Presentations

2026

• TALK

  Cognitive Modeling of Church Polarization

  NetLogo Conference 2026 · Chicago, IL · Jul 1, 2026

  To be presented by students Katelin Jandris, Ryan Klein, and Ovgu Tufan (senior project)

  Student presentation

• TALK

  A Framework for Modeling Christian Communities with Agent-Based Models · Slides ↓

  Baylor Symposium on Faith & Culture 2026 — Technology and the Human Person in the Age of AI · Waco, TX · Feb 27, 2026

2025

• TALK

  Grace Hopper Celebration 2025

  Grace Hopper Celebration 2025 · Chicago IL USA · Nov 4, 2025

  The Grace Hopper Celebration (GHC) is the worlds largest gathering of women in computing. I am the main advisor of the Girls Who Code group at Calvin University.

• TALK

  Behavioral Insights into Political Polarization in Christian Communities through Computational Modeling · Slides ↓

  American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) Annual Meeting 2025 · Virtual/Hybrid · Jul 19, 2025

• POSTER

  Scientific Collaboration in Health and Life Sciences: A Study of Brazil's Contributions and Partnerships

  INSNA Sunbelt 2025 · Paris, France · Jun 1, 2025

  With Juliana Freitas Lopes et al. (Fiocruz)

• PANEL

  Algorithms Democracy and Society: challenges and perspectives (Education and AI)

  Algoritmos e Sociedade — UFG · Brazil (online) · May 28, 2025

  In Portuguese

• TALK

  Modeling Introversion in the Classroom: An Agent-Based Approach

  Autonomous Agents for Social Good (AASG) 2025 · Detroit, MI · May 19, 2025

  Presented by students Daniel Kwon and Jaden Brookens (senior project)

  Student presentation

2024

• TALK

  Agent-Based Modeling Applications in Brazilian Contexts

  19º Congresso Brasileiro de Sistemas (CBS) · Goiânia, Brazil · Nov 29, 2024

  In Portuguese

• INVITED

  Modelagem de Agentes Orientados a Dados: Desafios e Oportunidades

  Departamento de Estatística — UFLA · Lavras, Brazil · Oct 22, 2024

  Invited talk on data-driven agent-based modeling. In Portuguese.

• INVITED

  Eric Araújo — Elitte Podcast EP.12

  Elitte Podcast — Revista Elitte · Brazil · Apr 26, 2024

  Podcast interview. In Portuguese.

• INVITED

  Ferramentas de Inteligência Artificial e Possibilidades de Uso na Graduação

  Oficina Prograd — UFLA · Lavras, Brazil · Mar 6, 2024

  Workshop on AI tools for undergraduate education. In Portuguese.

2022

• TALK

  Modelagem de Espalhamento em Redes Sociais

  PROCORES Research Group · Brazil (online) · Dec 5, 2022

  Research group talk on social network spreading models. In Portuguese.

2021

• INVITED

  Social Network Analysis and Agent-Based Modeling

  KDMiLe 2021 — Symposium on Knowledge Discovery, Mining and Learning · Brazil (online) · Oct 8, 2021

  Keynote session (KSN2) at KDMiLe 2021. In Portuguese.

• INVITED

  Contágio Social em Redes: Modelos e Aplicações

  ABC²-Tec 5ª Reunião — Associação Brasileira de Cristãos na Ciência · Brazil (online) · Jul 24, 2021

  Talk on social contagion models at the Brazilian Association of Christians in Science. In Portuguese.

• INVITED

  Novas Tecnologias para a Humanidade em Tempos de Pandemia

  Magia da Física e do Universo · Brazil (online) · May 17, 2021

  Public talk on technology and society during the pandemic. In Portuguese.

• INVITED

  Contágio de Opiniões em Redes Sociais e o Impacto em Epidemias

  Saúde Única — UFLA · Lavras, Brazil (online) · Feb 27, 2021

  Talk on opinion contagion in social networks and its epidemiological impact. In Portuguese.

• TALK

  Introdução à Modelagem Baseada em Agentes (Agent-Based Models)

  Tutorial Talk · Brazil (online) · Feb 9, 2021

  Introductory tutorial on agent-based modeling. In Portuguese.

• INVITED

  COVID-19 Behavioral Contagion: Agent-Based Modeling of Social Distancing

  Jornal BandNews Minas 1ª Edição · Brazil (TV) · Jan 14, 2021

  TV interview (Band Minas) on agent-based model of COVID-19 behavioral spread. In Portuguese.

• INVITED

  Família e amigos: a principal influência no distanciamento social

  Jornal da Cultura — TV Cultura · Brazil (TV) · Jan 2, 2021

  TV interview on social network influence on COVID social distancing. In Portuguese.

2020

• INVITED

  Covid-19: como relações pessoais ajudam na prevenção

  Rádio Nacional · Brazil (radio) · Dec 31, 2020

  Radio interview on social relationships and COVID prevention. In Portuguese.

• INVITED

  Relações sociais e adesão ao distanciamento social

  CBN Madrugada — Rádio CBN · Brazil (radio) · Dec 28, 2020

  Radio interview on social relationships and COVID social distancing adherence. In Portuguese.

• TALK

  Disconnecting for the Good: A Network-Oriented Model for Social Contagion of Opinions

  IX Brazilian Workshop on Social Network Analysis and Mining (BraSNAM 2020) · Brazil (online) · Dec 28, 2020

  Conference presentation of BraSNAM 2020 paper (doi:10.5753/brasnam.2020.11170).

• INVITED

  A importância da publicidade durante a pandemia

  Bom Dia Cidade — TV Cultura · Brazil (TV) · Dec 22, 2020

  TV interview on UFLA study about public communication during the pandemic. In Portuguese.

• INVITED

  Como os relacionamentos afetam as decisões

  ABC² — Cristãos na Ciência · Brazil · Dec 17, 2020

  Talk on how social relationships shape decision-making, at the Brazilian Association of Christians in Science. In Portuguese.

• INVITED

  A influência das relações sociais na adesão ao distanciamento social

  UFLA — Institutional Interview · Lavras, Brazil · Dec 10, 2020

  Institutional interview about research on social relationships and health behavior during COVID-19. In Portuguese.

• PANEL

  Mesa Redonda: Computação e COVID-19

  CompCOVID 2020 · Brazil (online) · Jun 5, 2020

  Panel on computing applications during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Portuguese.