Research
A dialogue between scientific disciplines, to enhance the social impact of data
ISI Foundation is a nonprofit research institution committed to interdisciplinary data-driven science and scientific knowledge at the service of society.
The Foundation operates globally, leveraging decades of expertise in computational sciences, complex systems, data science, and aiming to impact domains spanning sustainable development, public health, economic inequality, and humanitarian response.
Latest publications
Towards a global machine learning based impact model for tropical cyclones
Political context of the European vaccine debate on Twitter
Estimating household contact matrices structure from easily collectable metadata
What does a text classifier learn about morality? An explainable method for cross-domain comparison of moral rhetoric
Unraveling the COVID-19 hospitalization dynamics in Spain using Bayesian inference
The Thin Ideology of Populist Advertising on Facebook during the 2019 EU Elections
The Pursuit of Peer Support for Opioid Use Recovery on Reddit
The limits of human mobility traces to predict the spread of COVID-19: a transfer entropy approach
The adoption of non-pharmaceutical interventions and the role of digital infrastructure during the COVID-19 pandemic in Colombia, Ecuador, and El Salvador
Towards a global machine learning based impact model for tropical cyclones
Political context of the European vaccine debate on Twitter
Estimating household contact matrices structure from easily collectable metadata
Education
Data talent to face complexity
The ISI Foundation offers high-profile postgraduate and postdoctoral research opportunities, including the decade-long Lagrange Scholarships program. Its research emphasizes collaborative partnerships with universities, industry, and public sector actors, providing a training environment that is closely linked to impact stakeholders.
Community
Building collaborative communities for transforming knowledge into action
Leveraging its global and cross-disciplinary scientific network, the ISI Foundation is a hub for fundamental and applied research in complex systems, data science and their application to address societal challenges. Through partnerships and collaborative projects, the Foundation serves as a vital link, bridging the gap between academic research and practical impact stakeholders in data science. Committed to fostering a culture that is informed by data and nurturing valuable relationships, the ISI Foundation aims at driving positive societal change.
LATEST
Workshop “Accelerating Access to Non-Traditional Data for Pandemic Modeling and Response”
Time08:00 18:00
Call for Lagrange applied research scholarships 2023/2024
Collective Coordination through Online Social Media
Time14:30 15:30
Using a co-incidence network to reveal human interaction patterns
Time15:00 16:00