03888nas a2200589   4500008004100000020001400041245010600055210006900161260001500230520215400245100001702399700002302416700002802439700002102467700002202488700001802510700002702528700002302555700001702578700001602595700001802611700002102629700002602650700002102676700002102697700002302718700001802741700001702759700002102776700001802797700001702815700001902832700001702851700002902868700001902897700002102916700001802937700002302955700002202978700002003000700001903020700001903039700002303058700001803081700002403099700001703123700001803140700002203158700002603180700002703206856006503233       2021                        eng d  a1572-843900aGive more data, awareness and control to individual citizens, and they will help COVID-19 containment0 aGive more data awareness and control to individual citizens and   c2021/02/023 aThe rapid dynamics of COVID-19 calls for quick and effective tracking of virus transmission chains and early detection of outbreaks, especially in the “phase 2” of the pandemic, when lockdown and other restriction measures are progressively withdrawn, in order to avoid or minimize contagion resurgence. For this purpose, contact-tracing apps are being proposed for large scale adoption by many countries. A centralized approach, where data sensed by the app are all sent to a nation-wide server, raises concerns about citizens’ privacy and needlessly strong digital surveillance, thus alerting us to the need to minimize personal data collection and avoiding location tracking. We advocate the conceptual advantage of a decentralized approach, where both contact and location data are collected exclusively in individual citizens’ “personal data stores”, to be shared separately and selectively (e.g., with a backend system, but possibly also with other citizens), voluntarily, only when the citizen has tested positive for COVID-19, and with a privacy preserving level of granularity. This approach better protects the personal sphere of citizens and affords multiple benefits: it allows for detailed information gathering for infected people in a privacy-preserving fashion; and, in turn this enables both contact tracing, and, the early detection of outbreak hotspots on more finely-granulated geographic scale. The decentralized approach is also scalable to large populations, in that only the data of positive patients need be handled at a central level. Our recommendation is two-fold. First to extend existing decentralized architectures with a light touch, in order to manage the collection of location data locally on the device, and allow the user to share spatio-temporal aggregates—if and when they want and for specific aims—with health authorities, for instance. Second, we favour a longer-term pursuit of realizing a Personal Data Store vision, giving users the opportunity to contribute to collective good in the measure they want, enhancing self-awareness, and cultivating collective efforts for rebuilding society.1 aNanni, Mirco1 aAndrienko, Gennady1 aBarabasi, Albert-Laszlo1 aBoldrini, Chiara1 aBonchi, Francesco1 aCattuto, Ciro1 aChiaromonte, Francesca1 aComandé, Giovanni1 aConti, Marco1 aCoté, Mark1 aDignum, Frank1 aDignum, Virginia1 aDomingo-Ferrer, Josep1 aFerragina, Paolo1 aGiannotti, Fosca1 aGuidotti, Riccardo1 aHelbing, Dirk1 aKaski, Kimmo1 aKertész, János1 aLehmann, Sune1 aLepri, Bruno1 aLukowicz, Paul1 aMatwin, Stan1 aJiménez, David, Megías1 aMonreale, Anna1 aMorik, Katharina1 aOliver, Nuria1 aPassarella, Andrea1 aPasserini, Andrea1 aPedreschi, Dino1 aPentland, Alex1 aPianesi, Fabio1 aPratesi, Francesca1 aRinzivillo, S1 aRuggieri, Salvatore1 aSiebes, Arno1 aTorra, Vicenc1 aTrasarti, Roberto1 avan den Hoven, Jeroen1 aVespignani, Alessandro  uhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-020-09572-w01787nas a2200313   4500008004100000020001400041245004600055210004500101260001500146300001100161520090000172100001701072700002301089700002301112700002101135700001701156700002101173700002301194700002001217700001401237700002901251700002101280700002301301700002001324700002001344700002301364700001901387856006701406       2020                        eng d  a2364-416800aHuman migration: the big data perspective0 aHuman migration the big data perspective  c2020/03/23  a1–203 aHow can big data help to understand the migration phenomenon? In this paper, we try to answer this question through an analysis of various phases of migration, comparing traditional and novel data sources and models at each phase. We concentrate on three phases of migration, at each phase describing the state of the art and recent developments and ideas. The first phase includes the journey, and we study migration flows and stocks, providing examples where big data can have an impact. The second phase discusses the stay, i.e. migrant integration in the destination country. We explore various data sets and models that can be used to quantify and understand migrant integration, with the final aim of providing the basis for the construction of a novel multi-level integration index. The last phase is related to the effects of migration on the source countries and the return of migrants.1 aSirbu, Alina1 aAndrienko, Gennady1 aAndrienko, Natalia1 aBoldrini, Chiara1 aConti, Marco1 aGiannotti, Fosca1 aGuidotti, Riccardo1 aBertoli, Simone1 aKim, Jisu1 aMuntean, Cristina, Ioana1 aPappalardo, Luca1 aPassarella, Andrea1 aPedreschi, Dino1 aPollacci, Laura1 aPratesi, Francesca1 aSharma, Rajesh  uhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs41060-020-00213-502108nas a2200217   4500008004100000245005300041210005100094520145500145100002301600700002301623700002101646700002201667700001801689700002001707700002101727700002101748700002201769700002301791700001101814856006501825       2020                        eng d00a(So) Big Data and the transformation of the city0 aSo Big Data and the transformation of the city3 aThe exponential increase in the availability of large-scale mobility data has fueled the vision of smart cities that will transform our lives. The truth is that we have just scratched the surface of the research challenges that should be tackled in order to make this vision a reality. Consequently, there is an increasing interest among different research communities (ranging from civil engineering to computer science) and industrial stakeholders in building knowledge discovery pipelines over such data sources. At the same time, this widespread data availability also raises privacy issues that must be considered by both industrial and academic stakeholders. In this paper, we provide a wide perspective on the role that big data have in reshaping cities. The paper covers the main aspects of urban data analytics, focusing on privacy issues, algorithms, applications and services, and georeferenced data from social media. In discussing these aspects, we leverage, as concrete examples and case studies of urban data science tools, the results obtained in the “City of Citizens” thematic area of the Horizon 2020 SoBigData initiative, which includes a virtual research environment with mobility datasets and urban analytics methods developed by several institutions around Europe. We conclude the paper outlining the main research challenges that urban data science has yet to address in order to help make the smart city vision a reality.1 aAndrienko, Gennady1 aAndrienko, Natalia1 aBoldrini, Chiara1 aCaldarelli, Guido1 aCintia, Paolo1 aCresci, Stefano1 aFacchini, Angelo1 aGiannotti, Fosca1 aGionis, Aristides1 aGuidotti, Riccardo1 aothers  uhttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41060-020-00207-3