News & Updates

2026

• PRES

  Cognitive Modeling of Church Polarization

  NetLogo Conference 2026. Chicago, IL.

  July 1, 2026

• PUBL

  Caracterização Temporal de Roubos de Rua Contrastando Contextos Pré-Pandêmico e Pandêmico

  Revista Brasileira de Segurança Pública, 2026.

  June 1, 2026

• PRES

  A Framework for Modeling Christian Communities with Agent-Based Models

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

  February 27, 2026

• PUBL

  From brain drain to brain circulation: International researcher mobility in Brazilian health and life sciences (2005–2020)

  Quantitative Science Studies, 2026.

  February 1, 2026

• FELL

  Calvin Research Fellowship

  Supporting research on computational modeling of Christian communities.

  January 1, 2026

• FELL

  Nagel Institute Fellowship

  Supporting research on computational modeling of world Christian communities.

  January 1, 2026

• FELL

  McGregor Summer Research Fellowship

  Supporting collaborative faculty-student research.

  January 1, 2026

2025

• PUBL

  Exploring the link between urban topology and street crime using complex networks: a case study from Southeast Brazil

  Journal of Complex Networks, 2025.

  July 1, 2025

• SERV

  Nagel Institute Newsletter — Faculty Fellow Appointment

  Appointed as a 2026 Faculty Fellow at the Nagel Institute for the Study of World Christianity at Calvin University, as announced in the December 2025 newsletter Voices of the World Church.

  December 19, 2025

• SERV

  Masters Exam — Stephano Daniel Santos

  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).

  August 22, 2025

• PRES

  Behavioral Insights into Political Polarization in Christian Communities through Computational Modeling

  American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) Annual Meeting 2025. Virtual/Hybrid.

  July 19, 2025

• PRES

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

  INSNA Sunbelt 2025. Paris, France.

  June 1, 2025

• PRES

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

  Algoritmos e Sociedade — UFG. Brazil (online).

  May 28, 2025

• PRES

  Modeling Introversion in the Classroom: An Agent-Based Approach

  Autonomous Agents for Social Good (AASG) 2025. Detroit, MI.

  May 19, 2025

2024

• PRES

  Agent-Based Modeling Applications in Brazilian Contexts

  19º Congresso Brasileiro de Sistemas (CBS). Goiânia, Brazil.

  November 29, 2024

• SERV

  PhD Qualifying Exam — Jamile Santos dos Santos

  Served as external committee member for the PhD Qualifying Exam of Jamile Santos dos Santos (advisor: Prof. Daniel Gregorio Alfaro Vigo). Topic: epidemic modeling of information propagation in multi-networks.

  August 28, 2024

2021

• PRES

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

  Jornal BandNews Minas 1ª Edição. Brazil (TV).

  January 14, 2021

• PRES

  Família e amigos: a principal influência no distanciamento social

  Jornal da Cultura — TV Cultura. Brazil (TV).

  January 2, 2021

2020

• PRES

  Covid-19: como relações pessoais ajudam na prevenção

  Rádio Nacional. Brazil (radio).

  December 31, 2020

• PRES

  Relações sociais e adesão ao distanciamento social

  CBN Madrugada — Rádio CBN. Brazil (radio).

  December 28, 2020

• PRES

  A importância da publicidade durante a pandemia

  Bom Dia Cidade — TV Cultura. Brazil (TV).

  December 22, 2020

• PRES

  Como os relacionamentos afetam as decisões

  ABC² — Cristãos na Ciência. Brazil.

  December 17, 2020

• PRES

  A influência das relações sociais na adesão ao distanciamento social

  UFLA — Institutional Interview. Lavras, Brazil.

  December 10, 2020