Alex Vespignani All Experts
Sternberg Distinguished Professor of Physics, Computer Science and Health Sciences
Alex Vespignani In the Media
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Science Magazine
Zika has all but disappeared in the Americas. Why?
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NBC News
That tweet you sent could help predict a flu outbreak
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CNN
How Twitter can predict flu outbreaks 6 weeks in advance
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Drug Store News
Northeastern researchers track flu in real-time in 140 characters or less
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Reuters
Asia outbreaks prompt question – Is all Zika dangerous?
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NPR
Zika no longer global ‘health emergency,’ WHO declares
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The Conversation
Zika virus: Only a few small outbreaks likely to occur in the continental US
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Reuters
Singapore confirms Zika spread; U.S. and other countries issue travel warnings
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Reuters
Singapore confirms Zika spread; U.S. and other countries issue travel warnings
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WBUR
How big, really, is the Zika outbreak in Florida?
Alex Vespignani for Northeastern
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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.
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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…
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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…
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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.
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3Qs: Tracking the flu
Northeastern professor Alessandro Vespignani, a world-renowned statistical physicist, is working to forecast the spread of the flu.
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A new tool to follow Ebola news on Twitter
A new Web tool co-developed by network scientist Alessandro Vespignani and his team at Northeastern’s MoBS Lab pulls Twitter mentions of Ebola-related keywords and displays…
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What lights their fire
Four professors in the College of Science explained what drives their passion for science and discovery at a campus event Thursday night.
