TUTORS & LECTURERS

ELSA ARCAUTE: Elsa is a physicist with a masters in Mathematics and a PhD in Theoretical Physics from the University of Cambridge, UK. She is an Associate Professor in Spatial Modelling and Complexity at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis (CASA), and Co-Investigator of an EPSRC grant on Digital Economies, and a MacArthur funded research project on Smart Cities. website

ALAIN BARRAT:  Alain obtained his PhD in theoretical physics at the university of Paris VI. He is currently CNRS senior researcher at the Centre de Physique Théorique in Marseille, of which he is also deputy director. He is also Specially Appointed Professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan), vice-president of the Complex Systems Society, and board member of the NetSci Society. His research focuses on complex networks and temporal networks, with many interdisciplinary connections. website

ANA BENTO: Ana is an Assistant Professor at Indiana University in Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health & the EEB department. She is an eco-epidemiologist with a focus on ecology and evolution of infectious diseases. She earned her Ph.D. in Ecology & Evolution at Silwood Park, Imperial College London. Her research seeks to understand the dynamics of biological populations and epidemics, focusing on how to bring experimental and observational data together with mathematical theory. website

ELISA OMODEI: Elisa holds a PhD in Applied Mathematics for the Social Sciences from the École Normale Supérieure of Paris. She currently works in the Research, Assessment and Monitoring division of the UN World Food Programme. She also serves as Vice-President Secretary of the Complex System Society. Her research focuses on complex networks and data science for development and humanitarian response. website

LETO PEEL:  Leto has over 10 years of experience in theoretical and applied machine learning research in both academia and industry. His current research interest is in developing statistical methods for analysing complex networks. He has worked on many interdisciplinary research projects, collaborating with experts from a diverse variety of domains. His industry collaborations have included Airbus, BAE Systems and London MET Police and has collaborated with a variety of academic institutions. website

LIUBOV TUPIKINA:  Liubov has been working in mathematics and statistical physics: she is interested in graph theory, random walks, dynamical systems, matrix theory and its applications. She has been working on projects applying stochastic processes and statistical learning to analyze trajectories and time-series data. Currently she is a researcher at Bell labs (Saclay, France) and CRI (Paris, France). Before she has been working at Ecole Polytechnqiue (France), Humboldt University in Marie-Curie project along with Potsdam Climate Institute (Germany), IFISC (Spain). website