New preprint out!
arxiv.org/abs/2510.09669

How to develop population synthetis methods:
1) generation
2) evaluation

*Generation*: Normalizing Flows transform geographic coordinates -> VAE generates data
*Evaluation*: (i) fidelity (ii) utility and (iii) privacy

Hugging my poster at @icwsm.bsky.social! 🥰

Back in Copenhagen to present "Variational Inference of Parameters in Opinion Dynamics Models"!
Great time here, meeting all my @nerdsitu.bsky.social friends and creating new connections in the community!

ojs.aaai.org/index.php/IC...

Great experience in Sydney at #WWW2025!

Today I presented the paper "Causal modeling of climate activism on Reddit", the work done during my visiting period in Copenhagen with the amazing team @c0rrad0.bsky.social, @lajello.bsky.social, @gdfm.bsky.social!

dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...

See you in the amazing Copenhagen! 🍻🇩🇰

Extended abstract of "Variational Inference on Parameters of Opinion Dynamics Models" accepted at @icwsm.bsky.social !

Big thanks to @gdfm.bsky.social and Fabrizio Silvestri!

Check the arXiv
arxiv.org/pdf/2403.05358

(TL;DR: Model + Data = ❤️)

Italian gestures at italian conference 🤌

Great vibes at #CS2Italy!
I presented my last work during my 6 months with @nerdsitu.bsky.social !

Reddit data + social theory -> Causal model of climate activism!
@lajello.bsky.social @c0rrad0.bsky.social @gdfm.bsky.social
arxiv.org/abs/2410.10562

Huge turnout of NERDS (+alumni) at #cs2italy ! It is so great to get together + meet up with former visitors/group members.