Matteo Tacconelli

PhD in Physics - Sapienza University of Rome

Role of abstract concepts in social dynamics

PI: Anna Borghi, Vittorio Loreto

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Aim:

Develop a quantitative framework to investigate the semantics of abstract

concepts using tools from statistical physics and complex systems

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Background:

• Soft Matter
• Statistical Physics
• Numerical Simulations

A transversal role within LINKAGES

A multidimensional view of concepts

CONCEPT

Abstractness

Socialness

Complexity

Vagueness

Specificity

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Mathematical representation

Quantification

Data

Methods

Goals

• Corpora

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• Scientific literature

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• Online data

• Word embeddings

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• Semantic networks

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• Clustering

• Quantification

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• Comparison across

groups

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• Dynamic modelling

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