Giancarlo Ruffo

Giancarlo Ruffo serves as Associate Professor of Computer Science at the University of Turin and Adjunct Professor at Indiana University's School of Informatics and Computing, maintaining active research and teaching roles since the early 2000s. His institutional affiliations center on computational research groups bridging computer science and social sciences.

Research focuses primarily on Computational Social Science, with core expertise in Complex Networks and Data Science. Key investigation areas include social media dynamics, misinformation propagation, network structure analysis, and distributed systems. His work integrates methodologies from data mining, network theory, and human behavior modeling to address societal challenges through quantitative analysis of digital footprints.

Recent publications (2020-2022) reveal intensified examination of polarization in online discourse, real estate valuation algorithms, and credibility assessment of media sources. Earlier works (2010-2012) established foundational contributions to ad-hoc network dynamics and social tie formation, demonstrating consistent methodological evolution from peer-to-peer systems to contemporary social media analytics.

Ruffo leads the ARCS research group (http://arcs.di.unito.it), directing multiple funded projects in network science. His entrepreneurial initiatives include co-founding NetAtlas s.r.l. (2013) for mobile/social media development and Quaerys s.r.l. (2015) specializing in sentiment analysis services, translating academic research into commercial applications.