Francisco Rodrigues

Discovering equations from data: symbolic regression in dynamical systems Discovering equations from data: symbolic regression in dynamical systems, Brum, Beatriz, Piva, Luiza Lober de Souza, Previdelli, Isolde, Rodrigues, Francisco Aparecido

New open access paper just out: 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮: 𝘀𝘆𝗺𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗱𝘆𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀

Read the full text for free at 𝗝𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝗣𝗵𝘆𝘀𝗶𝗰𝘀: 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘁𝘆: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Authors: @franciscorodrigues.bsky.social , Beatriz Brum and myself.

Our short review is available online on EPL (Europhysics Letters). Prediction and inference in complex networks: A brief review and perspectives
iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Our new perspective on @arxiv:
Prediction and inference in complex networks: a brief review and perspectives
arxiv.org/abs/2512.07439

Our new paper on ecoevorxiv: A novel semantic theory of the assembly rules of interaction networks
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
Great collaboration with a team of ecologists and data scientists.

Impacts of bridging nodes on the epidemic activation mechanisms Bridging nodes, which connect critical components of a network, play an important role in maintaining structural integrity and facilitating communication within the network, representing indirect yet ...

Our new paper on @arxiv: arxiv.org/abs/2511.12787
With @silviojrufv.bsky.social, @wcota.me , José Carlos M. Silva, and Diogo H. Silva

New preprint from our group: Neural networks for dengue forecasting: a systematic review
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...

#epidemics #dengue #complexnetworks #complexsystems #machinelearning #forecasting #timeseries #deeplearning

The systemic impact of edges in financial networks In this paper, we assess how the stability of financial networks is affected by interconnectedness considering its tiniest variation: the edge. We compute the impact of edges as the percentage differe...

In a new paper on @condmatstatmech-bt.bsky.social, we introduce a novel framework for quantifying the impact of each edge (i.e. each bank–firm relationship) on systemic risk in financial systems.

👉 arxiv.org/abs/2510.03087

#complexity #economics #networks #datascience

Chaos theory, the anguish of freedom, and the banality of evil Unpredictability as a connecting point between science, existentialism, and political philosophy

New text on Medium : Chaos theory, the anguish of freedom, and the banality of evil

Unpredictability as a connecting point between science, existentialism, and political philosophy

francisco-rodrigues.medium.com/chaos-theory...

Discovering equations from data: symbolic regression in dynamical systems The process of discovering equations from data lies at the heart of physics and in many other areas of research, including mathematical ecology and epidemiology. Recently, machine learning methods kno...

Our new work on Arxiv.

arxiv.org/abs/2508.20257

Brazil offers America a lesson in democratic maturity It is a test case for how countries recover from a populist fever

The Economist: What Brazil can teach America
www.economist.com/leaders/2025...

In a new paper, we examine Parkinson's disease using electroencephalography signals.

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Additive effect of wildfires on hospital admission in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Additive effect of wildfires on hospital admission in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil

🚨New paper: Additive effect of wildfires on hospital admission in the Pantanal wetland, Brazil

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

N𝐞𝐰 𝐩𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐏𝐡𝐲𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰 𝐄. We explore the use of 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 (CNNs) to predict parameters in 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬.

journals.aps.org/pre/abstract...

My EPL Highlight: Physics and machine learning: mutual benefits
www.europhysicsnews.org/articles/epn...
#Physics #Machinelearning #datascience #AI #analytics #Science

A group led by Professor Michael Mockel from Aschaffenburg University visited usy today. We had some very productive discussions in our beautiful garden. Also with prof. Thomas Peron.

On the shoulders of giants: from the pre-Socratic philosophy to ChatGPT The evolution of knowledge and the myth of the lone genius.

My new post: On the shoulders of giants: from the pre-Socratic philosophy to ChatGPT

medium.com/@francisco-r...

In our new paper, we show that caries may be the first warning sign of chronic diseases .
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#caries #networks #diseases #PublicHealth #NCDs

Machine learning and complex network analysis of drug effects on neuronal microelectrode biosensor data - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Machine learning and complex network analysis of drug effects on neuronal microelectrode biosensor data

In our new paper in Scientific Reports, we use a machine learning workflow to analyze drug-induced changes in neuronal biosensor data using complex network measures.
#Neuropharmacology #AI #GraphTheory
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Great to see that our work on #multilayer #networks was one of the most-read papers in Methods in Ecology and Evolution:

🔖A new centrality index designed for multilayer networks
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

With Marco Mello and Nastaran Lotfi.

🚨 Applications open to study high-order complex networks in beautiful Natal. 🏖️

www.iip.ufrn.br/eventsdetail...

🔖 Three-day school (25 June - 27 June) followed by a three-day workshop (30 June - 2 July).

🏖️ Natal:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=klEy...

Revealing patterns in major depressive disorder with machine learning and networks Major depressive disorder (MDD) is a multifaceted condition that affects millions of people worldwide and is a leading cause of disability. There is a…

In our new paper, we show how machine learning can accurately diagnose depressive disorders from EEG data.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨 Complex Networks beyond Pairwise Interactions: From Theory to Applications

✅ Three-day school (25 June - 27 June) followed by a three-day workshop (30 June - 2 July).

🌍 In Natal, Brazil.

www.iip.ufrn.br/eventsdetail...

✅ The "𝐈𝐈 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐃𝐲𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐬" will take place from May 12-18, 2025, at IFT-UNESP in São Paulo, sponsored by ICTP-SAIFR.

🚨 Limited funds are available to cover travel and local expenses.
www.ictp-saifr.org/smidd2025/

In our new paper, we employ network analysis to examine community disputes in post-civil war Mozambique. By analyzing a range of conflicts—from domestic disputes to wartime accusations—we reveal the deep-rooted tensions that persist in the Gorongosa district.

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

For all the networks, we find that random forests can predict the outbreak size or synchronization state with high accuracy, indicating that the network structure plays a fundamental role in the dynamic process.

For epidemic propagation, the k-core plays a fundamental role, while for synchronization, the betweenness centrality and accessibility are the measures most related to the state of an oscillator.

A machine learning approach to predicting dynamical observables from network structure | Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences Estimating the outcome of a given dynamical process from structural features is a key unsolved challenge in network science. This goal is hampered by difficulties associated with nonlinearities, corre...

In our new paper in the Proceedings of the Royal Society A, we use machine learning techniques to predict dynamic variables in complex networks.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

With @ymoreno.bsky.social , Thomas Peron, Colm Connaughton, and Jürgen Kurths

The NetSciX 2025 talks are live streaming on YouTube. Prof @barabasi.bsky.social from @nunetsi.bsky.social is up in 20 minutes!

You can find the full program here: netscix2025.iiti.ac.in?page_id=1028

We’re +10.5 hours here in Indore from Boston.

www.youtube.com/live/frY8luh...

Thanks for sharing, @scarpino.bsky.social!