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Tracking an epidemic requires computer models. But what if those models are wrong?

Researchers at Northeastern have found that one of the basic assumptions used in disease modeling simply isn’t realistic. Now they’re looking at how epidemics travel…
- by Laura Castañón November 19, 2018
How long is an Ebola survivor contagious? One case is causing scientists to rethink the answer.

A new report shows that a Liberian woman who survived a case of Ebola in 2014 may have infected her family a year later. The…
- by Laura Castañón - contributor August 13, 2018
How Big Data and the science of science can revolutionize discovery

Northeastern network scientists Albert-László Barabási and Alessandro Vespignani want to "push the pedal" on science and its benefit to society. In a paper published Thursday…
- by Allie Nicodemo March 5, 2018
Researchers use Twitter to track the flu in real time

An international team led by Northeastern’s Alessandro Vespignani has developed a unique computational model that uses Twitter to project the spread of the seasonal flu…
- by Thea Singer May 5, 2017
Researchers tracking Ebola’s spread win first Aspen Institute Italia Award

[alt blurb:] Northeastern professor Alessandro Vespignani led an international collaborative effort to track the spread of Ebola in Liberia. The Aspen Institute award, Vespignani says,…
- by Thea Singer October 27, 2016
Underreporting of Zika is rife; researchers project epidemic’s spread

A team led by Northeastern professor Alessandro Vespignani responded to a “call to arms” to model the spread of the Zika virus, revealing the disparity…
- by Thea Singer August 2, 2016
Northeastern researchers examine the Zika pandemic

As the Zika virus continues its inexorable spread, a panel of faculty members discussed how they—and by extension we—can be part of the global solution.
- by Thea Singer April 11, 2016
What social media data could tell us about the future

Can a flow of information across Twitter signal when a momentous event is about to occur? Northeastern’s Alessandro Vespignani and an interdisciplinary group of scientists…
- by Thea Singer April 7, 2016
World-renowned scholars launch Northeastern’s Network Science Institute

The Network Science Institute, home of the nation’s first doctoral program in network science, brings together an interdisciplinary team of renowned Northeastern scholars to plumb…
- by Thea Singer November 6, 2015
Should we be worried about the plague?

California’s Department of Public Health announced that a child contracted the plague after visiting Yosemite National Park in July, the third reported case this year.
- by Matthew McDonald August 12, 2015

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Alex Vespignani for Northeastern

Tracking an epidemic requires computer models. But what if those models are wrong?

How long is an Ebola survivor contagious? One case is causing scientists to rethink the answer.

How Big Data and the science of science can revolutionize discovery

Researchers use Twitter to track the flu in real time

Researchers tracking Ebola’s spread win first Aspen Institute Italia Award

Underreporting of Zika is rife; researchers project epidemic’s spread

Northeastern researchers examine the Zika pandemic

What social media data could tell us about the future

World-renowned scholars launch Northeastern’s Network Science Institute

Should we be worried about the plague?

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