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Data Innovation in Demography, Migration and Human Mobility
Claudio Bosco, Sara Grubanov-Boskovic, Stefano Iacus +3
With the consolidation of the culture of evidence-based policymaking, the availability of data has become central to policymakers. Nowadays, innovative data sources offer an opport…
Migration patterns, friendship networks, and the diaspora: the potential of Facebook Social Connectedness Index to anticipate displacement patterns induced by Russia invasion of Ukraine in the European Union
Umberto Minora, Martina Belmonte, Claudio Bosco +4
The conflict in Ukraine is causing large-scale displacement in Europe and in the World. Based on the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates, more than 7 mi…
The potential of Facebook advertising data for understanding flows of people from Ukraine to the European Union
Umberto Minora, Claudio Bosco, Stefano Iacus +3
This work contributes to the discussion on how innovative data can support a fast crisis response. We use operational data from Facebook to gain useful insights on where people fle…
Monitoring COVID-19-induced gender differences in teleworking rates using Mobile Network Data
Sara Grubanov-Boskovic, Spyridon Spyratos, Stefano Maria Iacus +2
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a sudden need for a wider uptake of home-based telework as means of sustaining the production. Generally, teleworking arrangements impacts directl…
On the Use of Data from Multiple Mobile Network Operators in Europe to fight COVID-19
Michele Vespe, Stefano Maria Iacus, Carlos Santamaria +2
The rapid spread of COVID-19 infections on a global level has highlighted the need for accurate, transparent and timely information regarding collective mobility patterns to inform…
Mobility and Economic Impact of COVID-19 Restrictions in Italy using Mobile Network Operator Data
Michele Vespe, Umberto Minora, Stefano Maria Iacus +5
This work presents the analysis of the impact of restrictions on mobility in Italy, with a focus on the period from 6 November 2020 to 31 January 2021, when a three-tier system bas…
Territorial differences in the spread of COVID-19 in European regions and US counties
Fabrizio Natale, Stefano Maria Iacus, Alessandra Conte +2
This article explores the territorial differences in the onset and spread of COVID-19 and the excess mortality associated with the pandemic, across the European NUTS3 regions and U…
Mobility Functional Areas and COVID-19 Spread
Stefano Maria Iacus, Carlos Santamaria, Francesco Sermi +3
This work introduces a new concept of functional areas called Mobility Functional Areas (MFAs), i.e., the geographic zones highly interconnected according to the analysis of mobile…
Anomaly Detection of Mobility Data with Applications to COVID-19 Situational Awareness
Stefano Maria Iacus, Francesco Sermi, Spyridon Spyratos +2
This work introduces a live anomaly detection system for high frequency and high-dimensional data collected at regional scale such as Origin Destination Matrices of mobile position…
Human mobility and COVID-19 initial dynamics
Stefano Maria Iacus, Carlos Santamaria, Francesco Sermi +3
Mobility data at EU scale can help understand the dynamics of the pandemic and possibly limit the impact of future waves. Still, since a reliable and consistent method to measure t…