Complexity Science Hub

🖥️ What are the implications of biased AI? If you're interested, join the workshop "Fostering a Fair Algorithmic Environment: Presenting the MAMMOth AI Bias Solutions." This workshop is part of the EU-funded MAMMOth project at the Complexity Science Hub, which addresses the challenges of developing a fairness-aware, AI-driven foundation, exploring its practical applications and ethical dimensions. 🗓️ When: November 5, 2024, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM CET 📍 Where: TU Wien (Room: AD EG), Karlsplatz campus (Karlsplatz 13, 1040 Vienna, 🇦🇹) Fariba Karimi, Ana María Jaramillo Mejía, Lisette Espín-Noboa, Mauritz Cartier van Dissel

⚡️ How much #energy does #computation really take? Through stochastic thermodynamics, we might soon have an answer, say scientists led by Complexity Science Hub's Jan Korbel and David Wolpert at Santa Fe Institute in a new PNAS Perspective. From smartphones and laptops to AI models and massive data centers, computation is becoming more energy-hungry every day. Until recently, however, researchers lacked the mathematical tools necessary to study energy flows in these non-equilibrium systems. 🔍 Now, with the tools of stochastic thermodynamics we hold the key to measure the energy costs of any computing system, from digital devices to biological systems like brains and cells, the researchers argue 🧠💻 As our reliance on computation grows, so does its energy consumption. This research could pave the way for more energy-efficient technologies and help reduce the environmental impact of our digital world. 🌱 Find out more here: https://lnkd.in/d2uKZNpN With Princeton University, University of Colorado Boulder, Toronto Metropolitan University, University of California, Davis, Imperial College London, Arizona State University, Brown University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Notre Dame 🖼️ Nicholas Graham

😎 Here at the Complexity Science Hub, it's a happy Friday. Today, our faculty is gathering, and Fariba Karimi and Amélie Desvars-Larrive are once again chatting about work and life. A few months ago, during one of those hallway chats, they realized that they had more in common than they thought, and decided to share their ideas and perspectives. What was the outcome of this encounter? A article in The Lancet Planetary Health, in which Karimi and Desvars-Larrive highlight the critical role that #diversity plays in solving complex health challenges. It’s not just about interdisciplinary expertise—true #innovation requires a #workforce that reflects a broad spectrum of human experiences and perspectives. “We usually think of diversity in #OneHealth in terms of teams with experts from different knowledge areas,” explains Desvars-Larrive, who leads CSH’s research team on Health Across Species. “After meeting Fariba at CSH, I learned that diversity goes far beyond that,” says Desvars-Larrive, also a professor in Infectious Disease Epidemiology at Vetmeduni. “Diversity has multiple facets. As we argue here, those differences in terms of social constructs such as #ethnicity, #race, and #sexualorientation, contribute to diverse lived experiences that are important when addressing complex health challenges,” says Karimi, who leads CSH’s research team on Algorithmic Fairness and is also a professor of Social Data Science at Technische Universität Graz. 👉 Check it out: https://lnkd.in/ddj6ejWG

Complexity is revealed by a sand pile. Complexity Science Hub scientist Vito D. P. Servedio and filmmaker Karol Jalochowski explore the concept of self-organized criticality, one of the mechanisms by which complexity arises in nature. "A classic example of a system with such a property is a sand pile. A random addition of grains causes avalanches of different sizes -- which are described by a power law. Complexity emerges from simple local interactions between grains spontaneously. Vito is working on making it happen," says Jalochowski. 🎥 "Foundations of Complex Systems E02" Performance by Vito D. P. Servedio Film by Karol Jalochowski Music by Kajetan Jalochowski #shortmovie #documentary #complexity #complexsystems #sandpile #physics

🎭 One hour, together on #stage: two people from different worlds who would rarely cross paths in their professional lives—actress Ursula Strauss and scientist Stefan Thurner from the Complexity Science Hub. They talked about what holds the world together and where the major challenges lie. Spoiler: science and art may have more in common than you'd think! If you’re curious to hear this unique mix (and enjoy a few laugh-out-loud moments) here’s the link to the Ö1 broadcast, recorded live at the ORF #RadioKulturhaus in Vienna and made possible by the Austrian Science Fund FWF: https://lnkd.in/d4AG28DP #WasdieWeltzusammenhält 📷 Luiza Puiu

💡 What do carbon and social networks have in common? It’s all about the bonds between individual elements 💡 Yesterday, Nicholas Christakis, Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Sciences at Yale University, delivered a guest lecture hosted by the Complexity Science Hub and Medical University of Vienna, offering a fascinating exploration of human social networks. Just as carbon can form either graphite or diamond depending on its structure, #human #networks can shape #behaviors, foster #cooperation, and influence the spread of #ideas and #health outcomes. Christakis also shared insights on how targeted interventions in social networks can drive positive change—such as enhancing the efficient dissemination of medical knowledge. From digital experiments to field studies in rural areas, he provided valuable lessons on the dynamics of social connections and the promotion of desirable traits like #health, #prosperity, #cooperation, and #learning. 🌟 For more insights, check out the photos from the event: https://lnkd.in/dMmvQk9r 🖼️ © MedUni Wien/ Kawka

🌟 Exciting week for Complexity Science Hub scientist Hannah Metzler! 🌟 Her talk will be about political #polarization and #SocialMedia algorithms at #DigitalDays2024 in Vienna on Wednesday, where she will discuss, with other experts, strategies to strengthen #democracy online. Register here 👉 https://bit.ly/4eOSD8Y On Thursday, catch her at the #IDEALE24 conference, where she'll join a panel discussion with former Austrian Health Minister Rudi Anschober and author Ingrid Brodnig on overcoming polarization in today’s society. 🗳️🤖💬 Learn more ➡️https://bit.ly/4haxhV3 With DigitalCity.Wien and P&B Agentur für Kommunikation

Can network interventions like #quotas truly improve minority representation in rankings? Find out in the next #NetworkInequality Lecture by Dr. Leonie Neuhäuser! 🗓️ October 24, 11AM CET  ***(postponed, new date TBA) *** Register to this talk: http://bit.ly/LSNI-2024 Info: https://lnkd.in/dWcBbwsr Complexity Science Hub

Join us next Monday for Nicholas Christakis' talk at Medical University of Vienna: "Social Network Interventions." In a talk in collaboration with MedUni Vienna, Christakis will discuss how human #social #networks can be reshaped to improve our world. 🕒 12:30 pm | 📅 21 October | 📍MedUni Vienna Lecture Hall at Vienna General Hospital (https://lnkd.in/dk9wy4RU) | ➡️ Book your place: https://bit.ly/3YqlMkY Christakis is a social scientist and physician at Yale University who conducts research in the fields of network science, biosocial science, and various other fields. His current work focuses on how human biology and health affect, and are affected by, social interactions and social networks. He directs the Human Nature Lab and is the Co-Director of the Yale Institute for Network Science. 📷 Jordan Makarof

Complexity Science Hub scientist Elma Hot Dervic Dervic speaks with Adela Mehic-Dzanic (IoT), MBA (MAKING IT IN Austria) about her work and her research on disease trajectory, which won the Life Sciences Research Award 2024.