Prof.  Carlos Gershenson  from IINAS::UNAM will visit ITU on Sep 12th. You're invited to attend his lunchtime talk "Heterogeneity extends criticality".

NERDS members Roberta and Michael co-organize the second DataBeers event.

Abstract: Recent years have seen an explosive growth in the use of mobile apps on smartphones and tablets. With over 2.7 billion smartphone users across the world checking their phones over 80 times a day, smartphone data offer a unique opportunity to understand main aspects of human behaviors, e.g., mobility, sleep patterns, and mobile app usage. Smartphones can be indeed a hugely productive tool. However, they interfere more and more with work, school, and relationships, sometimes leading engagement to become…

Abstract:  The analysis of complex online information requires the availability of rich data representation models and data analysis algorithms, for example multilayer networks and multilayer network clustering methods. At the same time, data analysis processes often require the ability to store raw data not yet prepared to perform a specific type of analysis, the possibility to enforce constraints guaranteeing some degree of data quality, and the capability to efficiently manipulate (or query) the raw data. This is for example important…