Sam Scarpino is an Assistant Professor of Marine & Environmental Sciences and Physics in the College of Science. Broadly, Sam is a complex systems scientist investigating questions at the intersection of network science and human behavior, whose work spans a broad range of topics, including: infectious disease modeling, forecasting in complex systems, genetic topology of disease, and decision making under uncertainty.
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Research Panel on “Fighting a Pandemic: Convergence of Expertise, Data Science and Policy"Research Panel on “Fighting a Pandemic: Convergence of Expertise, Data Science and Policy"
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NBC Boston
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CBS Boston
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Inverse
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Study shows that Wuhan travel restrictions prevented wider disease spread; but impact takes timeStudy shows that Wuhan travel restrictions prevented wider disease spread; but impact takes time
Mirage News
March 25, 2020
Travel restrictions are most useful in the early and late phase of an epidemicTravel restrictions are most useful in the early and late phase of an epidemic
EurekAlert
March 25, 2020
How New York's spiraling Coronavirus outbreak could affect MassHow New York's spiraling Coronavirus outbreak could affect Mass
Boston Globe
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What China can teach us about managing the COVID-19 pandemicWhat China can teach us about managing the COVID-19 pandemic
News@Northeastern
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modeling spread of disease and risky behaviors through populations
