Riccardo Gallotti
Head of @ CHuB lab at Digital Society Center. He is an interdisciplinary physicist working on statistical modeling of individual and collective behavior. His research is based on data science and complexity science, with a focus on problems associated with misinformation and decision-making processes, mobility characterization, and the study of public transportation networks.
Spotlight's articles
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March 5, 2024Generative AI and disinformation: advances, challenges and opportunitiesFour European projects join forces against disinformation with advanced AI models. New white paper from European digital media observatory available online -
January 16, 2024Understanding Misinformation and Science in Societal DebatesIn a new research project, we explore the interaction between misinformation and science on social media during COVID-19. The UnMiSSeD project brings in not only computational social sciences but also media and communication studies and has clear connections to science communication. -
July 25, 2023Climate change and misinformationA study of tweets about the Marmolada tragedy was presented this summer at the SETE Festival in Rovereto. To explore further, we asked Riccardo Gallotti, head of the CHuB Unit at FBK's Digital Society Center, and Veronica Orsanigo, a future doctoral student, a few questions -
May 6, 2023Algorithms against fake newsArtificial intelligence as a valuable ally for press and fact-checkers in promoting truthful and accurate information -
March 23, 2023Reducing the spread of contagions with targeted hygiene in crowded environmentsFBK has collaborated on a scientific study published in Nature Communications -
March 8, 2023AI4TRUST: Artificial intelligence to reduce online disinformationFake news is a big challenge for society, and artificial intelligence can help. The European project will improve factchecking by testing new methodologies and tools and automatically analyzing text, audio and video sources in 7 different languages -
June 9, 2022Complexity Article of the Year 2021 for an FBK paper on Adaptive Urban Policy-Making"Complex Urban Systems: Challenges and Integrated Solutions for the Sustainability and Resilience of Cities" is the title of the awarded paper, published in Complexity - special issue "The Complexity of Mobility and Human Dynamics in Cities", and coauthored by Riccardo Gallotti, leader of the Complex Human Behaviour Lab @ FBK Digital Society Center. -
January 22, 2021Unraveling the hidden organisation of urban systems and their mobility flowsPublished on EPJ Data Science the Open Access new scientific paper authored by the FBK - CoMuNe Lab researchers Riccardo Gallotti, Giulia Bertagnolli and Manlio De Domenico -
October 21, 2020How does the connectivity of the communication networks (mentions, replies) responds to certain banning (or dismantling) strategies?A recently published article by FBK researchers provides new insights about how the presence or absence of moderation in online interacting contexts shape the organization and the communicative functioning of the underlying systems. -
March 24, 2020Measuring fake news about Covid-19Too many countries are exposed to fake news: the CoMuNe Lab research unit (FBK) has analyzed conversations on twitter on a global level, discovering that the behavior of users and bots on social media produced faults in the correct information, especially in Italy before the arrival of the first cases of contagion