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Releasing the time-resolved Infectious SocioPatterns data set

alain — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:21:59 +0000

The time-resolved dataset of human contacts gathered during the artscience exhibition INFECTIOUS: STAY AWAY at the Science Gallery in Dublin, Ireland is now available for download. It is the dynamic counterpart of the daily cumulated contact networks released previously.

SocioPatterns at EPIDEMICS3 – Third International Conference on Infectious Disease Dynamics

alain — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 09:34:04 +0000

Recent results from the SocioPatterns project will be presented at the Epidemics3 conference in Boston, USA (Nov. 29th – Dec. 2nd, 2011). Ciro Cattuto will give a talk titled “Close encounters in a pediatric ward: Measuring face-to-face proximity and mixing … Continue reading →

Releasing new time-resolved contact data

ciro — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 14:48:14 +0000

A new SocioPatterns dataset is now available for download. We are releasing to the public a high-resolution time-resolved network of human contact, gathered at an academic conference. If you have questions about these data, please do not hesitate to contact us!

New PLoS ONE paper on the contact patterns in a school

Wouter VdB — Wed, 24 Aug 2011 20:32:39 +0000

A new paper has just been published in PLoS ONE, on the properties of contact patterns between children in a primary school. Schools are epidemiologically important environments, and access to empirical contact patterns can empower modeling efforts as well as design strategies for containing the spread of infectious diseases. The paper reports on our first large-scale deployment in a school environment.

New paper in BMC Medicine

Wouter VdB — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 14:48:50 +0000

A new study of ours has been published in BMC Medicine, with a commentary by Sally Blower and Myong-Hyun Go. In this paper we simulated a SEIR process on the dynamical network of human proximity recorded through the SocioPatterns sensing platform. We report on the implications of using high-resolution dynamic social network data on modeling epidemic processes.

New paper in Ad Hoc Networks

Wouter VdB — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 20:02:01 +0000

A new paper published in Ad Hoc Networks reports on our investigation of data diffusion on ad hoc networks considering a real-world dynamical network of human proximity obtained with the SocioPatterns sensing platform. In this paper, we propose a new way of measuring delivery times of messages which allows us to deal with non-stationary situations in ad hoc networks and to obtain a robust characterization of data dissemination. This new approach is useful to set constraints for generic processes of data dissemination, as well as to validate established models of human mobility and proximity that are frequently used to simulate realistic behaviors.

SocioPatterns at NetSci 2011

Wouter VdB — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:47:39 +0000

Several results from the SocioPatterns project were presented at the NetSci2011 conference in Budapest, Hungary.

Ciro Cattuto reported on simulations of realistic epidemic spreading phenomena using data from a SocioPatterns deployment. These results will soon appear in BMC Medicine.

Alain Barrat presented the results of our paper What’s in a crowd? Analysis of face-to-face behavioral networks published in the Journal of Theoretical Biology (2011).

Anna Machens discussed the interplay between the timescales of evolution of a dynamical network and the timescales of dynamical process taking place on the network.

Wouter Van den Broeck discussed the making of SIXTY-NINE DAYS OF CLOSE ENCOUNTERS AT THE SCIENCE GALLERY in Arts, Humanities, and Complex Networks, the 2nd Leonardo satellite symposium.

SCaMPiE workshop, London

Wouter VdB — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:06:38 +0000

On April 18h, a workshop organized by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine explored the state of the art on Social Contacts and Mixing Patterns in Epidemiology, focusing on measurement techniques and field experiences. Ciro Cattuto was invited to give a talk on the experience of the SocioPatterns project in measuring dynamical networks of human contact. Thanks to Ken Eames and John Edmunds for a very stimulating meeting!

Data-driven Exploration of Dynamical Networks – workshop announcement

Wouter VdB — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:41:05 +0000

Representations of geographic and urban spaces that host human activities have become readily available. However, the representation of the social and dynamical aspects of the human interactions that take place in those spaces is lagging behind. Similarly, topological representations of online social networks have been explored, but those concerning dynamical aspects less so.

In order to better understand the opportunities, problems and issues related to the representation of dynamical processes and networks, we organize a workshop in the context of the IMéRA residence. This workshop brings together researchers and designers that work on complex contexts such as inter-personal contacts, interaction and information networks in social media, urban mobility and infection or opinion dynamics.

The invited speakers are:

Donato Ricci - DensityDesign lab, Design Department, Politecnico Milano, Italy
Andrew Vande Moere - Department of Architecture, Urban Design and Regional Planning, KUL, Belgium – infosthetics.com
Niels Schrader - Mind Design, Amsterdam – Willem de Kooning Academy, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Tommaso Venturini - Médialab, Sciences Po Paris, France

IMéRA art-science residency

Wouter VdB — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:26:02 +0000

Ciro Cattuto, Wouter Van den Broeck and Marco Quaggiotto will spend the month of April in Marseille for a residency at the Aix-Marseille Institute for Advanced Study (IMéRA), together with Alain Barrat from the CPT in Marseille. The work at IMéRA will focus on a broad art-science look at dynamical network data, and will include a public workshop with high-profile experts in the field, that will be announced later this week.