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2026¶

July 1, 2026 — NetLogo Conference 2026 — Cognitive Modeling of Church Polarization
Students Katelin Jandris, Ryan Klein, and Ovgu Tufan will present Cognitive Modeling of Church Polarization at the NetLogo Conference 2026 in Chicago, July 2026.

May 1, 2026 — Calvin Research Fellowship
Awarded a Calvin Research Fellowship (2026/2027) supporting research on computational modeling of Christian communities.

May 1, 2026 — Nagel Institute Fellowship
Awarded a Nagel Institute Fellowship for the Study of World Christianity at Calvin University, supporting research on computational modeling of world Christian communities.

May 1, 2026 — McGregor Undergraduate Research Fellowship
Awarded a McGregor Undergraduate Research Fellowship at Calvin University, supporting collaborative faculty-student research.

February 27, 2026 — Baylor Symposium on Faith & Culture 2026
Presented A Framework for Modeling Christian Communities with Agent-Based Models at the Baylor Symposium on Faith & Culture 2026 — Technology and the Human Person in the Age of AI. Waco, TX.

February 1, 2026 — Quantitative Science Studies — Brain Drain to Brain Circulation
Published: From brain drain to brain circulation: International researcher mobility in Brazilian health and life sciences (2005–2020). Quantitative Science Studies. With Leonardo Biazoli, Priscila Albuquerque, and team (Fiocruz).

2025¶

December 19, 2025 — Nagel Institute Newsletter — Faculty Fellow Appointment
Appointed as a 2026 Faculty Fellow at the Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity, as announced in the December 2025 newsletter Voices of the World Church. The fellowship supports research using multiagent modeling and simulation to study social and religious dynamics.

August 22, 2025 — Masters Exam Committee (UFLA Brazil)
Served as external committee member for the Masters Exam of Stephano Daniel Santos, on machine learning for prediction of Portland cement compressive strength (advisors: Profs. Teodorico de Castro Ramalho and Danton Diego Ferreira).

July 19, 2025 — ASA 2025 — Behavioral Insights into Political Polarization
Presented Behavioral Insights into Political Polarization in Christian Communities through Computational Modeling at the American Scientific Affiliation Annual Meeting.

May 28, 2025 — Algorithms Democracy and Society (Brazil)
Participated in the event Algorithms, Democracy and Society: challenges and perspectives, discussing education, AI, and society (in Portuguese).

May 19, 2025 — AASG 2025 — Modeling Introversion in the Classroom
Presented Modeling Introversion in the Classroom: An Agent-Based Approach at Autonomous Agents for Social Good 2025 in Detroit. Work by B.S. students Daniel Kwon and Jaden Brookens.

May 1, 2025 — INSNA Sunbelt 2025 Poster — Scientific Collaboration in Health and Life Sciences
Poster at INSNA Sunbelt 2025 (Paris): Scientific Collaboration in Health and Life Sciences: A Study of Brazil’s Contributions and Partnerships. With Fiocruz (Brazil).

January 1, 2025 — Journal of Complex Networks — Urban Topology and Street Crime
Published: Exploring the Link Between Urban Topology and Street Crime Using Complex Networks: A Case Study from Southeast Brazil. Journal of Complex Networks. With Matheus Flausino and Prof. Angelica da Mata.

January 1, 2025 — Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física — Agent-Based Modeling
Published: The use of agent-based modeling in the study of complex systems (Portuguese). Revista Brasileira de Ensino de Física. With Clayton da Silva and Prof. Angélica Mata.

2024¶

November 29, 2024 — 19º Congresso Brasileiro de Sistemas (Goiânia)
Presented at the 19th Brazilian Systems Congress in Goiânia, Brazil.

August 28, 2024 — PhD Qualification Exam Committee (Brazil)
Served as external committee member for the PhD Qualification Exam of Jamile Santos dos Santos (advisor: Prof. Daniel Gregorio Alfaro Vigo). Topic: epidemic modeling of information propagation in multi-networks.