Luca Maria Aiello

Luca Maria Aiello is a Professor and Data Science Research Group Leader at the IT University of Copenhagen's Department of Digital Design. He heads the education program for the Master of Data Science degree while co-leading the Networks, Data, and Society research group.

His research spans computational social science, social media analysis, and network science, with recent focus on:

• Urban social connectivity patterns
• Sleep quality and social dimensions
• Financial collective action on Reddit
• COVID-19 pandemic's impact on dreaming
• Climate change discourse on TikTok

Current research projects include COCOONS (Collective Coordination through Online Social Media) funded by the Carlsberg Foundation (2023-2025), and multiple grants for the International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2) from Danish Data Science Academy and Otto Mønsteds Fond.

Dr. Aiello has received significant recognition including the 2022 Research Environment of the Year award, with his work being covered by 16 news outlets, 47 X (Twitter) users, and 3 Facebook pages.