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Federico Botta

@fedebotta.bsky.social

Senior lecturer in data science at Exeter Computer Science. Fellow at Alan Turing Institute. Works on computational social science, spatial data science, urban analytics, data for policy.

777 Followers  |  500 Following  |  10 Posts  |  Joined: 05.01.2024  |  1.6849

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Community Connections: Informing Urban Liveability Research Dr Federico Botta shares insights from his team's collaboration with Exeter Science Centre, in which both parties sought to better understand Exeter residentsโ€™ views on urban liveability, supported by...

Great to see this blog post on our Community Connections project! It's always a fantastic opportunity to discuss your research with people and learn more about what people actually care about and what matters to them sites.exeter.ac.uk/per/2026/02/...

02.02.2026 16:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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If you're interested in using networks to study urban inequalities, please consider sending your work to this special collection! link.springer.com/collections/... @ronaldomenezes.bsky.social @marianagmmacedo.bsky.social

22.07.2025 10:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Check out Zihao's new paper below! We have a close look at geographical inequalities in timetabled journeys by bus in England, and uncover how travel time variability affects different areas of England. Lots more to come on this!

30.06.2025 09:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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More pictures from the @databeersexe.bsky.social. Thanks @fedebotta.bsky.social for all the work. I basically just had to show up!

23.05.2025 08:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Very excited about tonight!

22.05.2025 08:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Really happy to be organising this with @fedebotta.bsky.social! Come and join us in Exeter!

14.05.2025 11:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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We are all set for May 22nd. Join us for a celebration of data science and beer! We thank Cuckoo Taproom in Exeter and also @lostandgrounded.bsky.social for their sponsorship!
#DataBeers @exeter.ac.uk @fedebotta.bsky.social #Exeter @exetercompsci.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/databeers-...

14.05.2025 11:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Health Data Decoded | Episode 1: Samuel Ball and Edward Hill Health Data Decoded ยท Episode

1/ ๐ŸŽง New episode of 'Health Data Decoded'! ๐ŸŽง #IDSky #EpiSky #SciComm

๐ŸŽ™๏ธ A @livunichil.bsky.social podcast discussing how we can use civic data to improve public health

๐Ÿ‘ฅ First episode introduces the co-hosts (myself & Sam Ball)

๐Ÿ“น Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsaA...

๐Ÿ”— episode on Spotify๐Ÿ‘‡

28.03.2025 10:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
IOPscience - Focus Issue on Urban Mobility and Green Transportation in Sustainable CitiesSearch

The Focus Issue on Urban Mobility and Green Transportation in Sustainable Cities is open for submissions. Visit the webpage for submission guidelines and to view published papers: iopscience.iop.org/collections/...

27.02.2025 09:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Great work by Zihao on this! Very excited to see this out on the ArXiv!

17.02.2025 10:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New preprint out today! Joint work with Rudy Arthur @exetercompsci.bsky.social , we explore the use of Valeriepieris circle as a tool to reveal city and regional boundaries in England and Wales using different data sources. More info here: arxiv.org/pdf/2502.07451

12.02.2025 09:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Check the late-breaking call for @complenet.bsky.social! Let's meet in Fortaleza. complenet.weebly.com/late-breakin...

19.01.2025 23:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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NetSci4SDGs The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015, constitute a roadmap of the broad set of challenges that our society is facing today - from ending pov...

The @netsciconf.bsky.social satellite Network Science for the Sustainable Development Goals is back!

Are you working on #networkscience methods for analyzing the #SDGs, including understanding and measuring vulnerabilities? Submit your abstract by Feb 20 ๐Ÿ‘‡

sites.google.com/view/netsci4....

14.01.2025 08:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 28    ๐Ÿ” 20    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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It's been 2 years since publication, so the embargo on our book (with J. Vallรฉe) "Inequality in geographical space" is over! You can find the postprint files of every chapter of the book as part of this collection hal.science/hal-04369308, including our introductory chapter hal.science/hal-04369338

19.12.2024 12:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 23    ๐Ÿ” 7    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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We are hiring a postdoc/researcher at my group (SUNLab) @nunetsi.bsky.social. Interested in working on multidisciplinary problems like segregation, health, or economic growth from the perspective of Social Urban Networks? Contact me if you are interested. Please share it!

15.11.2024 13:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 46    ๐Ÿ” 53    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 6

Honored to lecture at the 10th-anniversary edition of MSCx and to join such an incredible lineup of speakers.

Having participated in 3 past editions, I can say MSCx stands out not only for its academic excellence but also for its vibrant group dynamics - Mediterranean vibes surely play a role! ๐Ÿ˜€

04.12.2024 15:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Well done @diogofpacheco.bsky.social!

03.12.2024 08:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Good morning @uniofexeter.bsky.social

02.12.2024 09:10 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Hello world!

We have created a starter pack to showcase the work of early career researchers in complex systems.

The list is still under development! If you feel like you might fit in this category, let us know in the comments and we will add you :)

go.bsky.app/95gzSqM

13.11.2024 11:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 71    ๐Ÿ” 33    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Amazing list Manlio, thanks for putting together! Would be great to be added :)

14.11.2024 10:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Particularly delighted and a personal pleasure to be able to announce our next keynote speaker: @suzymoat.bsky.social from @datasciencelab.bsky.social will be joining us in Exeter for @css-conference.bsky.social !

14.03.2024 16:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The first of our keynote speakers! We'll be announcing more of them over the coming days.

05.03.2024 14:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Letโ€™s start with our chairs! @fedebotta.bsky.social
is a Senior Lecturer in Data Science @uniofexeter.bsky.social
and a Turing fellow. His research aims to provide a deeper understanding of human behavior, both at the collective and individual levels, by utilizing novel data streams.

14.02.2024 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The 15-minute city quantified using human mobility data www.nature.com/articles/s41...

06.02.2024 09:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My first post on here, and it's an exciting one! The call for contributions (abstracts & satellites) for CCS 2024 is now live on our brand new website! We are very excited to welcome you to Exeter!

24.01.2024 11:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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