Bruno Gonçalves Curriculum Vitae

CONTACT

  • Office Address:

    Complex Systems Group - School of Informatics

    Indiana University

    919 E 10th St

    Bloomington, IN 47406

  • Office Phone: (812) 855-9958
  • Personal website: www.bgoncalves.com
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    • PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

    Associate Research Scientist - Northeastern University

    09/2011 - Present

    Research Associate - Indiana University

    09/2008 - 08/2011

    RESEARCH INTERESTS

    Epidemic Modeling
    Complex Networks
    Human Dynamics
    Agent-Based Modeling

    HONORS AND AWARDS

    Visiting Researcher
    Fondazione ISI, Torino, Italy Jul. 7 – Jul. 31, 2010
    Fondazione ISI, Torino, Italy Jun. 20 – Jul. 31, 2009
    Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM Jun. 19 – Aug. 18, 2006
    Los Alamos National Lab, Los Alamos, NM Jun. 6 – Sept. 4, 2005
    Award
    Group on Stat. and Non-Linear Physics - APS
    Honorable Mention on the 2010
    Gallery of Nonlinear Images Competition.
    Mar. 2010
    Scholarship
    Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia
    Application of statistical models to the prediction of florescence dates of the vineyards of the Douro region.
    Jan. – Jun. 2002

    GRANTS

    1. Computational Approaches to the Modeling of Infectious Disease Transmission Between and Within Animal and Human Populations
      A. Vespignani, B. Gonçalves, C. Scoglio
      National Agricultural Biosecurity Center – 2011
    2. Designing an Effective HIV Prevention Plan for Botswana by Coupling an Information Network Model with a Meta-population Transmission Model
      S. Blower, B. Wagner, J. Okano, A. Vespignani, B. Gonçalves, R. Vardavas
      National Academies Keck Futures - 2008 Futures Grant on Complex Systems

    EDUCATION

    Ph.D Physics/ M.Sc. in C. S. - Emory University 2008
    M.S. Physics - Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal 2004
    B.S. Physics - Universidade do Porto, Portugal 2001

    SERVICE

    • Organizer:
      1. ChASM 2012: Computational Approaches to Social Modeling
        Workshop parallel to ICCS 2012, Omaha, NE
        http://www.chasm.ws
      2. Focus Session: Complex and Co-evolving Networks
        APS March Meeting 2012, Boston, MA
    • Regular refereeing of papers submitted to:
      1. PLoS One
      2. Math. Biosciences
      3. Euro. Phys. J. B.
      4. Phys. Rev. E
      5. Physica A
    • Participation in the Program Committee of:
      1. Social Network Systems 2010
      2. Web Search and Data Mining - Late Breaking Results 2008

    SOFTWARE PROJECTS

    1. Truthy @ Indiana
      http://truthy.indiana.edu
      Automated system to detect ``organic'' and ``artificial'' memes in micro blogging platforms.

    2. GLEaMViz simulator
      http://www.gleamviz.org/simulator/
      Software system for the simulation of infectious diseases on a global scale.

    3. EPIdemic Cyberinfrastructure (EpiC)
      http://epic.slis.indiana.edu/
      Computational infrastructure for epidemics research and education.

    BOOK CHAPTERS

    1. Abuse of social media and political manipulation
      B. Gonçalves, M. Connover, F. Menczer
      InThe Death of The Internet
      M. Jakobsson (Editor)
      Wiley (Forthcoming, 2012) ISBN: 9781118062418

    PUBLICATIONS

    PDF files and an up-to-date publication list can be found here: http://www.bgoncalves.com/publications.html
    ${}^{\dagger}$ ``Equally contributing first author''

    1. Towards a characterization of behavior-disease models
      N. Perra, D. Balcan, B. Gonçalves, A. Vespignani
      PLoS One 6, e23084 (2011), arXiv: 1107.0997

    2. Validation of Dunbar's number in Twitter conversations
      B. Gonçalves, N. Perra, A. Vespignani
      PLoS One 6, e22656 (2011), arXiv: 1105.5170

    3. Happiness is assortative in online social networks.
      J. Bollen, B. Gonçalves, G. Ruan, H. Mao
      ALIFE 17, 237 (2011), arXiv: 1103.0784

    4. 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 11, 37 (2011)

    5. Modeling the spatial spread of infectious diseases: the GLobal Epidemic and Mobility computational model
      D. Balcan, B. Gonçalves, H. Hu, V. Colizza, J. J. Ramasco, A. Vespignani
      J. of Computational Science 1, 132 (2010)

    6. Comparing large-scale computational approaches to epidemic modeling: Agent based versus structured metapopulation models
      M. Ajelli, B. Gonçalves ${}^{\dagger}$, D. Balcan, V. Colizza, H. Hu, J. J. Ramasco, S. Merler, A. Vespignani
      BMC Infectious Diseases 10, 190 (2010) 

    7. Modeling vaccination campaigns and the Fall/Winter 2009 activity of the new A(H1N1) influenza in the Northern Hemisphere
      D. Balcan, V. Colizza, A. C. 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. J. Valleron, A. Vespignani.
      PLoS Currents: Influenza Dec 4, RRN1133 (2009) 

    8. Multiscale mobility networks and the spatial spreading of infectious diseases.
      D. Balcan, V. Colizza, B. Gonçalves, H. Hu, J. J. Ramasco, A. Vespignani
      Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 106, 21484-21489 (2009), arXiv: 0907.3304

    9. 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
      PLoS Currents: Influenza Nov 11, RRN1129 (2009) 

    10. 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${}^{\dagger}$, 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), arXiv: 0909.2417

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

    12. The Peculiar Phase Structure of Random Graph Bisection
      A. G. Percus, G. Istrate, B. Gonçalves, R. Z. Sumi, S. Boettcher
      J. Math. Phys. 49, 125219 (2008), arXiv:0808.1549

    13. Anomalous Diffusion on the Hanoi Networks
      S. Boettcher, B. Gonçalves
      Euro Phys. Lett. 84, 30002 (2008), arXiv:0802.2757

    14. Geometry and Dynamics for Hierarchical Regular Networks
      S. Boettcher, B. Gonçalves, J. Azaret
      J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41, 335003 (2008), arXiv: 0805.3013

    15. Hierarchical, Regular Small-World Networks
      S. Boettcher, B. Gonçalves, H. Guclu
      J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 41, 252001 (2008), arXiv:0712.1259

    16. Human Dynamics Revealed Through Web Analytics
      B. Gonçalves, J. J. Ramasco
      Phys. Rev. E 78, 026123 (2008), arXiv:0803.4108

    17. Hysteretical Optimization In Spin Glasses
      B. Gonçalves, S. Boettcher
      J. Stat. Mech. P01003 (2008), arXiv:0710.2138

    18. Magnetic Reversal Time in Open Long Range Systems
      F. Borgonovi, G. L. Celardo, B. Gonçalves, L.Spadafora
      Phys. Rev. E 77, 061119 (2008), arXiv:0710.3935

    19. Transport on Weighted Networks: When Correlations are Independent of Degree
      J. Ramasco, B. Gonçalves
      Phys. Rev. E 76, 066106 (2007), arXiv:cond-mat/0609776

    20. Ensemble Inequivalence in Random Graphs
      J. Barré, B. Gonçalves
      Physica A 386, 212 (2007), arXiv:cond-mat/0705.2385

    21. Monte Carlo Study of the Elastic Interaction in Heteroepitaxial Growth
      B. Gonçalves, J.F.F. Mendes
      Phys. Rev. E 65, 061602 (2002), arXiv:cond-mat/0204253

    PEER-REVIEWED PROCEEDINGS

    1. Dynamical Classes of Collective Attention in Twitter
      J. Lehmann, B. Gonçalves, J. J. Ramasco, C. Cattuto
      Accepted to WWW'12 (2012), arXiv: 1111.1896

    2. Predicting the Political Alignment of Twitter Users
      M. Conover, B. Gonçalves, J. Ratkiewicz, A. Flammini, F. Menczer
      Third IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, 192 (2011)

    3. Detecting and Tracking Political Abuse in Social Media
      J. Ratkiewicz, M. Conover, M. Meiss, B. Gonçalves, A. Flammini, F. Menczer
      Fifth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media, 297 (2011)

    4. Political Polarization on Twitter
      M. Conover, J. Ratkiewicz, , J. M. Francisco, B. Gonçalves, A. Flammini, F. Menczer
      Fifth International AAAI Conference on Weblogs and Social Media, 89 (2011)

    5. Truthy: Mapping the Spread of Astroturf in Microblog Streams
      J. Ratkiewicz, M. Conover, M. Meiss, B. Gonçalves, S. Patil, A. Flammini, F. Menczer
      WWW'2011, 249 (2011)

    6. Modeling Traffic on the Web Graph
      M. Meiss, B. Gonçalves, J. J. Ramasco, A. Flammini, F. Menczer
      To Appear 7th Workshop on Algorithms and Models for the Web Graph, LNCS 6516, 50 (2010)

    7. Agents, Bookmarks and Clicks: A topical model of Web traffic
      M. Meiss, B. Gonçalves, J. J. Ramasco, A. Flammini, F. Menczer
      Proceedings of the 21th ACM conference on Hypertext and hypermedia, 229 (2010), arXiv:1003.5327

    8. What's in a Session: Tracking Individual Behavior on the Web
      M. Meiss, J. Duncan, B. Gonçalves, J. J. Ramasco, F. Menczer
      Proceedings of the 20th ACM conference on Hypertext and hypermedia 173 (2009), arXiv:1003.5325

    9. Remembering what we like: Toward an agent-based model of Web traffic
      B. Gonçalves, M. R. Meiss, J. J. Ramasco, A. Flammini, F. Menczer
      WSDM 2009 Late Breaking Results (2009), arXiv:0901.3839

    10. Towards the characterization of individual users through Web analytics
      B. Gonçalves, J. Ramasco
      Complex Sciences 2247 (2009), arXiv:0901.0498

    MEDIA COVERAGE

    1. Technology is Destroying the Quality of Human Interaction
      The Bottom Line -- Jan 24, 2012
      http://thebottomline.as.ucsb.edu/2012/01/technology-is-destroying-the-quality-of-human-interaction

    2. Decoding Our Chatter
      Wall Street Journal -- Oct 1, 2011
      http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204138204576598942105167646.html

    3. Social Scientists Wade Into the Tweet Stream
      Science News & Analysis -- Sept 30, 2011
      http://www.sciencemag.org/content/333/6051/1814.full

    4. Redes sociales, ¿para hacer amigos?
      El Mañana -- Jun 30, 2011
      http://www.elmanana.com.mx/notas.asp?id=242833

    5. Social networking 'utopia' isn't coming
      CNN -- Jun 27, 2011
      http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/social.media/06/27/limits.social.networking.taylor/

    6. Dunbar's number rules the Twitterverse
      ABC -- Jun 7, 2011
      http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/06/07/3236451.htm?site=science&topic=tech

    7. Sur les réseaux sociaux, difficile d'avoir plus de 200 amis
      Le Monde -- Jun 4, 2011
      http://www.lemonde.fr/week-end/article/2011/06/04/sur-les-reseaux-sociaux-difficile-d-avoir-plus-de-200-amis_1530170_1477893.html

    8. La taille du cerveau limite le nombre d'amis sur les réseaux sociaux
      Sud Ouest -- Jun 1, 2011
      http://www.sudouest.fr/2011/06/01/la-taille-du-cerveau-limite-le-nombre-d-amis-sur-les-reseaux-sociaux-414644-4725.php

    9. It's Science: You Can Only Really Follow 150 People on Twitter
      Time Magazine, Techland -- Jun 1, 2011
      http://techland.time.com/2011/06/01/its-science-you-can-only-really-follow-150-people-on-twitter/

    10. Human brain limits Twitter friends
      MSNBC -- Jun 1, 2011
      http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/06/01/6763994-human-brain-limits-twitter-friends

    11. Las redes sociales y la amistad
      La Capital -- Jun 1, 2011
      http://www.lacapital.com.ar/canales/tecno/contenidos/2011/06/01/Noticia_0001.html

    12. Online relationships mirror real life
      CorpComms -- May 31, 2011
      http://www.corpcommsmagazine.co.uk/news/1476-online-relationships-mirror-real-life

    13. Even With Social Networking, Do Our Brains Limit Our Number Of Friends?
      Psychology Today -- May 31, 2011
      http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/adventures-in-old-age/201105/even-social-networking-do-our-brains-limit-our-number-friends

    14. Human Brain Places Limit On Twitter Friends
      Slashdot -- May 31, 2011
      http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/05/31/0159228/Human-Brain-Places-Limit-On-Twitter-Friends

    15. Study: Friends Hard to Keep Up with on Twitter, Facebook
      PCWorld -- May 31, 2011
      http://www.pcworld.com/article/228980/study_friends_hard_to_keep_up_with_on_twitter_facebook.html

    16. El cerebro humano solo puede reconocer hasta 150 amigos
      El Comercio -- May 30, 2011
      http://elcomercio.pe/tecnologia/766014/noticia-cerebro-humano-solo-puede-reconocer-hasta-150-amigos

    17. Human Brain Limits Twitter Friends To 150
      TechnologyReview.com -- May 30, 2011
      http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/26824/

    18. You Want to be Happier? Use Twitter
      BNet -- Mar 30, 2011
      http://www.bnet.com/blog/business-research/you-want-to-be-happier-use-twitter/1182

    19. Twitter Users Congregate Based on Mood, Study Says
      NYTimes Bits -- Mar 16, 2011
      http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/03/16/twitter-users-congregate-based-on-mood-study-says/

    20. Computational Tools Can Facilitate Analysis of Infectious Disease Outbreaks
      Infection Control Today -- Feb 7, 2011
      http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2011/02/computational-tools-can-facilitate-analysis-of-infectious-disease-outbreaks.aspx

    21. Beware Those Grassroots Tweets, They Might Be Astroturf
      Read Write Web -- Nov 2, 2010
      http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/beware_those_grassroots_tweets_they_might_be_astro.php

    22. Follow the “Truthy” Tweets to Find Twitter’s Political Spammers
      Discover Magazine -- Nov 2, 2010
      http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/11/02/follow-the-%E2%80%9Ctruthy%E2%80%9D-tweets-to-find-twitter%E2%80%99s-political-spammers/

    23. Bogus Grass-roots Politics on Twitter
      TechnologyReview.com -- Nov 2, 2010
      http://www.technologyreview.com/computing/26666/page1/

    24. Fake accounts astroturf Twitter
      Congress.org -- Oct 28, 2010
      http://www.congress.org/news/2010/10/28/fake_accounts_astroturf_twitter

    25. Truthy Sleuths Track Twitter 'Turfers
      Fast Company -- Oct 26, 2010
      http://www.fastcompany.com/1697973/truthy-sleuths-track-twitter-turfers

    26. The flu fighters
      Physics World -- Feb. 2, 2010
      http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/print/41576

    27. Pandemia: mais rápida por carro do que por avião
      Jornal I -- Dec. 28, 2009
      http://www.ionline.pt/conteudo/39363-pandemia-mais-rapida-carro-do-que-aviao

    28. Movimentos pendulares seguem padrão comum no mundo
      Ciencia Hoje -- Dec. 21, 2009
      http://www.cienciahoje.pt/index.php?oid=38152&op=all

    29. IU informaticists show new levels of refinement in predicting human mobility, epidemic spread
      Fierce Biotech -- Dec. 19, 2009
      http://www.fiercebiotech.com/press-releases/iu-informaticists-show-new-levels-refinement-predicting-human-mobility-epidemic-sprea

    30. Spread globally, infect locally: Model predicts transmission of flu
      Scientific American -- Dec. 15, 2009
      http://www.scientificamerican.com/blog/post.cfm?id=spread-globally-infect-locally-mode-2009-12-15

    31. Diseases spread more by car than plane
      USA Today -- Dec. 15, 2009
      http://blogs.usatoday.com/sciencefair/2009/12/scientists-diseases-spread-more-by-car-than-plane.html

    32. IU ranks high among colleges in 'Twitterverse'
      WTHR Indianapolis -- Oct. 16, 2009
      http://www.wthr.com/global/story.asp?s=11330721

    33. Antivirals could delay pandemic peak
      Emerging Health Threats Forum -- Sep. 18, 2009
      http://www.eht-forum.org/news.html?fileId=news090918045236&from=forum

    34. Modelo computacional faz previsão da potencial propagação da Gripe A
      Ciencia Hoje - Sept. 17, 2009
      http://www.cienciahoje.pt/index.php?oid=35053&op=all

    35. Apocalypse Not: Behind the Swine Flu Hysteria
      Wired Magazine - Jun. 22, 2009
      http://www.wired.com/special_multimedia/2009/st_infoporn_1707

    36. Pandemia e influenza ``suina``: A Torino si studia come evitarla
      Gravitá Zero -- Apr. 29, 2009
      http://www.gravita-zero.org/2009/04/pandemia-e-influenza-suina-torino-si.html

    37. Classifying individual users w. web analytics
      Science for SEO -- Feb. 17, 2009
      http://www.scienceforseo.com/website-analyticsmetrics/classifying-individual-users-w-web-analytics/

    38. BookRank
      Science for SEO -- Feb. 3, 2009
      http://www.scienceforseo.com/ranking-algorithms/bookrank/

    INVITED TALKS

    1. Modeling Users Activity on Twitter Networks: Validation of Dunbars Number
      Universidad Carlos III, Madrid, Spain -- Nov 18, 2010

    2. Towards a characterization of behavior-disease models
      Universitat de les Il les Balears, Palma de Mal lorca, Spain -- Nov 15, 2010

    3. Political Activity in Social Media
      Wellesley College, Boston, MA -- Oct 21, 2010

    4. Modelling the spatial spread of infections diseases: The GLobal Epidemic and Mobility computational model
      Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Frankfurt, Germany -- Dec 14, 2010

    5. Techno-Social Networks for the Modelling of Human Behaviour and Epidemic Spreading
      Ecole Normale Suprieure, Lyon, France -- Dec 3, 2010

    6. Complex Techno-social Networks For Epidemic Forecasting
      Centro de Fisica do Porto, Porto, Portugal -- Set 10, 2010

    7. Proxy Networks for the study of Human-Dynamics
      Universitta di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy -- Jul 8, 2010

    8. Complex Techno-social Networks For Epidemic Forecasting
      Dipartimento Di Matematica E Fisica, Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, Italy -- Jan 7, 2010

    9. Complex Techno-social Networks For Epidemic Forecasting
      Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA -- Oct 22, 2009

    10. Complex Techno-social Networks For Epidemic Forecasting
      European Conference on Complex Systems, Conventy, UK -- Sept 15, 2009

    11. Heisenberg Spin Chains: Simulations and Experiments
      OSG Consortium All Hands Meeting, Raleigh, NC -- March 5, 2008

    12. Human Dynamics Revealed Through Web Analytics
      ETH Zurich -- July 31, 2008

    13. Human Dynamics Revealed Through Web Analytics
      Centro de Fisica do Porto, Porto, Portugal -- July 11, 2008

    14. Optimization Heuristics for Cost Function Minimization: Extremal and Hysteretic Optimization
      Mathematics and Computer Science Division, Argonne National Lab -- Feb 29, 2008

    15. Hysteresis Of the Distance Dependent SK spin glass model
      Dipartimento Di Matematica E Fisica, Universitá Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, Italy -- July 18, 2007

    TEACHING EXPERIENCE

    INFO I601 - Introduction To Complex Systems
    Assistant Instructor.    		 Fall 2009
    Physics 421 - Thermal Physics
    Physics 361 - Analytical Mechanics.
    Grader    		 Fal l 2007
    Physics 526 - Statistical Physics
    Physics 365 - Electrodynamics I.
    Grader    		 Spring 2007
    Physics 526 - Statistical Physics.
    Grader    		 Spring 2006
    Physics 503A - Classical Mechanics I
    Grader    		 Fall 2005
    Physics 142 - Introductory Physics II
    Lab section T.A. and Grader    		 Spring 2005
    Physics 141 - Introductory Physics I
    Physics 503A - Classical Mechanics
    Lab section T.A. and Grader    		 Fall 2004
    Physics 141 - Introductory Physics I
    Recitation section T.A.    		 Fall 2003

    COMPUTER SKILLS

    • Operating Systems:
      • Advanced Linux and OSX user
      • Moderately skilled Linux administrator on Red Hat, Fedora and Ubuntu systems.
    • Programming languages:
      • Extensive use of C/C++ for numerical Monte-Carlo simulations and Python for data analysis.
      • Experience with Java, Perl, Fortran and Visual Basic
    • Tools:
      • Regular use of Matlab, Mathematica and R for numerical and analytical computation.
      • Experience with FEMLAB and MySQL
      • I built a high performance low budget linux cluster using Condor and DRBL running on diskless nodes, as described in http://www.linux.com/articles/49654
      • I’ve routinely use the Condor cluster software to run my simulations and since 2006, I’ve used the Open Science Grid computing resources through Condor-G
      • Routine use of the Big Red Teragrid supercomputer

    LANGUAGES

    • Portuguese - Native speaker
    • English - Fluent
    • Italian - Conversational
    • Spanish - Conversational - Limited
    • French - Basic - Familiar
    • Japanese - Basic - Familiar (JLPT Level 4)