Curriculum Vitæ

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Actual Position
Professional Experience
Fellowships and Projects
Membership
Program Committees
Organizing Committees
Reviewer
Teaching
Student advising
Education
Mainteined projects
Preprints
Publications
Conferences (Oral Contributions)
Conferences (Poster Contributions)
Computer skills
Languages

Actual Position

2023-today: DIMEC at University of Bologna
University of Bologna, Italy; Interests/Research line

Professional Experience

2021 - 2022: Université de Paris, (CEPED and IRD)
Paris, France; Postdoctoral researcher
2015 - 2020: Université Catholique de Louvain (ICTEAM)
Louvain la Neuve, Belgium; MOVE IN Louvain Research Fellow
2011 - 2015: ISI Fundation
Torino, Italy; Junior researcher
2006 - 2011: Bifi Institute
Zaragoza, Spain; PhD

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)

Membership

2018 - today: SICC - Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity
2015 - today: Network Science Society; Member
2014 - today: Complex Systems Society; Member
2013 - today: Frontiers in Quantum Computing; Review Editor

Program Committees

1 Dec 2021: Complex Networks 2021
Madrid, Spain
1 Dec 2020: Complex Networks 2020
Madrid, Spain
10 Dec 2019: Complex Networks 2019
Lisbon, Portugal
22 Feb 2019: BeNet 2019
Hasselt, Belgium
11 Dec 2018: Complex Networks 2018
Cambridge, UK
29 Nov 2017: Complex Networks 2017
Lyon, France
30 Nov 2016: Complex Networks 2016
Milan, Italy

Organizing Committees

August 2019: Network Reconstruction Science-athon
Beaumont, Belgium; Coorganized with Alexandre Bovet, Benjamin Chiem, Leo Gutierrez, Alexey Medvedev, Leto Peel, Mridul Seth
15 Dec 2016: 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: 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: 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: DAT301 Social Network Analysis
Teacher Assistant; University Mohammed VI Polytechnic
2015-2020: LINMA2111 Algorithms and Complexity
Assistant Professor; Université Catholique de Louvain
2005: Physics and Math at primary school
Hetauda, Nepal; NEST
2004: guide in Science Museum
Padova, Italy; Organizer: INFN

Student advising

2024: N. Barbieri
University of Bologna; Physics (tesi magistrale with F. Durazzi)
2019: G. Izzi
University of Turin; Computer Science (tesi magistrale with A. Semeraro)
2016: H. Devillez
UCLouvain; Applied Maths (with L. Peel)
2016: M. Huet
UCLouvain; Elec. Eng. (with L. Peel)

Education

2020: 24CFU
Univestità telematica Pegaso; Discipline antropo-psico-pedagogiche e in metodologie e tecnologie didattiche
14 Sept 2012: 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: 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: MSc in Physics
University of Padova; supervisor: prof. Enzo Orlandini; Beris Edwards Model Simulations for Liquid Crystals in Oscillatory Poiseuille Flux

Mainteined projects

: AISA; Python module aimed at partitioning a network through Autoinformation maximization
: CartoTB; Cartography of predicted tuberculosis in high burden settings

Preprints

: Temporal and geographic analysis of the Hydroxychloroquine controversy in the French Twittosphere
arXiv:2304.14075; M. Faccin, E. Schultz and F. Gargiulo

Publications

: Measuring dynamical systems on directed hypergraphs
Phys Rev E, 106 (034306), 2022; M. Faccin
: 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
: 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
: 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
: Complex Networks from Classical to Quantum
Communications Physics 2-53 (2019); J. Biamonte, M. Faccin, M. De Domenico
: 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
: Entrograms and coarse graining of dynamics on complex networks
Journal of Complex Networks; M. Faccin, M.T. Schaub, J-C. Delvenne
: 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
: 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
: 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
: 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
: 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
: MS/MS Spectra Interpretation as a Statistical-Mechanics Problem
Analytical Chemistry 85.10 (2013), pp. 4884–4892; M. Faccin and P. Bruscolini
: Ground-state spin logic
Europhysics Letters 99.5 (2012), p. 57004; J. D. Whitfield, M. Faccin, and J. D. Biamonte
: 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: Dynamical systems as a mean for complex systems analysis
seminar at the University of Bologna; M. Faccin
9 Nov 2022: 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: 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: Use of compartmental models to detect high TB incidence rates in South-Kivu (DRC)
CCS 2022 @ Palma de Mallorca/Online; M. Faccin, E. André
: 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: Outreach of vaccine-critic content on French-speaking Twitter
Complenet 2022 -- Online; M. Faccin, F. Gargiulo, J. Ward
2 Dec 2021: Autoinformation state aggregation
Complex Networks 2021 @ Madrid (Spain); M. Faccin, M. T. Schaub, J-C. Delvenne
30 Nov 2021: 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: State aggregation for dynamical systems: An information-theoretic approach
Math Dept, Oxford University, (UK -- Online); Network Seminar 2021
7-9 Dec 2020: 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: Data-driven TB active-case finding in South Kivu (DRC)
Paris, France (online); The Union 2020
10-12 Dec 2019: Auto-information in non-Markovian diffusion systems
Lisbon, Portugal; Complex Networks 2019
22 Feb. 2019: Variable aggregation for dynamical systems on networks
Hasselt, Belgium; Benet 2019
23-28 Sept. 2018: A dynamical approach to block structure analysis
Thessaloniki, Greece; CCS 2018
11-15 Jun 2018: Dynamical Markov Modules
Paris, France; Netsci 2018
21-24 Mar 2017: Community detection in networks with non-Markovian dynamics
Dubrovnik, Croatia; CompleNet 2017
30 Nov-2 Dec 2016: Behind Communities: Dynamics Define Modules
Milan, Italy; ComplexNetworks 2016
19-22 Sep 2016: Beyond Communities: Dynamical Markov Modules
Amsterdam, Netherlands; CCS 2016
May 30-June 3 2016: Mesoscopic Structure And Diffusion Process Memory
Seoul, Korea; NetSci 2016
10-15 Jan 2015: Mesoscopic Structures and Diffusion Process Memory
Wrocław, Poland; NetSci-X 2016
2-6 Jun 2015: Structural controllability of EEG temporal causal networks
Zaragoza, Spain; NetSci 2015
22-26 Sep 2014: Quantum Approaches to Community Detection
Lucca, Italy; ECCS 2014
12-14 Mar 2014: Community detection on quantum systems
Bologna, Italy; CompleNet 2014
22-24 Jan 2014: Community Detection on Quantum Systems
Zaragoza, Spain; BIFI2014
24-26 May 2013: Degree distribution in quantum complex networks
Waterloo, Canada; IQC workshop on quantum computation and complex networks
6-8 Nov 2012: Ground state spin logic
Torino, Italy; Tensor Network States and Algebraic Geometry Workshop
2-4 Feb 2011: 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: Bayesian Characterization of Protein Tandem Mass Spectra
Zaragoza, Spain; IV BIFI National Conference
8-9 May 2008: 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: Directed hyper-graphs and dynamical systems
Complex Networks 2021 @ Madrid (Spain); M. Faccin, F. Gargiulo
17-25 Sept 2020: State aggregation in non-Markovian systems by auto-information maximization
Rome, Italy; Netsci 2020
17-25 Sept 2020: The variability of network structures inferred from time series data
Rome, Italy; Netsci 2020
10-12 Dec 2019: The variability of network structures inferred from time series data
Lisbon, Portugal; Complex Networks 2019
1-3 July 2019: Variable aggregation on (broadcasting) networks
Trento, Italy; CCS/Italy 2019
23-25 Mar 2016: Memory and Mesoscopic Structures in Diffusion Processes
Dijon, France; Complenet 2016
7-10 Jul 2010: Folding Pathways Characterization for Ankyrin Repeat Protein Myotrophin
Zaragoza, Spain; IV Spanish Portuguese Biophysical Congress
2-6 Jun 2008: 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:: Gnuplot, Matplotlib, 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