@pholme.bsky.social
Scandinasian professor of network science & computational social science
A figure from my university's computer security information for employees.
Just in general . . I think humans absolutely adore symmetry and instinctively ignore asymmetric theories/observations to the point that if you see someone presenting something asymmetric, you can assume they actually have some evidence.
petterhol.me/2025/05/07/s...
Today's algorithmic art:
"Verteilung elementarer Zeichen" by F. Nake, 1965. From "Bit-1: Teorija Informacija I Nova Estetika."
www.nature.com/articles/s41... our paper on that topic 📄
01.12.2025 18:23 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0I approve of "Smurfaren!" It gives the song the (dis)respect it deserves. 👹
It's interesting to think of the political coordinates here . . because "Vandraren" definitely has populist right-wing vibes, but still it comes from the Eurovision circuit, which is very liberal.
Lord have mercy 🫠
01.12.2025 08:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Time for another mixtape to get you into that wintery mood. 🎶 A cassette-friendly 90 min, of course.
open.spotify.com/playlist/15s...
Time for another mixtape to get you into that wintery mood. 🎶 A cassette-friendly 90 min, of course.
open.spotify.com/playlist/15s...
Systems biology medicine was distinctively more engineering-oriented; that's a difference. Their goal was to construct the entire wiring diagram of the cell, etc. So that *is* a quantitative approach, but I believe more in network medicine 2.0 👍
24.11.2025 10:26 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0I mean, you all like alliterations 😀
"enable medicine to become predictive, personalized, preventive and participatory"
vs
"medicine is not only personalized but also more predictive, preventive, and precise"
Network of the day. From R Riedl's "Structures of Complexity"
24.11.2025 10:17 — 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Nice paper!
It sounds similar to the systems medicine of Leroy Hood et al. from 15 years ago link.springer.com/article/10.1... but still it must be the right direction to go, and few people are
Network of the day: States of poverty and corresponding actions from charity organizations from Mohr & Duquenne (1997) via @netsciconf.bsky.social
22.11.2025 07:22 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0New, spicy competitor for Zachary's Karate Club just dropped
15.11.2025 04:32 — 👍 11 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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
13.11.2025 15:36 — 👍 32 🔁 17 💬 0 📌 1
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@mtsvetkova.bsky.social is a panellist at the International Society for Computational Social Science (ISCSS) first-ever "Ask Me Anything" webinar, focused on PhD admissions!
🗓️ Nov 19 3.00pm ET
💻Online
Register➡️ umich.zoom.us/webinar/regi....
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Join us on Thursday, 6 November, at 14:30 CET for the International Roundtable on Computational Social Science with @ajalvero.bsky.social 🔹 Generative AI and Sociology: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful 🔹 More info: liu.se/en/article/s...
31.10.2025 09:39 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
It's cool how aviation technology changed the topology of such networks.
05.11.2025 14:29 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Yes, I love that track! I didn't come to my mind in our previous discussion. (Some serious The Rah band – "Clouds Across the Moon" vibes there.)
04.11.2025 10:32 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Network of the day.
From: Kuligowski, E.D. (2016). Human Behavior in Fire. In: Hurley, M.J., et al. SFPE Handbook of Fire Protection Engineering. Springer, New York, NY.
"When all hope is gone, there is no reason for pessimism."
Aki Kaurismäki
For us, this journey toward explaining *surprising macro outcomes* took many years. Grateful to my amazing co-authors, @martinarvidsson.bsky.social and Peter Hedström, and to all the reviewers who supported us along the way
🚀Out now: sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
Network of the day.
From: Briggs & Peat, Turbulent Mirror, 1989.
🔈Job Alert!
Swedish Excellence Center in Computational Social Science (SWECSS) is hiring postdoctoral researchers. Positions are available at IAS and the Department of Computer Science (IDA).
⌛Deadline: 31 October
IAS: liu.se/en/work-at-l...
IDA: liu.se/en/work-at-l...
#academicsky #css
arXiv alert! 📄🚨
A review paper about the physics of news, rumors, and opinions
arxiv.org/abs/2510.15053
w @manlius.bsky.social @sarawalk.bsky.social Guido Cadarelli et al.
Network of the day, from: Live Fyrand, "Sosialt Nettverk: Teori og Praktikk", 1994.
19.10.2025 21:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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14.10.2025 13:12 — 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Reminder: Last chance to apply for our postdoc positions in polarisation + mental well-being: www.aalto.fi/en/open-posi...
10.10.2025 19:49 — 👍 2 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0White chocolate is made of cacao 😝 Brown white chocolate just keeps more of the unsophisticated parts of it
09.10.2025 14:27 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
💡👉 "Artificially intelligent agents in the social and behavioral sciences: A history and outlook"
A new paper from @mtsvetkova.bsky.social (@lsedatascience.bsky.social Affiliate) and Professor @pholme.bsky.social traces the evolution of agentic #AI in the social sciences
➡️ arxiv.org/abs/2510.05743
IMO White chocolate is the real thing; the other thing should be called "brown white chocolate."
09.10.2025 08:34 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
