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.

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Latest publications

Small-world scale-free brain networks from EEG with application to motor imagery decoding and brain fingerprinting

Mohammad Davood , Vahid Abootalebi, Hamid Saeedi-Sourck, Andrea Santoro, Harry H. Behjat
Computers in Biology and Medicine206, 111606 (2026)

Mapping regional disparities in discounted grocery products

Antonio Desiderio, Alessia Galdeman, Franziska Bäuerlein, Sune Lehmann
npj Science of Food10, Art. No. 112 (2026)

Language-Agnostic Modeling of Source Reliability on Wikipedia

Jacopo D’Ignazi, Andreas Kaltenbrunner, Yelena Mejova, Michele Tizzani, Kyriaki Kalimeri, Mariano Gastón Beiró, Pablo Aragón
ACM Transactions on the Web20, Art. 2, pp- 1-29 (2026)

Social Structure of Sheep Flocks at Points of the Production Cycle and Relationship to Disease Spread, Using a Simulated Epidemic of Footrot

Katharine E. Lewis, Emily Price, Darren P. Croft, Joss Langford, Laura Ozella, Ciro Cattuto, Rachel Clifton, Laura E. Green
Animals16(4), 587 (2026)

Role of behaviour change in controlling the 2022 Paris mpox outbreak

Davide Maniscalco, Oliver Robineau, Pierre-Yves Boëlle, Mattia Mazzoli, Anne-Sophie Barret, Emilie Chazelle, Alexandra Mailles, Harold Noël, Arnaud Tarantola, Annie Velter, Laura Zanetti, Vittoria Colizza
Nature Health (2026)

Predicting Moral Values in Lyrics Through Audio

Charalampos Saitis, Ben Heyderman, Vjosa Preniqi, Kyriaki Kalimeri, Johan Pauwels
2025 International Conference on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing (CBMI) 1-7 (2025)

Development and validation of the Global Urban Heat Vulnerability Index (GUHVI)

Ryan Turner, Carl Higgs, Chayn Sun, Eugen Resendiz, Ke Peng, Xiaoyu Cheng, Ruth Hunter, Geoff Boeing, Daria Pugacheva, Chen Ruoyu, Deepti Adlakha, Vedankur Kedar, Giovani Longo Rosa, Adewale Oyeyemi, Rossano Schifanella, Pau Serra del Pozo, Gonzalo Peraza-Mues, Joanna Valson, Ester Cerin, Anna Puig-Ribera, Erica Hinckson, Melanie Lowe
Urban Climate64, 102716 (2025)

Small-world scale-free brain networks from EEG with application to motor imagery decoding and brain fingerprinting

Mohammad Davood , Vahid Abootalebi, Hamid Saeedi-Sourck, Andrea Santoro, Harry H. Behjat
Computers in Biology and Medicine206, 111606 (2026)

Mapping regional disparities in discounted grocery products

Antonio Desiderio, Alessia Galdeman, Franziska Bäuerlein, Sune Lehmann
npj Science of Food10, Art. No. 112 (2026)

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.

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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.

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