Dr Vincenzo Nicosia
Senior Lecturer in Networks and Data Analysis
School of Mathematical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
Complex Networks, Complex Systems, Non-linear Dynamics, Spatial Networks, Multi-layer networks
Publications
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Complex Systems2023
Haughey MJ, Bassolas A, Sousa S, Baker A-M, Graham TA, Nicosia V and Huang W (2023). First passage time analysis of spatial mutation patterns reveals sub-clonal evolutionary dynamics in colorectal cancer. PLoS Comput. Biol. vol. 19 01-03-2023
2022
Bassolas A, Holmgren A, Marot A, Rosvall M and Nicosia V (2022). Mapping nonlocal relationships between metadata and network structure with metadata-dependent encoding of random walks. Science Advances, American Association for the Advancement of Science vol. 8 (43) 28-10-2022
Sousa S and Nicosia V (2022). Quantifying ethnic segregation in cities through random walks. Nature Communications, Nature Research vol. 13 (1) 03-10-2022
Bassolas A, Santoro A, Sousa S, Rognone S and Nicosia V (2022). Optimising the mitigation of epidemic spreading through targeted
adoption of contact tracing apps. Physical Review Research, American Physical Society 02-05-2022
Bassolas A, Santoro A, Sousa S, Rognone S and Nicosia V (2022). Optimizing the mitigation of epidemic spreading through targeted adoption of contact tracing apps. Physical Review Research, American Physical Society vol. 4 (2) 02-05-2022
Aguilar J, Bassolas A, Ghoshal G, Hazarie S, Kirkley A, Mazzoli M, Meloni S, Mimar S, Nicosia V, Ramasco JJ and Sadilek A (2022). Impact of urban structure on infectious disease spreading. Scientific Reports, Nature Research vol. 12 (1), 3816-3816. 09-03-2022
Haughey MJ, Bassolas A, Sousa S, Baker A-M, Graham TA, Nicosia V and Huang W (2022). First passage time analysis of spatial mutation patterns reveals evolutionary dynamics of pre-existing resistance in colorectal cancer. 24-02-2022
Barnes MR, Nicosia V and Clegg RG (2022). Measuring Equality and Hierarchical Mobility on Abstract Complex Networks. Complex Networks XIII 15-28. 01-01-2022
2021
Bassolas A, Eriksson A, Marot A, Rosvall M and Nicosia V (2021). Metadata-informed community detection with lazy encoding using absorbing random walks. 09-11-2021
Miller J, Nicosia V and Sandler M (2021). Discovering Common Practice: Using Graph Theory to Compare Harmonic Sequences in Musical Audio Collections. 8th International Conference on Digital Libraries for Musicology. 28-07-2021
Bassolas A and Nicosia V (2021). First-passage times to quantify and compare structural correlations and heterogeneity in complex systems. Communications Physics, Nature Research vol. 4 (1) 15-04-2021
Bassolas A, Sousa S and Nicosia V (2021). Diffusion segregation and the disproportionate incidence of COVID-19 in African American communities. Journal of The Royal Society Interface, The Royal Society vol. 18 (174) 01-01-2021
Bassolas A, Eriksson A, Marot A, Rosvall M and Nicosia V (2021). Metadata-informed community detection with lazy encoding using absorbing random walks. CoRR vol. abs/2111.05158 01-01-2021
2020
Sousa S and Nicosia V (2020). Quantifying ethnic segregation in cities through random walks. 30-10-2020
Santoro A and Nicosia V (2020). Optimal percolation in correlated multilayer networks with overlap. Physical Review Research vol. 2 (3), 033122-033122. 22-07-2020
Bassolas A, Sousa S and Nicosia V (2020). Disproportionate incidence of COVID-19 in African Americans correlates with dynamic segregation. 10-07-2020
Santoro A and Nicosia V (2020). Algorithmic complexity of multiplex networks. Physical Review X, American Physical Society 26-06-2020
Fano Yela D, Thalmann F, Nicosia V, Stowell D and Sandler M (2020). Online visibility graphs: Encoding visibility in a binary search tree. Physical Review Research, American Physical Society (APS) vol. 2 (2) 23-04-2020
Flanagan R, Lacasa L and Nicosia V (2020). On the spectral properties of Feigenbaum graphs. Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical vol. 53 (2) 01-01-2020
2018
Santoro A, Latora V, Nicosia G and Nicosia V (2018). Pareto optimality in multilayer network growth. Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society vol. 121 (12), 128302-128302. 20-09-2018
Lacasa L, Mariño IP, Miguez J, Nicosia V, Roldán É, Lisica A, Grill SW and Gómez-Gardeñes J (2018). Multiplex Decomposition of Non-Markovian Dynamics and the Hidden Layer Reconstruction Problem. Physical Review X vol. 8 (3) 07-08-2018
Avalos-Gaytán V, Almendral JA, Leyva I, Battiston F, Nicosia V, Latora V and Boccaletti S (2018). Emergent explosive synchronization in adaptive complex networks. Phys Rev E vol. 97 (4-1), 042301-042301. 04-04-2018
2017
Bonaventura M, Latora V, Nicosia V and Panzarasa P (2017). The advantages of interdisciplinarity in modern science. arXiv 21-12-2017
Musmeci N, Nicosia V, Aste T, Di Matteo T and Latora V (2017). The Multiplex Dependency Structure of Financial Markets. COMPLEXITY 20-09-2017
Musmeci N, Nicosia V, Aste T, Matteo TD and Latora V (2017). The Multiplex Dependency Structure of Financial Markets. Complexity vol. 2017, 9586064:1-9586064:1. 20-09-2017
Ellwood SA, Newman C, Montgomery RA, NICOSIA VM, Bueshing CD, Markham A, Trigoni N, Pasztor B, Dyo V, Latora V, Baker SE and Macdonald DW (2017). An active-radio-frequency-identification system capable of identifying co-locations and social-structure: Validation with a wild free-ranging animal. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, Wiley 17-07-2017
Battiston F, Nicosia V, Latora V and Miguel MS (2017). Layered social influence promotes multiculturality in the Axelrod model. Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 7 (1) 12-05-2017
Battiston F, Nicosia V, Chavez M and Latora V (2017). Multilayer motif analysis of brain networks. Chaos vol. 27 (4) 01-04-2017
Battiston F, Nicosia V and Latora V (2017). The new challenges of multiplex networks: Measures and models. European Physical Journal: Special Topics vol. 226 (3), 401-416. 01-02-2017
2016
Battiston F, Cairoli A, Nicosia V, Baule A and Latora V (2016). Interplay between consensus and coherence in a model of interacting opinions. Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena vol. 323-324, 12-19. 01-06-2016
Fiasconaro A, Strano E, Nicosia V, Porta S and Latora V (2016). Correction: Spatio-temporal analysis of micro economic activities in rome reveals patterns of mixed-use urban evolution. PLoS ONE vol. 11 (5) 16-05-2016
Battiston F, Nicosia V and Latora V (2016). Efficient exploration of multiplex networks. New Journal of Physics, IOP Publishing: Open Access Journals vol. 18 (4) 01-04-2016
Fiasconaro A, Strano E, Nicosia V, Porta S and Latora V (2016). Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Micro Economic Activities in Rome Reveals Patterns of Mixed-Use Urban Evolution. PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science (PLoS) vol. 11 (3) 16-03-2016
Ciotti V, Bonaventura M, Nicosia V, Panzarasa P and Latora V (2016). Homophily and missing links in citation networks. EPJ Data Science vol. 5 (1) 03-03-2016
Diakonova M, Nicosia V, Latora V and Miguel MS (2016). Irreducibility of multilayer network dynamics: The case of the voter model. New Journal of Physics vol. 18 (2) 29-01-2016
Battiston F, Iacovacci J, Nicosia V, Bianconi G and Latora V (2016). Emergence of Multiplex Communities in Collaboration Networks. PLoS One vol. 11 (1), e0147451-e0147451. 27-01-2016
Battiston F, Nicosia V, Latora V and Miguel MS (2016). Robust multiculturality emerges from layered social influence. CoRR vol. abs/1606.05641 01-01-2016
Ciotti V, Bonaventura M, Nicosia V, Panzarasa P and Latora V (2016). Homophily and missing links in citation networks. EPJ Data Sci. vol. 5, 7-7. 01-01-2016
2015
Fiasconaro A, Tumminello M, Nicosia V, Latora V and Mantegna RN (2015). Hybrid recommendation methods in complex networks. Physical Review E, American Physical Society (APS) vol. 92 (1) 01-07-2015
De Domenico M, Nicosia V, Arenas A and Latora V (2015). Structural reducibility of multilayer networks. Nature Communications vol. 6 23-04-2015
Battiston F, Nicosia V and Latora V (2015). Biased random walks on multiplex networks. CoRR vol. abs/1505.01378 01-01-2015
2014
Nicosia V, Bianconi G, Latora V and Barthelemy M (2014). Nonlinear growth and condensation in multiplex networks. Physical Review E, American Physical Society vol. 90, 042807-042807. 14-10-2014
Lacasa L, Nicosia V and Latora V (2014). Network structure of multivariate time series. Sci. Rep. vol. 5 05-08-2014
Nicosia V, Skardal PS, Arenas A and Latora V (2014). Collective phenomena emerging from the interactions between dynamical
processes in multiplex networks. Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 118 22-05-2014
Nicosia V and Latora V (2014). Measuring and modelling correlations in multiplex networks. Phys. Rev. E vol. 92 06-03-2014
Fallani FDV, Nicosia V, Latora V and Chavez M (2014). Non-parametric resampling of random walks for spectral network
clustering. Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, American Physical Society vol. 89 09-01-2014
Bonaventura M, Nicosia V and Latora V (2014). Characteristic times of biased random walks on complex networks. Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, American Physical Society vol. 89 09-01-2014
Cavallaro M, Asprone D, Latora V, Manfredi G and Nicosia V (2014). Assessment of urban ecosystem resilience through hybrid social-physical complex networks. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering 01-01-2014
Cavallaro M, Asprone D, Latora V, Manfredi G and Nicosia V (2014). Assessment of Urban Ecosystem Resilience through Hybrid Social-Physical Complex Networks. Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering vol. 29 (8), 608-625. 01-01-2014
De Vico Fallani F, Nicosia V, Latora V and Chavez M (2014). Nonparametric resampling of random walks for spectral network clustering. Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics vol. 89 (1) 01-01-2014
2013
Asprone D, Cavallaro M, Latora V, Manfredi G and Nicosia V (2013). Urban network resilience analysis in case of earthquakes. Safety, Reliability, Risk and Life-Cycle Performance of Structures and Infrastructures - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Structural Safety and Reliability, ICOSSAR 2013, 4069-4075. 01-12-2013
Battiston F, Nicosia V and Latora V (2013). Structural measures for multiplex networks. Phys. Rev. E vol. 89 14-08-2013
Nicosia V, Bianconi G, Latora V and Barthelemy M (2013). Growing multiplex networks. Physical review letters vol. 111 (5) 02-08-2013
Nicosia V, Domenico MD and Latora V (2013). Characteristic exponents of complex networks. EPL vol. 106 17-06-2013
Karamshuk D, Noulas A, Scellato S, Nicosia V and Mascolo C (2013). Geo-Spotting: Mining Online Location-based Services for Optimal Retail
Store Placement. 07-06-2013
Nicosia V, Tang J, Mascolo C, Musolesi M, Russo G and Latora V (2013). Graph Metrics for Temporal Networks. 03-06-2013
Tang J, Leontiadis I, Scellato S, Nicosia V, Mascolo C, Musolesi M and Latora V (2013). Applications of Temporal Graph Metrics to Real-World Networks. Chapter in Temporal Networks (Petter Holme and Jari Saram\"aki
editors). Springer. Berlin, Heidelberg 2013 30-05-2013
Nicosia V, Vértes PE, Schafer WR, Latora V and Bullmore ET (2013). Phase transition in the economically modeled growth of a cellular
nervous system. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA vol. 110, 7880-7885. 27-04-2013
Nicosia V, Valencia M, Chavez M, Díaz-Guilera A and Latora V (2013). Remote synchronization reveals network symmetries and functional modules. Physical Review Letters, American Physical Society vol. 110 (17) 25-04-2013
Brown C, Nicosia V, Scellato S, Noulas A and Mascolo C (2013). Social and place-focused communities in location-based online social
networks. C. Brown, V. Nicosia, S. Scellato, A. Noulas, C. Mascolo "Social
and place-focused communities in location-based online social networks", Eur.
Phys. J. B 86 (6), 290 (2013) 26-03-2013
Nicosia V, Bianconi G, Latora V and Barthelemy M (2013). Growing multiplex networks. Phys. Rev. Lett. vol. 111 28-02-2013
Asprone D, Cavallaro M, Latora V, Manfredi G and Nicosia V (2013). Assessment of urban ecosystem resilience using the efficiency of hybrid
social-physical complex networks. 13-02-2013
Cardillo A, Petri G, Nicosia V, Sinatra R, Gómez-Gardeñes J and Latora V (2013). Evolutionary dynamics of time-resolved social interactions. Physical Review E vol. 90 04-02-2013
Nicosia V, Machida T, Wilson R, Hancock E, Konno N, Latora V and Severini S (2013). Co-evolution of networks and quantum dynamics: a generalization of
preferential attachment. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 04-02-2013
Latora V, Nicosia V and Panzarasa P (2013). Social Cohesion, Structural Holes, and a Tale of Two Measures. Journal of Statistical Physics, 1-20. 01-01-2013
Karamshuk D, Noulas A, Scellato S, Nicosia V and Mascolo C (2013). Geo-spotting: mining online location-based services for optimal retail store placement., Editors: Dhillon IS, Koren Y, Ghani R, Senator TE, Bradley P, Parekh R, He J, Grossman RL and Uthurusamy R. 01-01-2013
Nicosia V, Tang J, Mascolo C, Musolesi M, Russo G and Latora V (2013). Graph Metrics for Temporal Networks. Temporal Networks 15-40. 01-01-2013
Tang J, Leontiadis I, Scellato S, Nicosia V, Mascolo C, Musolesi M and Latora V (2013). Applications of Temporal Graph Metrics to Real-World Networks. Temporal Networks 135-159. 01-01-2013
2012
Gómez-Gardeñes J, Nicosia V, Sinatra R and Latora V (2012). Motion-induced synchronization in metapopulations of mobile agents. Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics vol. 87 19-11-2012
Brown C, Nicosia V, Scellato S, Noulas A and Mascolo C (2012). The importance of being placefriends: Discovering location-focused online communities. WOSN'12 - Proceedings of the ACM Workshop on Online Social Networks, 31-36. 28-09-2012
Strano E, Nicosia V, Latora V, Porta S and Barthelemy M (2012). Elementary processes governing the evolution of road networks. Scientific Reports, Nature publishing vol. 2 01-03-2012
Latora V, Nicosia V and Panzarasa P (2012). Social cohesion, structural holes, and a tale of two measures. CoRR vol. abs/1211.0719 01-01-2012
Brown C, Nicosia V, Scellato S, Noulas A and Mascolo C (2012). Where Online Friends Meet: Social Communities in Location-Based Networks., Editors: Breslin JG, Ellison NB, Shanahan JG and Tufekci Z. 01-01-2012
2011
Nicosia V, Criado R, Romance M, Russo G and Latora V (2011). Controlling centrality in complex networks. 21-09-2011
Nicosia V, Tang J, Musolesi M, Russo G, Mascolo C and Latora V (2011). Components in time-varying graphs. Chaos vol. 22 10-06-2011
Fallani FDV, Nicosia V, Sinatra R, Astolfi L, Cincotti F, Mattia D, Wilke C, Doud A, Latora V, He B and Babiloni F (2011). Defecting or not defecting: how to read human behavior during
cooperative games by EEG measurements. PLoS ONE 5(12): e14187 (2010) 27-01-2011
2010
Sinatra R, Gómez-Gardeñes J, Lambiotte R, Nicosia V and Latora V (2010). Maximal-entropy random walks in complex networks with limited
information. Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics, American Physical Society vol. 83 28-07-2010
Nicosia V, Bagnoli F and Latora V (2010). Impact of network structure on a model of diffusion and competitive
interaction. Europhysics Letters: a letters journal exploring the frontiers of physics vol. 94 22-06-2010
Tang JK, Musolesi M, Mascolo C, Latora V and Nicosia V (2010). Analysing information flows and key mediators through temporal centrality metrics., Editors: Yoneki E, Bursztein E and Stein T. 01-01-2010
Carchiolo V, Malgeri M, Mangioni G and Nicosia V (2010). An adaptive overlay network inspired by social behaviour. J. Parallel Distributed Comput. vol. 70, 282-295. 01-01-2010
Fichera L, Marletta D, Nicosia V and Santoro C (2010). A Methodology to Extend Imperative Languages with AgentSpeak Declarative Constructs., Editors: Omicini A and Viroli M. 01-01-2010
Fichera L, Marletta D, Nicosia V and Santoro C (2010). Flexible Robot Strategy Design Using Belief-Desire-Intention Model., Editors: Obdrzálek D and Gottscheber A. 01-01-2010
2009
(2009). Complex Networks - Results of the 2009 International Workshop on Complex Networks, CompleNet 2009, Catania, Italy., Editors: Fortunato S, Mangioni G, Menezes R and Nicosia V. 01-01-2009
2008
Nicosia V, Mangioni G, Carchiolo V and Malgeri M (2008). Extending the definition of modularity to directed graphs with
overlapping communities. Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 10-01-2008
Carchiolo V, Malgeri M, Mangioni G and Nicosia V (2008). Emerging structures of P2P networks induced by social relationships. Comput. Commun. vol. 31, 620-628. 01-01-2008
Carchiolo V, Longheu A, Malgeri M, Mangioni G and Nicosia V (2008). The Dilemma of Trust: a Social Network Based Approach. Scalable Comput. Pract. Exp. vol. 9 01-01-2008
Carchiolo V, Longheu A, Mangioni G and Nicosia V (2008). Adaptive E-Learning: An Architecture Based on PROSAP2P Network., Editors: Nguyen NT, Borzemski L, Grzech A and Ali M. 01-01-2008
Popescu E, Nicosia V and Graf S (2008). Proceedings - 2008 International Symposium on Applications and the Internet, SAINT 2008: Message from the organizers of the workshop on social and personal computing for web-supported learning communities SPeL 2008. Proceedings - 2008 International Symposium on Applications and the Internet, SAINT 2008 01-01-2008
2007
Carchiolo V, Malgeri M, Mangioni G and Nicosia V (2007). On robustness and self-adaptiveness of a socially inspired P2P network. 22nd International Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, ISCIS 2007 - Proceedings, 322-327. 01-12-2007
Nicosia V, Mangioni G, Carchiolo V and Malgeri M (2007). Efficient Searching and Retrieval of Documents in PROSA. 22-02-2007
Nicosia V, Mangioni G, Carchiolo V and Malgeri M (2007). Exploiting social networks dynamics for P2P resource organisation. Lecture Notes on Computer Science (LNCS) 4263 (2006) 22-02-2007
Carchiolo V, Malgeri M, Mangioni G and Nicosia V (2007). Social Behaviours Applied to P2P Systems: An efficient Algorithm for
Resource Organisation. 15th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies:
Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises, 2006. WETICE '06. June 2006
Page(s):65 - 72 14-02-2007
Carchiolo V, Malgeri M, Mangioni G and Nicosia V (2007). Fast Information Retrieval in a Self-Organising P2P Network. J. Comput. vol. 2, 75-81. 01-01-2007
Nicosia V, Mangioni G, Carchiolo V and Malgeri M (2007). Exploiting social networks dynamics for P2P resource organisation. CoRR vol. abs/cs/0702127 01-01-2007
Carchiolo V, Longheu A, Malgeri M, Mangioni G and Nicosia V (2007). Applying Social Behaviours to Model Trusting., Editors: Badica C and Paprzycki M. 01-01-2007
Carchiolo V, Longheu A, Malgeri M, Mangioni G and Nicosia V (2007). An Approach to Trust Based on Social Networks., Editors: Benatallah B, Casati F, Georgakopoulos D, Bartolini C, Sadiq W and Godart C. 01-01-2007
2006
Carchiolo V, Malgeri M, Mangioni G and Nicosia V (2006). Evaluating the Dynamic Behaviour of PROSA P2P Network., Editors: Guo M, Yang LT, Martino BD, Zima HP, Dongarra JJ and Tang F. 01-01-2006
Carchiolo V, Malgeri M, Mangioni G and Nicosia V (2006). Social Behaviours in P2P Systems: An Efficient Algorithm for Resource Organisation. 01-01-2006
Nicosia V, Spampinato C and Santoro C (2006). Software Agents for Autonomous Robots: the Eurobot 2006 Experience., Editors: Paoli FD, Stefano AD, Omicini A and Santoro C. 01-01-2006
Carchiolo V, Malgeri M, Mangioni G and Nicosia V (2006). Self-Organisation of Resources in PROSA P2P Network., Editors: Keller A and Martin-Flatin J-P. 01-01-2006
Carchiolo V, Malgeri M, Mangioni G and Nicosia V (2006). Efficient Searching and Retrieval of Documents in PROSA., Editors: Moro G, Bergamaschi S, Joseph S, Morin J-H and Ouksel AM. 01-01-2006
Carchiolo V, Malgeri M, Mangioni G and Nicosia V (2006). PROSA: P2P Resource Organisation by Social Acquaintances., Editors: Joseph S, Despotovic Z, Moro G and Bergamaschi S. 01-01-2006
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Complex SystemsAssessing spatial heterogeneity through random walks on graphsVincenzo Nicosia
£162,886 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (01-09-2019 - 31-08-2021)