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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · May 4

New comment out! With Sandro Reia & Dieter Pfoser, we explore how LLMs + GABMs can transform urban science - from modeling mobility to simulating digital twins.

📄 Free access until June 19, 2025:
authors.elsevier.com/a/1l0Wc5bD-s...

#AI #LLMs #UrbanScience #GABM #ComplexSystems #DigitalTwins

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Apr 10

🔗 Read the research topic here: www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

Frontiers | Science of Science: A Complex Network Perspective

The study of the structure of science and its evolution, often referred to as ‘science of science,’ has become a pivotal area of research, leading to signifi...

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Apr 10

📢 I'm happy to share our editorial for the "Science of Science: A Complex Network Perspective" research topic! 🚀
Grateful to my co-editors Sandro Reia & @filipisilva.bsky.social 🙌

🔗 www.frontiersin.org/journals/res...

#SciSci #NetworkScience #Bibliometrics #ScienceOfScience

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Apr 2

Thanks to my co-authors @ymoreno.bsky.social and @kleber-ao.com!

#OpinionDynamics #SocialNetworks #Python #Polarization #EchoChambers

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Apr 2

Our paper DOCES (Dynamical Opinion Clusters Exploration Suite) is now published in SoftwareX! 📄

DOCES helps model opinion dynamics in social networks, exploring polarization, algorithmic influence, and user behavior.

🔗 Paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
📌 Library on PyPI: pypi.org/project/doces/

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Mar 31

📢 New publication in the Journal of Theoretical Biology!📢 Our study introduces a similarity index to map neural datasets into similarity networks, which is tested on neurons but can be applied to any multivariate comparison.
Read more in our paper:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Interrelating Neuronal Morphology by Coincidence Similarity Networks

The study of neuronal morphology presents potential not only for identifying possible relationship with neuronal dynamics, but also as a means to char…

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Dec 2

It is great to see our paper, "Echo Chamber Formation Sharpened by Priority Users," getting media coverage in Ireland. Nice interview and podcast, @kleber-ao.com .

If you want to see the full podcast, it's on Spotify👇

open.spotify.com/episode/5Ujo...

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Nov 28

Happy to share our latest publication on the function and form of US cities!🚦Using NHTS travel and road networks, we identify city clusters based on travel behavior and infrastructure. This project was led by my co-author Sandro M. Reia. Open access for 50 days: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kAV1jFQh0...

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Nov 12

Thank you!

Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Nov 12

Interesting, could you please send me your dissertation? That way, I can understand it better

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Nov 11

Thanks for your interest! Integrating high-resolution employment data with our building classifications sounds like an interesting idea. It could indeed provide new insights, especially into the spatial relationships between employment centers and building types.

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Nov 11

A big thank you to my co-authors, Sandro M. Reia, Shiyang Ruan, Kuldip S. Atwal, Hamdi Kavak, Taylor Anderson, and Dieter Pfoser.

Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Nov 11

🚨New paper in Scientific Data!🚨 We've classified 67M+ US buildings (residential/non-residential) using OpenStreetMap data. This dataset could help with urban planning, traffic management, and more. Check it out here👇
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#UrbanPlanning #DataScience #OSM

An OpenStreetMap derived building classification dataset for the United States - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - An OpenStreetMap derived building classification dataset for the United States

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Andreia Sofia Teixeira @asteixeira.bsky.social · Oct 30

New paper out on recommendations of network data sharing with an amazing cohort of co-authors. Huge thanks to Zachary Neal for the initiative and putting this all together!

doi.org/10.1017/nws....

Recommendations for sharing network data and materials | Network Science | Cambridge Core

Recommendations for sharing network data and materials

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Oct 25

The same text has been picked up by other news outlets:
Yahoo Finance: ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/twitter...
AOL: www.aol.com/twitter-brai...
MSN: www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
Newsbreak: www.newsbreak.com/the-independ...

Twitter brain drain: Elon Musk’s takeover caused academic exodus, study shows

‘Twitter has been an important platform for academic communication and networking, especially among social scientists,’ researchers say

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Oct 25

🎉Nice to see our work mentioned again, this time in an article in @theindependent.bsky.social on the impact of Twitter changes on the academic community! Thanks to @ymoreno.bsky.social and @kleber-ao.bsky.social. Check out the full story: www.independent.co.uk/tech/twitter...

https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/twitter-academics-x-elon-musk-takeover-b2633541.html👇

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Oct 23

The link to the scientific paper, published in iScience can be found here: www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Echo chamber formation sharpened by priority users

Computer science; Social sciences; Research methodology social sciences

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Oct 23

Another piece of news related to our research: scienceblog.com/548811/study....

Study Shows Verified Social Media Users Can Drive Opinion Polarization

Scientists have discovered that social media verification systems can significantly impact how opinions spread online, with verified users wielding

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Oct 23

It is so nice to see our work featured in the media! Huge thanks to my amazing co-authors @kleber-ao.bsky.social and @ymoreno.bsky.social , and especially to @ymoreno.bsky.social for having the idea to kick off this project.
Check it out here: phys.org/news/2024-10... 🙌

Verified users on social media networks drive polarization and the formation of echo chambers, study finds

When X (formerly Twitter) changed its verification system in 2022, many foresaw its potential to impact the spread of political opinions on the platform. In a modeling study published October 22 in iS...

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Kleber Oliveira @kleber-ao.com · Oct 23

Our work is now published in @iScience: www.cell.com/iscience/ful...

Very nice project with @hfarruda.bsky.social and @ymoreno.bsky.social.

Have a look here (bsky.app/profile/kleb...) for a summary.

Also, stay tuned for more publications from this same project coming out soon!

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Oct 23

🌱We've just released the Spanish edition of our Vegetable Oils Report "Explorando el futuro de los aceites vegetales", which was launched at #COP16Cali! 🌍
Learn how sustainable practices can change the future of oils: portals.iucn.org/library/node...
#SustainableFuture #VegetableOils #AgriInnovation

Explorando el futuro de los aceites vegetales | IUCN Library System

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Sep 17

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #773,774!

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · Sep 10

🚨 New preprint! We’ve classified 67M+ US buildings (residential/non-residential) using OpenStreetMap data. This dataset could help with urban planning, traffic management, and more. Check it out and share your thoughts! #UrbanPlanning #DataScience #ML #OSM
arxiv.org/abs/2409.05692

Extracting the U.S. building types from OpenStreetMap data

Building type information is crucial for population estimation, traffic planning, urban planning, and emergency response applications. Although essential, such data is often not readily available....

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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · May 8

I am grateful to all the people who led this project: Erik Meijaard, Malika Virah-Sawmy, Helen Newing, Verina Ingram, Thijs Pasmans, Ariadna Fosch Muntané, James Allen, Abiyasa Adiguna Legaw, Konstantinos Tsagarakis, @ymoreno.bsky.social , Serge Wich, Douglas Sheil, and others.
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Henrique F. de Arruda @hfarruda.bsky.social · May 8

It highlights the importance of smallholder and local systems and calls for a nuanced understanding and systemic solutions for a sustainable future. Governments, traders, farmer organizations, and processors, take note!
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