Nicola Perra, Ph.D.
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    • Mathematical and digital epidemiology
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    • Social networks and media
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  • Home
  • About Me
  • Research
    • Mathematical and digital epidemiology
    • Dynamics of and on networks
    • Social networks and media
    • Cyber Security
    • Teams' dynamics and success
  • Publications
  • In the Press
  • Softwares and Online Projects
  • Talks
  • Contacts
Dunbar's Number paper:
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Social networking 'utopia' isn't coming, CNN
The limits of Friendship, The New Yorker
Dunbar's number rules the Twitterverse, ABC
Sur les réseaux sociaux, difficile d'avoir plus de 200 amis, Le Monde
La taille du cerveau limite le nombre d'amis sur les réseaux sociaux, Sud Ouest 
It's Science: You Can Only Really Follow 150 People on Twitter, Time Magazine
Human brain limits Twitter friends, MSNBC
Las redes sociales y la amistad, La Capital
Online relationships mirror real life, CorpComms 
Even With Social Networking, Do Our Brains Limit Our Number Of Friends?, Psychology Today
Human Brain Places Limit On Twitter Friends, Slashdot 
Study: Friends Hard to Keep Up with on Twitter, Facebook, PCWorld
El cerebro humano solo puede reconocer hasta 150 amigos, El Comercio 
Human Brain Limits Twitter Friends To 150, TechnologyReview.com
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Forecasting the seasonal influenza fusing digital indicators and realistic epidemic models:


​How Twitter can predict flu outbreaks 6 weeks in advance
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GLEaM Project: Modeling H1N1 Influenza:

Predicting flu with the aid of (George) Washington, NewYork Times
Apocalypse Not: Behind the Swine Flu Hysteria, Wired
‘Worst Case’ Scenario for flu Estimated, Yahoo! News
Preparation for a pandemic: influenza A H1N1, The Lancet
‘Fate of this outbreak’ may be determined this week, USA Today

Also see a collection of press news from GLEaMviz website.



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Characterizing the consumption and production of Physics:
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The Cities of Science, Wired
The World's Leading Science Cities, The Atlantic
World science map grim for Latin America, Miami Herald
Qué hacen los países líderes en ciencias, El Definido (in Spanish)
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Weakness of strong ties:
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Strong social ties impede spread of rumours, Wired UK
How Strong Social Ties Hinder the Spread of Rumors, MIT technological review
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Twitter of Babel:
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News in Brief: Twitter maps New York City, language by language, ScienceNews
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TweetPolitik:
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Su Twitter la sinistra pesa di più. Mps, lavoro e tasse le parole guida  (for italian speakers)
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Influenza forecasts in Italy

Influenza: il contagio sta per esplodere (for italian speakers)
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American Idol paper:
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Tweets helped team predict Idol winner,  Boston Globe   
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PageRank Localization:

  • Il lato Fisico del Web, sole24ore issue of 03/25/2010
  • Search Engines could be lubricated by quantum maths,  NewScientist, Magazine issue 2668
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