Vermont Complex Systems Institute
@vcsi.bsky.social
The Vermont Complex Systems Institute at the University of Vermont is a post-disciplinary team working on real-world, data-rich, meaningful complex systems problems of all kinds. https://vermontcomplexsystems.org/
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We're excited to announce that the website and registration for IC2S2 2026 (July 28-31) will launch in early December! The Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social at the University of Vermont will be hosting IC2S2 in 2026: youtube.com/watch?v=p412S4GnPkc&feature=youtu.be
IC2S2 2026 | Burlington, Vermont
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November 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
We're excited to announce that the website and registration for IC2S2 2026 (July 28-31) will launch in early December! The Vermont Complex Systems Institute @vcsi.bsky.social at the University of Vermont will be hosting IC2S2 in 2026: youtube.com/watch?v=p412S4GnPkc&feature=youtu.be
Core faculty Juniper Lovato recently joined Across the Fence to discuss artificial intelligence. Check out the episode "What Does a Computer Scientist (and Philosopher) think of A.I.?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5V8...
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11/05/25 What Does a Computer Scientist (and Philosopher) think of A.I.?
YouTube video by Across the Fence
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November 7, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Core faculty Juniper Lovato recently joined Across the Fence to discuss artificial intelligence. Check out the episode "What Does a Computer Scientist (and Philosopher) think of A.I.?"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5V8...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5V8...
Eight arms clapping for our champions: "Complex City United" is #1! Our complex systems team of faculty and graduate students won UVM's recreational soccer finals this month:
October 22, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Eight arms clapping for our champions: "Complex City United" is #1! Our complex systems team of faculty and graduate students won UVM's recreational soccer finals this month:
Congratulations (to us) for making a Valencian-approved paella 🥘 under suboptimal (regular) stove top conditions in honor of our excellent cohort of visiting PhD scholars from Spain:
October 16, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Congratulations (to us) for making a Valencian-approved paella 🥘 under suboptimal (regular) stove top conditions in honor of our excellent cohort of visiting PhD scholars from Spain:
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We wrote a little something! @nwlandry.bsky.social and I talk about how new software to study networks with groups (like @xgi.bsky.social !) can help interdisciplinary collaborations tackle old questions from social ontology and the science of groups.
www.siam.org/publications...
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Group Science: The Open Source Study of Higher-order Networks With XGI | SIAM
The CompleX Group Interactions (XGI) software package offers analytical tools, tutorials, and documentation for higher-order network science research.
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October 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
We wrote a little something! @nwlandry.bsky.social and I talk about how new software to study networks with groups (like @xgi.bsky.social !) can help interdisciplinary collaborations tackle old questions from social ontology and the science of groups.
www.siam.org/publications...
www.siam.org/publications...
It’s fall in Vermont and here we are with @uvmvermont.bsky.social president Dr. Marlene Tromp for the annual social on the green 🍁🍂
October 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It’s fall in Vermont and here we are with @uvmvermont.bsky.social president Dr. Marlene Tromp for the annual social on the green 🍁🍂
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New paper dropped!
Led by @thosvarley.bsky.social and Pai Vaibhav, we show that flows of information within a #xenobot resemble flows of information observed in adult human brains.
Thomas provides caveats and context below.
w/ @drmichaellevin.bsky.social, Caitlin Grasso, & Jeantine Lunshof.
Led by @thosvarley.bsky.social and Pai Vaibhav, we show that flows of information within a #xenobot resemble flows of information observed in adult human brains.
Thomas provides caveats and context below.
w/ @drmichaellevin.bsky.social, Caitlin Grasso, & Jeantine Lunshof.
October 12, 2025 at 12:52 PM
New paper dropped!
Led by @thosvarley.bsky.social and Pai Vaibhav, we show that flows of information within a #xenobot resemble flows of information observed in adult human brains.
Thomas provides caveats and context below.
w/ @drmichaellevin.bsky.social, Caitlin Grasso, & Jeantine Lunshof.
Led by @thosvarley.bsky.social and Pai Vaibhav, we show that flows of information within a #xenobot resemble flows of information observed in adult human brains.
Thomas provides caveats and context below.
w/ @drmichaellevin.bsky.social, Caitlin Grasso, & Jeantine Lunshof.
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🎓 I've joined the PhD in Complex Systems & Data Science at @vcsi.bsky.social to work w/ @lhd.bsky.social & @juniperlov.bsky.social to explore social (complex) dynamics
🔬 Huge thanks to @joanagsa.bsky.social & Lília Perfeito for helping me get ready for this chapter
🚀 Excited for this next step!
🔬 Huge thanks to @joanagsa.bsky.social & Lília Perfeito for helping me get ready for this chapter
🚀 Excited for this next step!
September 1, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🎓 I've joined the PhD in Complex Systems & Data Science at @vcsi.bsky.social to work w/ @lhd.bsky.social & @juniperlov.bsky.social to explore social (complex) dynamics
🔬 Huge thanks to @joanagsa.bsky.social & Lília Perfeito for helping me get ready for this chapter
🚀 Excited for this next step!
🔬 Huge thanks to @joanagsa.bsky.social & Lília Perfeito for helping me get ready for this chapter
🚀 Excited for this next step!
Excited about this paper and the interactive story to accompany it. Congrats @lhd.bsky.social @juniperlov.bsky.social @giulioburgio.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social and nice story telling @jstonge.bsky.social!
The interactive story is by @jstonge.bsky.social and other friends: complex-stories.uvm.edu/friends-funn....
The paper is with friends from @vcsi.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social and @unioflimerick.bsky.social.
The paper is with friends from @vcsi.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social and @unioflimerick.bsky.social.
complex-stories.uvm.edu
September 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Excited about this paper and the interactive story to accompany it. Congrats @lhd.bsky.social @juniperlov.bsky.social @giulioburgio.bsky.social @sfiscience.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social and nice story telling @jstonge.bsky.social!
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Our Physical Review Letter looks at how to get power-law distributions of cascade size without tuning or self-organization to criticality by allowing cascades to improve in quality and jump over gaps or dead-ends
TL;DR complex-stories.uvm.edu/friends-funn...
Paper: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
TL;DR complex-stories.uvm.edu/friends-funn...
Paper: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
complex-stories.uvm.edu
September 18, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Our Physical Review Letter looks at how to get power-law distributions of cascade size without tuning or self-organization to criticality by allowing cascades to improve in quality and jump over gaps or dead-ends
TL;DR complex-stories.uvm.edu/friends-funn...
Paper: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
TL;DR complex-stories.uvm.edu/friends-funn...
Paper: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
Working on an interesting data project? Want to enjoy Vermont during leaf peeping season? Submit a talk for PyData Vermont 2025! We will be hosting this event at UVM through our open source program office, VERSO: pydata.org/vermont2025/
PyData Vermont 2025 | Join the Python conference today
PyData Vermont 2025 is a two-day in-person conference for data scientists, engineers, and developers, featuring keynotes, talks, and networking at UVM in Burlington, VT, October 21-22.
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August 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Working on an interesting data project? Want to enjoy Vermont during leaf peeping season? Submit a talk for PyData Vermont 2025! We will be hosting this event at UVM through our open source program office, VERSO: pydata.org/vermont2025/
We love this research profile on Vermont Complex Systems Institute core faculty @juniperlov.bsky.social 🐙 www.linkedin.com/posts/uvm-vc...
Juniper Lovato is a Vermont Complex Systems Institute core faculty member and an outstanding thinker who has been critical to many of our most significant research efforts. Learn about what makes her…...
Juniper Lovato is a Vermont Complex Systems Institute core faculty member and an outstanding thinker who has been critical to many of our most significant research efforts. Learn about what makes her ...
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August 29, 2025 at 3:28 PM
We love this research profile on Vermont Complex Systems Institute core faculty @juniperlov.bsky.social 🐙 www.linkedin.com/posts/uvm-vc...
What do cascade dynamics teach us about why things go viral? New research from VCSI faculty and @sfiscience.bsky.social considers the fact that things don’t just spread — they change as they spread, and those changes strengthen or weaken their impact.
Read more here: www.uvm.edu/cems/cs/news...
Read more here: www.uvm.edu/cems/cs/news...
Going Viral: How Ideas, Beliefs, and Innovations Spread in the Digital Age | Computer Science | The University of Vermont
It might start as a joke, a belief, or a rumor. At first, it’s easy to dismiss. But then it gains a twist, builds momentum, and spreads like wildfire. What causes some ideas to die out while others ta...
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August 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
What do cascade dynamics teach us about why things go viral? New research from VCSI faculty and @sfiscience.bsky.social considers the fact that things don’t just spread — they change as they spread, and those changes strengthen or weaken their impact.
Read more here: www.uvm.edu/cems/cs/news...
Read more here: www.uvm.edu/cems/cs/news...
Why do stock markets behave the way they do? New work from our partnership with MITRE upends traditional understanding of stylized facts in markets. Read more here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Revisiting Cont's stylized facts for modern stock markets
In 2001, Rama Cont introduced a now-widely used set of ‘stylized facts’ to synthesize empirical studies of financial price changes (returns), resulting in 11 statistical properties common to a larg...
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August 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Why do stock markets behave the way they do? New work from our partnership with MITRE upends traditional understanding of stylized facts in markets. Read more here:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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All the keynote recordings are available now, enjoy! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
IC2S2'25 Norrköping - YouTube
This playlist contains all keynotes from IC2S2'25 in Norrköping, Sweden.
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July 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
All the keynote recordings are available now, enjoy! www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Our team had an amazing week at @ic2s2.bsky.social in Norrköping Sweden and we will post pictures of our posters and talks soon - the big news is that we're so excited to host #IC2S2 in Burlington in 2026! youtu.be/p412S4GnPkc
July 24, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Our team had an amazing week at @ic2s2.bsky.social in Norrköping Sweden and we will post pictures of our posters and talks soon - the big news is that we're so excited to host #IC2S2 in Burlington in 2026! youtu.be/p412S4GnPkc
Newish work from VCSI core and external team members: @lhd.bsky.social @juniperlov.bsky.social @jstonge.bsky.social @jgyou.bsky.social & @nwlandry.bsky.social 👀
Complexity science indirectly discovers democratic municipalism as an optimal solution to democratic governance. cool work by the folks at @vcsi.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s44... may be of interest @jamesstout.bsky.social @miawong.bsky.social
Governance as a complex, networked, democratic, satisfiability problem - npj Complexity
npj Complexity - Governance as a complex, networked, democratic, satisfiability problem
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July 21, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Newish work from VCSI core and external team members: @lhd.bsky.social @juniperlov.bsky.social @jstonge.bsky.social @jgyou.bsky.social & @nwlandry.bsky.social 👀
Some big news for us and congrats to @chrisdanforth.bsky.social on this NSF award: www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news...
UVM Attracts $5.5M from NSF for AI Supercomputer, Underground Robots, Health Science | UVM News | The University of Vermont
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July 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Some big news for us and congrats to @chrisdanforth.bsky.social on this NSF award: www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news...
Hello, Bluesky! We're excited to relocate here from X. You can also follow us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/uvm-vc...
What is SOCKS? | Vermont Complex Systems Institute
What is SOCKS? We'd love to tell you more! Thanks to the Vermont EPSCoR team, we'll be sharing a series of videos about this National Science Foundation (NSF) funded project that is building c...
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July 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Hello, Bluesky! We're excited to relocate here from X. You can also follow us on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/uvm-vc...