Alexander Stivala

Dr Alex Stivala is a research fellow with expertise in social network analysis methods, particularly exponential random graph models (ERGMs), and the interaction of cultural dynamics with social structure. He has published in the areas of applying supercomputing to social science methods, bioinformatics and computational biology, as well as in development of new algorithms for use in advanced computing.  

He has a PhD in computer science from the University of Melbourne, Australia, and has previously held postdoctoral positions in the Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences (University of Melbourne, Australia) and Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.