LSD + CDL

The Joint Lab

Collaborative explorations across sciences with models and data

Hosted at the Vermont Complex System Institute

LSD

The Laboratory for Structure and Dynamics

Our research focuses on the coevolution of structure and dynamics in complex systems.

CDL

The Complex Data Laboratory

We make sense of complex data by bridging the gap between statistics, computer science and complex systems.

News from the lab

September 2, 2026

Welcoming Jack D'Iorio to the lab!

We are excited to welcome Jack D'Iorio to the lab. Jack is a master’s student in Complex Systems & Data Science at UVM, where he previously completed his undergraduate degree in Computer Science. For his master’s thesis, he will study cellular…

September 1, 2026

Leah Keating moves to Dublin City University

It is with great excitement that we announce that Leah Keating will join the Department of Mathematical Sciences at…

June 17, 2026

William Thompson joins the Data Science for Social Good Fellowship

William Thompson is spending this summer as a fellow in the Data Science for Social Good (DSSG) Fellowship, hosted this…

May 8, 2026

Laurent Hébert-Dufresne wins the 2026 Erdős–Rényi Prize!

Huge news! Laurent Hébert-Dufresne has been awarded the 2026 Erdős–Rényi Prize by the Network Science Society. It is the field's top honor for young researchers, recognizing exceptional contributions to network science. The announcement highlights…

May 4, 2026

Erik Arnold moves to Edinburgh

Erik Arnold is leaving us for the University of Edinburgh, where he will pursue an M.Sc. in Data Science. During his time in the lab, Erik developed IndexCast, an open-source software to aggregate prediction market data into indices on important…

February 24, 2026

Laurent Hébert-Dufresne appointed External Faculty at the Complexity Science Hub

Laurent Hébert-Dufresne has been appointed as External Faculty at the Complexity Science Hub (CSH) in Vienna, Austria. The CSH brings together researchers from around the world to advance the science of complex systems across disciplines.

February 24, 2026

Laurent Hébert-Dufresne receives the 2026 Young Scientist Award from the German Physical Society

Laurent Hébert-Dufresne has been awarded the 2026 Young Scientist Award for Socio- and Econophysics from the German Physical Society (DPG). Congratulations! The award recognizes outstanding contributions by early-career physics researchers. The award…

September 8, 2025

Welcome João Franco to the lab!

We are excited to welcome João Franco to the lab. João is a Ph.D. student in Complex Systems & Data Science at UVM, joining us as a collaborator alongside the Computational Ethics Lab. His research explores belief dynamics: how beliefs form and…

August 28, 2025

Welcome Leah Keating to the lab!

We are thrilled to welcome Leah Keating to the lab as a Postdoctoral Associate. Leah comes to us from UCLA, where she was a Hedrick Assistant Adjunct Professor working with Prof. Mason Porter, and before that completed her PhD at the University of…

August 28, 2025

Laurent Hébert-Dufresne appointed External Professor at the Santa Fe Institute

Laurent Hébert-Dufresne has been named one of ten new External Professors at the Santa Fe Institute (SFI) for 2025.

June 25, 2025

Giulio Burgio awarded Juan de la Cierva fellowship

We are excited to announce that Giulio Burgio, who has been a Postdoctoral Associate at the Vermont Complex Systems Institute with us, is moving to a new position at the Alvaro Sanchez Lab at the Institute of Functional Biology and Genomics (IBFG), a…

May 7, 2025

William Thompson to intern at the Los Alamos National Laboratory

Will Thompson will spend next summer at the LANL, advised by Andrey Lokhov.

April 24, 2025

Dr. Jonathan St-Onge

We are happy to share that Jonathan St-Onge has successfully defended his Ph.D. on April 23rd, 2025. Jonathan's dissertation, "The co-evolution of individuals and institutions: a group-based approach", brings together elements of philosophy, network…

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