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Grouping strategies change classroom collaboration
What recent physics education papers show about friendship, exploration, self-selection, and collaboration in classrooms.
Cristian Candia
Last updated on May 30, 2026
Autism, reciprocity, and classroom integration
A note on studying classroom social integration through cooperation, reciprocity, and network measures.
Cristian Candia
Last updated on May 30, 2026
scoring-fraude: explainable fraud-risk scoring with transaction networks
Applied AI project, internally known as scoring-fraude, on explainable fraud-risk scoring using transaction-network signals, anomaly detection, and decision-support workflows for financial risk teams.
Cristian Candia
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Nicolás Hormazábal
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Victor Navarro
Last updated on Jun 2, 2026
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Industry Collaborations
Augmenting Firm Diversification Behavior Prediction with Graph Embeddings
Public procurement plays a crucial role in modern economies, serving not only as a mechanism to acquire public goods, services, and …
Niclas F. Sturm
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Cristian Candia
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Bruno Damásio
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Flavio Pinheiro
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Collective Memory Decay in Science
ANID-FONDECYT Regular 2026 project on why retracted research continues to be cited and influence scientific knowledge.
Cristian Candia
Last updated on May 29, 2026
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Why retracted research keeps circulating
A research note on collective memory decay in science and why formal correction does not always erase invalidated knowledge from citation networks.
Cristian Candia
Last updated on May 29, 2026
UDD Government highlighted classroom reciprocity and autism research
UDD Government covered a CRiSS-LAB related study using experimental game theory and network analysis to understand social integration and reciprocity in elementary classrooms.
Cristian Candia
Last updated on Jun 2, 2026
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Interconnectedness in Education Systems
Education systems are webs of interconnected students, teachers, programs, institutions, and decisions. This chapter argues that a …
Cristian Candia
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Javier Pulgar
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Flavio Pinheiro
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What network science adds to education
A short essay on why education systems should be studied as networks of students, teachers, programs, and institutions.
Cristian Candia
Last updated on May 29, 2026
Data Science and the Dynamics of Collective Memory
This chapter introduces computational social science as a data-driven framework for studying how collective memory forms, persists, and …
Cristian Candia
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Cristian Candia presented CRiSS-LAB research at IC2S2 2025
UDD Engineering covered Cristian Candia’s participation at IC2S2 2025, where CRiSS-LAB presented work on computational social science, AI, design capabilities, political ideology, collective memory, and public procurement networks.
Cristian Candia
Last updated on Jun 2, 2026
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Network Science and Complex Systems
Course on complex networks, graph analytics, null models, communities, diffusion, and graph machine learning.
Cristian Candia
Last updated on Jun 1, 2026
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Self-select groups increase stability but reduce collaboration in high school physics
Group configurations shape social skills and learning outcomes. This study compares random allocation with student self-selection in …
Diego Ramirez
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Eugenio J. Guzmán-Lavín
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Javier Pulgar
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Cristian Candia
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High earnings through firm influence: the role of hierarchical structures in public procurement
Public procurement markets are highly structured networks. Using over one million Portuguese public procurement contracts, this article …
Niclas Frederic Sturm
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Cristian Candia
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Bruno Damásio
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Flavio Pinheiro
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Quantifying student behavioral patterns and roommate peer effects [Charla Virtual]
Abstract: [ENG] Vast amounts of data are becoming increasingly available to capture social processes at large scale and in great detail. Meanwhile, the rapid development of AI and computational approaches offers powerful toolkits for analyzing various data.
Jul 12, 2024 10:00 AM
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Jian Gao
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The lexical divide: propositive modes and non-agentic attitudes define the progressive left in Chile
Internal factors-such as psychological traits or individual attitudes-relate to and explain political cleavages. Yet, little is known …
María Paz Raveau
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Juan Pablo Couyoumdjian
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Claudio Fuentes-Bravo
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Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
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Cristian Candia
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Capybara: school coexistence, bullying prevention, and Ley 21.809 compliance
School coexistence startup that uses experimental game theory, network science, and AI to help schools prevent conflict, promote good coexistence, and comply with Chile’s Ley N° 21.809.
Cristian Candia
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Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
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Tamara Yaikin
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Cecilia Monge
Last updated on Jun 1, 2026
Applied Platforms
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Enhanced social connectivity in hybrid classrooms versus academic centrality in online settings
Social learning, the ability to perceive, interpret, and assess the behavior of one’s peers, is crucial for forming meaningful …
Javier Pulgar
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Diego Ramirez
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Cristian Candia
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Linking physical violence to women’s mobility in Chile
Despite increased global attention on violence against women, understanding the factors that lead to women becoming victims remains a …
Hugo Contreras
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Cristian Candia
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Rodrigo Troncoso
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Leo Ferres
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Loreto Bravo
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Bruno Lepri
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Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
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From Co-Location Patterns to an Informal Social Network of Gig Economy Workers
The labor market has transformed with the advent of the gig economy, characterized by short-term and fexible work arrangements …
Gustavo Pilatti
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Cristian Candia
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Alessandra Montini
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Flavio Pinheiro
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MúsicaCL: Chilean music and collective memory
Public output of a collective memory and cultural analytics project, connecting Chilean music, attention, networks, repertoires, and AI-assisted exploration.
Cristian Candia
Last updated on Jun 1, 2026
Public Outputs
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MúsicaCL: Chilean music as collective memory
A note on MúsicaCL as a public output of collective memory and cultural analytics research on Chilean music, attention, scenes, and repertoires.
Cristian Candia
Last updated on Jun 1, 2026
Quantifying hierarchy and prestige in US ballet academies as social predictors of career success
In the recent decade, we have seen major progress in quantifying the behaviors and the impact of scientists, resulting in a …
Yessica Herrera
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Alexander Gates
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Cristian Candia
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Albert-Laszlo Barabasi
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Analyzing User and Group Behavior during Elections: Coordination, Bots and Misinformation. [Virtual Talk]
Abstract: [ENG] The unprecedented growth in social media use and large-scale information collection pose new threats, but also offer new opportunities. Modeling and managing complex interactive systems requires the analysis of social and technological signals to gain new insights into human society and individual behavior.
Sep 29, 2023 11:00 AM
CRiSS-LAB, UDD, Las Condes, Chile.
Onur Varol
Beyond Core-Periphery: Uncovering the Impacts of Scientific Networks on Resources and Recognition. [Virtual Talk]
Abstract: [ENG] We discuss two projects that quantify the consequences of our network location for our access to resources and rewards in science. First, we investigate the dynamics of international science through the lens of national citation preferences, introducing a novel measure to characterize these processes and enabling a network analysis of global knowledge production.
Sep 8, 2023 11:00 AM
CRiSS-LAB, UDD, Las Condes, Chile.
Alexander Gates
¡Descubre la Conexión Entre la Física y las Ciencias Sociales! [Entrevista Virtual]
La Convergencia de las Ciencias Físicas y Sociales: Una Entrevista con el Dr. Cristian Candia En una entrevista reciente, Carla Hermann, Ph.D., la anfitriona del programa Let’s Get Physical, se sentó con el Dr.
Jul 30, 2023 12:00 PM
CRiSS-LAB, UDD, Las Condes, Chile.
Cristian Candia
SocialRec and educational recommender systems
SocialRec explored how social networks, campus traces, machine learning, and privacy-preserving workflows can personalize higher education support.
Cristian Candia
Last updated on Jun 1, 2026
Reciprocity heightens academic performance in elementary school students
Social relationships are pivotal for human beings. Yet, we still lack a complete understanding of the types and conditions of social …
Cristian Candia
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Melanie Oyarzún
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Victor Landaeta
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Tamara Yaikin
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Cecilia Monge
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César Hidalgo
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Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
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Discolab: Collaborative Discussions
Funded by CINS-DATA Spa. 2022.
Cristian Candia
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Loreto Bravo
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Carlos Rodriguez-Sickert
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Nicolás Hormazábal
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Roberto Correa
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Douglas Barraza
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Felipe Pimentel
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Alonso Astroza
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Matías Bull
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Francisca Araya
Last updated on Jun 1, 2026
Applied Platforms
Project
SocialRec: Personalizing Educational Experience through Social Network-based Recommender Systems
Funded by Universidad del Desarrollo. 2022-2023.
Victor Landaeta
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Cristian Candia
Last updated on Jun 1, 2026
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