Now out: sciencedirect.com/science/articl… We study a consistent scaling relationship between the mean & the variance of the reproduction number Y across spreading scenarios, revealing that the mean cascade size can be inferred from Y, whose distr. differentiates simple & complex contagion

A quick snapshot of my poster at NetSci 2024. If you missed it yesterday you can still check it out during today’s coffee break 😉(panel 079).

I am thrilled to share that ‘Learning Multi-Frequency Partial Correlation Graphs’ has just been published through IEEE Xplore in IEEE TSP. Thanks to my super co-authors Paolo Di Lorenzo, Francesco Bonchi, Stefania Sardellitti, and Sergio Barbarossa. bit.ly/4eNL4Qe

Our review "Contagion dynamics on higher-order networks" is out in Nature Reviews Physics (rdcu.be/dMQiv). We review the literature on the topic and take the opportunity to propose a unified formalism covering most of the functional forms used for the spreading dynamics (1/2).

"Higher-order null models as a lens for social systems" accepted for publication in PRX! We unveil new insights into the dynamics of social systems using innovative models for higher-order group interactions. w/ Giovanni Petri (Network Science Institute) Adriano Fazzone Gianmarco De Francisci Morales @gdfm.bsky.social (CENTAI (Center for AI))

Giving a keynote about Algorithmic Fairness today at The 5th ACM Summer School on #DataScience in #Athens

Last work out (nature.com/articles/s4324…): we explore the public perception of vegetable oils, as shaped by social media discourse. By analyzing over 20M tweets related to vegetable oils, we investigate the key factors influencing public opinion on coconut, olive, and palm oils.

You can read the preprint of our work “Link Polarity Prediction from Sparse and Noisy Labels via Multiscale Social Balance” (accepted at #CIKM2024) at arxiv.org/abs/2407.15643 Drop your feedback in the thread or send us a DM! Federico Cinus Francesco Bonchi Giuseppe Manco

Social media: a study from Politecnico di Milano, Universität München and CENTAI (Center for AI) on over 80,000 online ads reveals significant disparities in the effectiveness of online political advertising campaigns. #polimiresearch 🔗 polimi.it/en/the-politec…

#Barcelona beach warming up for #KDD2024 (-3 weeks) SIGKDD 2024

Spotted! 🌊☀️ Just 3 weeks to go—we can't wait to see you all there! #KDD2024 will be great! ✨🔥

Now out: arxiv.org/abs/2408.09175. Here, we revise the recent literature on Generative ABMs focusing on research that makes use of LLMs to investigate networks, evolutionary game & social dynamics, & models of disease spread. We also identify current challenges and opportunities.

Excited to kick-off #KDD2024 (kdd2024.kdd.org) on Sunday and super proud to be General Chair (together with Ricardo Baeza-Yates) of such an event. More than 2200 attendees from all over the globe, 82 organizers, 133 student volunteers, and an incredible list of generous sponsors

General Chairs ready to welcome you at #kdd2024 SIGKDD 2024 #barcelona

Everything ready!

1/ Today we started ACM KDD in Barcelona, the top research conference on data mining and AI, that I am co-chairing with Francesco Bonchi. We have three keynotes by Tanya Berger-Wolf, Sanjeev Arora and Xihong Lin, and one panel on Generative AI that I will moderate.

Excitement is in the air! ✨ Don't miss the #KDD2024 Opening Session at 18:15!

Ricardo Baeza-Yates and Francesco Bonchi kicking off SIGKDD 2024 2024 in Barcelona #KDD2024

Old friends #beautifulpeople #kdd2024 ⁦@𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙏𝙤@tech.lgbt in Mastodon⁩ ⁦Aris Gionis⁩

… and it’s a wrap! Thanks to everyone that contributed creating this amazing event 🫶🏼 #kdd2024 SIGKDD 2024 #tired_but_happy