People

Daniela Paolotti

Senior Research Scientist

Fields of study:
Computational and Digital Epidemiology, Data Science for Social Impact

Home page: danielapaolotti.squarespace.com

Project manager of the Italian web platform for Influenza-like Illness Surveillance: https://www.influweb.it/

Publications

Impact of tiered measures on social contact and mixing patterns of in Italy during the second wave of COVID-19

M. Tizzani, A. De Gaetano, C. I. Jarvis, A. Gimma, K. Wong, W. J. Edmunds, P. Beutels, N. Hens, P. Coletti, D. Paolotti
BMC Public Health 23:906 (2023)

Participatory Surveillance for COVID-19 Trend Detection in Brazil: Cross-sectional Study

S. Wittwer, D. Paolotti, G. Lichand, O. Leal Neto
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 9:e44517 (2023)

Attitudes towards booster, testing and isolation, and their impact on COVID-19 response in winter 2022/2023 in France, Belgium, and Italy: a cross-sectional survey and modelling study

G. De Meijere, E. Valdano, C. Castellano, M. Debin, C. Kengne-Kuetche, C. Turbelin, H. Noël, J. S. Weitz, D. Paolotti, L. Hermans, N. Hens, V. Colizza
The Lancet Regional Health - Europe 100614 (2023)

On the forecastability of food insecurity

P. Foini, M. Tizzoni, G. Martini, D. Paolotti, E. Omodei
Scientific Reports 13, 2793 (2023)

Strengths and limitations of relative wealth indices derived from big data in Indonesia

D. Sartirano, K. Kalimeri, C. Cattuto, E. Delamónica, M. Garcia-Herranz, A. Mockler, D. Paolotti, R. Schifanella
Frontiers in Big Data 6 (2023)

Psychotropic drug purchases during the COVID‑19 pandemic in Italy and their relationship with mobility restrictions

F. Marazzi, A. Piano Mortari, F. Belotti, G. Carrà, C. Cattuto, J. Kopinska, D. Paolotti, V. Atella
Scientific Reports 12, 19336 (2022)

Comparing Sources of Mobility for Modelling the Epidemic Spread of Zika Virus in Colombia

D. Perrotta, E. Frias-Martinez, A. Pastore Y Piontti, Q. Zhang, M. Luengo-Oroz, D. Paolotti, M. Tizzoni, A. Vespignani
PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 16(7): e0010565 (2022)

Echoes through Time: Evolution of the Italian COVID-19 Vaccination Debate

G. Crupi, Y. Mejova, M. Tizzani, D. Paolotti, A. Panisson
Proceedings of the Sixteenth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media 16(1) (2022)

Complex Systems for the Most Vulnerable

E. Omodei, M. Garcia-Herranz, D. Paolotti, M. Tizzoni
Journal of Physics: Complexity (2022)

Are People Optimistically Biased about the Risk of COVID-19 infection? Lessons from the first wave of the pandemic in Europe

K. McColl, M. Debin, C. Souty, C. Guerrisi, C. Turbelin, A. Falchi, I. Bonmarin, D. Paolotti, C. Obi, J. Duggan, Y. Moreno, A. Wisniak, A. Flahault, T. Blanchon, V. Colizza, J. Raude
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19 (1), 436 (2021)

Systemic liquidity contagion in the European interbank market

V. Macchiati, G. Brandi, T. Di Matteo, D. Paolotti, G. Caldarelli, G. Cimini
Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination (2021)

Using wearable proximity sensors to characterize social contact patterns in a village of rural Malawi

L. Ozella, D. Paolotti, G. Lichand, J. P. Rodríguez, S. Haenni, J. Phuka, O. L. Neto, C. Cattuto
EPJ Data Science 10:46 (2021)

Self-initiated behavioral change and disease resurgence on activity-driven networks

N. Gozzi, M. Scudeler, D. Paolotti, A. Baronchelli, N. Perra
Physical Review E 104, 014307 (2021)

Developing Real Estate Automated Valuation Models by Learning from Heterogeneous Data Sources

F. Bergadano, R. Bertilone, D. Paolotti, G. Ruffo
International Journal of Real Estate Studies (INTREST) 15(1) (2021)

Risk factors associated with the incidence of self-reported COVID-19-like illness: data from a web-based syndromic surveillance system in the Netherlands

S. A. McDonald, C. C. van den Wijngaard, C. C. H. Wielders, I. H. M. Friesema, L. Soetens, D. Paolotti, S. van den Hof, A. J. van Hoek
Epidemiology & Infection 149, e129 (2021)

Prediction of new scientific collaborations through multiplex networks

M. Tuninetti, A. Aleta, D. Paolotti, Y. Moreno, M. Starnini
EPJ Data Science 10:25 (2021)

Clandestino or Rifugiato? Anti-immigration Facebook Ad Targeting in Italy

A. Capozzi Lupi, G. De Francisci Morales, Y. Mejova, C. Monti, A. Panisson, D. Paolotti
CHI '21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 179 (2021)

Developing Annotated Resources for Internal Displacement Monitoring

F. Poletto, Y. Zhang, A. Panisson, Y. Mejova, D. Paolotti, S. Ponserre
Companion Proceedings of the Web Conference 2021 (WWW ’21 Companion) (2021)

Combining Wearable Devices and Mobile Surveys to Study Child and Youth Development in Malawi: Implementation Study of a Multimodal Approach

O. L. Neto, S. Haenni, J. Phuka, L. Ozella, D. Paolotti, C. Cattuto, D. Robles, G. Lichand
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 7 (3), e23154 (2021)

Link prediction in multiplex networks via triadic closure

A. Aleta, M. Tuninetti, D. Paolotti, Y. Moreno, M. Starnini
Physical Review Research 2, 4 (2020)

Collective Response to Media Coverage of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Reddit and Wikipedia: Mixed-Methods Analysis

N. Gozzi, M. Tizzani, M. Starnini, F. Ciulla, D. Paolotti, A. Panisson, N. Perra
Journal of Medical Internet Research 22 (10) (2020)

Facebook Ads: Politics of Migration in Italy

A. Capozzi Lupi, G. De Francisci Morales, Y. Mejova, C. Monti, A. Panisson, D. Paolotti
Proceeding SocInfo 2020: Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series LNCS, Vol. 12467 (2020)

Young Adult Unemployment Through the Lens of Social Media: Italy as a Case Study

A. Urbinati, K. Kalimeri, A. Bonanomi, A. Rosina, C. Cattuto, D. Paolotti
Proceeding SocInfo 2020: Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series LNCS, Vol. 12467 (2020)

A computational framework for modeling and studying pertussis epidemiology and vaccination

P. Castagno, S. Pernice, G. Ghetti, M. Povero, L. Prandelli, D. Paolotti, G. Balbo, M. Sereno, M. Beccuti
BMC Bioinformatics 21:344 (2020)

Grippenet: A New Tool for the Monitoring, Risk-Factor and Vaccination Coverage Analysis of Influenza-Like Illness in Switzerland

A. Richard, L. Mueller, A. Wisniak, A. Thiabaud, T. Merle, D. Dietrich, D. Paolotti, E. Jeannot, A. Flahault
Vaccines 8/3 (2020)

Falling into the Echo Chamber: The Italian Vaccination Debate on Twitter

A. Cossard, G. De Francisci Morales, K. Kalimeri, Y. Mejova, D. Paolotti, M. Starnini
Proceedings of the Fourteenth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media 14(1) (2020)

Towards a data-driven characterization of behavioral changes induced by the seasonal flu

N. Gozzi, D. Perrotta, D. Paolotti, N. Perra
PLOS Computational Biology 16(5): e1007879 (2020)

Reports of the Workshops Held at the 2019 International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media

D. Alburez-Gutierrez, E. Chandrasekharan, R. Chunara, S. Gil-Clavel, A. Hannak, R. Interdonato, K. Joseph, K. Kalimeri, M. M. Malik, K. Mayer, Y. Mejova, D. Paolotti, E. Zagheni
AI Magazine 40 (4) (2019)

Spatio-temporal Analysis of Flu-related Drugs Uptake in an Online Cohort in England

D. Perrotta, D. Paolotti, D. Delle Vedove, C. Obi, R. Pebody, R. Schifanella
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Digital Public Health (2019)

Digital Health Innovation: From Proof of Concept to Public Value

D. Paolotti, U. Shah, M. Edelstein, O. L. Neto, P. Kostkova, C. Wood
Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Digital Public Health (2019)

Participatory Disease Surveillance Systems: Ethical Framework

L. D. Geneviève, A. Martani, T. Wangmo, D. Paolotti, C. Koppeschaar, C. Kjelsø, C. Guerrisi, M. Hirsch, O. Woolley-Meza, P. Lukowicz, A. Flahault, B. S. Elger
Journal of Medical Internet Research 21, 5 e12273 (2019)

Unsupervised extraction of epidemic syndromes from participatory influenza surveillance self-reported symptoms

K. Kalimeri, M. Delfino, C. Cattuto, D. Perrotta, V. Colizza, C. Guerrisi, C. Turbelin, J. Duggan, J. Edmunds, C. Obi, R. Peabody, A. Franco, Y. Moreno, S. Meloni, C. Koppeschaar, C. Kjelsø, R. Mexia, D. Paolotti
PLOS Computational Biology 15(4): e1006173 (2019)

Global flu view: a platform to connect crowdsourced disease surveillance around the world

A. W. Crawley, D. Paolotti, F. Dalton, J. S. Brownstein, M. Smolinski
International Journal of Infectious Diseases 79 (2019)

How Search Engine Data Enhance the Understanding of Determinants of Suicide in India and Inform Prevention: Observational Study

N. Adler, C. Cattuto, K. Kalimeri, D. Paolotti, M. Tizzoni, S. Verhulst, E. Yom-Tov, A. Young
Journal of Medical Internet Research 21(1): e10179 (2019)

grippeNET App: Enhancing, Participatory Influenza Monitoring Through Mobile Phone Sensors

M. Hirsch, O. Woolley-Meza, D. Paolotti, A. Flahault, P. Lukowicz
Proceedings of UbiComp/ISWC’18 Adjunct (2018)

A Topological Data Analysis Approach to Influenza-Like-Illness

J. Costa, P. Skraba, D. Paolotti, R. Mexia
Proceedings of the ACM SIGKDD Workshop on Epidemiology meets Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery (epiDAMIK) (2018)

Self-Swabbing for Virological Confirmation of Influenza-Like Illness Among an Internet-Based Cohort in the UK During the 2014-2015 Flu Season: Pilot Study

C. Wenham, E. Gray, C. Keane, M. Donati, D. Paolotti, R. Pebody, E. Fragaszy, R. McKendry, J. Edmunds
J Med Internet Res 20,3 (2018)

Combining Participatory Influenza Surveillance with Modeling and Forecasting: Three Alternative Approaches

J. S. Brownstein, S. Chu, A. Marathe, M. V. Marathe, A. T. Nguyen, D. Paolotti, N. Perra, D. Perrotta, M. Santillana, S. Swarup, M. Tizzoni, A. Vespignani, A. K. Vullikanti, M. L. Wilson, Q. Zhang
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 3, No 4 Oct-Dec (2017)

Influenzanet: Citizens Among 10 Countries Collaborating to Monitor Influenza in Europe

C. Koppeschaar, V. Colizza, C. Guerrisi, C. Turbelin, J. Duggan, J. Edmunds, C. Kjelsø, R. Mexia, Y. Moreno, S. Meloni, D. Paolotti, D. Perrotta, E. van Straten, A. O Franco
JMIR Public Health and Surveillance 3(3):e66 (2017)

Forecasting Seasonal Influenza Fusing Digital Indicators and a Mechanistic Disease Model

Q. Zhang, N. Perra, D. Perrotta, M. Tizzoni, D. Paolotti, A. Vespignani
Proceeding of the 26th International Conference on World Wide Web (WWW) (2017)

Using Participatory Web-based Surveillance Data to Improve Seasonal Influenza Forecasting in Italy

D. Perrotta, M. Tizzoni, D. Paolotti
Proceeding of the 26th International Conference on World Wide Web (WWW) (2017)

Participatory Syndromic Surveillance of Influenza in Europe

C. Guerrisi, C. Turbelin, T. Blanchon, T. Hanslik, I. Bonmarin, D. Levy-Bruhl, D. Perrotta, D. Paolotti, R. Smallenburg, C. Koppeschaar, A. O Franco, R. Mexia, J. Edmunds, R. Vasile, R. Pebody, E. van Straten, S. Meloni, Y. Moreno, J. Duggan, C. Kjelsø, V. Colizza
J Infect Dis. 214 (supp 4): S386-S392 (2016)

Supporting Epidemic Intelligence, Personalised and Public Health with advanced computational methods

J. Pita Costa, D. Paolotti, F. Fuart, P. Škraba, E. Belayeva, I. Novalija
Conference Paper : EM-Health Workshop-Zdravje Ljubljana (2015)

Social Data Mining and Seasonal Influenza Forecasts: The FluOutlook Platform

Q. Zhang, C. Gioannini, D. Paolotti, N. Perra, D. Perrotta, M. Quaggiotto, M. Tizzoni, A. Vespignani
Lecture Notes in Computer Science 9286 (2015)

Association between Recruitment Methods and Attrition in Internet-Based Studies

P. Bajardi, D. Paolotti, A. Vespignani, K. Eames, S. Funk, J. Edmunds, C. Turbelin, M. Debin, V. Colizza, R. Smallenburg, C. Koppeschaar, A. Franco, V. Faustino, A. Carnahan, M. Rehn, F. Merletti, J. Douwes, R. Firestone, L. Richiardi
PLoS ONE 9 (12) (2014)

The representativeness of a European multi-center network for influenza-like-illness participatory surveillance

P. Cantarelli, M. Debin, C. Turbelin, C. Poletto, T. Blanchon, A. Falchi, T. Hanslik, I. Bonmarin, D. Levy-Bruhl, A. Micheletti, D. Paolotti, A. Vespignani, J. Edmunds, K. Eames, R. Smallenburg, C. Koppeschaar, A. O Franco, V. Faustino, A. Carnahan, M. Rehn, V. Colizza
BMC Public Health 14 (2014)

Determinants of Follow-Up Participation in the Internet-Based European Influenza Surveillance Platform Influenzanet

P. Bajardi, A. Vespignani, S. Funk, K. Eames, J. Edmunds, C. Turbelin, M. Debin, V. Colizza, R. Smallenburg, C. Koppeschaar, A. Franco, V. Faustino, A. Carnahan, M. Rehn, D. Paolotti
J Med Internet Res 16, 3 (2014)

Web-based participatory surveillance of infectious diseases: the Influenzanet participatory surveillance experience

D. Paolotti, A. Carnahan, V. Colizza, K. Eames, J. Edmunds, G. Gomes, C. Koppeschaar, M. Rehn, R. Smallenburg, C. Turbelin, S. Van Noort, A. Vespignani
Clinical Microbiology and Infection 20 (2014)

On the usefulness of ontologies in epidemiology research and practice

J. Ferreira, D. Paolotti, F. M. Couto, M. J. Silva
The Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 10.1136/jech (2012)

Rapid assessment of influenza vaccine effectiveness: analysis of an internet-based cohort

K. Eames, E. Brooks-Pollock, D. Paolotti, M. Perosa, C. Gioannini, J. Edmunds
Epidemiology and Infection, Available on CJO 140(7) (2012)

Single aminoacidic mutations in meningococcal antigen fHbp have sizeable and predictable impact on its immunogenicity

D. Medini, A. Muzzi, D. Paolotti, D. Serruto, D. Brunelli, M. Comanducci, M. Guiliani, M. Scarselli, R. Rappouli, A. Covacci, M. Pizza
Proceedings of 17th International Pathogenic Neisseria Conference (2010)

Internet-based monitoring system for infuenza-like illness: H1N1 surveillance in Italy

D. Paolotti, C. Gioannini, V. Colizza, A. Vespignani
Proceedings of eHealth 2010 Casablanca 13-15 December 2010 (2010)

Seasonal transmission potential and activity peaks of the new influenza A(H1N1): a Monte Carlo likelihood analysis based on human mobility

D. Balcan, H. Hu, B. Gonçalves, P. Bajardi, C. Poletto, J. J. Ramasco, D. Paolotti, N. Perra, M. Tizzoni, W. Van den Broeck, V. Colizza, A. Vespignani
BMC Medicine 7:45 (2009)

Estimate of Novel Influenza A/H1N1 cases in Mexico at the early stage of the pandemic with a spatially structured epidemic model

V. Colizza, A. Vespignani, N. Perra, C. Poletto, B. Gonçalves, H. Hu, D. Balcan, D. Paolotti, W. Van den Broeck, M. Tizzoni, P. Bajardi, J. J. Ramasco
Public Library of Science Currents: Influenza. RRN1129 (2009)

Modeling the critical care demand and antibiotics resources needed during the Fall 2009 wave of influenza A(H1N1) pandemic

D. Balcan, V. Colizza, A. Singer, C. Chouaid, H. Hu, B. Gonçalves, P. Bajardi, C. Poletto, J. J. Ramasco, N. Perra, M. Tizzoni, D. Paolotti, W. Van den Broeck, A. Valleron, A. Vespignani
PLoS Current Influenza 1133 (2009)

Modeling vaccination campaigns and the Fall/Winter 2009 activity of the new A(H1N1) influenza in the Northern Hemisphere

P. Bajardi, C. Poletto, D. Balcan, H. Hu, B. Gonçalves, J. J. Ramasco, D. Paolotti, N. Perra, M. Tizzoni, W. Van den Broeck, V. Colizza, A. Vespignani
Emerging Health Threats Journal 2:e11 (2009)