Serge Stinckwich
Complex Systems Modelling and AI to Leave No One Behind | Responsible Computer Scientist | Head Of Research at United Nations 🇺🇳 University Institute in Macau
- Reposted by Serge Stinckwich🎉1st 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. 📝 Proposals/abstracts open now → 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 开源社 community. Open Collaboration in action for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals ! linkedin.com/feed/update/... #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
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichThe inaugural NetLogo Conference is coming to Chicago, June 22-24, 2026! Help shape the program → 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_...
- 👋 Hi everyone! After 6 years at United Nations University (UNU) Institute in Macau, my time will come to an end in March 2026. I’m 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...
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by Serge Stinckwich"No OSPO is an island." - Bastien Guerry #UNOpenSourceWeek
- Reposted by Serge Stinckwich*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...
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichYear 2 of testing if Chatgpt can write a joke about agent-based modelling: "Why don’t 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...
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichThe new UNU-EHS #InterconnectedRisks report highlights 5 transformative changes for a thriving future: ♻️ Rethink waste 🌿 Realign with nature 🤔 Reconsider responsibility 🌟 Reimagine the future 💎 Redefine value Find out more: interconnectedrisks.org #UNUat50
- Reposted by Serge Stinckwich🌍CCS 2025 -Call for Abstracts! The deadline for submitting abstracts for CCS 2025 has been extended to April 5, 2025. 📷 New Abstract Submission Deadline: April 5, 2025, at 23:59 CEST. 🔗Submission 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
- Reposted by Serge Stinckwich#EpiverseTRACE is now on Bluesky & LinkedIn! 🎉 We’re expanding to be more inclusive & diverse, reaching a wider audience in public health & data science. Want to know more about what we do?⁉️🤔 🧵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 💡 from the Summit. www.linkedin.com/posts/serges...
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichThe Coq proof assistant software is in the process of changing its name to “Rocq” because “Coq” 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 …
- 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. Let’s preserve linguistic and cultural diversity! arxiv.org/abs/2412.10271
- 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
- Reposted by Serge Stinckwich🚀 CCS2025 Travel Grants! 🌍 Grants available for researchers from low & middle-income countries! Covers fees, travel & more. Must: ✅ Present research (talk, poster, or satellite) ✅ Reside in an eligible country ✅ No previous Open Arms grant 🔗 More info: ccs25.cssociety.org/open-arms-gr...
- Reposted by Serge Stinckwich📢 Call for papers 📢 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 more➡️ 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 🤗
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichWe 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 😊 #AcademicSky ⏬⏬⏬
- 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.
- ⏰ DEADLINE EXTENDED: UNU-MERIT Director (D-1) Applications remain open for the Director (D-1) role at UNU-MERIT 🇺🇳. Lead a globally recognised institute at the intersection of academia and the UN, shaping research, education, and partnerships. Deadline: 14 February 2025 Apply now: buff.ly/3Dz8ZEU
- Reposted by Serge Stinckwich⏰ DEADLINE EXTENDED: UNU-MERIT Director (D-1) Applications remain open for the Director (D-1) role at UNU-MERIT 🇺🇳. Lead a globally recognised institute at the intersection of academia and the UN, shaping research, education, and partnerships. Deadline: 14 February 2025 Apply now: buff.ly/3Dz8ZEU
- Reposted by Serge Stinckwich2025 marks UNU’s 50th Anniversary! 🎉 Please follow along throughout the year to learn more about UNU, our institutes, our research, our educational programs, and our solutions for a sustainable future. Celebrate #UNUat50 with us: unu.edu/unuat50
- Welcome here !
- 🌍 In a world facing significant challenges, I am proud of the contributions made by the Social and Human Sciences sector at @unesconow.bsky.social in 2024 to deliver tangible solutions for real people. Wishing everyone a strong and impactful start to 2025!
- Bienvenue sur BlueSky. Cela me rappelle le temps où j'ai travaillé au Cameroun pour @ird-fr.bsky.social de 2017 à 2019.
- Reposted by Serge Stinckwich⏳ TWO WEEKS LEFT TO APPLY: Director of UNU-MERIT UNU-MERIT is seeking its next Director (D-1) to lead research, education, & global partnerships at the intersection of academia and the United Nations system. 🗓️ Apply by: 31 January 2025 📍 Maastricht, Netherlands 🌐 Learn more: buff.ly/3Dz8ZEU
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichJoin us on Wednesday, January 22nd to learn more about the Frugal AI Challenge, how to submit and why it matters! 🌱 💻 ⚡ www.linkedin.com/events/72861...
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichWhat do the predictability limits of epidemics have to do with limits on our us of AI study biology? Tomorrow at 9am in Indore (1030pm today in Boston), I'm going to try and connect these dots during my #netscix2025 keynote lecture. Tune into the live feed here: www.youtube.com/live/frY8luh...
- I was invited in December by the Learning Planet Institute in Paris for a podcast to share how Artificial Intelligence and social simulations can empower inclusive decision making to accelerate the SDGs. podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/r...
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichTo wrap your head around agents and think through the ethics, our Society and Ethics team put together a great resource - 👏 @mmitchell.bsky.social @sashamtl.bsky.social @evijit.io @giadapistilli.com huggingface.co/blog/ethics-...
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichAI and network science are inextricably linked. As network scientists, we have an opportunity to help cut through the hype and realize meaningful core and applied advances in AI. @hirokisayama.bsky.social kicking off #netscix2025 in beautiful Indore!
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichIt's becoming difficult to deal with the news. On the one hand, catastrophes. On the other hand, unprepared decision makers. My reflexions in the #ComplexityThoughts post below, accompanied by the podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/65UH... A short recap 🧵 1/ open.substack.com/pub/manlius/...
- Reposted by Serge Stinckwich"The fulcrum of #AI governance — that is, its balancing point — must be #UN values, centred on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," says UNU Rector @txm23.bsky.social in his recent article published in The Japan Times. Read more: buff.ly/407ufJj #AIGovernance #UDHR
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichJust in time before the end of the year… 🎉 Release 3.0 of our open-source Python package #pyam_iamc for scenario analysis & data visualization of emissions, energy systems and Integrated-Assessment models... 💡🔌 Highlights in the 🧵 …
- Reposted by Serge Stinckwich🔴 VACANCY: Director (D-1) 🇺🇳 Join UNU-MERIT, a partnership of the United Nations University and Maastricht University. Lead our institute, drive research, and build partnerships to tackle global challenges. 🗓️ Apply by: 31 Jan 2025 📍 Maastricht, Netherlands 🌐 buff.ly/3Dz8ZEU #UNJobs #Vacancy
- Welcome!
- Bienvenue sur le compte bluesky de l'AFIA (afia.asso.fr) Les évènements de l'AFIA (journées, prix, conférences...) y seront postés régulièrement...
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichThrilled to announce the @datasociety.bsky.social Generative AI & Labor Primer by Aiha Nguyen & Alexandra Mateescu. It covers how GenAI impacts many forms of work, the human labor behind GenAI & AI's impact on worker control & surveillance. A labor/tech must-read! datasociety.net/library/gene...
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- Happy New Year from UNU! As humanity undergoes unprecedentedly complex challenges, #NewYear2025 must be the year we stand together in unity. 2025 also marks UNU’s 50th year of operation. Stay tuned for exciting updates from us! #UNUat50 #KnowledgeToTransformTheWorld #FirstPost
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichHere's my end-of-year review of things we learned out about LLMs in 2024 - we learned a LOT of things simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/31/... Table of contents:
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- Thank you to European AI Office for their invitation to join the European AI Office workshop on General-Purpose AI models and systemic risks. They are launching a network of evaluators to exchange ideas. Happy to contribute with an UN and global South perspective.
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichDay 13: trailblazers www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu... #countdown2025
- Invited today at the Learning Planet Institute for their research workshop on « AI for collective Intelligence. How can AI&humans collaborate to transform learning & education ». We have an intense conversation on how AI can help to amplify the voice of youth in the UN system.
- Tonight I saw the play "Who hacked Garoutzia" based on the book by @devil-lau.bsky.social @abiteboul.com and Gilles Dowek. A great story about a hacked chatbot, murders and a police investigation!
- Welcome at our UN University office in Paris by Sabine Becker-Thierry #SDGs
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- On November 15, I was invited to participate in the Asia Pacific Consultation for the 2025 Human Development Report organised by UNDP In my talk, I share some of the research activities done at UNU-MACAU on how inclusive and participatory AI can help collective decision making. go.unu.edu/uuACA
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- On the unsustainability of bigger is better paradigm in AI
- Now that "scale is all we need" has predictably faltered... 1. Small AI models often perform better in context. 2. Obsession w bigness has bad consequences, from climate, to power concentration, to research capture. Me + @gaelvaroquaux.bsky.social @sashamtl.bsky.social arxiv.org/abs/2409.14160
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichDay 2 of my countdown to 2025: @poetofcode.bsky.social's Unmasking AI. Read my reflection on it here: www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu... #AI #unmaskingAI #countdown2025
- Don’t miss the fantastic AI Policy&Governance countdown to 2025 done by @vdignum.bsky.social
- So, here we go: today I start the countdown to 2025! My picks from what happened this year on my overview of AI Policy and Governance. Starting w/ possibly the most significant: the #AIAct. 💡Day 1: The EU AI Act - A Historic Milestone for AI 🌍 www.linkedin.com/posts/vdignu... Comments welcome!
- Welcome here @unumerit.bsky.social
- Join me for the R&D Unplugged Seminar at Learning Planet Institute in Paris on the topics of "Empowering Inclusive Decisions with AI & Social Simulations for SDG acceleration" www.learningplanetinstitute.org/en/nos-evene...
- I’m also a child of BASIC, then LISP and Smalltalk. This might explain maybe a little bit my career 🤔
- I'm a child of BASIC. "We had the crazy idea that our students, our undergraduate students, [...] — social sciences and humanities students — should learn how to use the computer." -Thomas E. Kurtz (1928-2024), co-creator of BASIC | www.nytimes.com/2024/11/16/t...
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- Reposted by Serge StinckwichSuper interested in @sashamtl.bsky.social's work on a "Frugal AI Challenge" frugalaichallenge.org. Wish I could be a fly on the wall for this one!
- From Feb 2 to 15, 2025, we will organise for the first time a training camp with our colleagues from UNU-EHS and UNU-MERIT on the topic of "AI and Climate Action: Balancing Benefits and Risks". If you are a Chinese student, you can apply here: mp.weixin.qq.com/s/pb-aDBrpFw...
- I support the idea that AI policy should be science- and evidence-based.
- A Path for Science‑ and Evidence‑based AI Policy understanding-ai-safety.org
- Reposted by Serge StinckwichWhy #ComplexitySci is fascinating? #ComplexSystems are ubiquitous!🧬🦠🧫🔬🐠🦜🧠🌪️🧪 And provide an analytical framework to study the behavior of phys, bio, eco, human & artificial systems #AcademicSky Curious? I write about them 👉 #ComplexityThoughts: manlius.substack.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8Sv...
- Reposted by Serge Stinckwich“Bluesky is emerging as the new platform for science” @mkeyoung.bsky.social @lseimpactblog.bsky.social mikeyoungacademy.dk/bluesky-is-e...
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- Reposted by Serge StinckwichHumanity faces a triple planetary crisis: climate change, biodiversity loss, & pollution. Sometimes, it’s hard not to lose hope. UNEP is all about visionary blue-sky thinking for Earth & now we are on BlueSky, sharing ideas, solutions, & voices from the people most affected by environmental change.
- Reposted by Serge Stinckwich📢 Complexity72h, Madrid 23–27 Jun '25! What is C72h? A week-long immersive workshop where early-career researchers team up (~6) to tackle a complex systems project —from theory to applications. 💡 Do you want to be a tutor? The call is open, ⏳ deadline 7 Jan '25 complexity72h.com/call-for-tut...
- Great work! Totally aligned with the ideas of this paper. Complex systems theory can help us not only to understand deep learning neural networks but also how human-AI ecosystems co-evolution will impact the society and the SDGs.
- Our paper #Human-AI coevolution is now published on the AI journal! #AIJ At the crossroads of #AI and #complexity to better understand how humans and AIs influence each other on online platforms www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti.... Thanks Dino Pedreschi, Luca Pappalardo &all coauthors
- Great to see so much UNHCR colleagues on #bluesky
- A starter pack for UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency humanitarian workers, supporters and friends. Will be updated as this community continues to grow on bluesky. 🦋 go.bsky.app/7QXXxMtat://did:plc:qy42fcomhk4w5b3lajdshdob/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbbf47lrep2n
- At the Makerfaire Shenzhen 2024 organised by our friends Seeed Studio, I found the reduced version of the computer I used for writing my PhD. This is powered by a @raspberrypi.bsky.social I m wondering if I can render again the LaTeX document of my PhD thesis on this mini-macintosh.
