Sandro is a multidisciplinary researcher grounded in complexity and network science. He is driven by a curiosity to understand the mechanisms behind issues emerging from population dynamics, merging breadth and depth of knowledge for a pluralist approach. His vision is to use this curiosity drive and science to help the most vulnerable and make a positive impact on society. He draws solutions from network analysis, data science, computational and mathematical modelling, web scraping, spatial analysis, surveys, and controlled experiments to research pressing issues in society.
Currently, he is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Copenhagen Center for Social Data Science (SODAS), University of Copenhagen, and a visiting Postdoc at the NEtwoRks, Data, and Society Group (NERDS), IT University of Copenhagen. His research concentrates on quantifying inequalities in Science through randomised controlled experiments and analysis of large datasets of academic publications.
He has a PhD in Complex Systems at The School of Mathematical Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, with supervision by Vincenzo Nicosia. His PhD research focused on quantifying the heterogeneity of spatial systems through random walks on graphs with a particular interest on urban segregation. Previously he had worked as a research associate on a project between Brazilian and British academics entitled RESOLUTION where the cities of London and São Paulo were compared for social segregation and transport accessibility. His MSc used a graph-based approach to quantify topological changes in Sao Paulo’s public transport network at different spatial scales while tested the robustness of the system against simulated attacks. Before the research career, he worked on IT consulting and data solutions for more than 7 years.
PhD in Mathematical Sciences, 2021
Queen Mary University of London
MSc in Complex Systems Modelling, 2015
University of Sao Paulo
PG Cert in Information Management and Business Intelligence, 2013
Business School Sao Paulo
BSc in Computer Network Management, 2008
College Inforium of Technology
Socioeconomic segregation is one of the main factors behind the emergence of large-scale inequalities in urban areas. We propose two non-parametric measures of spatial variance and local spatial diversity, based on the statistical properties of the trajectories of random walks on graphs. We analyse the segregation of synthetic systems and large metropolitan areas in the US and the UK and our results confirm that the spatial variance and local diversity as measured through simple diffusion on graphs provides meaningful insights about the spatial organisation of ethnicities across a city.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemics disproportionately affects people from Black and African American backgrounds. We propose a model to quantify the dynamic segregation of ethnicities in a city, based on passage times and coverage times of random walks on graphs. The results confirm that knowing where people commute to, rather than where they live, is potentially much more important to contain and curb the spreading of infectious diseases.
Danish Digitalization, Data Science and AI 1.0 (D3A)
Poster: Scientists’ gender drives different citation outcomes in Randomized Web Experiments.
Copenhagen, DK, Feb 2024
Conference on Complex Systems (CCS) Scientists’ gender drives different citation outcomes in Randomized Web Experiments. Salvador, BR, Oct 2023
International Conference on Comp. Social Science (IC2S2) Lightning talk: Quantifying ethnic segregation in cities through random walks.; Parallel: The impact of COVID-19 on scientific productivity and collaboration. Copenhagen, DK, Jul 2023
2nd Nordic Network for the Science of Science (NordicSciSci) The impact of COVID-19 on scientific productivity and collaboration. Athens, GR, Dec 2022
Conference on Complex Systems (CCS) The emergence of segregation driven by mobility and homophily. e-Conference, GR, Dec 2020
Conference on Complex Systems (CCS) Quantifying spatial heterogeneity through random walks. Thessalokini, GR, Sep 2018
Complex Systems Digital Campus’15 – World Empirical analysis and modelling of urban public transport network of Sao Paulo. e-Conference, US, Sep 2015
Santa Fe Institute tuition assistance, $700 SFI Complexity Interactive (SFI-CI), The Santa Fe Institute. Online, 2021.
Queen Mary Postgraduate Research Fund, £2.000 Complex Systems Summer School*, The Santa Fe Institute. Santa Fe, US, 2020.
Institute of Mathematics and its Applications Small Grant, £600 Complex Systems Summer School*, The Santa Fe Institute. Santa Fe, US, 2020.
Scholarships for Events on Complex Systems, €300 Complex Systems Summer School*, The Santa Fe Institute. Santa Fe, US, 2020.
Complex Systems Society Scholarship, €500 Mediterranean School of Complex Networks, Fondazione Bruno Kessler. Salina, IT, 2019.
Scholarships for Events on Complex Systems, €300 Complexity72h Workshop, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca. Lucca, IT, 2019.
Queen Mary Principal’s Award PhD Research Studentship, Queen Mary University of London. London, UK, 2017.
Technical Training Award Research Scholarship, Sao Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). Sao Paulo, BR, 2016.
Travel Grant Summer School on Understanding Urban Transformations through Data, Manchester School of Architecture. Manchester, UK, 2016.
Research Studentship MSc Research Studentship, Coordenação de Aperfeicoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES). Sao Paulo, BR, 2014.
I’ve been Demonstrator for the following courses:
Software, books, websites, datasources, etc. Resources arbitrarily categorised.
Network analysis
Graph-tool |
NetworkX |
igraph |
SNAP Stanford Network Analysis Project |
OSMnx Street networks |
Hive Plots |
NetBunch
Network analysis - no coding
Cytoscape |
Gephi
Large networks analysis
Large Network Visualization Tool |
Multinet Large multi-layered graphs |
Cosmograph Visual analytics for big graphs
Other
Power-law Distributions |
GNU Parallel, Shell tool for jobs in parallel
Tutorials
Network analysis with R and igraph: NetSci Tutorial |
Static and dynamic network visualization with R |
Temporal networks with R and igraph |
Network Analysis Made Simple
Plotting
Matplotlib Parts of a Figure |
Python_Matplotlib_Cheat_Sheet |
Colormaps in Matplotlib |
List of named colors Matplotlib |
Choosing color palettes seaborn |
ColorBrewer Color Advice for Maps |
Create a palette Coolors |
What to consider when choosing colors
Data Art
Kirell Benzi |
Information is Beautiful Awards |
Data design and storytelling Tiziana Alocci
Data viz
Chartable |
Find the graphic you need |
Free Logo Maker |
scientific-visualization-book |
Redundant coding, text annotations |
Streamline Icon Library |
That ole Illustrator magic |
The Python Graph Gallery
Network
Index of Complex Networks |
Netzschleuder the network catalogue |
Network Data Repository |
KONECT The Koblenz Network Collection |
Stanford Large Network Dataset Collection
General
BlackDemographics US |
Colouring London |
data.europa.eu |
Datasets UBDC Data Portal |
GoodCityLife |
SoBigData.eu |
Metroverse Harvard Growth Lab |
Office for National Statistics |
OpenAlex The open catalog to the global research system |
QuantUrb |
DataShine Census |
Our World in Data |
Humanitarian Data Exchange
Maps
Overpass turbo |
TIGER/Line® Shapefiles |
IPUMS NHGIS | National Historical Geographic Information System |
Mapzen
Transit
TransitFeeds |
Transitland
Network Science
Glossary of graph theory terms |
Network Science book by A. Barabási |
The Atlas for the Aspiring Network Scientist
Complexity
Complexity Explorer |
Think Complexity 2e |
Complexity Explained |
Complexity Digest |
Complexity Explorables
Maths
3blue1brown |
Encyclopedia of Mathematics |
Guide To The Fourier Transform |
List of mathematical symbols |
Random: Probability, Mathematical Statistics, Stochastic Processes |
Wolfram Alpha |
Sybolab math solver
Awesome lists
awesome-network-analysis |
awesome-understanding-math |
awesome-math |
awesome-dataviz |
awesome-datascience |
awesome-computational-social-science |
awesome-python |
awesome-causality |
awesome-nlp |
speech-language-processing |
awesome-open-science |
awesome-quarto