What is a city? Researchers use different criteria and datasets to define it—from population
density to traffic flows. We argue there is one dataset that could serve as a proxy of the …

In the post year 2000 era the technologies that facilitate human communication have rapidly
multiplied. While the adoption of these technologies has hugely impacted the behaviour and …

In recent years, new metaheuristic algorithms have been developed taking as reference the
inspiration on biological and natural phenomena. This nature-inspired approach for …

Mobile phone data are an interesting new data source for official statistics. However,
multiple problems and uncertainties need to be solved before these data can inform, support …

Recent availability of geo-localized data capturing individual human activity together with
the statistical data on international migration opened up unprecedented opportunities for a …

Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) is a tick-borne zoonotic agent that is
maintained in nature in an enzootic vertebrate-tick-vertebrate cycle. Hyalomma genus ticks …

Network community detection often relies on optimizing partition quality functions, like
modularity. This optimization appears to be a complex problem traditionally relying on …

Thanks to the use of geolocated big data in computational social science research, the
spatial and temporal heterogeneity of human activities is increasingly being revealed …

Understanding commuting behavior among socioeconomic groups is essential in promoting
equity across the housing and transportation system. This field is well-studied, but existing …

We present preliminary results on an all-Ireland network modelling approach to simulate the
spreading the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) …