Francesco Pierri

FOMO for #ic2s2 is hitting hard---especially for Francesco, who is bravely pretending he’s totally fine without me.

Go check out our poster on early linguistic fingerprints of conspiracy theorists on Reddit (w. @gdfm.bsky.social )!

Full paper here: arxiv.org/abs/2506.05086

🚨Job Alert
W2 (TT W3) Professorship in Computer Science "AI for People & Society"
@saarland-informatics-campus.de/@uni-saarland.de is looking to appoint an outstanding individual in the field of AI for people and society who has made significant contributions in one or more of the following areas:

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🚨 A new kind of political science textbook has arrived—and it might just disrupt the entire textbook industry. It’s called A Political Science Experiment, and here’s why you should care. 👇
🔗 politicsexperiment.com

Vacancy — PhD Position on Improving Social Media Using Large Language Models The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) at the University of Amsterdam is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in the NWO VIDI project "Improving Social Media Using L...

PhD position out at University of Amsterdam

We’re looking for a computer scientist interested in LLMs, social media, and politics

Offer a lot of freedom and an exciting environment!

Please share!

werkenbij.uva.nl/en/vacancies...

Submission application deadline next week!

FINALLY 😌

The Delegated Act is here.

The Act clarifies rules for data access under the Digital Services Act #DSA

#dataaccess #research #eusky #commsky #polisky #csssky

digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/d...

Just a quick update: 🚀 we’re pleased to announce that @chpoletto.bsky.social has joined as our final invited speaker!
@css-conference.bsky.social @frapierri.bsky.social @akacaycepollard.bsky.social @fabmazza.bsky.social

LLMs might be nicer than humans but not nicer than my co-authors for sure <3

Damm we should have put that in the title!

ICWSM'25 - Know Before You Go Know before you go This document is long but contains only the information that we think is critical for your stay. Please read carefully! Quick Links Conference Program Conference Proceedings Places ...

The countdown to #ICWSM 2025 is on! 🎉

🌞 Expect warm summer days in Copenhagen! Tap water in Denmark is safe and delicious. Just bring a refillable bottle to stay hydrated! 💧

Don’t forget to check out the “Know Before You Go” guide for essential info:
📄 docs.google.com/document/d/1...

AI-assisted social media posting increases the volume of content people produce. However, that content is perceived as lower quality than purely human-generated posts. A dangerous spiral that may flood social media with low-quality content. Results from a controlled study: arxiv.org/abs/2506.14295

📢 Meet the keynote speakers at #ICWSM 2025:

Silvia Merisio, Policy officer in the DSA team of the European Commission
“From Regulation to Research: The DSA’s Impact on Social Data Science” + Panel Discussion

📅 June 24
🕑 9 AM
📍CSS 35.01.05

Only a few days left to submit your abstract to the BeSafe Satellite Workshop @ccs2005.bsky.social. Details & submission: www.code-project.it/besafe/
Participate and feel free to spread the word.
For any questions email: besafe.ccs2025@gmail.com.
@sarawalk.bsky.social @frapierri.bsky.social

📢 Only a few days left!
The deadline to submit your abstract to the BeSafe Satellite Workshop @css-conference.bsky.social is Sunday, June 15.

Don’t miss the chance to be part of our workshop!
👉 Details & submission: www.code-project.it/besafe/

🚨 We're thrilled to announce the first invited speaker of the satellite workshop BeSAFE: Eugenio Valdano!
Don't miss the chance to join us – abstract submissions close this Friday, May 30! Visit: www.code-project.it/besafe/
‪@cref-enrico-fermi.bsky.social‬ @css-conference.bsky.social

This is a poor argument against LLM simulations. It suggests that LLM-based behavioral models should capture nuances that no model ever has (do agent-based models go to the toilet?). Ofc, ABM is meant to be interpretable, but social science also needs predictive power (where LLM simulations excel)

TL;DR
We use open LLMs to study online conspiracy theories on TikTok leveraging videos' transcripts, and estimate a lower bound prevalence (0.1%) of such content on the platform looking at over 1 M random sample of US videos collected through the Research API.

Our paper "Conspiracy theories and where to find them on TikTok" has been accepted at the Main conference of @aclmeeting.bsky.social 2025!

Great work led by @fracorso.bsky.social supervised by @gdfm.bsky.social and yours truly.

For more details check the preprint: arxiv.org/abs/2407.12545

Call for bstracts to the #BeSAFE satellite workshop of #CCS 2025 on the interplay between human behavior, social structures, and the spread of infectious diseases. Siena (Italy) Sept 4, 2025
Deadline: 30/05/2025
www.code-project.it/besafe/
besafe.ccs2025@gmail.com
#CODEproject www.code-project.it

Deadline extended to August 31st!

(feel free to reach out for pre-submission inquiries)

Call for Abstracts – BeSAFE Satellite Workshop @ CCS 2025, Siena

We are pleased to invite submissions of original abstracts to the BeSAFE satellite workshop of CCS2025 @css-conference.bsky.social, taking place in Siena (code-project.it/besafe/). 🧵 1/4

Do Large Language Models Solve the Problems of Agent-Based Modeling? A Critical Review of Generative Social Simulations Recent advancements in AI have reinvigorated Agent-Based Models (ABMs), as the integration of Large Language Models (LLMs) has led to the emergence of ``generative ABMs'' as a novel approach to simula...

Large Language Model-based social simulation has emerged as an exciting new research method.

But do LLMs actually resolve the problems that have historically limited use of Agent-Based Models? What do they bring?

We review the literature to find out!

with Maik Laaroij
arxiv.org/abs/2504.03274

Modeling the amplification of epidemic spread by individuals exposed to misinformation on social media - npj Complexity npj Complexity - Modeling the amplification of epidemic spread by individuals exposed to misinformation on social media

New paper out in npj Complexity today.

We construct large data-informed US-based contact networks (~20M nodes) and explore how misinformed populations can affect the spread of disease.

Modeling the amplification of epidemic spread by individuals exposed to misinformation on social media - npj Complexity npj Complexity - Modeling the amplification of epidemic spread by individuals exposed to misinformation on social media

New paper: Modeling the amplification of epidemic spread by individuals exposed to misinformation on social media 🧪

Simulations informed by social media data yield a worst-case bound on additional infections due to exposure to online vaccine misinfo. It's not good.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...

🔗 Details: cy-soc.github.io/2025/

Join us at the 6th International Workshop on Cyber Social Threats at #ICWSM.

#CallForPapers #GenAI #OnlineSafety #CyberSocialThreats #OnlineToxicity #Cyberbullying #OnlineExtremism #AIandSociety

📢 Deadline Extended for submissions to #CySoc2025 to ensure broader participation.
💡Share your research on generative AI, online safety, harms and threats, or political conflict in online platforms, with the leading minds in the field. We’d love to see your submissions.

📆New Deadline: April 10 AoE

🚨🚨Due to multiple requests, the deadline for the #CySoc workshop has been extended until April 10!🚨🚨

Make sure to get your submissions in!

#CySoc2025 #ICWSM #CallForPapers #GenAI #OnlineThreats #PoliticalConflict #AIandSociety

With: Kaicheng Yang Francesco Pierri Matthew DeVerna Yelena Mejova Jeremy Blackburn

@yang3kc.bsky.social @frapierri.bsky.social @matthewdeverna.com @yelenamejova.bsky.social @mrjimmyblack.com

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We are looking forward to your submissions! Accepted papers will be published in the ICWSM Companion Proceedings.

📆 Submission Deadline: March 31, 2025
🔗 More info: cy-soc.github.io/2025/

Let us know if you have questions and/or are interested in serving as a PC member.

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