Associate Professor of Complex Systems, Information (School of Information) and Computer Science (Engineering)
About
My main research interest is the empirical and theoretical analysis of Social and Information Networks. I am particularly interested in understanding the mechanisms involved in network evolution, information diffusion, and user interactions on the Web.
Recent Publications
H. Peng, A. Nematzadeh, D.M. Romero, and E. Ferrara "Network Modularity Controls the Speed of Information Diffusion." Phys. Rev. E, 102, 052316, 2020.
D. Maldeniya, C. Budak, L. Robert, and D.M. Romero. "Herding a Deluge of Good Samaritans: How GitHub Projects Respond to Increased Attention." Proc. of The Web Conference (WWW), 2020.
V.G.V Vydiswaran, D.M. Romero, X. Zhao, D. Yu, I. Gomez-Lopez, J.X. Lu, B.E. Iott, A. Baylin, E.C. Jansen, P. Clarke, V.J. Berrocal, R. Goodspeed, and T.C. Veinot. "Uncovering the relationship between food-related discussion on Twitter and neighborhood characteristics." Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA), 27(2), 254-264, 2020.
