The BSC's Computational Social Sciences Laboratory is a pioneering initiative in an European supercomputing centre, works to find new applications of data and supercomputing in social science research, including the fields of economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, geography, psychology and cognitive science, and in the digital humanities (an area of research where computing and the humanities converge, applied to fields such as history, literature, linguistics, archaeology and cultural heritage).
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COMPASS - COMplex Political And Social Simulations(BSC)
Oct 22, 2025
We develop agent-based social simulations to understand how complex systems of political communication evolve at scale, revealing patterns of opinion dynamics, polarization and collective behavior. At the individual level, we use methods from natural language processing in AI psychometrics to study value systems and other psychological traits that...
Computational Archaeology(Barcelona Supercomputing Center)
Aug 27, 2025
Advance archaeological research through AI, HPC, remote sensing, and geospatial analysis. Automate the detection, mapping, and protection of archaeological sites and features, towards the reconstruction of ancient societies by examining aspects such as urban development, economic networks, human mobility, and ancient agricultural practices.
Proyecto CREARTE(Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC))
Jul 2, 2025
(English) The main objective of the CREARTE project has been to develop a science theatre production focused on climate science. The project is notable for its integration of innovative methodologies that merge scientific research, artistic creation, and interdisciplinary collaboration, resulting in a distinctive synthesis of art and science. (Span...
Computational Archival History(Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC))
Jun 12, 2025
Vast amounts of historical documents are preserved in Catalan archives, many of which have been digitized as images. The aim of our research line is to build datasets, train models, and develop tools for processing and extracting information from these historical documents, enabling more efficient exploration and analysis of archival collections.
A Decade of DerStandard Forum Interactions(BSC)
May 29, 2025
We present a large-scale, longitudinal dataset capturing user activity on the online platform of DerStandard, a major Austrian newspaper. The dataset spans ten years (2013–2022) and includes over 75 million user comments, more than 400 million votes, and detailed metadata on articles and user interactions. It features structured conversation thread...
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