Science

Yesterday I gave a talk in the 6th IIC Technology Conference about how Social Contagion can be leveraged for marketing purposes. The motto of the conference was about the need of using Algorithms in … ...

I have just read an amazing book “Shibumi” by Trevanian (a.k.a. Rodney William Whitaker) probably the best spy novel I have read so far. In the book, a big data computer (called Fat Boy) … ...

In most of my talks I present quantitative evidence of patterns, data exploration or results. But which is the right way to show that evidence? Worry no more: the Extreme Presentation Method helps you … ...

We (together with Kimmo Kaski, Aalto University) are organizing the ECCS'11 Satellite conference “Complex Dynamics of Human Interactions” to be held at Vienna, September 14th. ...

Each day trillions of emails, phone calls, comments on blogs, twitter messages, exchanges in online social networks, etc. are done. Not only the number of communications has increased, but also each … ...

La crisis y su efecto en los presupuestos del año 2010 han servido para poner a prueba el compromiso del gobierno de cambiar de modelo productivo y aumentar el gasto en I+D+i. En especial, sufren … ...

We have just published an experimental/theoretical work on the speed of information diffusion in social networks in Physical Review Letters. Specifically we have studied the impact of the … ...

Giving a good talk is not an easy task, but with time and practice you get to learn how to communicate (hopefully I’ve learned too!!). There are a number of places on the web with advices to … ...

Our research group is looking for Ph.D. candidates. Here is the announcement ...

We’ve heard it: people that invest on the stock market or that gamble in lotteries, casinos, etc usually say “I’m going through a bad patch” (or bad spell). That is, they have … ...