Dr. Nataša Djurdjevac Conrad
Head of a research group "Computational Humanities" and a deputy head of Modeling and Simulation of Complex Processes department at Zuse Institute Berlin (ZIB). Since 2022 I am a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI).
Research Interests:
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Data-based modeling of spatio-temporal processes of change in past and present complex social systems:
- Opinion dynamics (Informing opinion dynamics models with social data)
- Innovation spreading (Innovation spreading in ancient times)
- Cultural dispersion (Romanization spreading in ancient Tunisia)
- Epidemic spreading (MODUS-COVID project, Agent-Based Epidemic Policy Design)
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Data-driven models on different scales:
- Agent-based models (ABMs)
- Stochastic metapopulation models
- ODE/SDE compartmental models
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Mathematics for stochastic ABMs:
- Analytical approaches for the systems behavior in the limit of large agent number
- Model reduction techniques, e.g., using Galerkin projection, ODE approximations
- Computational study of emerging phenomena, e.g., metastability, tipping points
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Network models and dynamics on/of these networks:
- Computational analysis of directed networks, cycle decomposition, non-reversible Markov processes
- Random-walk-based clustering of undirected, directed, temporal networks
- Identification of hubs and determining important pathways