Curriculum Vitæ
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Actual Position
- 2023-today
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DIMEC at University of Bologna University of Bologna, Italy
- Interests/Research line
- Use of complex systems and machine learning tools to detect antibiotic resitance.
- Analysis of medical data through the use of Machine learning and complex networks combined approaches.
- Mesoscopic structures and their influence on the dynamical system.
- Applied data analysis for disease control.
- Analysis of information dynamics in social networks and medical systems.
Professional Experience
- 2022 - 2023
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Istituto Professionale Statale "G. B. Garbin" Schio, Italy
- High school math teacher
- 2021 - 2022
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Université de Paris, (CEPED and IRD) Paris, France
- Postdoctoral researcher
- Vaccines hesitancy unveiled through hypergraph analysis.
- We analyse the discussion on microblogging services as a dynamical system spreading on a hypergraph.
- Analysis of the textual content and its dynamical and geographic properties.
- 2020 - 2021
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University of Turin (Computer Science) Torino (Italy)
- Visiting
- 2015 - 2020
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Université Catholique de Louvain (ICTEAM) Louvain la Neuve, Belgium
- MOVE IN Louvain Research Fellow
- Interplay between complex networks and dynamical systems.
- Making use of mathematical tools from information theory we could analyse dynamical systems, their evolution and the emerging mesoscopic structures.
- We successfully built a bridge between statistical inference and dynamical approaches in community or block detection.
- Development of a python library.
- Spatial analysis of disease spreading with compartmental models. (tuberculosis incidence inference in African countries)
- 2011 - 2015
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ISI Fundation Torino, Italy
- Junior researcher
- Quantum meets complex networks.
- I contributed to a multidisciplinary team interested in using tools from complex networks to study quantum system.
- 2006 - 2011
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Bifi Institute Zaragoza, Spain
- PhD
- Use of Ising-like models to characterize biopolymers with application to protein folding and protein sequencing.
- Development and release of corresponding software
Fellowships and Projects
- 2021 - 2022
- TRACTRUST (ANR-20-COVI-0102)
- 2017 - 2021
- Innoviris Iris-TB (D1.31402.007-F)
- 2015 - 2017
- MOVE-IN Louvain Fellowship (with support of Marie Curie Actions)
Program Committees
- 1 Dec 2021
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Complex Networks 2021 Madrid, Spain
- 1 Dec 2020
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Complex Networks 2020 Madrid, Spain
- 10 Dec 2019
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Complex Networks 2019 Lisbon, Portugal
- 22 Feb 2019
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BeNet 2019 Hasselt, Belgium
- 11 Dec 2018
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Complex Networks 2018 Cambridge, UK
- 29 Nov 2017
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Complex Networks 2017 Lyon, France
- 30 Nov 2016
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Complex Networks 2016 Milan, Italy
Organizing Committees
- August 2019
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Network Reconstruction Science-athon Beaumont, Belgium
- Coorganized with Alexandre Bovet, Benjamin Chiem, Leo Gutierrez, Alexey Medvedev, Leto Peel, Mridul Seth
- 15 Dec 2016
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Belgian Network Research Meeting (BeNet) 2016 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- Coorganized with Sophie Béreau, Jean-Charles Delvenne, Yerali Gandica, Leo Gutierrez, Leto Peel, Michael Schaub
- 21 Sep 2016
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Conference on Complex Systems 2016 workshop on Coarse-graining Complex Systems CCS2016, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Coorganized with Leto Peel, Renaud Lambiotte, Michael Schaub
- 2 Jun 2014
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Quantum Frontiers for Network Science NetSci 2014, Berkeley, California
- Coorganized with Filippo Radicchi and Zoltan Zimborás
Reviewer
- APS (PRA, PRB, PRE, PRX)
- Advances in Complex Systems
- Applied Network Science
- Journal of Complex Networks
- Journal of Statistical Mechanics
- Natural Computing
- PLOS ONE
- Science Advances
- Scientific Reports
Teaching
- 2023-2024
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DAT301 Social Network Analysis University Mohammed VI Polytechnic
- with F. Gargiulo and A. Apolloni
- 2015-2020
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LINMA2111 Algorithms and Complexity Université Catholique de Louvain
- with J-C Delvenne
- 2005
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Physics and Math at primary school Hetauda, Nepal
- NEST
- 2004
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guide in Science Museum Padova, Italy
- Organizer: INFN
Student advising
- 2024
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N. Barbieri University of Bologna
- Corelatore tesi magistrale with F. Durazzi and D. Remondini in Applied Physics
- Integration of artificial intelligence and network approaches to classify data in social networks
- 2019
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G. Izzi University of Turin
- Tesi magistrale with A. Semeraro and G. Ruffo (informal tutor). Computer Science
- Analysis of temporal patterns and forecasting of popularity for programming languages on Stack Overflow platform
- 2016
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H. Devillez UCLouvain
- Applied Maths (project with L. Peel)
- 2016
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M. Huet UCLouvain
- Elec. Eng. (project with L. Peel)
Education
- 2020
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24CFU Univestità telematica Pegaso
- Discipline antropo-psico-pedagogiche e in metodologie e tecnologie didattiche
- 14 Sept 2012
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PhD in Physics University of Zaragoza
- supervisor: prof. Pierpaolo Bruscolini
- Analysis and Development of Algorithms for the Characterization of Biopolymers and Application to Protein Sequencing and Protein Folding
- 15 Oct 2008
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Master in Physics and Technology University of Zaragoza
- supervisor: prof. Pierpaolo Bruscolini
- Coevolution of Strategy and Population Structure in the Prisoner Dilemma
- 10 Oct 2005
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MSc in Physics University of Padova
- supervisor: prof. Enzo Orlandini
- Beris Edwards Model Simulations for Liquid Crystals in Oscillatory Poiseuille Flux
Mainteined projects
Preprints
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Temporal and geographic analysis of the Hydroxychloroquine controversy in the French Twittosphere arXiv:2304.14075
- M. Faccin, E. Schultz and F. Gargiulo
Publications
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Measuring dynamical systems on directed hypergraphs Phys Rev E, 106 (034306), 2022
- M. Faccin
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Assessing the influence of French vaccine critics during the two first years of the COVID-19 pandemic PLOS ONE, 17(8): e0271157
- M. Faccin, F. Gargiulo, L. Atlani-Duault, J.K. Ward
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Data-driven identification of communities with high levels of tuberculosis infection in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sci Rep 12, 3912 (2022)
- M. Faccin, O. Rusumba, A. Ushindi, M. Riziki, T. Habiragi, F. Boutachkourt, E. André
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State aggregations in Markov chains and block models of networks Phys. Rev. Lett., 127, 078301 (2021)
- M. Faccin, M.T. Schaub and j.-C. Delvenne
- Figure selected for the journal cover
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Complex Networks from Classical to Quantum Communications Physics 2-53 (2019)
- J. Biamonte, M. Faccin, M. De Domenico
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Outbreak of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in South Africa undetected by WHO-endorsed commercial tests: an observational study The Lancet Infectious Diseases 2018
- Makhado, Matabane, Faccin, Pinçon, Jouet, Boutachkourt, Goeminne, Gaudin, Maphalala, Beckert, Niemann, Delvenne, Delmée, Razwiedani, Nchabeleng, Supply, de Jong, André
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Entrograms and coarse graining of dynamics on complex networks Journal of Complex Networks
- M. Faccin, M.T. Schaub, J-C. Delvenne
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Chiral Quantum Walks Phys. Rev. A 93, 042302
- D. L. Lu, J. D. Biamonte, J. Li, H. Li, T. H. Johnson, V. Bergholm, M. Faccin, Z. Zimborás, R. Laflamme, J. Baugh, and S. Lloyd
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Mapping the topography of a protein energy landscape J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2015, 137 (46), pp 14610–14625
- R. D. Hutton, J. Wilkinson, M. Faccin, E. M. Sivertsson, A. Pelizzola, A. R. Lowe, P. Bruscolini, L. S. Itzhaki
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Community Detection in Quantum Complex Networks Phys. Rev. X 4 (4 2014), p. 041012
- M. Faccin, P. Migdał, T. H. Johnson, V. Bergholm, and J. D. Biamonte
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Degree Distribution in Quantum Walks on Complex Networks Phys. Rev. X 3 (4 2013), p. 041007
- M. Faccin, T. Johnson, J. Biamonte, S. Kais, and P. Migdał
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Quantum Transport Enhancement by Time-Reversal Symmetry Breaking Sci. Rep. 3 (2013). Ed. by NPG, p. 2361
- Z. Zimboras, M. Faccin, Z. Kadar, J. Whitfield, B. Lanyon, and J. Biamonte
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MS/MS Spectra Interpretation as a Statistical-Mechanics Problem Analytical Chemistry 85.10 (2013), pp. 4884–4892
- M. Faccin and P. Bruscolini
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Ground-state spin logic Europhysics Letters 99.5 (2012), p. 57004
- J. D. Whitfield, M. Faccin, and J. D. Biamonte
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Analysis of the equilibrium and kinetics of the ankyrin repeat protein myotrophin The Journal of Chemical Physics 134.7, 075102 (2011), p. 075102
- M. Faccin, P. Bruscolini, and A. Pelizzola
Conferences (Oral Contributions)
- 7 March 2023
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Dynamical systems as a mean for complex systems analysis seminar at the University of Bologna
- M. Faccin
- 9 Nov 2022
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Data-driven mapping of tuberculosis incidence allows identifying communities with high circulation of tuberculosis in the Democratic Republic of Congo The Union Conference 2022 -- Online
- M. Faccin, C. Nsop Mulaj, E. Swana Kawana, T. Yav Ikum, E. Andé
- 9 Nov 2022
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Identification of urban areas presenting high incidence of tuberculosis using satellite images allows increasing the yield of active case finding in Kigali, Rwanda. The Union Conference 2022 -- Online
- M. Faccin, P Uwizeye, F. Nsabimana, P. Migambi, E. André
- 17 Oct 2022
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Use of compartmental models to detect high TB incidence rates in South-Kivu (DRC) CCS 2022 @ Palma de Mallorca/Online
- M. Faccin, E. André
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Reach of vaccine-critical content on Twitter during the COVID-19 pandemic French Regional Conf. on Complex Systems (FRCCS) @ Paris
- M. Faccin, F. Gargiulo
- 30 May 2022
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Outreach of vaccine-critic content on French-speaking Twitter Complenet 2022 -- Online
- M. Faccin, F. Gargiulo, J. Ward
- 2 Dec 2021
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Autoinformation state aggregation Complex Networks 2021 @ Madrid (Spain)
- M. Faccin, M. T. Schaub, J-C. Delvenne
- 30 Nov 2021
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Vaccine-critical discourse on French-speaking Twitter and its outreach Complex Networks 2021 @ Madrid (Spain)
- M. Faccin, F. Gargiulo, J. Ward
- Best lightning talk award
- 19 Oct 2021
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State aggregation for dynamical systems: An information-theoretic approach Math Dept, Oxford University, (UK -- Online)
- Network Seminar 2021
- 7-9 Dec 2020
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Using predictive models and risk assessment tools to find unreported TB cases Washingthon DC, USA (online)
- Global Digital Health Forum 2020
- 20-24 Oct 2020
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Data-driven TB active-case finding in South Kivu (DRC) Paris, France (online)
- The Union 2020
- 10-12 Dec 2019
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Auto-information in non-Markovian diffusion systems Lisbon, Portugal
- Complex Networks 2019
- 22 Feb. 2019
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Variable aggregation for dynamical systems on networks Hasselt, Belgium
- Benet 2019
- 23-28 Sept. 2018
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A dynamical approach to block structure analysis Thessaloniki, Greece
- CCS 2018
- 11-15 Jun 2018
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Dynamical Markov Modules Paris, France
- Netsci 2018
- 21-24 Mar 2017
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Community detection in networks with non-Markovian dynamics Dubrovnik, Croatia
- CompleNet 2017
- 30 Nov-2 Dec 2016
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Behind Communities: Dynamics Define Modules Milan, Italy
- ComplexNetworks 2016
- 19-22 Sep 2016
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Beyond Communities: Dynamical Markov Modules Amsterdam, Netherlands
- CCS 2016
- May 30-June 3 2016
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Mesoscopic Structure And Diffusion Process Memory Seoul, Korea
- NetSci 2016
- 10-15 Jan 2015
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Mesoscopic Structures and Diffusion Process Memory Wrocław, Poland
- NetSci-X 2016
- 2-6 Jun 2015
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Structural controllability of EEG temporal causal networks Zaragoza, Spain
- NetSci 2015
- 22-26 Sep 2014
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Quantum Approaches to Community Detection Lucca, Italy
- ECCS 2014
- 12-14 Mar 2014
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Community detection on quantum systems Bologna, Italy
- CompleNet 2014
- 22-24 Jan 2014
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Community Detection on Quantum Systems Zaragoza, Spain
- BIFI2014
- 24-26 May 2013
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Degree distribution in quantum complex networks Waterloo, Canada
- IQC workshop on quantum computation and complex networks
- 6-8 Nov 2012
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Ground state spin logic Torino, Italy
- Tensor Network States and Algebraic Geometry Workshop
- 2-4 Feb 2011
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Equilibrium and kinetics of the ankyrin repeat protein Myotrophin through a simple statiscical mechanical model Zaragoza, Spain
- V BIFI National Conference
- 5-7 Feb 2009
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Bayesian Characterization of Protein Tandem Mass Spectra Zaragoza, Spain
- IV BIFI National Conference
- 8-9 May 2008
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Noise description in MSMS mass spectrometry, looking for a de novo sequencing algorithm San Sebastian, Spain
- VI Jornadas Aragonesas de Estabilidad y Plegamiento de Proteínas
Conferences (Poster Contributions)
- 1 Dec 2021
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Directed hyper-graphs and dynamical systems Complex Networks 2021 @ Madrid (Spain)
- M. Faccin, F. Gargiulo
- 17-25 Sept 2020
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State aggregation in non-Markovian systems by auto-information maximization Rome, Italy
- Netsci 2020
- 17-25 Sept 2020
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The variability of network structures inferred from time series data Rome, Italy
- Netsci 2020
- 10-12 Dec 2019
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The variability of network structures inferred from time series data Lisbon, Portugal
- Complex Networks 2019
- 1-3 July 2019
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Variable aggregation on (broadcasting) networks Trento, Italy
- CCS/Italy 2019
- 23-25 Mar 2016
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Memory and Mesoscopic Structures in Diffusion Processes Dijon, France
- Complenet 2016
- 7-10 Jul 2010
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Folding Pathways Characterization for Ankyrin Repeat Protein Myotrophin Zaragoza, Spain
- IV Spanish Portuguese Biophysical Congress
- 2-6 Jun 2008
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Statistical characterization of fragment ions in MSMS mass spectrometry Sitges, Spain
- XXI Sitges Conference on Statistical Mechanics: Statistical Mechanics of Molecular Biophysics
Computer skills
- Coding:
- Python, C, Matlab, Fortran
- Shell:
- Bash, iPython/Jupyter
- Versioning:
- GIT, Subversion, Mercurial
- Plotting:
- Matplotlib (python), Gnuplot, PGFPlots(LaTeX)
- Typesetting:
- LaTeX, LibreOffice, MSOffice, Markdown
- Imaging:
- Gimp (Raster), Tikx (LaTeX), Inkscape (Vectorial), Rawtherapee (RAW)
- Web:
- HTML5, CSS/SCSS, static site generators, Wordpress
Languages
- Italian:
- Mother tongue
- English:
- Fluent
- Spanish:
- Fluent
- French:
- Fair