The radio program Directe 4.0 (Ràdio 4) invited Andreas Kaltenbrunner and me to discuss the latest research projects conducted by the Social Media Group of Barcelona Media and the social media trends for 2013. In the debate, directed by Xantal Llavina and Bruno Sokolowicz, we explained some of our recent studies on relationships between articles … More Interview on Directe 4.0
In the last weekend, the first 15Mdata Hackathon was held at the Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (theoretical session on Friday) and Ateneu Candela (practical session on Saturday). The event on Friday began with a presentation of our research group (datAnalysis15m) by Arnau Monterde and Javier Toret. Arnau Monterde detailed the following goals for the present year: To establish a … More 15Mdata Hackaton
The present year begins with a new article: “Not all paths lead to Rome: Analysing the network of sister cities” (arXiv) In this work with Andreas Kaltenbrunner, David Laniado and Yana Volkovich, we discuss the practice of sister city pairing. Specifically, we investigate structural properties of the resulting city and country networks and present rankings of the most … More IWSOS 2013: Not all paths lead to Rome – Analysing the network of sister cities
Pablo Aragón 