COMPASS: Complexity, Markets, Policy, and AI in Social Systems

May 18, 2026·
Stefano Blando
Stefano Blando
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Abstract
The COMPASS workshop explores the transformative role of Artificial Intelligence in understanding and modeling complex social systems, bringing together researchers from different fields to discuss the intersection of complexity, markets, and policy.
Date
May 18, 2026 09:30 — 17:45
Location

Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa & Online

Piazza Martiri della Libertà, 33, Pisa,

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I am co-organizing and speaking at the workshop “COMPASS: Complexity, Markets, Policy, and AI in Social Systems”, held at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa.

Role & Contributions

  • Organizing Committee Member
  • Speaker in Panel 3: AI for Complexity and Economic Systems (16:00 – 17:15)

Highlights

  • Keynotes by Prabhani Kuruppumullage Don, Guido Germano, and Federica Casarosa.
  • Panels covering agent-based modeling, legal & ethical implications of AI, and economic complexity.

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Workshop Complexity Artificial Intelligence Social Systems Economic Modeling
Stefano Blando
Authors
Stefano Blando (he/him)
PhD Student in Artificial Intelligence
Stefano Blando is a PhD student in the National PhD Program in Artificial Intelligence at Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and the University of Pisa. His research lies at the intersection of AI, agent-based modeling, and economics. He studies adaptive multi-agent systems, differentiable agent-based models, LLM-based generative agents, and robust quantitative methods for financial and socio-economic data.