Complex system scientist, former remote husband/dad, amateur photographer & keen traveller.
"... I scream my barbaric YAWP over the roofs of the world "
(W. Whitman)
Website: https://cardillo.web.bifi.es
After seven wonderful months, it is now time for me to say goodbye to IPE institute and @paleoipe.bsky.social group. A lot of good multidisciplinary science is going to come out from my last postdoc (stay tuned).
This is not a farewell but just an "arrivederci" 👋.
A new call for the Distinguished PKS Postdoctoral Fellow is now open! Distinguished PKS postdoctoral fellows appear personally along with the departments and groups on the main research page of the institute. You can apply here: www.pks.mpg.de/PKSFellow27
The deadline is the 13th of November 2026.
colleagues in Asia and elsewhere: please consider attending The 2nd International Symposium on Urban Systems Science (ISUSS) | 8–10 January 2027 | Urban Systems Institute, University of Hong Kong | www.usi-isuss.org
Interested in joining Complexity72h this year? Want to learn more about the Call for Projects and what leading a project involves?
Join us for the live presentation on November 15: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🔗 more info here: www.complexitynextgen.org/complexity72h/
See you there!
🚀 The Complexity72h Call for Projects is OPEN! ✨
Got a project you’d love to explore? Bring it to Complexity72h! Turn your idea into a real project in 72 hours of collaboration, creativity, and constructive chaos 💥
🌐 complexitynextgen.org/complexity72h/call-for-projects
The NetSci 2027 Call for Abstracts & Satellites is here!
netsci2027.github.io/calls/abstra...
Submit your boundary-breaking research and join us in Dresden 🤩🚀
Abstract deadline: 1 Dec 2026
Satellite proposals: 15 Nov 2026
Conference: 18–21 May 2027
Do you want to keep talking after #CCS2026 or couldn't make it?
Submit to CompleNet 2027 at U. Rochester!
A 1-2 page extended abstract is enough. Work in progress or already published work welcome!
Deadline: Oct 17 (AoE)
@complenet.bsky.social@css-conference.bsky.social
University of Mannheim is hiring a W3 Professor in Social Data Science and Social Science Methodology. Start: 1 February 2027. Application deadline: 22 October 2026. www.sowi.uni-mannheim.de/en/about/job...
If you’ve been meaning to send your network research somewhere it’ll be properly heard, CompleNet 2027 closes on 17 October. No parallel sessions, so your talk gets the full room.
📍 Rochester, NY — 9–12 March
👉 cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CompleNet202...
#job 📢 I'm hiring a 2yrs postdoc in computational visual analysis at @itu.dk ! FemVision is a new project studying everyday visual misogyny online. We're looking for someone who wants to use computer vision and multimodal models to tackle an important social problem.
Apply!
📢 Call for contributions — CompleNet 2027
Share your latest research on complex networks with the community. Extended abstracts, short papers and long papers all welcome.
📍 Rochester, NY — 9–12 March
⏳ Deadline: 17 October
👉 cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CompleNet202...
SocArXiv now has a limit of two papers per week. If authors submit more than that we assume they are LLM-generated and reject them all. Normal humans who need to upload a batch of papers, which sometimes happens, must make arrangements.
Also today, ArXiv set a two papers per month limit.
Young Scientist Award for Socio- and Econophysics.
www.dpg-physik.de/vereinigunge...
- deadline 15.10.2026
- below the age of 40
- awarded prize EUR 7,500
Please consider nominating outstanding colleagues.
CompleNet 2027 brings the complex networks community together in Rochester, NY, 9–12 March. Share your latest results, whether they're theoretical, computational or applied — early-stage work is welcome too.
⏳ Deadline: 17 October
👉 cmt3.research.microsoft.com/CompleNet202...
Please consider attending the DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM) | 14 - 19 March 2027 | University of Regensburg | Physics of Socio-economic Systems Division | regensburg27.dpg-tagungen.de .
Fellowships for early-career physicists: www.dpg-physik.de/aktivitaeten...
Don't miss CompleNet. The international conference on Complex Networks has been running since 2009. In 2027 we'll be in Rochester, NY, USA
complenet.github.io/index.html
The CompleNet 2027 deadline has been extended to 17 October.
We welcome extended abstracts (1–2 pages), short papers (up to 8) and long papers (up to 12).
📍 Rochester, NY — 9–12 March
👉 Submit: complenet.github.io/cfp.html
Our final CompleNet 2027 keynote: Seda Unal, Director of Data Science at Box. working on production-grade network theory for enterprise workflows.
📢 Deadline extended to 17 October.
📍 Rochester, NY — 9–12 March
👉 Submit: complenet.github.io/cfp.html
We are hiring at LMU Munich: two PhD positions and one postdoc on democracy, political psychology and computational social science.
Start: January 2027 or as soon as possible. We review applications on a rolling basis until October 20.
Details below. Reposts very welcome! 1/7
A paper in Nature Communications reports a detailed structural analysis of the Roman Empire’s entire road network, covering topographical information from nearly 300,000 km of roads. go.nature.com/4gU64b5 🏺🧪
🚀 The Complexity72h Call for Projects is OPEN! ✨
Got a project you’d love to explore? Bring it to Complexity72h! Turn your idea into a real project in 72 hours of collaboration, creativity, and constructive chaos 💥
🌐 complexitynextgen.org/complexity72h/call-for-projects
The PhD and Postdoc application links are now live! Come join me at UNIL to work on deep learning for protein structure, interactions & design. pickybinders.org#open-positions
We are excited to announce that Gourab Ghoshal (@gghoshal.bsky.social) from the University of Rochester will be a keynote speaker at LANET 2027. Porto Alegre, Brazil, July 26-30, 2027.
Join us: lanetconference.github.io/index.html#NetworkScience
Hey everyone, long time since we last spoke... but we've been super busy making sure the next edition of the WWCS is as good as always!
We're here with some good news: the applications for the WWCS will open up next week! Hope to see you all in Briançon next year! ❤️
More info at wwcs2027.github.io
New paper! Are universal models of human behavior really universal?
Universal mobility models can work remarkably well on average while systematically failing for some socioeconomic groups.
Accurate for whom?
academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...
Led by Ludovico Napoli with @martonkarsai.bsky.social
At CompleNet, the Best Talk Prize comes with an invitation to return as a keynote the next year. So we're thrilled to welcome back Fernando Diaz-Diaz (UC3M), who works on signed networks, polarization and structural balance.
U. of Rochester, Mar 9–12
Submit by Sept 20
complenet.github.io
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Call for Nominations: Young Scientist Awards 2027
Physics of Socio-economic Systems Division (Φ·SOE), German Physical
Society (DPG)
Deadline: October 15, 2026
Sponsored by Capital Fund Management (CFM)
Further details:
www.dpg-physik.de/vereinigunge...
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🚨 Keynote Announcement!
We’re delighted to welcome Geoff Boeing (@geoffboeing.com) as a keynote speaker at CompleNet 2027 in Rochester, NY! His work on urban networks, mobility, street networks & geospatial data science makes him a perfect fit. complenet.github.io#CompleNet27
We are happy to announce Ernesto Estrada as a keynote speaker at LANET 2027 that will take place 26–30 July 2027 in Porto Alegre, Brazil. Ernesto is the 5th confirmed keynote speaker of the event. For more information visit lanetconference.github.io/index.html
We are happy to announce that Fil Menczer will will be joining us as a keynote speaker in Rochester, NY, USA. Visit our site at complenet.github.io for more information about speakers, dates, calls, etc.
Heading to CCS in Binghamton? Sign up for the yrCSS Warm-Up: two days before the conference, with great speakers, a panel and activities to build your community of young researchers. Free with your CCS registration, but spots fill fast: yrcss.cssociety.org/warm-up/2026...
Interested in complex systems research in beautiful Vermont?
Teams @vcsi.bsky.social hope to fill postdoctoral positions on very short notice. One position is at the intersection of cognitive and epidemiological modeling.
DM for details or keep an eye out for postings on here.
Applications for the 2027 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships are open!
Katrin Schmelz just completed SFI’s Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowship, and she reflects on what the experience meant to her.
Deadline: September 30, 2026
Requirements & application: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
We continue revealing our keynote speakers for CompleNet 2027! We are delighted to announce that Sarah Feldt Muldoon will be joining us as a keynote speaker in Rochester, NY, USA. complenet.github.io
A study in Nature Microbiology maps how influenza A virus interacts with human cells, and the findings show mechanisms by which the virus exploits and remodels host cells during infection. go.nature.com/4x7IHQD#microsky#medsky 🧪
We are very happy to announce YY Ahn (@yyahn.bsky.social) as our second keynote speaker at #CompleNet27 in Rochester, NY, USA. We are planning an amazing event. Mark your calendars. complenet.github.io
We are extremely happy to announce that Michelle Girvan has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at #CompleNet27 in Rochester, NY, USA. Check our website for more information complenet.github.io
Applications are open for SFI's 2027 Complexity Postdoctoral Fellowships.
SFI is looking for recent Ph.D. graduates with strong quantitative and computational skills who want to pursue independent, transdisciplinary research.
Deadline: September 30, 2026
Apply: santafe.edu/sfifellowship
We are hiring!
In the framework of the NCCR Genesis (nccr-genesis.ch) we have a postdoc position to work on the theory of chemical reaction networks in non-equilibrium settings, also in close contact with experimentalists.
If interested, apply here
programs-recruiting.epfl.ch/positiondeta...