Every Square Inch
Olá! My name is Eric Araújo, and currently, I hold the following positions:
- Associate Professor at the Computer Science Department at Calvin University
- Head of the Behavioural Informatics Laboratory (BILbo)
Scholarship
Eric investigates the spread of opinions, sentiments, and behaviors in complex systems through multiagent modeling and simulations, offering insights into social dynamics in politics, cooperation, health, criminology, and religion.
Therefore, the work I develop is multidisciplinary, using computer science tools to solve problems in areas such as public security, the spread of fake news, promoting healthier lifestyles, etc.
You can download my PhD Thesis on the following link
Education
- PhD in Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2018
- MSc in Computer Science, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2009
- BSc in Computer Science, Federal University of Viçosa, Brazil, 2007
You can find more about me on my LinkTree.
Recent Updates:
- I will participate in the event “Algorithms, Democracy and Society: challenges and perspectives” on May 28th and 29th talking about education, AI and society (in Portuguese).
- I will be presenting a paper about “Modeling Introversion in the Classroom: An Agent-Based Approach” at Autonomous Agents for Social Good 2025 in Detroit on May 19, 2025. The paper is a result of the Senior Project developed by the B.S. students Daniel Kwon and Jaden Brookens.
- My abstract on “Behavioral Insights into Political Polarization in Christian Communities through Computational Modeling” was accepted for an oral presentation during ASA 2025.
- A paper entitled The use of agent-based modeling in the study of complex systems (in Portuguese only) was accepted at the Brazilian Journal of Physics Teaching. This was a result of the Masters studies of Clayton R.da Silva in partnership with Prof. Angélica S. Mata.