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Benjamin Steinegger

PhD Programme: Computer Science and Mathematics of Security
Research group: ALEPHSYS – Algorithms embedded in physical systems
Supervisors: Àlex Arenas Moreno & Clara Granell Martorell

Bio

Benjamin Steinegger obtained his bachelor's degree in physics at the École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). During his master in theoretical physics at EPFL he was able to visit the Alephsys Lab of Alex Arenas. The research stay lead to his master thesis entitled “Harnessing disease spreading through voluntary vaccination. A co-evolutionary perspective”. The thesis analyzed the voluntary vaccination uptake through a blend of game theory and epidemiological models. Eventually, he was able to extend his stay in the Alephsys Lab at the URV, where he is working now as a PhD student.

Project: Modelling the interplay between human behaviour and the spread of infectious diseases: From toy models to quantitative approaches

Society evolves through technological and cultural innovations. New ideas diffuse through various channels as for example media outlets or more recently social networks. Furthermore, the media coverage influences the topics in social media and vice versa. In other words, the different channels are in constant feedback with each other, which is a paradigmatic example of a complex system. In this project, we will investigate the spreading of ideas by using the framework of multilayer networks. We will focus on how the different layers/channels interact with each other and which conditions enables ideas to spread. For this analysis we will mix mathematical modeling with numerical simulations.

Open Access publications

  • Alex Arenas, Wesley Cota, Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes, Sergio Gómez, Clara Granell, Joan T. Matamalas, David Soriano-Paños, and Benjamin Steinegger. Modeling the Spatiotemporal Epidemic Spreading of COVID-19 and the Impact of Mobility and Social Distancing Interventions. Phys. Rev. X 10, 041055. View full-text
  • Benjamin Steinegger, Alex Arenas, Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes, and Clara Granell. Pulsating campaigns of human prophylaxis driven by risk perception palliate oscillations of direct contact transmitted diseases Phys. Rev. Research 2, 023181. View full-text
  • Adriana Reyna-Lara, David Soriano-Paños, Sergio Gómez, Clara Granell, Joan T. Matamalas, Benjamin Steinegger, Alex Arenas, and Jesús Gómez-Gardeñes. Virus spread versus contact tracing: Two competing contagion processes. Phys. Rev. Research 3, 013163. View full-text
  • Steinegger B, Arola-Fernández L, Granell C, Gómez-Gardeñes J, Arenas A. Behavioural response to heterogeneous severity of COVID-19 explains temporal variation of cases among different age groups. Philos Trans A Math Phys Eng Sci. 2022 Jan 10;380(2214):20210119. View full-text
  • Burgio, Giulio; Steinegger, Benjamin; Rapisardi, Giacomo; Arenas, Alex. Homophily in the adoption of digital proximity tracing apps shapes the evolution of epidemics. PhysRevResearch.3.033128, 2021. View full-text
  • Burgio, G., Steinegger, B. & Arenas, A. Homophily impacts the success of vaccine roll-outs. Commun Phys 5, 70 (2022). View full-text
  • Steinegger, B., Iacopini, I., Teixeira, A.S. et al. Non-selective distribution of infectious disease prevention may outperform risk-based targeting. Nat Commun 13, 3028 (2022). View full-text
  • PHD THESIS: Modelling the interplay between human behaviour and the spread of infectious diseases: From toy models to quantitative approaches

Outreach activities

  • Science Week, EIC, 2020: "Modeling of epidemics”.

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