Clara Granell.

Researcher in Complex Systems
Beatriz de Galindo Júnior @ Universitat Rovira i Virgili


About.

Long story short, I’m a researcher at Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona. I study Complex Systems, mainly developing models for epidemic spreading, but also neuronal networks and community detection on Complex Networks.

My background is in Computer Science. I did my PhD with Prof. Alex Arenas and Prof. Sergio Gómez, in Tarragona. Since then, I’ve had postdoctoral appointments at the Department of Applied Math at the University of North Carolina, and in the Department of Physics in Universitat de Barcelona, funded by a JSMF Postdoctoral Fellowship. After that, I got a Juan de la Cierva-Formación in the Department of Physics in Universidad de Zaragoza. Now I’m back in Tarragona, my hometown, in a program called Beatriz de Galindo (Junior) that allows me to do research and teaching at the Department of Computer Science and Mathematics of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili.

Papers.

  1. Joint Analysis of the Epidemic Evolution and Human Mobility During the First Wave of COVID- 19 in Spain: Retrospective Study.

    B. Steinegger, C. Granell, G. Rapisardi, S. Gómez, J. T. Matamalas, D. Soriano-Paños, J. Gómez-Gardeñes, A. Arenas. -- JMIR Public Health and Surveill, 9, e40514 (2023)

    [JMIR Public Health and Surveill]

  2. Behavioural response to heterogeneous severity of COVID-19 explains temporal variation of cases among different age groups.

    B. Steinegger, L. Arola-Fernández, C. Granell, J.Gómez-Gardeñes, A. Arenas. -- Phil. Trans. Royal Society A, 380, 2214, 202110119 (2022)

    [Phil. Trans. Roy. Soc. A]

  3. Virus spread versus contact tracing: Two competing contagion processes.

    A. Reyna-Lara, D. Soriano-Paños, S. Gómez, C. Granell, J.T. Matamalas. B. Steinegger, A. Arenas, J. Gómez-Gardeñes -- Phys. Rev. Research 3 (1), 0131363 (2021)

    [Phys. Rev. Research]

  4. Modeling the Spatiotemporal Epidemic Spreading of COVID-19 and the Impact of Mobility and Social Distancing Interventions.

    A. Arenas, W. Cota, J. Gómez-Gardeñes, S. Gómez, C. Granell, J.T. Matamalas, D. Soriano-Paños, B. Steinegger -- Phys. Rev. X 10, 041055 (2020)

    [Phys. Rev. X]

  5. Epidemic spreading: Tailored models for COVID-19.

    A. Arenas, J. Gómez-Gardeñes, C. Granell, D. Soriano-Paños -- Europhysics News 51/5, p. 38-40 (2020)

    [Europhysics News] [pdf]

  6. Functional strengthening through synaptic scaling upon connectivity disruption in neuronal cultures.

    E. Estévez-Priego, S. Teller, C. Granell, A. Arenas, and J. Soriano -- Network Neuroscience, 1-21 (2020).

    [Network Neuroscience]

  7. Case studies in network community detection.

    S. Shai, N. Stanley, C. Granell, D. Taylor and P. J. Mucha. -- The Oxford Handbook of Social Networks (2020)

    [arXiV:1705.02305] [Link to Chapter] [Link to Book]

  8. Pulsating-campaigns of human prophylaxis driven by risk perception palliate oscillations of direct contact transmitted diseases.

    B. Steinegger, A. Arenas, J. Gómez-Gardeñes and C. Granell. -- Phys. Rev. Research 2, 023181 (2020).

    [Phys. Rev. Research]

  9. Spontaneous functional recovery after focal damage in neuronal cultures.

    S. Teller, E. Estévez-Priego, C. Granell, D. Tornero, J. Andilla, O. Olarte, P. Loza-Alvarez, A. Arenas, and J. Soriano -- eNeuro, 7 (1) (2019).

    [eNEURO].

  10. Epidemic Spreading in Localized Environments with Recurrent Mobility Patterns.

    C. Granell and P. J. Mucha. -- Phys. Rev. E 97, 052302 (2018).

    [Phys. Rev. E] - [pdf]

  11. Detection of timescales in evolving complex systems.

    R. K. Darst, C. Granell, A. Arenas, S. Gómez, J. Saramäki, and S. Fortunato. -- Scientific Reports (2016)

    [Sci. Rep.] - [pdf]

  12. The physics of spreading processes in multilayer networks.

    M. De Domenico, C. Granell, M. A. Porter and A. Arenas -- Nature Physics (2016)

    [Nat. Phys.] - [pdf]

  13. Information transfer in community structured multiplex networks.

    A. Solé-Ribalta, C.Granell, S. Gómez and A. Arenas -- Frontiers in Physics, 3 (2015).

    [Front. Phys.] - [pdf]

  14. Benchmark model to assess community structure in evolving networks.

    C. Granell, R. K. Darst, A. Arenas, S. Fortunato and S. Gómez -- Phys. Rev. E, 92, 012805 (2015)

    [Phys. Rev. E] - [pdf]

  15. Emergence of assortative mixing between clusters of cultured neurons.

    S. Teller, C. Granell, M. De Domenico, J. Soriano, S. Gomez and A. Arenas -- PLOS Computational Biology 10(9): e1003796 (2014)

    [PLOS Comp. Biol.]

  16. Competing spreading processes on multiplex networks: awareness and epidemics.

    C. Granell, S. Gomez and A. Arenas -- Physical Review E, 90, 012808 (2014)

    [Phys. Rev. E] - [pdf]

  17. Dynamical interplay between awareness and epidemic spreading in multiplex networks.

    C. Granell, S. Gomez and A. Arenas -- Physical Review Letters, 111, 128701 (2013)

    [Phys. Rev. Lett.] - [pdf]

  18. Structural patterns in complex systems using multidendrograms.

    S. Gomez, A. Fernandez, C. Granell and A. Arenas -- Entropy 15 5464-5474 (2013)

    [Entropy] - [pdf]

  19. Hierarchical multiresolution method to overcome the resolution limit in complex networks.

    C. Granell, S. Gomez and A. Arenas. -- International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 22, 1250171 (2012)

    [Intl. J. Bifurcat. Chaos] - [pdf]

  20. Unsupervised clustering analysis: A multiscale complex networks approach.

    C. Granell, S. Gomez and A. Arenas -- International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, 22, 1230023 (2012)

    [Intl. J. Bifurcat. Chaos] - [pdf]

  21. Mesoscopic analysis of networks: applications to exploratory analysis and data clustering

    C. Granell, S. Gomez and A. Arenas -- Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, 21, 016102 (2011)

    [Chaos] - [pdf]

  22. Data clustering using community detection

    C. Granell, S. Gomez and A. Arenas -- International Journal of complex systems in Science, 1, 21-24 (2011)

    [pdf]

Teaching.

Academic year 2022-23


Programació Científica
Grau d'Enginyeria Matemàtica i Física.
Fall Semester.
Course code 17274004.

Data Visualization
Màster en Seguretat Informàtica i Intel·ligència Artificial.
Spring Semester.
Course code 17685206.

Taller de projectes de recerca i professionals
Grau de Periodisme.
Spring Semester.
Course code 12244117.




Academic year 2021-22


Programació Científica
Grau d'Enginyeria Matemàtica i Física.
Fall Semester.
Course code 17274004.

Data Visualization
Màster en Seguretat Informàtica i Intel·ligència Artificial.
Spring Semester.
Course code 17685206.

Taller de projectes de recerca i professionals
Grau de Periodisme.
Spring Semester.
Course code 12244117.




Academic year 2020-21


Estructura de Dades
Grau en Enginyeria Informàtica.
Spring Semester.
Course code 17234115.

Data Visualization
Màster en Seguretat Informàtica i Intel·ligència Artificial.
Spring Semester.
Course code 17685206.

Taller de projectes de recerca i professionals
Grau de Periodisme.
Spring Semester.
Course code 12244117.




Academic year 2018-19


Metodologies de la programació
Grau en Enginyeria Informàtica.
Fall Semester.
Course code 17234116.
Access course here (registered students only).

Estructura de Dades
Grau en Enginyeria Informàtica.
Spring Semester.
Course code 17234115.

Complex Networks
Màster en Seguretat Informàtica i Intel·ligència Artificial.
Spring Semester.
Course code 17685208.

Data Visualization
Màster en Seguretat Informàtica i Intel·ligència Artificial.
Spring Semester.
Course code 17685206.

Contact.

Office address

Lab 232. Dept. Enginyeria Informàtica i Matemàtiques (Computer Science & Mathematics). Universitat Rovira i Virgili.
Avda. Paisos Catalans 26, 43007, Tarragona, Spain.

Mail

Official: clara (dot) granell (at) urv (dot) cat
Alternative (stable) e-mail address: claragranell {AT} gmail (dot) com
Note: my former UNC, UB and Unizar email addresses are not operative anymore. Incoming messages are not replied with an Undelivered Status Notification Failure. Please re-send any important e-mails to any of the current addresses.

Other

Skype user:  cgranell
Researcher id:  H-7837-2015
Check out my Google scholar profile here

CV.

For more information about my work, check out my (hopefully updated) Curriculum Vitae here.