Lastest out: arxiv.org/abs/2305.09589. We quantify the dominance of the networks' nodes in their respective neighborhoods and introduce a novel centrality metric, DomiRank, that integrates local and global topological information and can be computed for massive networks (1/3)

Thrilled to announce that beginning July 1st, I will be taking on the role of Associate Professor with tenure at UC Irvine. Thankful for my family, my amazing students and postdocs, friends, mentors, colleagues and collaborators for your encouragement and support!

I am thrilled to announce that I have accepted an offer to start as an Assistant Professor at UVA, jointly affiliated with UVa EnviSci and UVA School of Data Science, starting Fall 2023! I can't wait to continue exploring #hydoclimate using #datascience tools like #deeplearning and #xAI (1/3)

In this new paper led by postdoc Dr. Janine Baijnath-Rodino in Forest Ecology and Management Elsevier Environment we investigate the effectiveness of shaded fuelbreaks in reducing wildfire burn severity using field, UAV and satellite observations. Read here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Graduate commencement day UC Irvine with Efi Lab Amir AghaKouchak Soroosh Sorooshian and Jasper Vrugt

Proud of UC Irvine CEE@UCI water and environment group and our new PhD graduates. Congratulations to all the amazing achievers! UCI Engineering Efi Lab Brett Sanders CHRS UC Irvine Adeyemi Adeleye Yunxia Zhao Aneseh Alborzi Ariane Jong-Levinger Debora Yumi de Oliveira Vesta Afzali Gorooh

New study by Le Vu Viet Phong, Efi Lab, @ AntoniosMamala2, at al. shows that #climatechange will alter sea surface #temperature - precipitation relationships and our ability to #predict #seasonal #precipitation by 2100. Oak Ridge Lab nature.com/articles/s4146…

A recent study by Le Vu Viet Phong, Efi Lab, @ AntoniosMamala2, at al. shows that #climatechange will alter sea surface #temperature - precipitation relationships and our ability to #predict #seasonal #precipitation by 2100. Oak Ridge Lab nature.com/articles/s4146…

Super excited to see our recent paper led by Le Vu Viet Phong and published in Nature Communications being highlighted by the editors! nature.com/collections/hc… Efi Lab James Randerson Becca Willett Stephen Wright C.Guilloteau UC Irvine UCI Engineering UCI ESS Dr. Efi Rousi

Hot off the presses from my work during my postdoc: doi.org/10.1029/2023GL… "Predicting Postfire Sediment Yields of Small Steep Catchments Using Airborne Lidar Differencing"

This Thursday, September 14th at 1pm ET, the first in this multi-part cyberseminar series with AGU Hydrology H3S. Join our panelists for part 1 of Finding Your Niche- Where to go from Here: Narrowing Your Professional Path, by signing up at the link below us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Huge congratulations to our 2023 AGU EPSP award winners: Doug Burbank, Enrica Viparelli, and Hongbo Ma!

We share one of our newest faculty members Antonios Mamalakis with The UVA School of Data Science, and he is one of their 14 new faculty members! Learn more about how he uses data science tools to improving predictions of hydroclimate and extreme events: datascience.virginia.edu/news/school-da…

Congratulations to ⁦Amir AghaKouchak⁩ to have been named a UC Irvine Chancellor’s Professor in recognition of his extraordinary scholarly achievements and exceptional value to the university. Very well deserved 👏 engineering.uci.edu/news/2023/12/a…

Just out in Nature Communications: nature.com/articles/s4146…. We introduce a centrality metric, DomiRank, based on a competition mechanism and show how investing in unimportant connections and conniving with others can be crucial for enhancing network robustness and functionality.

We provide an analytical formula and an efficient parallelizable algorithm for DomiRank centrality, making it applicable to massive networks. Nodes with high values of DomiRank highlight fragile neighborhoods whose integrity and functionality are highly dependent on them.

Underscoring the relation between dominance and fragility, we show that DomiRank systematically outperforms other centrality metrics in generating targeted attacks that effectively compromise network structure and disrupt its functionality for synthetic and real-world topologies.

Finally, DomiRank-based attacks inflict more enduring damage in the network, hindering its ability to rebound and, thus, impairing system resilience. Our work paves the way to design strategies to mitigate vulnerability & enhance the resilience of critical infrastructures.

Kudos to the whole team Marcus Engsig, Alejandro Tejedor, Efi Lab and Chaouki Kasmi! Check the paper out at "DomiRank Centrality reveals structural fragility of complex networks via node dominance" nature.com/articles/s4146…

We're seeking a Postdoctoral Scholar with a passion for researching compound coastal flood risk assessment. Explore more details here: recruit.ap.uci.edu/JPF08823 RT would be much appreciated.