14 papers
P1SCO: Social Dimensions from a Perspectivist Lens
Amanda Cercas Curry, Gianmarco de Francisci Morales, Luca Maria Aiello
We introduce P1SCO, a dataset of social media comments collected from three distinct platforms, annotated according to ten social dimensions to capture the diversity of social inte…
Do Androids Dream of Unseen Puppeteers? Probing for a Conspiracy Tendencies in Large Language Models
Francesco Corso, Francesco Pierri, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales
We investigate whether Large Language Models (LLMs) exhibit conspiratorial tendencies, whether they display socio-demographic biases in this domain, and how easily they can be cond…
Risk-aware Trading Portfolio Optimization
Marco Bianchetti, Gabriele D'Acunto, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales +3
We investigate portfolio optimization in financial markets from a trading and risk management perspective. We term this task Risk-Aware Trading Portfolio Optimization (RATPO), form…
Conspiracy theories and where to find them on TikTok
Francesco Corso, Francesco Pierri, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales
TikTok has skyrocketed in popularity over recent years, especially among younger audiences. However, there are public concerns about the potential of this platform to promote and a…
Variational Inference of Parameters in Opinion Dynamics Models
Jacopo Lenti, Fabrizio Silvestri, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales
Despite the frequent use of agent-based models (ABMs) for studying social phenomena, parameter estimation remains a challenge, often relying on costly simulation-based heuristics.…
Higher-order null models as a lens for social systems
Giulia Preti, Adriano Fazzone, Giovanni Petri +1
Despite the widespread adoption of higher-order mathematical structures such as hypergraphs, methodological tools for their analysis lag behind those for traditional graphs. This w…