Alessandro Vespignani
Professor of Informatics and Computing
Director, Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research
Contact Information
alexv [at] indiana.edu
(812) 856-1829
Informatics East, Room 314
Website
Other Titles
- James H. Rudy Professor
- Associate Director, Pervasive Technology Institute
- Adjunct Professor of Physics
- Adjunct Professor of Statistics
Education
- Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics at University of Rome, Italy, 1993
- Laurea cum lode in Physics at University of Rome, Italy, 1990
Courses
- I601 Introduction to Complex Systems
- I590 Topics in Informatics: Pandemics
Biography
Alessandro Vespignani is currently James H. Rudy Professor of Informatics and Computing and adjunct professor of Physics and Statistics at Indiana University where he is also the director of the Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research (CNetS) and associate director of the Pervasive Technology Institute. He obtained his Ph.D. at the University of Rome “La Sapienza.” After holding research positions at Yale University and Leiden University, he became a member of the condensed matter research group at the International Center for Theoretical Physics (UNESCO) in Trieste. Before joining Indiana University, Vespignani was a faculty of the Laboratoire de Physique Theorique at the University of Paris-Sud working for the French National Council for Scientific Research (CNRS) of which he is still a member at large. Vespignani is an elected fellow of the American Physical Society and is serving on the board/leadership of a variety of professional associations and journals and the Institute for Scientific Interchange Foundation in Turin, Italy.
