Aleksandar Tomašević — Updates https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html Publications, talks, and software from Aleksandar Tomašević. en Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Preprint on AI identity labels in mixed human–AI communities https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#robots-preprint-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#robots-preprint-2026 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 PsyArXiv preprint on AI identity labels, social uptake, and sanctioning in mixed human–AI communities, with the YSocial experiment data on Zenodo. Sage Research Methods case accepted https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#sage-research-methods-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#sage-research-methods-2026 Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A case was accepted for Sage Research Methods: Using AI for Research. Oral presentation accepted at Complex Networks 2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#complex-networks-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#complex-networks-2026 Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Regular oral presentation accepted for Complex Networks 2026 in Granada, 2–4 December. Statistical Horizons seminar on AI-based emotion analysis https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#statistical-horizons-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#statistical-horizons-2026 Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Livestream seminar with Hudson Golino, 4, 6, and 7 November 2026. Editorial Board Member at BMC Psychology https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#bmc-psychology-editorial-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#bmc-psychology-editorial-2026 Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Editorial Board Member at BMC Psychology. Latent oscillator measurement model on arXiv https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#lomm-arxiv-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#lomm-arxiv-2026 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 A Latent Oscillator Measurement Model to Simulate Emotional-Expression Score Dynamics in Video, posted on arXiv. Voat deplatforming paper published in Scientific Reports https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#voat-scientific-reports-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#voat-scientific-reports-2026 Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Reddit deplatforming and cohort mixing in generalist Voat communities was published in Scientific Reports. dynEGA paper published in Psychiatry Research Case Reports https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#dynega-nssi-article-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#dynega-nssi-article-2026 Tue, 07 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The dynEGA case-study paper was published in Psychiatry Research Case Reports. Paper on interdependent self-construal and adolescent well-being published https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#we-wellbeing-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#we-wellbeing-2026 Mon, 06 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Paper on basic psychological needs, interdependent self-construal, and adolescent subjective well-being published in Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. Examination committee for the Italian National PhD Programme in AI https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#phd-committee-pisa-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#phd-committee-pisa-2026 Fri, 03 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Served on the examination committee for the AI for Society track at CNR Pisa. Invited seminar at ISTI-CNR in Pisa https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#pisa-ysocial-seminar-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#pisa-ysocial-seminar-2026 Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Invited seminar on YSocial operational validation and hybrid publics at ISTI-CNR in Pisa. YSocial network study presented at Sunbelt 2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#sunbelt-agents-humans-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#sunbelt-agents-humans-2026 Sat, 27 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Coauthored work on network structure and homophily in LLM-simulated and mixed online communities was presented by Sara Major at Sunbelt 2026. YSocial validation paper published in EPJ Data Science https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#ysocial-validation-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#ysocial-validation-2026 Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Paper on operational validation of LLM-agent social simulations published in EPJ Data Science. Paper on analytical robustness published in Nature https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#analytical-robustness-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#analytical-robustness-2026 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Large collaborative paper on analytical robustness in the social and behavioural sciences published in Nature. Paper on identity orientations published in Identity https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#identity-orientations-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#identity-orientations-2026 Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Paper on personal, relational, public, and collective aspects of identity published in Identity. Preprint on dynEGA of affect and self-harm urge in NSSI https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#dynega-nssi-preprint-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#dynega-nssi-preprint-2026 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Preprint on Dynamic Exploratory Graph Analysis of affect and self-harm urge in non-suicidal self-injury posted on OSF Preprints. Paper on AI-based student feedback analysis in College Teaching https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#college-teaching-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#college-teaching-2026 Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Paper with Mariana Teles on using AI text analysis to make sense of student feedback in large classes. Published in College Teaching. Paper on adolescent depression and anxiety across 30 countries https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#jad-adolescents-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#jad-adolescents-2026 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Large cross-national paper on depression and anxiety symptoms in adolescents across 30 countries published in Journal of Affective Disorders. transforEmotion paper published in Computational Communication Research https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#ccr-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#ccr-2026 Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 We published our transforEmotion paper in Computational Communication Research. The R package handles text, image, and video emotion recognition through zero-shot transformer classification. Talk at IAAP Webinar on AI & Emotion in Digital Life https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#iaap-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#iaap-2026 Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Presented "transforEmotion: Multimodal Emotion Analysis in R" at the IAAP Webinar: AI & Emotion in Digital Life. Talk at Vanderbilt University QMDA Colloquium https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#vanderbilt-2026 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#vanderbilt-2026 Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Presented "transforEmotion in Practice: Multimodal Emotion Analysis in R" at the Vanderbilt University QMDA Colloquium. Preprint on Reddit deplatforming and toxicity https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#deplatforming-2025 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#deplatforming-2025 Mon, 01 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Preprint on Reddit deplatforming and toxicity dynamics in generalist Voat communities on arXiv. Preprint on operational validation of LLM agent simulations https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#llm-validation-2025 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#llm-validation-2025 Fri, 01 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Preprint on validating LLM agent social simulations against real Voat v/technology data on arXiv. Paper on cross-national invariance of externalizing problems screener https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#dev-psychopathology-2025 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#dev-psychopathology-2025 Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Paper on cross-national invariance of the Youth Externalizing Problems Screener across 32 countries published in Development and Psychopathology. Paper on emotional experiences in adolescents across 32 countries https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#arqol-2025 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#arqol-2025 Thu, 01 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Paper on positive and negative emotional experiences in adolescents across 32 countries published in Applied Research in Quality of Life. MADOC dataset and tools released https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#madoc-2025 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#madoc-2025 Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000 MADOC dataset published on Zenodo with companion packages for Python (pymadoc) and R (rMADOC). transforEmotion v1.5 released https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#transforemotion-v15-2024 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#transforemotion-v15-2024 Sat, 01 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Released transforEmotion v1.5 on GitHub and CRAN. Better multimodal emotion recognition and faster dynamic network analysis. Dynamic exploratory graph analysis of emotions published https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#dynega-2024 https://atomasevic.xyz/updates.html#dynega-2024 Wed, 01 May 2024 00:00:00 +0000 Paper on dynamic exploratory graph analysis of emotions in politics published in advances.in/psychology.