Eduardo G. Altmann
@eduardoaltmann.bsky.social
Dynamics and Complex Systems. Professor at The University of Sydney, School of Maths and Stats. https://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/ega/
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Statistical Laws in Complex Systems
This book provides a unifying approach to the study of statistical laws, evaluating their role in the theoretical understanding of complex systems
link.springer.com
"Statistical Laws in Complex Systems: Combining Mechanistic Models and Data Analysis", my 150p monograph written at @SydneyMaths and @mpi_pks is now published by @SpringerNature:
Electronic/print: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
(ask me for e-copies or check arxiv.org/abs/2407.19874)
A thread:
Electronic/print: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
(ask me for e-copies or check arxiv.org/abs/2407.19874)
A thread:
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Please consider submitting an abstract to DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM); 8 - 13 March 2026; Dresden: dresden26.dpg-tagungen.de Physics of Socio-Economic Systems Division: www.dpg-physik.de/vereinigunge...
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Please consider submitting an abstract to DPG Spring Meeting of the Condensed Matter Section (SKM); 8 - 13 March 2026; Dresden: dresden26.dpg-tagungen.de Physics of Socio-Economic Systems Division: www.dpg-physik.de/vereinigunge...
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Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
November 3, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching
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Some extra info: (1) Priority areas are listed, but those working in *any* area relevant to the School of CS are welcome to apply; (2) the due time of the application (Dec 1) is 🇦🇺 Sydney time (keep in mind!); (3) we welcome applications at *all* levels.
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October 6, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Some extra info: (1) Priority areas are listed, but those working in *any* area relevant to the School of CS are welcome to apply; (2) the due time of the application (Dec 1) is 🇦🇺 Sydney time (keep in mind!); (3) we welcome applications at *all* levels.
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
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This is an important first step. Association with Horizon Europe would scale & diversify Australia international scientific collaborations
We’ve long advocated for Association to Horizon Europe, recognising it would mitigate geopolitical risks & deliver economic & scientific benefits to Australia.
We’ve long advocated for Association to Horizon Europe, recognising it would mitigate geopolitical risks & deliver economic & scientific benefits to Australia.
September 10, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This is an important first step. Association with Horizon Europe would scale & diversify Australia international scientific collaborations
We’ve long advocated for Association to Horizon Europe, recognising it would mitigate geopolitical risks & deliver economic & scientific benefits to Australia.
We’ve long advocated for Association to Horizon Europe, recognising it would mitigate geopolitical risks & deliver economic & scientific benefits to Australia.
"Inference of epidemic networks: the effect of different data types" , new pre-print with Oscar Fajardo and Carl Suster. We introduce a model+MCMC to sample transmission trees based on different types of data on sampled hosts.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.01871
Code: github.com/oscarcapote/...
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.01871
Code: github.com/oscarcapote/...
September 4, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"Inference of epidemic networks: the effect of different data types" , new pre-print with Oscar Fajardo and Carl Suster. We introduce a model+MCMC to sample transmission trees based on different types of data on sampled hosts.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.01871
Code: github.com/oscarcapote/...
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2509.01871
Code: github.com/oscarcapote/...
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If you're attending #ic2s2 and are interested in this postdoc position, please reach out to me and let's have a chat. Application deadline: 1st August.
Join our Centre for Sociology of Humans & Machines (SOHAM) at Trinity College Dublin as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow, exploring how AI can enhance collective intelligence. We're looking for someone with strong computational skills & a passion for human-machine systems
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
my.corehr.com/pls/trrecrui...
July 22, 2025 at 8:07 PM
If you're attending #ic2s2 and are interested in this postdoc position, please reach out to me and let's have a chat. Application deadline: 1st August.
For NSW residents, consider signing the e-petition "Extend Transport Concessions to Students in NSW" www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/Pages/ePe...
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY - Signing ePetition - Extend Transport Concessions to All International and Part-Time Students in NSW
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July 22, 2025 at 3:50 AM
For NSW residents, consider signing the e-petition "Extend Transport Concessions to Students in NSW" www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/la/Pages/ePe...
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Applications are now open for our International Visitor Program, open to #mathematicians to visit Aus 🐨 between July '26-'June 27, or March '26-June -27 (Aus/NZ citizens)
📅 Apply by Aug 1, info:
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...
Please share with your networks 🔁 #MathSky
📅 Apply by Aug 1, info:
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...
Please share with your networks 🔁 #MathSky
International Visitor Program - Sydney Mathematical Research Institute
IVP August 2023 applications are due 8 August 2023, for July 2024–June 2025 visits (general applicants) & March 2024–June 2025 for Australian citizens/PR & NZ citizens.
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au
July 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Applications are now open for our International Visitor Program, open to #mathematicians to visit Aus 🐨 between July '26-'June 27, or March '26-June -27 (Aus/NZ citizens)
📅 Apply by Aug 1, info:
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...
Please share with your networks 🔁 #MathSky
📅 Apply by Aug 1, info:
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/internationa...
Please share with your networks 🔁 #MathSky
Continuing position on Mathematical Optimization in our School here in Sydney.
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Senior Lecturer / Associate Professor in Optimisation Theory
Full Time, continuing academic opportunity, located on the Camperdown Campus at the School of Mathematics and Statistics Join a world-class community of mathematicians and statisticians Offering Base ...
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June 26, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Continuing position on Mathematical Optimization in our School here in Sydney.
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
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Compendium of Urban Complexity - just published:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Compendium of Urban Complexity
This book looks at the behavior of cities as complex systems, drawing on novel methods and insights at the intersection of physics, economics and geography
link.springer.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Compendium of Urban Complexity - just published:
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Interaction networks and stability of coexistence in ecological communities: work by @yumeng0806.bsky.social, @szhorvat.bsky.social, @lepuslapis.bsky.social, Carl Modes @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social #published @cp-cellsystems.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1016/j.cels.2025.101297
June 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Interaction networks and stability of coexistence in ecological communities: work by @yumeng0806.bsky.social, @szhorvat.bsky.social, @lepuslapis.bsky.social, Carl Modes @mpipks.bsky.social @mpi-cbg.de @csbdresden.bsky.social #published @cp-cellsystems.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1016/j.cels.2025.101297
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Who studies Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects? 🔬 The Wikimedia Foundation’s Research team does, motivated by the same principles of openness and transparency that powers the free knowledge movement as a whole. 🧵⬇️ (1/5)
May 28, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Who studies Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects? 🔬 The Wikimedia Foundation’s Research team does, motivated by the same principles of openness and transparency that powers the free knowledge movement as a whole. 🧵⬇️ (1/5)
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#SYDNEY it's your turn for Physics in the Pub to - Quantum or not! Call for presenters now open, until 6 June. More info here:https://www.linkedin.com/events/physicsinthepub7309452389646835712/
Audience registration here: events.humanitix.com/physics-in-t...
sponsored by @ausphysics.bsky.social
Audience registration here: events.humanitix.com/physics-in-t...
sponsored by @ausphysics.bsky.social
May 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#SYDNEY it's your turn for Physics in the Pub to - Quantum or not! Call for presenters now open, until 6 June. More info here:https://www.linkedin.com/events/physicsinthepub7309452389646835712/
Audience registration here: events.humanitix.com/physics-in-t...
sponsored by @ausphysics.bsky.social
Audience registration here: events.humanitix.com/physics-in-t...
sponsored by @ausphysics.bsky.social
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Funded PhD position available in my group: international applications welcome!
Looking for a student interested in complex systems, dynamics and applications to complex neural systems to join our group in the School of Physics at Sydney University.
Details here: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
Looking for a student interested in complex systems, dynamics and applications to complex neural systems to join our group in the School of Physics at Sydney University.
Details here: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
ARC Postgraduate Research Scholarship
A $40,109 per annum stipend scholarship for research students within the Faculty of Science.
www.sydney.edu.au
May 9, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Funded PhD position available in my group: international applications welcome!
Looking for a student interested in complex systems, dynamics and applications to complex neural systems to join our group in the School of Physics at Sydney University.
Details here: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
Looking for a student interested in complex systems, dynamics and applications to complex neural systems to join our group in the School of Physics at Sydney University.
Details here: www.sydney.edu.au/scholarships...
Nice visualisation on data of Australian elections.
Labor took the glory in last weekend’s election but, once again, the major parties’ primary vote has fallen.
Come see what's happened on The Triangle
my latest for ABC News: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
Come see what's happened on The Triangle
my latest for ABC News: www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
'Third party' vote looks set to beat Coalition
Labor took the glory, but beneath the surface of the election result an ongoing trend holds a warning for both major parties.
www.abc.net.au
May 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Nice visualisation on data of Australian elections.
"Sampling Triangulations of Manifolds Using Monte Carlo Methods", my paper with Jonathan Spreer has now been published in "Experimental Mathematics". www.tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/...
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April 10, 2025 at 4:55 AM
"Sampling Triangulations of Manifolds Using Monte Carlo Methods", my paper with Jonathan Spreer has now been published in "Experimental Mathematics". www.tandfonline.com/doi/citedby/...
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Happy that this just came out on PRX:
“Network Reconstruction via the Minimum Description Length Principle”
journals.aps.org/prx/abstract... 1/3
“Network Reconstruction via the Minimum Description Length Principle”
journals.aps.org/prx/abstract... 1/3
Network Reconstruction via the Minimum Description Length Principle
A new information-theoretic approach to analyzing complex systems uncovers hidden networks by minimizing data complexity, a method that improves accuracy and efficiency.
journals.aps.org
March 21, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Happy that this just came out on PRX:
“Network Reconstruction via the Minimum Description Length Principle”
journals.aps.org/prx/abstract... 1/3
“Network Reconstruction via the Minimum Description Length Principle”
journals.aps.org/prx/abstract... 1/3
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Open postdoc position at @ceu-dnds.bsky.social in Vienna in the Computational Human Dynamics Lab of @martonkarsai.bsky.social on inequalities in 15-minutes cities in collaboration with www.dut-coline.org. Check it out: careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-P...
@ic2s2.bsky.social @netscisociety.bsky.social
@ic2s2.bsky.social @netscisociety.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Open postdoc position at @ceu-dnds.bsky.social in Vienna in the Computational Human Dynamics Lab of @martonkarsai.bsky.social on inequalities in 15-minutes cities in collaboration with www.dut-coline.org. Check it out: careers.ceu.edu/job/Vienna-P...
@ic2s2.bsky.social @netscisociety.bsky.social
@ic2s2.bsky.social @netscisociety.bsky.social
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At PRX Quantum, we are very excited to launch a collection of papers celebrating the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology!
Have a look… and for those at the APS Global Physics Summit 2025 please come to our session on Tuesday to hear more! prxquantumcollection.org
Have a look… and for those at the APS Global Physics Summit 2025 please come to our session on Tuesday to hear more! prxquantumcollection.org
IYQ Collection – Impacting the Next DecadeIYQ Collection – Impacting the Next Decade
prxquantumcollection.org
March 12, 2025 at 10:39 PM
At PRX Quantum, we are very excited to launch a collection of papers celebrating the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology!
Have a look… and for those at the APS Global Physics Summit 2025 please come to our session on Tuesday to hear more! prxquantumcollection.org
Have a look… and for those at the APS Global Physics Summit 2025 please come to our session on Tuesday to hear more! prxquantumcollection.org
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Like a rookie, I forgot to put the link in the very first post: arxiv.org/abs/2503.07736
March 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Like a rookie, I forgot to put the link in the very first post: arxiv.org/abs/2503.07736
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Come and explore elements of #symmetry in music with this combined lecture-recital: part of #MathsAtTheMuseum. Artem Puletov and Denis Collins (UQ) will discuss symmetry in music, with an accompanying performance by Ensemble Offspring
Reservations essential: bit.ly/4k8jVtP
#CCWMxSMRI #mathsky #IDM
Reservations essential: bit.ly/4k8jVtP
#CCWMxSMRI #mathsky #IDM
March 11, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Come and explore elements of #symmetry in music with this combined lecture-recital: part of #MathsAtTheMuseum. Artem Puletov and Denis Collins (UQ) will discuss symmetry in music, with an accompanying performance by Ensemble Offspring
Reservations essential: bit.ly/4k8jVtP
#CCWMxSMRI #mathsky #IDM
Reservations essential: bit.ly/4k8jVtP
#CCWMxSMRI #mathsky #IDM
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🌍 Join us in Copenhagen - fantastic city for work-life balance and awesome science.
I am hiring PhD students & Postdocs in my group at SODAS Univ of Copenhagen to explore AI, network science & the science of science.
📍 Start: flex summer 2025
📌 Info&Apply: www.robertasinatra.com/2025/03/02/p...
I am hiring PhD students & Postdocs in my group at SODAS Univ of Copenhagen to explore AI, network science & the science of science.
📍 Start: flex summer 2025
📌 Info&Apply: www.robertasinatra.com/2025/03/02/p...
March 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
🌍 Join us in Copenhagen - fantastic city for work-life balance and awesome science.
I am hiring PhD students & Postdocs in my group at SODAS Univ of Copenhagen to explore AI, network science & the science of science.
📍 Start: flex summer 2025
📌 Info&Apply: www.robertasinatra.com/2025/03/02/p...
I am hiring PhD students & Postdocs in my group at SODAS Univ of Copenhagen to explore AI, network science & the science of science.
📍 Start: flex summer 2025
📌 Info&Apply: www.robertasinatra.com/2025/03/02/p...
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We're advertising a continuing position in the School of Physics at Sydney!
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Optics & Photonics
Deadline April 3rd
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Base Salary Level B/C, $122,830 - $173,492 p.a + 17% superannuation
#Physics #AcademicSky
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Optics & Photonics
Deadline April 3rd
usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
Base Salary Level B/C, $122,830 - $173,492 p.a + 17% superannuation
#Physics #AcademicSky
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Optics & Photonics
Full time, continuing position. Located on the Camperdown Campus at the School of Physics Exciting opportunity to join the leading physics department in the country, with outstanding staff and student...
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March 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
We're advertising a continuing position in the School of Physics at Sydney!
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Optics & Photonics
Deadline April 3rd
usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
Base Salary Level B/C, $122,830 - $173,492 p.a + 17% superannuation
#Physics #AcademicSky
Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Theoretical Optics & Photonics
Deadline April 3rd
usyd.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/USYD_EXTERNA...
Base Salary Level B/C, $122,830 - $173,492 p.a + 17% superannuation
#Physics #AcademicSky
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Deadline for the SINM workshop at NetSci 2025 is approaching. Only 2 more days to submit! Please feel free to reach out with any questions and see sinm.network for details.
Missed the NetSci deadline? No problem! Submit your work to the SINM Satellite at NetSci 2025! We have an amazing lineup of speakers so far, including Michael Schaub, Vince Lyzinski, and @gcant.bsky.social. Revised deadline is Feb 20. See sinm.network for details.
February 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Deadline for the SINM workshop at NetSci 2025 is approaching. Only 2 more days to submit! Please feel free to reach out with any questions and see sinm.network for details.
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‼️Save the date‼️The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program kicks off its first call for applications from April 1, 2025; applications can be submitted until May 13, 2025. mpg.de/en/max-planc... #ScienceCareer
February 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
‼️Save the date‼️The new Max Planck #Postdoc Program kicks off its first call for applications from April 1, 2025; applications can be submitted until May 13, 2025. mpg.de/en/max-planc... #ScienceCareer