learn more: github.com/european-modelling-hubs/RespiCompass

GitHub - european-modelling-hubs/RespiCompass: European Respiratory Diseases Scenario Hub

European Respiratory Diseases Scenario Hub. Contribute to european-modelling-hubs/RespiCompass development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

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Te Pūnaha Matatini @tepunahamatatini.bsky.social · Jun 12

If you're in Torino on Monday come along to @isi.it to hear @mluczak.bsky.social and @cillaw.bsky.social speak about how we're using complex systems research as a pathway toward more inclusive, just and resilient futures → www.isi.it/seminars/202...

From Complexity to Possibility: Complex Systems Research at Te Pūnaha Matatini - ISI Foundation

ABSTRACTTe Pūnaha Matatini is a national Centre of Research Excellence for complex systems based in Aotearoa New Zealand. In this talk, we will share the vision and evolving approach that guide our tr...

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Lorenzo Dall'Amico @lo-dallamico.bsky.social · Jun 4

New publication!

I am happy to announce that the paper "Learning distributed representations with efficient SoftMax normalization" I authored with Enrico Maria Belliardo has been published in Transactions of Machine Learning Research @tmlrorg.bsky.social.

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Mattia Mazzoli @mattiamazzoli.bsky.social · May 26

📢The next keynote speaker of UrbanSys @CCS2025 is...
🏙️ Vittorio Loreto
Director of SONY CSL, Full Professor at Sapienza University, Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi, External Faculty at CSH Vienna
Last days to submit your abstract to UrbanSys before June 1st!
🔗 urban-sys-net.weebly.com/call-for-abs...

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Kyriaki Kalimeri @kyriakikalimeri.bsky.social · May 23

Honored to receive the 🏆 Best Paper Award at @WebSciConf with Jacopo d'Ignazi & Mariano Beiro for our study on the role of moral values in user engagement with news on Twitter 📰

📎 arxiv.org/pdf/2502.12009

@isi.it @upf.edu Universidad de San Andres &Conicet
#NLP #SocialMedia #News

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ISI Foundation @isi.it · May 21

Un'occasione di dialogo tra ricerca, impresa e istituzioni su società, educazione, lavoro e sicurezza nell'era digitale.

Università degli Studi di Torino

ISI Foundation @isi.it · May 21

🕚 Alle ore 11:00 interverrà nella sessione "Società", per riflettere sul ruolo delle istituzioni come produttori e custodi di dati e sulle opportunità per trasformarli in valore per la collettività.

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ISI Foundation @isi.it · May 21

🔵 Che fare? Webfare!
📅 22 maggio 2025 | 🕤 ore 9:30
📍 Aula Magna Cavallerizza Reale, Torino
Domani @ccattuto.bsky.social, @isi.it Scientific Director, parteciperà al convegno "Che fare? Webfare!", dedicato al ruolo dei dati e dell'AI nella costruzione di un nuovo welfare digitale, inclusivo e umano.

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NetScience @netscience.bsky.social · May 13

Amazing list of invited speakers at the 2nd British NetSci Symposium. If you are a PhD student or a Post-doc, please consider sending an abstract! The morning will be entirely dedicated to contributed talks from young researchers. Info and submission link: www.netsci.uk/events.html

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CEU Department of Network & Data Science @ceu-dnds.bsky.social · May 13

Is science missing from climate change debates on #Reddit?

In a paper just published in PLOS Climate, @elisaomodei.bsky.social and collaborators from @isi.it find that 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝟰–𝟲.𝟱% 𝗼𝗳 𝗥𝗲𝗱𝗱𝗶𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀.

🔗 Read: doi.org/10.1371/jour...

#datascience #ClimateChange

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Mattia Mazzoli @mattiamazzoli.bsky.social · May 12

📢Happy to announce the first keynote speaker of UrbanSys at CCS2025!
🏙️ Eszter Bokányi, PostDoc Researcher at PLANET-NL, LIACS, Leiden University, The Netherlands eszterbokanyi.com
Submit your abstract to UrbanSys before Wednesday 14th of May!
🔗 urban-sys-net.weebly.com/call-for-abs...

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Mattia Mazzoli @mattiamazzoli.bsky.social · May 12

@css-conference.bsky.social
@bokanyie.bsky.social
@ricgallotti.bsky.social
@ifisc.uib-csic.es
@elsaarcaute.bsky.social
@martikagv.bsky.social
@andreaguizzo.bsky.social
@isi.it

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Mattia Mazzoli @mattiamazzoli.bsky.social · Apr 17

👨‍👧‍👦 Our work on influenza vaccination determinants in Italy was just published in BMC Public Health 👨‍👧‍👦
🔗 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Beyond known determinants, our study suggests that using public transport and living with children are factors associated with lower odds of vaccine uptake.

Exploring influenza vaccination determinants through digital participatory surveillance - BMC Public Health

Background Vaccination is key for mitigating the impact of recurring seasonal influenza epidemics. Despite the efficacy and safety of influenza vaccines, achieving optimal vaccination uptake remains a...

link.springer.com

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Mattia Mazzoli @mattiamazzoli.bsky.social · Apr 7

🚨Proud to announce that UrbanSys will take place at CCS2025 @css-conference.bsky.social as a full day event! 🙌
🇪🇺🏃‍♂️Join us in Siena, Italy, on September 4 2025 and dive with us in the complexity of urban systems 🏙️🇮🇹

The call for abstracts is open!
👉 urban-sys-net.weebly.com/call-for-abs...

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Mattia Mazzoli @mattiamazzoli.bsky.social · Apr 7

@elsaarcaute.bsky.social @ricgallotti.bsky.social @ifisc.uib-csic.es @isi.it @andreaguizzo.bsky.social

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Kyriaki Kalimeri @kyriakikalimeri.bsky.social · Apr 1

📢 Deadline Extended! 🚨
6th Workshop on Data for the Wellbeing of the Most Vulnerable at #ICWSM2025!

🗓️ New Deadline: April 7th, 2025
Submit your abstract or paper
🔗 tinyurl.com/DWMV25

#DataForSocialGood

@yelenamejova.bsky.social @danielapaolotti.bsky.social @isi.it @icwsm.bsky.social

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ISI Foundation @isi.it · Mar 25

Oggi, su La Repubblica, il Prof. @alexvespi.bsky.social, Presidente di @isi.it, discute l'importanza delle nuove sorgenti di dati e dell'intelligenza artificiale per monitorare e anticipare la propagazione di virus a potenziale pandemico e, in particolare, dell'influenza aviaria H5N1.
bit.ly/4hNixdU

Aviaria: bimbo muore in Cambogia, prima pecora infettata in Inghilterra. Ue in allarme

Preoccupano le ultime mutazioni del virus rilevate negli Usa. L’Europa incalza: “È una minaccia”. Le proposte italiane per frenare i contagi

www.repubblica.it

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Yelena Mejova @yelenamejova.bsky.social · Mar 10

📢 Meet the keynote speakers of the upcoming #ICWSM Workshop on #Data for the Wellbeing of the Most #Vulnerable

👉 Paddy Brock at World Bank & UNHCR Joint Data Center
👉 @robysinatra.bsky.social at University of Copenhagen

Join us! Submission deadline: March 31 sites.google.com/view/datafor...

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