π1st ever NetLogo conference this summer June 29-July 1 in Chicago!
Calling both researchers & educators: Share your ABM research, educational ideas & creative approaches with the NetLogo community.
π Proposals/abstracts open now β conference.netlogo.org/2026/
#NetLogo #ABM
Nice to reconnect with Cedrik Fermont after 16 years, last time was in Vietnam. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and music with us in Macau @syrphe.bsky.social
Dec 5-7, I attended COSCON 2025, the amazing open source conference of KAIYUANSHE εΌζΊη€Ύ community.
Open Collaboration in action for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals !
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#AI #DPGs #opensource #opencollaboration #SDGs
I'm in Beijing for COSCON'2025, the annual open source conference in China. Please ping me if you are there also. #pharo #opensource
The inaugural NetLogo Conference is coming to Chicago, June 22-24, 2026!
Help shape the program β Take our 2-min survey: forms.gle/Zj4VCz6fCEPB...
Join researchers, educators & modelers from around the world for 3 days of ABM innovation & fun. Details: www.netlogo.org/netlogo_con_...
π Hi everyone! After 6 years at United Nations University (UNU) Institute in Macau, my time will come to an end in March 2026. Iβm seeking a new role and would appreciate your support.
You can read more details on what I m looking for here: www.linkedin.com/posts/serges...
"No OSPO is an island."
- Bastien Guerry
#UNOpenSourceWeek
*New Resource* - 'Guidance on using large language models to extract cause-and-effect pairs from texts for systems mapping', written by Jordan White and Pete Barbrook-Johnson. See: www.cecan.ac.uk/resources/to...
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to meet Dave Snowden, the creator of the Cynefin framework which helps executives and leaders take action and navigate complex, uncertain situations by first sensing the context in which they need to act. #complexsystem #sensemaking
www.linkedin.com/posts/serges...
Year 2 of testing if Chatgpt can write a joke about agent-based modelling:
"Why donβt agent-based models ever get invited to parties?
Because they always act independently and cause emergent behavior!"
I'm not sure we made any improvements here...
The work on using Physics Informed Neural Networks to model plants that we initiated with Emilie Peynaud, Paulin Melatagia Yonta and Jean-François Barczi, during my time in Cameroon is finally out as a preprint publication dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
The new UNU-EHS #InterconnectedRisks report highlights 5 transformative changes for a thriving future:
β»οΈ Rethink waste
πΏ Realign with nature
π€ Reconsider responsibility
π Reimagine the future
π Redefine value
Find out more: interconnectedrisks.org
#UNUat50
πCCS 2025 -Call for Abstracts!
The deadline for submitting abstracts for CCS 2025 has been extended to April 5, 2025.
π· New Abstract Submission Deadline: April 5, 2025, at 23:59 CEST.
πSubmission portal: ccs25.cssociety.org/abstract-2/
@unu-flores.bsky.social welcome!
The French team was highly motivated to run the 2025 Macao 10K International race today. The weather was perfect, almost no humidity compared to the previous year. I was able to run this year in less than one hour with a pace of 5:56 min/km.
www.macao10k.com/en/results
#EpiverseTRACE is now on Bluesky & LinkedIn! π
Weβre expanding to be more inclusive & diverse, reaching a wider audience in public health & data science.
Want to know more about what we do?βοΈπ€
π§΅a thread!
I recently attended the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit in Paris, held at the Grand Palais from February 10 to 11, 2025, representing the United Nations University Institute in Macau.
Some personal highlights π‘ from the Summit.
www.linkedin.com/posts/serges...
The Coq proof assistant software is in the process of changing its name to βRocqβ because βCoqβ leads itself to a double entendre in English.
(See coq.discourse.group/t/coq-commun... )
This decision is, of course, colossally stupid, not just because renaming software is always stupid, but mostly β¦
UNU Digital Technology and Sustainable Development Talent Programme Youth Scholar Training Camp 2025 - AI and Climate Action: Balancing Benefits and Risks - 3 UNU research institutes involved: UNU-Macau, @unumerit.bsky.social in Netherland and UNU-EHS in Bonn
www.linkedin.com/posts/serges...
On this International Mother Language Day observed by United Nations, let's remember that many world languages are still not well represented in Large Language Models. Letβs preserve linguistic and cultural diversity!
arxiv.org/abs/2412.10271
Welcome here !
I was really happy to contribute to the conversation with the students from the United Nations Student Association (UNSA) Maastricht and give them some insights on United Nations University for their future professional careers.
unu.edu/merit/news/u... @ununiversity.bsky.social @unumerit.bsky.social
π CCS2025 Travel Grants! π
Grants available for researchers from low & middle-income countries! Covers fees, travel & more.
Must:
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Present research (talk, poster, or satellite)
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Reside in an eligible country
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No previous Open Arms grant
π More info: ccs25.cssociety.org/open-arms-gr...
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π’ Call for papers π’ Workshop "Computational Social Science meets Qualitative Research" that I organise with colleague @dandekadt.bsky.social at LSE in November 2025.
Anyone interested please send us a 250-word abstract by 26 March 2025 !
Learn moreβ‘οΈ buff.ly/3CCijaY
@lsemethodology.bsky.social
Arrived at the AI Action Summit in Paris. I will be involved in several side events Feb 11. Happy to interact with everyone π€
We are looking for participants! If you are a researcher and would like to participate in a study exploring data search with LLMs, please reach out me π
#AcademicSky
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I'm spending right now one week at UNU-MERIT for a training session that we are organising with them and I can see that this is a wonderful place with a lot of great colleagues working at the intersection of research and policymaking. Please apply if you want to lead this Institute.
