People

Alessandro Vespignani

President - SAB Chair

Northeastern University

Fields of study:
Develop analytical and computational models for the co-evolution and interdependence of large-scale social, technological and biological networks. - Modeling contagion processes in structured populations. - Developing predictive computational tools for the analysis of the spatial spread of emerging diseases. - Analyze the dynamics and evolution of information and social networks. - Model the adaptive behavior of social systems.

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Publications

Comparing Sources of Mobility for Modelling the Epidemic Spread of Zika Virus in Colombia

D. Perrotta, E. Frias-Martinez, A. Pastore Y Piontti, Q. Zhang, M. Luengo-Oroz, D. Paolotti, M. Tizzoni, A. Vespignani

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 16(7): e0010565 (2022)

Quantifying the importance and location of SARS-CoV-2 transmission events in large metropolitan areas

A. Aleta, D. Martín-Corral, M. Bakker, A. Pastore Y Piontti, M. Ajelli, M. Litvinova, M. Chinazzi, N. E. Dean, M. E. Halloran, I. Longini, A. Pentland, A. Vespignani, Y. Moreno, E. Moro

PNAS 119 (26) e2112182119 (2022)

Evaluation of individual and ensemble probabilistic forecasts of COVID-19 mortality in the United States

E. Y. Cramer, E. L. Ray, A. Vespignani

PNAS 119 (15) e2113561119 (2022)

Cryptic transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and the first COVID-19 wave

J. T. Davis, M. Chinazzi, N. Perra, K. Mu, A. Pastore Y Piontti, M. Ajelli, N. E. Dean, C. Gioannini, M. Litvinova, S. Merler, L. Rossi, K. Sun, X. Xiong, I. M. Longini Jr., M. E. Halloran, C. Viboud, A. Vespignani

Nature (2021)

The impact of relaxing interventions on human contact patterns and SARS-CoV-2 transmission in China

J. Zhang, M. Litvinova, Y. Liang, W. Zheng, H. Shi, A. Vespignani, C. Viboud, M. Ajelli, H. Yu

Science Advances 7, 19, eabe2584 (2021)

Estimating the effect of social inequalities on the mitigation of COVID-19 across communities in Santiago de Chile

N. Gozzi, M. Tizzoni, M. Chinazzi, L. Ferres, A. Vespignani, N. Perra

Nature Communications 12:2429 (2021)

Infectivity, susceptibility, and risk factors associated with SARS-CoV-2 transmission under intensive contact tracing in Hunan, China

S. Hu, W. Wang, Y. Wang, M. Litvinova, K. Luo, L. Ren, Q. Sun, X. Chen, G. Zeng, J. Li, L. Liang, Z. Deng, W. Zheng, M. Li, H. Yang, J. Guo, K. Wang, X. Chen, Z. Liu, H. Yan, H. Shi, Z. Chen, Y. Zhou, K. Sun, A. Vespignani, C. Viboud, L. Gao, M. Ajelli, H. Yu

Nature Communications 12, 1533 (2021)

Give more data, awareness and control to individual citizens, and they will help COVID-19 containment

M. Nanni, G. Andrienko, M. Nanni, A. Barabási, C. Boldrini, F. Bonchi, C. Cattuto, F. Chiaromonte, G. Comandé, M. Conti, M. Coté, V. Dignum, J. Domingo-Ferrer, P. Ferragina, F. Giannotti, R. Guidotti, D. Helbing, K. Kaski, J. Kertesz, S. Lehmann, B. Lepri, P. Lukowicz, S. Matwin, D. MegíasJiménez, A. Monreale, K. Morik, N. Oliver, A. Passarella, A. Passerini, D. Pedreschi, A. Pentland, F. Pianesi, F. Pratesi, S. Rinzivillo, S. Ruggieri, A. Siebes, V. Torra, R. Trasarti, J. van den Hoven, A. Vespignani

Ethics and Information Technology (2021)

Transmission heterogeneities, kinetics, and controllability of SARS-CoV-2

K. Sun, W. Wang, L. Gao, Y. Wang, K. Luo, L. Ren, Z. Zhan, X. Chen, S. Zhao, Y. Huang, Q. Sun, Z. Liu, M. Litvinova, A. Vespignani, M. Ajelli, C. Viboud, H. Yu

Science 371, 254 (2021)

Inferring high-resolution human mixing patterns for disease modeling

D. Mistry, M. Litvinova, A. Pastore Y Piontti, M. Chinazzi, L. Fumanelli, M. F. C. Gomes, S. A. Haque, Q. Liu, K. Mu, X. Xiong, M. E. Halloran, I. M. Longini Jr., S. Merler, M. Ajelli, A. Vespignani

Nature Communications 12, 323 (2021)

The COVID-19 outbreak in Sichuan, China: Epidemiology and impact of interventions

Q. Liu, A. I. Bento, K. Yang, H. Zhang, X. Yang, S. Merler, A. Vespignani, J. Lv, H. Yu, W. Zhang, T. Zhou, M. Ajelli

PLoS Computational Biology 16 (12) (2020)

Early Insights from Statistical and Mathematical Modeling of Key Epidemiologic Parameters of COVID-19

M. Biggerstaff, B. J. Cowling, M. Cucunubá, L. Dinh, N. M. Ferguson, H. Gao, V. Hill, N. Imai, M. A. Johansson, S. Kada, O. Morgan, A. Pastore Y Piontti, J. A. Polonsky, P. Venkata Prasad, T. M. Quandelacy, A. Rambaut, J. W. Tappero, K. A. Vandemaele, A. Vespignani, K. L. Warmbrod, J. Y. Wong

Emerging Infectious Diseases 26(11): e201074 (2020)

Assessing the spread of COVID-19 in Brazil: Mobility, morbidity and social vulnerability

F. C. Coelho, R. M. Lana, O. G. Cruz, D. A. M. Villela, L. S. Bastos, A. Pastore Y Piontti, J. T. Davis, A. Vespignani, C. T. Codeço, M. F. C. Gomes

PLoS ONE 15(9): e0238214 (2020)

Real-Time Forecasting of the COVID-19 Outbreak in Chinese Provinces: Machine Learning Approach Using Novel Digital Data and Estimates From Mechanistic Models

D. Liu, L. Clemente, C. Poirier, X. Ding, M. Chinazzi, J. Davis, A. Vespignani, M. Santillana

Journal of medical Internet research 22(8):e20285 (2020)

Modelling the impact of testing, contact tracing and household quarantine on second waves of COVID-19

A. Aleta, D. Martín-Corral, A. Pastore Y Piontti, M. Ajelli, M. Litvinova, M. Chinazzi, N. E. Dean, M. E. Halloran, I. Longini, S. Merler, A. Pentland, A. Vespignani, E. Moro, Y. Moreno

Nature Human Behaviour 4 (2020)

Changes in contact patterns shape the dynamics of the COVID-19 outbreak in China

J. Zhang, M. Litvinova, Y. Liang, Y. Wang, W. Wang, S. Zhao, Q. Wu, S. Merler, C. Viboud, A. Vespignani, M. Ajelli, H. Yu

Science 368/6498 (2020)

Reshaping a nation: Mobility, commuting, and contact patterns during the COVID-19 outbreak

B. Klein, T. LaRock, S. McCabe, L. Torres, L. Friedland, F. Privitera, B. Lake, M. U. G. Kraemer, J. S. Brownstein, D. Lazer, T. Eliassi-Rad, S. V. Scarpino, A. Vespignani, M. Chinazzi

Northeastern University - Network Science Institute (2020)

Modelling COVID-19

A. Vespignani, H. Tian, C. Dye, J. O. Lloyd- Smith, R. M. Eggo, M. Shrestha, S. Scarpino, B. Gutierrez, M. Kraemer, J. Wu, K. Leung, G. M. Leung

Nature Review Physics (2020)

The effect of human mobility and control measures on the COVID-19 epidemic in China

M. Kraemer, C. Yang, B. Gutierrez, C. Wu, B. Klein, D. M. Pigott, L. Du Plessis, N. R. Faria, R. Li, W. P. Hanage, J. S. Brownstein, M. Layan, A. Vespignani, H. Tian, C. Dye, O. G. Pybus, S. Scarpino

Science 38 (2020)

Evolving epidemiology and transmission dynamics of coronavirus disease 2019 outside Hubei province, China: a descriptive and modelling study

J. Zhang, M. Litvinova, W. Wang, Y. Wang, L. Yi, X. Chen, Q. Wu, Y. Liang, X. Wang, J. Yang, K. Sun, I. Longini, M. E. Halloran, P. Wu, B. Cowling, S. Merler, C. Viboud, A. Vespignani, M. Ajelli, H. Yu

The Lancet Infectious Diseases (2020)

The effect of travel restrictions on the spread of the 2019 novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

M. Chinazzi, J. Davis, M. Ajelli, C. Gioannini, M. Litvinova, S. Merler, A. Pastore Y Piontti, K. Mu, L. Rossi, K. Sun, C. Viboud, X. Xiong, H. Yu, M. E. Halloran, I. Longini, A. Vespignani

Science 368, 6489 (2020)

Assessing changes in commuting and individual mobility in major metropolitan areas in the United States during the COVID-19 outbreak

B. Klein, T. LaRock, S. McCabe, L. Torres, F. Privitera, B. Lake, M. U. G. Kraemer, J. S. Brownstein, D. Lazer, T. Eliassi-Rad, S. V. Scarpino, M. Chinazzi, A. Vespignani

Northeastern University - Network Science Institute (2020)

Detecting critical slowing down in high-dimensional epidemiological systems

T. Brett, M. Ajelli, Q. Liu, M. G. Krauland, J. J. Grefenstette, W. G. Van Panhuis, A. Vespignani, J. Drake, P. Rohani

Plos Computational Biology 16 (3), e1007679 (2020)

Phase transitions in information spreading on structured populations

J. Davis, N. Perra, Q. Zhang, Y. Moreno, A. Vespignani

Nature Physics 16 (5) (2020)

Preliminary assessment of the International Spreading Risk Associated with the 2019 novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak in Wuhan City

M. Chinazzi, J. Davis, C. Gioannini, M. Litvinova, A. Pastore Y Piontti, L. Rossi, X. Xiong, M. E. Halloran, I. Longini, A. Vespignani

Laboratory for the Modeling of Biological and Socio-technical Systems, Northeastern University, Boston (2020)

Mapping the physics research space: a machine learning approach

M. Chinazzi, B. Goncalves, Q. Zhang, A. Vespignani

EPJ Data Science 8: 33 (2019)

The future of influenza forecasts

C. Viboud, A. Vespignani

PNAS Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 116 (8) (2019)

The RAPIDD Ebola forecasting challenge: Model description and synthetic data generation

M. Ajelli, Q. Zhang, K. Sun, S. Merler, L. Fumanelli, G. Chowell, L. Simonsen, C. Viboud, A. Vespignani

Epidemics 22 (2018)

Charting the Next Pandemic: Modeling Infectious Disease Spreading in the Data Science Age

A. Pastore Y Piontti, N. Perra, L. Rossi, N. Samay, A. Vespignani, C. Gioannini, B. Goncalves, M. C. Gomes

Springer International Publishing (2018)

Measurability of the epidemic reproduction number in data-driven contact networks

Q. Liu, M. Ajelli, A. Aleta, S. Merler, Y. Moreno, A. Vespignani

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (50), 12680-12685 (2018)

Quantifying the risk of local Zika virus transmission in the continental US during the 2015-2016 ZIKV epidemic

K. Sun, Q. Zhang, A. Pastore Y Piontti, M. Chinazzi, D. Mistry, N. E. Dean, D. P. Rojas, S. Merler, P. Poletti, L. Rossi, M. E. Halloran, I. Longini, A. Vespignani

BMC Medicine 16:195 (2018)

Science of science

S. Fortunato, C. T. Bergstrom, K. Börner, J. A. Evans, D. Helbing, S. Milojević, A. M. Petersen, F. Radicchi, R. Sinatra, B. Uzzi, A. Vespignani, L. Waltman, D. Wang, A. Barabási

Science 359 / 6379 (2018)

Resilience management during large-scale epidemic outbreaks

E. Massaro, A. Ganin, N. Perra, I. Linkov, A. Vespignani

Scientific Reports 8 / 1859 (2018)

Combining Participatory Influenza Surveillance with Modeling and Forecasting: Three Alternative Approaches

J. S. Brownstein, S. Chu, A. Marathe, M. V. Marathe, A. T. Nguyen, D. Paolotti, N. Perra, D. Perrotta, M. Santillana, S. Swarup, M. Tizzoni, A. Vespignani, A. K. Vullikanti, M. L. Wilson, Q. Zhang

JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 3, No 4 Oct-Dec (2017)

The RAPIDD Ebola forecasting challenge: Model description and synthetic data generation

M. Aielli, Q. Zhang, K. Sun, S. Merler, L. Fumanelli, G. Chowell, L. Simonsen, C. Viboud, A. Vespignani

Epidemics 22 (2017)

Forecasting Seasonal Influenza Fusing Digital Indicators and a Mechanistic Disease Model

Q. Zhang, N. Perra, D. Perrotta, M. Tizzoni, D. Paolotti, A. Vespignani

Proceeding of the 26th International Conference on World Wide Web (WWW) (2017)

Spread of Zika virus in the Americas

Q. Zhang, K. Sun, M. Chinazzi, A. Pastore Y Piontti, N. E. Dean, D. P. Rojasc, S. Merler, D. Mistry, P. Poletti, L. Rossi, M. Braya, M. E. Hallorang, I. Longini, A. Vespignani

PNAS 114 ,22 (2017)

Containing Ebola at the Source with Ring Vaccination

S. Merler, M. Ajelli, L. Fumanelli, S. Parlamento, A. Pastore Y Piontti, N. E. Dean, G. Putoto, D. Carraro, I. Longini, M. E. Halloran, A. Vespignani

PLoS Negl Trop Dis 10(11) (2016)

Asymptotic theory of time-varying social networks with heterogeneous activity and tie allocation

E. Ubaldi, N. Perra, M. Karsai, A. Vezzani, R. Burioni, A. Vespignani

Scientific Reports 6: 35724. (2016)

Spatiotemporal dynamics of the Ebola epidemic in Guinea and implications for vaccination and disease elimination: a computational modeling analysis

M. Ajelli, S. Merler, L. Fumanelli, A. Pastore Y Piontti, N. E. Dean, I. Longini, M. E. Halloran, A. Vespignani

BMC Medicine 201614:130 (2016)

Real-Time Assessment of the International Spreading Risk Associated with the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak

A. Pastore Y Piontti, Q. Zhang, M. F. C. Gomes, L. Rossi, C. Poletto, V. Colizza, D. Chao, I. Longini, M. E. Halloran, A. Vespignani

Mathematical and Statistical Modeling for Emerging and Re-emerging Infectious Diseases (2016)

The dynamics of information-driven coordination phenomena: A transfer entropy analysis

J. Borge-Holthoefer, N. Perra, B. Gonçalves, S. González-Bailón,, A. Arenas, Y. Moreno, A. Vespignani

Science Advances 2, 4 (2016)

Spatiotemporal spread of the 2014 outbreak of Ebola virus disease in Liberia and the eff ectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions: a computational modelling analysis

S. Merler, M. Ajelli, L. Fumanelli, M. F. C. Gomes, A. Pastore Y Piontti, L. Rossi, D. Chao, I. Longini, M. E. Halloran, A. Vespignani

Lancet Infect Dis 15,2 (2015)

Complex Systems, Infectious diseases

Epidemic processes in complex networks

R. Pastor-Satorras, C. Castellano, P. Van Mieghem, A. Vespignani

Rev. Mod. Phys. 87, 3 (2015)

Detecting global bridges in networks

P. Jensen, M. Morini, M. Karsai, T. Venturini, A. Vespignani, M. Jacomy, J. Cointet, P. Mercklé, E. Fleury

Journal of Complex Networks 10 (2015)

Social Data Mining and Seasonal Influenza Forecasts: The FluOutlook Platform

Q. Zhang, C. Gioannini, D. Paolotti, N. Perra, D. Perrotta, M. Quaggiotto, M. Tizzoni, A. Vespignani

Lecture Notes in Computer Science 9286 (2015)

Characterising two-pathogen competition in spatially structured environments

C. Poletto, S. Meloni, A. Van Metre, V. Colizza, Y. Moreno, A. Vespignani

Scientific Reports 5 (2015)

Association between Recruitment Methods and Attrition in Internet-Based Studies

P. Bajardi, D. Paolotti, A. Vespignani, K. Eames, S. Funk, J. Edmunds, C. Turbelin, M. Debin, V. Colizza, R. Smallenburg, C. Koppeschaar, A. Franco, V. Faustino, A. Carnahan, M. Rehn, F. Merletti, J. Douwes, R. Firestone, L. Richiardi

PLoS ONE 9 (12) (2014)

Complex Systems

Time varying networks and the weakness of strong ties

M. Karsai, N. Perra, A. Vespignani

Scientific Reports 4 (2014)

Assessing the impact of travel restrictions on international spread of the 2014 West African Ebola epidemic

C. Poletto, M. F. C. Gomes, A. Pastore Y Piontti, L. Rossi, L. Bioglio, D. Chao, I. Longini, M. E. Halloran, V. Colizza, A. Vespignani

Eurosurveillance 19 (2014)

Complex Systems, Infectious diseases

Ebola: mobility data

M. E. Halloran, A. Vespignani, N. Bharti, L. Feldstein, K. Alexander, M. Ferrari, J. Shaman, J. Drake, T. Porco, J. Eisenberg, S. Del Valle, E. Lofgren, S. Scarpino, M. Eisenberg, D. Gao, J. Hyman, S. Eubank, I. Longini

Science 346(6208) (2014)

Complex Systems, Infectious diseases

Damage detection via shortest-path network sampling

F. Ciulla, N. Perra, A. Baronchelli, A. Vespignani

Phys. Rev. E 052816 (2014)

Controlling Contagion Processes in Activity Driven Networks

S. Liu, N. Perra, M. Karsai, A. Vespignani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 112 (2014)

Assessing the International Spreading Risk Associated with the 2014 West African Ebola Outbreak

M. F. C. Gomes, A. Pastore Y Piontti, L. Rossi, D. Chao, I. Longini, M. E. Halloran, A. Vespignani

PLOS Currents Outbreaks (2014)

Complex Systems, Infectious diseases

The representativeness of a European multi-center network for influenza-like-illness participatory surveillance

P. Cantarelli, M. Debin, C. Turbelin, C. Poletto, T. Blanchon, A. Falchi, T. Hanslik, I. Bonmarin, D. Levy-Bruhl, A. Micheletti, D. Paolotti, A. Vespignani, J. Edmunds, K. Eames, R. Smallenburg, C. Koppeschaar, A. O Franco, V. Faustino, A. Carnahan, M. Rehn, V. Colizza

BMC Public Health 14 (2014)

Complex Systems, Infectious diseases, Network Science

The infection tree of global epidemics

A. Pastore Y Piontti, M. Ferreira da Costa Gomes, N. Samay, N. Perra, A. Vespignani

Network Science 2,1 (2014)

Determinants of Follow-Up Participation in the Internet-Based European Influenza Surveillance Platform Influenzanet

P. Bajardi, A. Vespignani, S. Funk, K. Eames, J. Edmunds, C. Turbelin, M. Debin, V. Colizza, R. Smallenburg, C. Koppeschaar, A. Franco, V. Faustino, A. Carnahan, M. Rehn, D. Paolotti

J Med Internet Res 16, 3 (2014)

Complex Systems, Digital Epidemiology, Infectious diseases

Controlling Contagion Processes in Time-Varying Networks

N. Perra, S. Liu, M. Karsai, A. Vespignani

Bulletin of the APS, March Meeting 2014 59,1 (2014)

Web-based participatory surveillance of infectious diseases: the Influenzanet participatory surveillance experience

D. Paolotti, A. Carnahan, V. Colizza, K. Eames, J. Edmunds, G. Gomes, C. Koppeschaar, M. Rehn, R. Smallenburg, C. Turbelin, S. Van Noort, A. Vespignani

Clinical Microbiology and Infection 20 (2014)

Infectious diseases

Characterizing scientific production and consumption in Physics

Q. Zhang, N. Perra, B. Gonçalves, F. Ciulla, A. Vespignani

Scientific Reports 3 (2013)

Complex Systems

Information and disease diffusion in dynamic social environments

A. Vespignani

APS Meeting Abstracts 1 (2013)

Complex Systems

Walking and searching in time-varying networks

N. Perra, A. Baronchelli, D. Moncanu, B. Gonçalves, R. Pastor-Satorras, A. Vespignani

American Physical Society 58 (2013)

Complex Systems, Network Science

Human mobility and the worldwide impact of intentional localized highly pathogenic virus release

B. Gonçalves, D. Balcan, A. Vespignani

Scientific Reports 3 810 (2013)

Infectious diseases

The Twitter of Babel: Mapping World Languages through Microblogging Platforms

D. Moncanu, A. Baronchelli, N. Perra, B. Gonçalves, Q. Zhang, A. Vespignani

PLoS ONE 8 (2013)

Complex Systems, Internet Traffic

Containing the accidental laboratory escape of potential pandemic influenza viruses

S. Merler, M. Ajelli, L. Fumanelli, A. Vespignani

BMC Medicine 11(1) (2013)

Infectious diseases

Host mobility drives pathogen competition in spatially structured populations

C. Poletto, S. Meloni, V. Colizza, Y. Moreno, A. Vespignani

PLoS Comput Biol 9(8): e1003169 (2013)

Complex Systems, Computational Biology, Infectious diseases, Network Science

Beating the news using social media: the case study of American Idol

F. Ciulla, D. Moncanu, A. Baronchelli, B. Gonçalves, N. Perra, A. Vespignani

EPJ Data Science 1 (1) (2012)

Complex Systems

Real-time numerical forecast of global epidemic spreading: case study of 2009 A/H1N1pdm

M. Tizzoni, P. Bajardi, C. Poletto, J. J. Ramasco, D. Balcan, B. Gonçalves, N. Perra, V. Colizza, A. Vespignani

BMC Medicine 10:165 (2012)

Infectious diseases

Random walks and search in time-varying networks

N. Perra, A. Baronchelli, D. Moncanu, B. Gonçalves, R. Pastor-Satorras, A. Vespignani

Physical Review Letters 109 (2012)

Network Science

Inferring the Structure of Social Contacts from Demographic Data in the Analysis of Infectious Diseases Spread

L. Fumanelli, M. Ajelli, P. Manfredi, A. Vespignani, S. Merler

PLoS Computational Biology 8:e1002673 (2012)

Infectious diseases

Digital Epidemiology

M. Salathé, L. Bengtsson, T. J. Bodnar, D. D. Brewer, J. S. Brownstein, C. Buckee, E. Campbell, C. Cattuto, S. Khandelwal, P. Mabry, A. Vespignani

PLoS Computational Biology 8(7) (2012)

Competition among memes in a world with limited attention

L. Weng, A. Flammini, A. Vespignani, F. Menczer

Scientific Reports 2 (2012)

Activity driven modeling of time-varying networks

N. Perra, B. Gonçalves, R. Pastor-Satorras, A. Vespignani

Scientific Reports 2 469 (2012)

Citation Networks

F. Radicchi, S. Fortunato, A. Vespignani

Understanding Complex Systems A. Scharnhorst et al. (eds): Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2012 (2012)

Complex Systems, Information Dynamics, Information Networks

Assessing the ecotoxicologic hazards of a pandemic influenza medical response

A. Singer, V. Colizza, H. Schmitt, J. Andrews, D. Balcan, W. E. Huang, V. D. Keller, A. Vespignani, R. Williams

Environ Health Perspectives 119(8) (2011)

Complex Systems, Infectious diseases

Properties and evolution of internet traffic networks from anonymized flow data

M. Meiss, F. Menczer, A. Vespignani

ACM Transactions on Internet Technology 10, 4 (2011)

Complex Systems, Network Science

Modeling Users\' Activity on Twitter Networks: Validation of Dunbar\'s Number

B. Gonçalves, N. Perra, A. Vespignani

PLoS ONE 6 (8) (2011)

Complex Systems

The GLEaMviz computational tool, a publicly available software to explore realistic epidemic spreading scenarios at the global scale

W. Van den Broeck, C. Gioannini, B. Gonçalves, M. Quaggiotto, V. Colizza, A. Vespignani

BMC Infectious Diseases 2011, 11:37 (2011)

Infectious diseases, Information Dynamics

Phase transitions in contagion processes mediated by recurrent mobility patterns

D. Balcan, A. Vespignani

Nature Physics 7 (2011)

Human Mobility Networks, Travel Restrictions, and the Global Spread of 2009 H1N1 Pandemic

P. Bajardi, C. Poletto, J. J. Ramasco, M. Tizzoni, V. Colizza, A. Vespignani

PLoS ONE 6(1): e16591 (2011)

Infectious diseases, Mobility

Invasion threshold in structured populations with recurrent mobility patterns

D. Balcan, A. Vespignani

Journal of Theoretical Biology 293 (2012) 87–100 (2011)

Towards a Characterization of Behavior-Disease Models

N. Perra, D. Balcan, B. Gonçalves, A. Vespignani

PLoS ONE 6(8): e23084 (2011)

Infectious diseases

Modeling Dynamical Processes in Complex Socio-technical Systems

A. Vespignani

Nature Physics 8 (2011)

Complex Systems

Complex networks: Patterns of complexity

R. Pastor-Satorras, A. Vespignani

Nature Physics 6-7 (2010)

Complex Systems, Network Science

Dislocation jamming and Andrade creep

J. Lopez, M. Miguel, A. Vespignani, M. Zaiser, S. Zapperi

APS (2010)

Complex Systems

Complex networks: The fragility of interdependency

A. Vespignani

Nature 464 (7291) (2010)

Complex Systems, Network Science

Characterizing and modeling the dynamics of online popularity

J. Ratkiewicz, S. Fortunato, A. Flammini, F. Menczer, A. Vespignani

Phys. Rev. Lett. 105 (2010)

Information Networks, Internet Traffic

Traffic in Social Media II: Modeling Bursty popularity

J. Ratkiewicz, F. Menczer, S. Fortunato, A. Flammini, A. Vespignani

Social Computing (SocialCom), 2010 IEEE Second International Conference on (2010)

Complex Systems, Information Networks, Internet Traffic

Internet-based monitoring system for infuenza-like illness: H1N1 surveillance in Italy

D. Paolotti, C. Gioannini, V. Colizza, A. Vespignani

Proceedings of eHealth 2010 Casablanca 13-15 December 2010 (2010)

Infectious diseases

Dynamics of Person-to-Person Interactions from Distributed RFID Sensor Networks

C. Cattuto, W. Van den Broeck, A. Barrat, V. Colizza, J. Pinton, A. Vespignani

PLoS ONE 5(7) (2010)

Comparing large-scale computational approaches to epidemic modeling: agent-based versus structured metapopulation models

M. Ajelli, B. Gonçalves, D. Balcan, V. Colizza, H. Hu, J. J. Ramasco, S. Merler, A. Vespignani

BMC Infectious Diseases 10:190 (2010)

Modeling the spatial spread of infectious diseases: The GLobal Epidemic and Mobility computational model

D. Balcan, B. Gonçalves, H. Hu, J. J. Ramasco, V. Colizza, A. Vespignani

Journal of Computational Science 1, 3 (2010)

Complex Systems, Infectious diseases

Estimate of Novel Influenza A/H1N1 cases in Mexico at the early stage of the pandemic with a spatially structured epidemic model

V. Colizza, A. Vespignani, N. Perra, C. Poletto, B. Gonçalves, H. Hu, D. Balcan, D. Paolotti, W. Van den Broeck, M. Tizzoni, P. Bajardi, J. J. Ramasco

Public Library of Science Currents: Influenza. RRN1129 (2009)

Complex Systems, Infectious diseases

Seasonal transmission potential and activity peaks of the new influenza A(H1N1): a Monte Carlo likelihood analysis based on human mobility

D. Balcan, H. Hu, B. Gonçalves, P. Bajardi, C. Poletto, J. J. Ramasco, D. Paolotti, N. Perra, M. Tizzoni, W. Van den Broeck, V. Colizza, A. Vespignani

BMC Medicine 7:45 (2009)

Complex Systems, Infectious diseases

Predicting the behavior of tecno-social systems

A. Vespignani

Science 325, 5939 (2009)

Complex Systems

Modeling the critical care demand and antibiotics resources needed during the Fall 2009 wave of influenza A(H1N1) pandemic

D. Balcan, V. Colizza, A. Singer, C. Chouaid, H. Hu, B. Gonçalves, P. Bajardi, C. Poletto, J. J. Ramasco, N. Perra, M. Tizzoni, D. Paolotti, W. Van den Broeck, A. Valleron, A. Vespignani

PLoS Current Influenza 1133 (2009)

Extracting the multiscale backbone of Complex Weighted Networks

M. Boguñá, F. Serrano, A. Vespignani

PNAS 106,16 (2009)

Complex Systems, Network Science

Economic Networks: The New Challenges

F. Schweitzer, G. Fagiolo, D. Sornette, F. Vega-Redondo, D. White, A. Vespignani

Science 325, 5939 (2009)

Network Science

Multiscale mobility networks and the large scale spreading of infectious diseases

D. Balcan, V. Colizza, B. Gonçalves, H. Hu, J. J. Ramasco, A. Vespignani

PNAS 106,51 (2009)

Complex Systems, Infectious diseases

Diffusion of scientific credits and the ranking of scientists

F. Radicchi, S. Fortunato, B. Markines, A. Vespignani

Phys. Rev. E 80 (2009)

Complex Systems

Modeling vaccination campaigns and the Fall/Winter 2009 activity of the new A(H1N1) influenza in the Northern Hemisphere

P. Bajardi, C. Poletto, D. Balcan, H. Hu, B. Gonçalves, J. J. Ramasco, D. Paolotti, N. Perra, M. Tizzoni, W. Van den Broeck, V. Colizza, A. Vespignani

Emerging Health Threats Journal 2:e11 (2009)

Complex Systems, Infectious diseases

WiFi networks and malware epidemiology

H. Hu, S. Myers, V. Colizza, A. Vespignani

PNAS 106 (2009)

Complex Systems