18 Dec, 2025

09h30

Auditorium A120, Almada Negreiros College, NOVA IMS

Data Research Meetup by MagIC - 3^rd Edition

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About the Event

The 3^rd edition of the Data Research Meet Up by MagIC will bring together the Data Science research community, creating a space for sharing knowledge, discussing emerging challenges, and strengthening connections across disciplines.

This year’s keynote speaker is Professor Esteban Moro, a leading scholar in computational social science and Full Professor at Northeastern University.

The full program is being finalised, but participants can already access the preliminary agenda and register.

Keynote Address

Keynote Address: Understanding Urban Resilience Through Behavioral Mobility Data
Speaker: Professor Esteban Moro
Northeastern University – Social Urban Networks Lab, Network Science Institute

As part of the morning program, we are honoured to welcome Professor Esteban Moro, an internationally recognised scholar whose work bridges data science, network science, and the study of human behaviour in urban and socio-economic environments.

In his keynote address, Professor Moro will explore how cities and economies function as complex systems shaped by millions of interdependent decisions about where individuals live, work, and move. Drawing on recent advances in large-scale behavioural data analysis, he will examine how mobility traces, digital interactions, and labour market dynamics can be observed at population scale to reveal the underlying structures that drive resilience and inequality.

His presentation will highlight empirical research that integrates data from mobile phones, financial transactions, and social media with network and complexity-science models to understand how disruptive shocks—such as the pandemic or technological transformations—reshape urban systems. He will discuss how behavioural patterns shed light on the adaptive capacity of cities, the spatial organisation of labour markets, and the constraints that hinder equitable access to opportunities.

By grounding these insights in real-world applications, Professor Moro will demonstrate how data-driven methodologies can inform the design of more resilient, equitable, and adaptive urban systems. Attendees will gain a scientifically rigorous understanding of how behavioural mobility data can support evidence-based decision-making in complex socio-technical environments.

Program

09h30 – Registration

10h00 – Welcome notes

Professor Leonardo Vanneschi | Director of the MagIC Research Center

10h20 – Keynote: Understanding Urban Resilience Through Behavioral Mobility Data

Professor Esteban Moro | Director of the Social Urban Networks Lab, Network Science Institute, Northeastern University

11h20 – Coffee break & networking

11h40 – Roundtable: Complexity Sciences as the new frontier

Moderator: Professor Flávio Pinheiro | Assistant Professor, NOVA IMS

Professor Esteban Moro | Director of the Social Urban Networks Lab, Network Science Institute, Northeastern University
Professor Fernando Bação | Full Professor at NOVA IMS
Professor Joana Sá | Principal Investigator at the Laboratory of Particle Physics (LIP) and at NOVA University Lisbon – NOVA LINCS

12h40 – Lunch & Poster session

14h30 – MagIC’s Research in Data Science

Data Science and Over-Indebtedness: Use of Artificial Intelligence Algorithms in Credit Consumption and Indebtedness Conciliation in Portugal by Professor Leonardo Vanneschi | Full Professor, NOVA IMS
Public data for levelling up the public sector by Professor Bruno Damásio | Assistant Professor, NOVA IMS and Niclas Frederic Sturm | PhD student, NOVA IMS.

15h30 – Coffee break & networking

16h00 – MagIC’s Research in Data Science

LLMs and AI Agents: From Understanding Territorial Dynamics to Decision Support in Public Administration by Professor Bruno Jardim | Assistant Professor, NOVA IMS
Building Resilient Energy Systems with Technology by Professor Ian Scott | Assistant Professor, NOVA IMS

17h00 – Awards ceremony

Professor Miguel Neto | Dean of NOVA IMS

17h20 – Wrap-up and final words

Professor Miguel Neto | Dean of NOVA IMS

Speakers

Bruno Damásio

Assistant Professor at NOVA IMS
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Bruno Jardim

Assistant Professor at NOVA IMS
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Esteban Moro

Full Professor at the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University
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Fernando Bação

Full Professor at NOVA IMS
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Flávio Pinheiro

Assistant Professor at NOVA IMS
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Ian Scott

Assistant Professor at NOVA IMS
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Joana Gonçalves-Sá

Principal Investigator at the Laboratory of Particle Physics (LIP) and at NOVA University Lisbon – NOVA LINCS
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Leonardo Vanneschi

Director of the MagIC Research Center
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Miguel de Castro Neto

Dean NOVA IMS
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Niclas Frederic Sturm

PhD student, NOVA IMS
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Location

The Data Research Meetup by MagIC will be held at the Auditorium A120, in the Almada Negreiros College, NOVA IMS (Campolide Campus).

Transports
Metro: S. Sebastião (Linha Azul e Vermelha); Praça de Espanha (Linha Azul)
Carris: 701, 713, 716, 726, 742, 746, 756, 758, 770

Partners

This event is supported by national funds through FCT (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia), under the project - UID/04152/2025 - Centro de Investigação em Gestão de Informação (MagIC)/NOVA IMS - https://doi.org/10.54499/UID/04152/2025 (2025-01-01/2028-12-31) and UID/PRR/04152/2025 https://doi.org/10.54499/UID/PRR/04152/2025 (2025-01-01/ 2026-06-30)