by Vittoria
On Thursday June 22 I received the Erdős–Rényi Award by the NetSci Society in a special session at NetSci2017. The prize is awarded to a selected young scientist (under 40 years old on the day of the nomination deadline) for her/his achievements in research activities in the area of network science, broadly construed. While the achievements can be both theoretical and experimental, the prize is aimed at emphasizing outstanding contributions relevant to the interdisciplinary progress of network science.
Citation: For contributions to fundamental and data-driven network-based modeling of epidemic processes, including seminal studies on metapopulation systems, the impact of air transportation, and the predictability of epidemic outbreaks.
Citation: For contributions to fundamental and data-driven network-based modeling of epidemic processes, including seminal studies on metapopulation systems, the impact of air transportation, and the predictability of epidemic outbreaks.
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It’s been an intense experience, full of joy, excitement, pride, and emotion, as I try to convey at the beginning of my speech (credits: Fil Menczer):
It was also a very peculiar event for me as 10 years after I left Indiana University I was receiving a prize back in the very same place that acted as an incubator of the ideas I developed. IU rocks!
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But beyond all this, I was surprised and overwhelmed by the feedback of the scientific community, expressed through the avalanche of tweets, the face-to-face interactions, the hugs, the empowering discussions in the ladies restrooms (yes, first female awardee! yay!), the so many emails, and the unexpected selfies (yes! I got requests for selfies! major achievement).
I was truly moved. So much that I felt the enormous pressure to write my very first tweet (!) to acknowledge all this and express my full gratitude.
THANKS!!!
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