Diogo Pires

Errata corrige: the talk will happen at 12pm Eastern time (5pm CET, 4pm GMT)

See you there :)

Self-organization of common good usage and an application to Internet services Abstract. Natural and human-made common goods present key challenges due to their susceptibility to degradation, overuse, and congestion. We explore the se

Our findings show how decentralized governance can support the sustainable use of common goods.

Potential applications range from digital infrastructure & other socio-tech commons, to ecological insights on dispersal over natural resources, e.g. foraging land.

Learn more:
doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

Results of simulation of a population of 1,000 users using a WSLS strategy. Mobile user distribution over three servers and the failure rate fall into ideal values, because mobile users adapt their tolerance to failures.

We combine a general theoretical analysis with an applied case study on mobile users accessing Internet services.

This strategy and its extensions prevent overuse and ensure a balanced distribution of resources, even in hybrid populations and under dynamic conditions.

Picture of mobile network base stations.

In this paper, we explore a simple, decentralized, and self-interested strategy for individuals with access to multiple commons:

- Use a resource while satisfied, shift to another one when dissatisfied.

Inspired from the Win-Stay, Lose-Shift principle, it balances usage across available options.

Aerial picture of forest with clear deforested area.

Common goods are shared resources whose use by some reduces availability or quality for others -- from groundwater and land to transport and digital infrastructure.

How we govern them is central to today’s social, economic, and environmental challenges.

Self-organization of common good usage and an application to Internet services Abstract. Natural and human-made common goods present key challenges due to their susceptibility to degradation, overuse, and congestion. We explore the se

🚨 Can individual behavior enable the sustainable use of common goods (with no central policies)? 🚨

We explore this question in our PNAS Nexus paper:

“Self-organization of common good usage and an application to Internet services”

doi.org/10.1093/pnas...

w/ V. Mancuso, P. Castagno & M. Marsan

Complexity72h program is out! 🚀

Great lecturers. Cool projects. Amazing tutors.
Still not convinced?

Let’s talk socials 🍻
A Greenwich pub institution + full English experience = cherry on top 🍒🇬🇧

👉 www.complexitynextgen.org/complexity72...
Apply now! 👀

🚨Roll up, roll up, fully-funded #PhD deadlines approaching...

6th Jan: tinyurl.com/aja54nr6

8th Jan: tinyurl.com/4jfy47pp

Social monitoring & manipulation
#meerkats #mongooses #macaques #fieldwork #long-termdata

@patrick-kennedy.bsky.social @ljnbrent.bsky.social
@bristolbiosci.bsky.social

Join NetPlace seminar this Thursday at 5pm CET (4pm London) to hear @elenacandellone.bsky.social's work on “Mapping extreme users through negative ties in online social interactions"!

At NetPlace, we try to build spaces for junior researchers to come together to learn from each other and develop their craft. Our seminar series does just this, integrating the sharing of scientific knowledge and discussion about the process of science. We hope Ph.D. students from complex systems, network science, and interdisciplinary research in general will join us for a monthly talk and discussion. Elena Candellone (Thursday, Oct. 2) Louis Boucherie (Thursday, Nov. 6) Haily Merritt (Thursday, Dec. 4)

We’re excited to announce the line-up for our fall seminar series! We have three awesome speakers who will share their research and perspectives on the craft of science.

Break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza Substantial and well-documented evidence indicates a catastrophic public health emergency in Gaza (appendix pp 1–5), marked by severe food insecurity and alarming levels of malnutrition-related deaths...

This follows the call published in the Lancet for all professional and academic associations to “break the selective silence on the genocide in Gaza” and fulfil their moral responsibility by speaking out.

Find the call here and support it by signing their petition:
www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

CSS, recognize the genocide in Gaza! This is a call to all members of the Complex Systems Society. We ask the CSS to join other academic organisations in publicly condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza. We ask you to sign the letter be...

This is a call for the Complex Systems Society to stand with other academic organizations and publicly condemn the ongoing genocide in Gaza 🇵🇸

Add your name to the letter here:
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It was my pleasure to kick off the AMETHYST satellite! What a great crowd and interactions, what a great venue! Thanks to the organizers in @amethystccs.bsky.social , incl. @diogolpires.bsky.social , for inviting me!

Visit AMETHYST in room 149 at @css-conference.bsky.social, for a full day satellite on Game Theory in Complex Systems in Siena 🇮🇹🇮🇹

There is a great panel of invited speakers and contributed talks you can find here:

The AMETHYST satellite kicked off this morning in Siena, Italy 🇮🇹, with opening remarks by Alberto Antonioni!

Katerina Stankova then delivered a great invited talk on the present and future of Game Theory of Evolving Systems, with a focus on cancer treatment applications.

Find us in Room 149!

I’ll present a simple, decentralised & scalable individual strategy that drives self-organisation in systems of multiple commons.

The mechanism offers new insights for behavioural ecology, and practical applications to Internet services & the governance of natural and socio-technical commons!
🐦🌱📡

Today I’m presenting my work on the self-organisation of common goods usage at @css-conference.bsky.social! 🇮🇹✨

Find me in Social Systems 3 at 12:45, to hear about the challenges faced by natural and human-made commons and how to solve them (session starts 11.30)!

Preprint:
arxiv.org/abs/2504.07175

📝 Check out the full programme, including our nine contributed talks here on our website:

amethystsatellite.weebly.com/program.html

🚀 The Conference on Complex Systems @css-conference.bsky.social kicked off today in Siena, Italy 🇮🇹

Don’t miss AMETHYST this Wednesday, Sept 3rd!

Check out the full programme here: amethystsatellite.weebly.com/program.html

Happy to share that @spac.bsky.social was awarded an @erc.europa.eu PoC
It's a bit of an unusual one: the innovation is in policy. We want to help scientists, NGO's, journalists... implement @ec.europa.eu #DSA #Article40 and make the internet a better place
More info: www.lip.pt?lang=en&sect...

Need a break?
Want to find out how many fake news titles you can identify?
Unfortunately, it only takes 5 min and you will then have to go back to whatever it is that you were doing
(You would also be helping the work of @spac.bsky.social, in case that matters)
socialcomplexity.eu/limesurvey/i...

Drivers of cooperation in social dilemmas on higher‐order networks | Journal of The Royal Society Interface Understanding cooperation in social dilemmas requires models that capture the complexity of real-world interactions. While network frameworks have provided valuable insights to model the evolution of ...

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Thrilled to share our new paper "Drivers of cooperation in social dilemmas on higher-order networks", out now in J. R. Soc. Interface! 🚀

With Andrea Civilini, Vito Latora & @fede7j.bsky.social

🔗 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
@dnds_ceu @ceu
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So cool! Enjoy it!!

AMETHYST The fourth edition of the leading satellite on game theory at CCS, following three successful events at CCS 2021 in Lyon, France, CCS 2022 in Palma de Mallorca, Spain and CCS 2024 in Exeter, United...

🚨 New extended deadline: May 30! 🚨

Want to give a talk on game theory in complex systems at @css-conference.bsky.social on Sept 3 in Siena, Italy?

Submit your abstract to the AMETHYST satellite by the end of the week!

Check out our website for more info 👇 amethystsatellite.weebly.com

#CCS2025

🔥 Hey NetPals! NetSci 2025 is almost here, and we proudly present Peercolation!

We're kicking things off with an ice-breaking event, especially welcoming ECRs!

📅 Sunday, 1st June 2025
🕕 6 PM till late
📍 Stadspark, Maastricht 🇳🇱

🔗 More info: netplace.site/event/netsci25/peercolation_social_event

🎉 We welcome Andreia Sofia Teixeira @asteixeira.bsky.social, Associate Professor in the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University London, as our first @netsciconf.bsky.social panelist! She bridges network science and machine learning to explore complex systems and collective behavior.

An incredible opportunity! 📰🎉 Join our research group exploring social questions, work with an amazing supervisor, and live in Japan for a few years while you're at it! 🇯🇵🍜

Don't miss the satellite on Game Theory on Complex Systems at #CCS2025, with Sergey Gavrilets and Katerina Stankova already confirmed as invited speakers!

Join in Siena, Italy, and submit your abstract for a contributed talk this week to be part of it! 📬

Join @netplace.bsky.social workshop on Networks and Physics this Friday at @qmul.ac.uk if you’re in London or around!