The breadcrumbs we leave behind when using our mobile phones—who somebody calls,
for how long, and from where—contain unprecedented insights about us and our societies. …

The global population at risk from mosquito-borne diseases—including dengue, yellow fever,
chikungunya and Zika—is expanding in concert with changes in the distribution of two key …

Poverty is one of the most important determinants of adverse health outcomes globally, a
major cause of societal instability and one of the largest causes of lost human potential. …

In this study we analyze the travel patterns of 500,000 individuals in Cote d'Ivoire using
mobile phone call data records. By measuring the uncertainties of movements using entropy, …

Effective response to infectious disease epidemics requires focused control measures in
areas predicted to be at high risk of new outbreaks. We aimed to test whether mobile operator …

… To assess how mobile network data can augment our understanding of migration during
and after extreme weather events across a wide range of temporal and spatial scales, we …

Introduction: Sudden impact disasters often result in the displacement of large numbers of
people. These movements can occur prior to events, due to early warning messages, or take …

… Buckee, Linus Bengtsson, Erik Wetter, Xin Lu, and Andrew J. Tatem … Lu X, Wetter E,
Bharti N, Tatem AJ, Bengtsson L. Approaching the limit of predictability in human mobility …

Background Travel restrictions were implemented on an unprecedented scale in 2015 in
Sierra Leone to contain and eliminate Ebola virus disease. However, the impact of epidemic …

This crowdsourced project introduces a collaborative approach to improving the
reproducibility of scientific research, in which findings are replicated in qualified independent …