This new paper is the result of a long-standing collaboration between CSBC director Johan Bollen and Marten Scheffer, Ingrid van de Leemput, and Els Weinans of Wageningen University: “The rise and fall of rationality in language” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Dec 2021, 118 (51) e2107848118; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2107848118 Summary: “The post-truth era has taken many by surprise. Here,… Read more »
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CSBC researchers discover surge in cognitive distortions since the 1980s
In a study published in PNAS, “Historical language records reveal a surge of cognitive distortions in recent decades,” CSBC researchers in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering and colleagues at IU’s Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences analyzed millions of books published over the past 125 years. They discovered that, since the 1980s… Read more »
Congratulations to new PhD Kelly McClinton!
Congratulations to CASCI member Kelly McClinton for successfully defending her dissertation entitled “Computationally Modeling Roman Domestic Art and Architecture” on April 23rd 2021. Kelly was co-supervised by Luis Rocha and Bernard Frischer. She completed her PhD degree as a fellow of the NSF-NRT Interdisciplinary training in Complex networks and Systems. Dr. McClinton’s research investigates how computational models, including 3D… Read more »
Uncovering the “master switches” of biochemical networks can explain the effects of drugs in the destruction of cancer cells
Researchers from our lab, in collaboration with the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, the Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência, and Northeastern University have developed a mathematical framework that increases our ability to explain and control biochemical systems, including those involved in disease. In a paper featured on the cover of the journal Proceedings of the National… Read more »
CSBC researchers use Twitter data to study mental health impact of COVID-19
Researchers at the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering, led by Professor of Informatics and Computing Johan Bollen, Assistant Professor of Public Heath Danny Valdez from the IU School of Public Health, and Bollen’s post-doctoral fellow Marijn ten Thij, with colleagues in the Department of Psychology and Brain Science, used data collected from Twitter to study how… Read more »
Reopening Colleges Likely Fueled Covid-19 Significantly
Prof. Ana Bento, affiliated with the CSBC, has published a new study showing that colleges and universities that reopened for face-to-face instruction might have caused tens of thousands of additional cases of Covid-19 in recent weeks. The team, which includes researchers at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Indiana University, the University of Washington… Read more »
We are hiring Posdoctoral Fellows!
The Center for Social and Biomedical Complexity (CSBC) at Indiana University Bloomington is accepting applications for one or more full-time non-tenure track postdoctoral fellows to conduct interdisciplinary research in Complex Networks and Systems applied to various social, ecological, biological, medicine and health problems. The expected start date for the appointments is February 2020. Candidates interested… Read more »
CSBC Awarded Project to develop Resilient Community-Environment Interactions in Urban Waterways
In a collaboration with Professors Heather Reynolds (IU Biology) and Gabriel Filippelli (IUPUI, Center for Urban Health) of the Environmental Resilience Institute, CSBC Professors Bollen and Rocha were awarded a grant for project “A River Runs Through It: Restoring Biodiversity and Empowering Resilient Community-Environment Interactions in Urban Waterways.” This 2-year project is part of the… Read more »
Research from our center shows women and elderly at higher risk of dangerous drug interactions
A new study led by researchers in our center has found that women and older adults who use multiple prescription drugs are significantly more likely to be prescribed pills whose combination produces dangerous side effects. The analysis, conducted in the Brazilian health care system and recently published in the journal npj Digital Medicine, revealed a 60… Read more »
Congratulations to Dr. Rion Brattig Correia!
Congratulations to Rion Correia, who successfully defended his PhD dissertation on Prediction of Drug Interaction and Adverse Reactions, with data from Electronic Health Records, Clinical Reporting, Scientific Literature, and Social Media, using Complexity Science Methods. Dr. Correia’s research used network science, machine learning, and data science to uncover population-level associations of drugs and symptoms, useful… Read more »