Contact
Email: hvr@dfi.uem.br / haroldov@gmail.com
Web: hvribeiro.org
Office: E90 – Sala 103
Phone: +55 (44) 3011-5386
Research Interests
I play with complex systems and data analysis.
Education
- Ph.D Physics, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (2012).
- Masters Physics, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (2010).
- B. Sc. Physics, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (2008).
Appointments
- Assistant Professor, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (2015-Present)
- Assistant Professor, Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (2014-2015)
- PostDoc, Universidade Estadual de Maringá (2013-2014)
- Visiting Scholar, Northwestern University (2011-2012)
Current Students
- Adriano Henrique Danhoni Neves
- Alvaro Franco Martins
- Andre Seiji Sunahara
- Arthur Augusto Barizon Pessa
- Higor Yudi Duenha Sigaki
- Thibor Rafael Ribeiro Bernardon
Former Students
Publications
- Rural-Urban Scaling of Age, Mortality, Crime and Property Reveals a Loss of Expected Self-Similar Behaviour
Jack Sutton, Golnaz Shahtahmassebi, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Quentin S. Hanley, Scientific Reports 10, 16863 (2020). PDF | DOI
- City size and the spreading of COVID-19 in Brazil
Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Andre S. Sunahara, Jack Sutton, Matjaz Perc, Quentin S. Hanley, PLoS ONE 15, e0239699 (2020). PDF | DOI
- Anomalous diffusion and sorption-desorption process in complex fluid systems
F. W. Tavares, P. M. Ndiaye, E. K. Lenzi, L. R. Evangelista, H. V. Ribeiro, R. S. Zola, Commun. Nonlinear Sci. Numer. Simulat. 90 (2020) 105411. PDF | DOI
- Anomalous diffusion and random search in xyz-comb: exact results
E. K. Lenzi, T Sandev, H. V. Ribeiro, P. Jovanovski, A. Iomin and L. Kocarev, J. Stat. Mech. 2020, 053203 (2020). PDF | DOI
- Learning physical properties of liquid crystals with deep convolutional neural networks
Higor Y. D. Sigaki, Ervin K. Lenzi, Rafael S. Zola, Matjaz Perc, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Scientific Reports 10, 7664 (2020). PDF | DOI
- Quenched and Annealed Disorder Mechanisms in Comb-Models with Fractional Operators
A. A. Tateishi, H. V. Ribeiro, T. Sandev, I. Petreska, E. K. Lenz, Phys. Rev. E 101, 022135 (2020). PDF | DOI
- Gender difference in candidature processes for Brazilian elections
M. Cardoso, R. S. Mendes, J. T. G. Souza, H. V. Ribeiro, Physica A 537, 122525 (2020). PDF | DOI
- Extensions and Solutions for Nonlinear Diffusion Equations and Random Walks
E. K. Lenzi, M. K. Lenzi, H. V. Ribeiro, L. R. Evangelista, Proc. Royal Soc. A 475, 20190432 (2019). PDF | DOI
- Characterizing stochastic time series with ordinal networks
Arthur A. B. Pessa, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Phys. Rev. E 100, 042304 (2019). PDF | DOI
- Effects of changing population or density on urban carbon dioxide emissions
Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Diego Rybski, Jürgen P. Kropp, Nature Communications 10, 3204 (2019). PDF | DOI
- Clustering patterns in efficiency and the coming-of-age of the cryptocurrency market
Higor Y. D. Sigaki, Matjaz Perc, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Scientific Reports 9, 1440 (2019). PDF | DOI
- The hidden traits of endemic illiteracy in cities
Luiz G. A. Alves, Jose S. Andrade Jr., Quentin S. Hanley, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Physica A 515, 566-574 (2019). PDF | DOI
- History of art paintings through the lens of entropy and complexity
Higor Y. D. Sigaki, Matjaz Perc, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A 155, E8585-E8594 (2018). PDF | DOI
- A nonlinear Fokker–Planck equation approach for interacting systems: Anomalous diffusion and Tsallis statistics
D. Marin, M. A. Ribeiro, H. V. Ribeiro, E. K. Lenzi, Physics Letters A 382, 1903-1907 (2018). PDF | DOI
- Crime prediction through urban metrics and statistical learning
Luiz G. A. Alves, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Francisco A. Rodrigues, Physica A 505, 435 (2018). PDF | DOI
- Nonlinear Diffusion Equation with Reaction Terms: Analytical and Numerical Results
E. K. Lenzi, M. A. Ribeiro, M. E. K. Fuziki, M. K. Lenzi, H. V. Ribeiro, Applied Mathematics and Computation 330, 254-265 (2018). PDF | DOI
- Unveiling Relationships Between Crime and Property in England and Wales Via Density Scale-Adjusted Metrics and Network Tools
Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Quentin S. Hanley, Dan Lewis, PLoS ONE 13, e0192931 (2018). PDF | DOI
- Characterization of Time Series Via Rényi Complexity-Entropy Curves
Max Jauregui, Luciano Zunino, Ervin K. Lenzi, Renio S. Mendes, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Physica A 98, 74 (2018). PDF | DOI
- The dynamical structure of political corruption networks
Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Luiz G. A. Alves, Alvaro F. Martins, Ervin K. Lenzi, Matjaz Perc, Journal of Complex Networks 6, 1 (2018). PDF | DOI
- The role of fractional time-derivative operators on anomalous diffusion
A. A. Tateishi, H. V. Ribeiro, E. K. Lenzi, Front. Phys. 5, 52 (2017). PDF | DOI
- Fractional Calculus in Electrical Impedance Spectroscopy: Poisson-Nernst-Planck model and Extensions
E. K. Lenzi, R. S. Zola, H. V. Ribeiro, L. R. Evangelista, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci., 12 (2017) 11677-11691. PDF | DOI
- Characterizing Time Series via Complexity-Entropy Curves
Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Max Jauregui, Luciano Zunino, Ervin K. Lenzi, Physical Review E 95, 062106 (2017). PDF | DOI
- Ion Motion in Electrolytic Cells: Anomalous Diffusion Evidences
E. K. Lenzi, R. S. Zola, H. V. Ribeiro, D. S. Vieira, F. Ciuchi, A. Mazzulla, N. Scaramuzza,
and L. R. Evangelista, J. Phys. Chem. B 121, 2882–2886. PDF | DOI - Intermittent Motion, Nonlinear Diffusion Equation and Tsallis Formalism
E. K. Lenzi, L. R. da Silva, M. K. Lenzi, M. A. F. dos Santos, H. V. Ribeiro, L. R. Evangelista, Entropy 19, 42 (2017). PDF | DOI
- Asymptotic behaviors of the Poisson-Nernst-Planck model, generalizations and best adjust of experimental data
E.K. Lenzi, R.S. Zola, R. Rossato, H.V. Ribeiro, D.S. Vieira, L.R. Evangelista, Electrochimica Acta 226, 40 (2017). PDF | DOI
- Anomalous diffusion and transport in heterogeneous systems separated by a membrane
E. K. Lenzi, H. V. Ribeiro, A. A. Tateishi, R. S. Zola, L. R. Evangelista, Proc. R. Soc. A 472, 20160502 (2016). PDF | DOI
- Differences in Collaboration Patterns across Discipline, Career Stage, and Gender
Xiao Han T. Zeng, Jordi Duch, Marta Sales-Pardo, João A. G. Moreira, Filippo Radicchi, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Teresa K. Woodruff, Luís A. Nunes Amaral, PLOS Biology 14, e1002573 (2016). PDF | DOI
- Discriminating image textures with the multiscale two-dimensional complexity-entropy causality plane
Luciano Zunino, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 91, 679 (2016). PDF | DOI
- Extensive Characterization of Seismic Laws in Acoustic Emissions of Crumpled Plastic Sheets
Leandro S. Costa, Ervin K. Lenzi, Renio S. Mendes, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, EPL, 114 (2016) 59002. PDF | DOI
- Fractional diffusion equations coupled by reaction terms
E.K. Lenzi, R. Menechini Neto, A.A. Tateishi, M.K. Lenzi, H.V. Ribeiro, Physica A 458, 9 (2016). PDF | DOI
- The advantage of playing home in NBA: microscopic, team-specific and evolving features
Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Satyam Mukherjee, Xiao Han T. Zeng, PLoS ONE 11, e0152440 (2016). PDF | DOI
- Transient superdiffusion and long-range correlations in the motility patterns of trypanosomatid flagellate protozoa
L. G. A. Alves, D. B. Scariot, R. R. Guimarães, C. V. Nakamura, R. S. Mendes, H. V. Ribeiro, PLoS ONE 11, e0152092 (2016). PDF | DOI
- Rural to urban population density scaling of crime and property transactions in English and Welsh Parliamentary Constituencies
Quentin S. Hanley, Dan Lewis, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, PLoS ONE 11, e0149546 (2016). PDF | DOI
- Characterization of river flow fluctuations via horizontal visibility graphs
A. C. Braga, L. G. A. Alves, L. S. Costa, A. A. Ribeiro, M. M. A. de Jesus, A. A. Tateishi, H. V. Ribeiro, Physica A 444, 1003 (2016). PDF | DOI
- Solutions for a sorption process governed by a fractional diffusion equation
E.K. Lenzi, M.A.F. dos Santos, D.S. Vieira, R.S. Zola, H.V. Ribeiro, Physica A 443, 32 (2016). PDF | DOI
- Electrolytic cell containing different groups of ions with anomalous diffusion approach
F.R.G.B. Silva, R. Rossato, E.K. Lenzi, R.S. Zola, H.V. Ribeiro, M.K. Lenzi, G. Gonçalves, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry 746, 25-30 (2015). PDF | DOI
- Scale-adjusted metrics for predicting the evolution of urban indicators and quantifying the performance of cities
L. G. A. Alves, R. S. Mendes, E. K. Lenzi, H. V. Ribeiro, PLoS ONE (2015). PDF | DOI
- Spatial correlations, clustering and percolation-like transitions in homicide crimes
L. G. A. Alves, E. K. Lenzi, R. S. Mendes, H. V. Ribeiro, EPL 111, 18002 (2015). PDF | DOI
- Analogies between the cracking noise of ethanol-dampened charcoal and earthquakes
H. V. Ribeiro, L. S. Costa, L. G. A. Alves, P. A. Santoro, S Picoli, E. K. Lenzi, R. S. Mendes, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 025503 (2015). PDF | DOI
- Solutions for a q-generalized Schrödinger equation of entangled interacting particles
L.G.A. Alves, H.V. Ribeiro, M.A.F. Santos, R.S. Mendes, E.K. Lenzi, Physica A 429 (2015) 35–44, PDF | DOI
- We need more empirical investigations and model validation for a better understanding of crime - Comment on 'Statistical physics of crime: A review' by M.R. D'Orsogna and M. Perc
H. V. Ribeiro, Physics of Life Reviews 12, 36 (2015). PDF | DOI
- Unusual diffusing regimes caused by different adsorbing surfaces
V. G. Guimaraes, H. V. Ribeiro, Q. Li, L. R. Evangelista, E. K. Lenzi, R. S. Zola, Soft Matter 11, 1658 (2015). PDF | DOI
- Fractional diffusion equation, boundary conditions and surface effects
E. K. Lenzi, A. A. Tateishi, H. V. Ribeiro, M. K. Lenzi, G. Gonçalves, L. R. da Silva, J. Stat. Mech. P08019 (2014). PDF | DOI
- Investigating the interplay between mechanisms of anomalous diffusion via fractional Brownian walks on a comb-like structure
H. V. Ribeiro, A. A. Tateishi, L. G. A. Alves, R. S. Zola, E. K. Lenzi, New Journal of Physics 16, 093050 (2014). PDF | DOI
- Reaction on a solid surface supplied by an anomalous mass transfer source
E. K. Lenzi, M. K. Lenzi, R. S. Zola, H. V. Ribeiro, F. C. Zola, L. R. Evangelista and G. Gonçalves, Physica A 410, 399 (2014). PDF | DOI
- Empirical analysis on the connection between power-law distributions and allometries for urban indicators
L. G. A. Alves, H. V. Ribeiro, E. K. Lenzi, R. S. Mendes, Physica A 409, 175 (2014). PDF | DOI
- Universal bursty behaviour in human violent conflicts
S. Picoli, M. del Castillo-Mussot, H. V. Ribeiro, E. K. Lenzi, R. S. Mendes, Sci. Rep. 4, 4773 (2014). PDF | DOI
- Fractional Diffusion Equations and Equivalent Circuits Applied to Ionic Solutions
F. R. G. B. Silva, H. V. Ribeiro, M. K. Lenzi, T. Petrucci, F. S. Michels and E. K. Lenzi, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci. 9, 2849 (2014). PDF | DOI
- Long-range spatial correlations and fluctuation statistics of lightning activity rates in Brazil
H. V. Ribeiro, F. J. Antonio, L. G. A. Alves, E. K. Lenzi, R. S. Mendes, EPL 104, 69001 (2013). PDF | DOI
- First passage time for a diffusive process under a geometric constraint
A. A. Tateishi, F. S. Michels, M. A. F. Santos, E. K. Lenzi, H. V. Ribeiro, J. Stat. Mech. P09017 (2013). PDF | DOI
- Engagement in the electoral processes: Scaling laws and the role of the political positions
M. C. Mantovani, H. V. Ribeiro, E. K. Lenzi, S. Picoli Jr., R. S. Mendes, Phys. Rev. E 88, 024802 (2013). DOI | PDF
- Time dependent solutions for a fractional Schrödinger equation with delta potentials
E. K. Lenzi, H. V. Ribeiro, M. A. F. Santos, R. Rossato, R. S. Mendes, J. Math. Phys. 54, 082107 (2013). PDF | DOI
- Distance to the scaling law: a useful approach for unveiling relationships between crime and urban metrics
Luiz G. A. Alves, Haroldo V. Ribeiro, Ervin K. Lenzi, Renio S. Mendes, PLoS One 8, e69580 (2013). PDF | DOI
- Antipersistent behavior of defects in a lyotropic liquid crystal during annihilation
H. V. Ribeiro, R. R. Guimarães, R. T. Teixeira-Souza, H. Mukai, P. R. G. Fernandes, E. K. Lenzi, R. S. Mendes, Phys. Rev. E 87, 054501 (2013). PDF | DOI
- Scaling laws in the dynamics of crime growth rate
L. G. A. Alves, H. V. Ribeiro, R. S. Mendes, Physica A 392, 2672 (2013). PDF | DOI
- Diffusive process on a backbone structure with drift terms
E. K. Lenzi, L. R. da Silva, A. A. Tateishi, M. K. Lenzi, and H. V. Ribeiro, Phys. Rev. E 87, 012121 (2013). PDF | DOI
- Move-by-move dynamics of the advantage in chess matches reveals population-level learning of the game
H. V. Ribeiro, R. S. Mendes, E. K. Lenzi, M. del Castillo-Mussot, L. A. N. Amaral, PLoS One 8, e54165 (2013). PDF | DOI
- Anomalous Diffusion and Electrical Response of Ionic Solutions
E. K. Lenzi, P. R. G. Fernandes, T. Petrucci, H. Mukai, H. V. Ribeiro, M. K. Lenzi, G. Gonçalves, Int. J. Electrochem. Sci. 8 2849 (2013). PDF | DOI
- Anomalous diffusion and long-range correlations in the score evolution of the game of cricket
H. V. Ribeiro, S. Mukherjee, X. H. T. Zeng, Phys. Rev. E, 86, 022102 (2012). PDF | DOI
- Continuous Time Random Walk and different diffusive regimes
H. V. Ribero, R. Rossato, A. A. Tateishi, E. K. Lenzi, R. S. Mendes, Acta Scientiarum. Technology 34, 201 (2012). PDF | DOI
- Complexity-Entropy Causality Plane as a Complexity Measure for Two-Dimensional Patterns
H. V. Ribeiro, L. Zunino, E. K. Lenzi, P. A. Santoro, R. S. Mendes, PLoS ONE 7, e40689 (2012). PDF | DOI
- Solutions for a fractional diffusion equation with noninteger dimensions
L. S. Lucena, L. R. da Silva, A. A. Tateishi, M. K. Lenzi, H. V. Ribeiro, E. K. Lenzi, Nonlinear Analysis: Real World Applications 13, 1955 (2012). PDF | DOI
- Different diffusive regimes, generalized Langevin and diffusion equations
A. A. Tateishi, E. K. Lenzi, L. R. da Silva, H. V. Ribeiro, S. Picoli Jr., R. S. Mendes, Phys. Rev. E 85, 011147 (2012). PDF | DOI
- Fractional Schrodinger equation with noninteger dimensions
J. Martins, H. V. Ribeiro, L. R. Evangelista, L. R. da Silva, E. K. Lenzi, Applied Mathematics and Computation 219, 2313 (2012). PDF | DOI
- Complexity-entropy causality plane: A useful approach for distinguishing songs
H. V. Ribeiro, L. Zunino, R. S. Mendes, E. K. Lenzi, Physica A 391, 2421 (2012). PDF | DOI
- Anomalous-diffusion approach applied to the electrical response of water
E.K. Lenzi, P.R G. Fernandes, T. Petrucci, H. Mukai, and H.V. Ribeiro, PHYSICAL REVIEW E 84, 041128 (2011) PDF | DOI
- Scaling laws and universality in the choice of election candidates
M. C. Mantovani, H. V. Ribeiro, M. V. Moro, S. Picoli Jr., R. S. Mendes, EPL 96, 48001 (2011). PDF | DOI
- Exact propagator for a Fokker-Planck equation, first passage time distribution, and anomalous diffusion
A.T. Silva, E.K. Lenzi, L.R. Evangelista, M.K. Lenzi, H. V. Ribeiro, and A.A. Tateishi, JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 52, 083301 (2011) PDF | DOI
- Non-Markovian diffusion equation and diffusion in a porous catalyst
E.K. Lenzi, H.V. Ribeiro, J. Martins, M.K. Lenzi, G.G. Lenzi, S. Specchia, Chemical Engineering Journal 172, 1083 (2011) PDF | DOI
- Anomalous diffusion in a symbolic model
H.V. Ribeiro, E.K. Lenzi, R.S. Mendes, and P.A. Santoro, Physica Scripta 83, 045007 (2011) PDF | DOI
- Spreading Patterns of the Influenza A (H1N1) Pandemic
S. Picoli Jr., J. J. V. Teixeira, H. V. Ribeiro, L. C. Malacarne, R. P. B. Santos, R.S. Mendes, PLoS One 8, e17823 (2011). PDF | DOI
- Solutions for a diffusion equation with a backbone term
A.A. Tateishi,E.K. Lenzi, H.V. Ribeiro, L.R. Evangelista, R.S. Mendes, and L.R. Silva, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, P02022 (2011) PDF | DOI
- The soundscape dynamics of human agglomeration
H. V. Ribeiro, R. T. Souza, E. K. Lenzi, R. S. Mendes, L. R. Evangelista, New Journal of Physics 13, 023028 (2011). PDF | DOI
- On the dynamics of bubbles in boiling water
H. V. Ribeiro, R. S. Mendes, E. K. Lenzi, M. P. Belancon, L. C. Malacarne, Chaos Solitons Fractals 44, 178 (2011). PDF | DOI
- Universal patterns in sound amplitudes of songs and music genres
R. S. Mendes, H. V. Ribeiro, F. C. M. Freire, A. A. Tateishi, E. K. Lenzi, Phys. Rev. E 83, 017101 (2011). PDF | DOI
- Earthquake-like patterns of acoustic emission in crumpled plastic sheets
R. S. Mendes, L. C. Malacarne, R. P. B. Santos, H. V. Ribeiro and S. Picoli Jr., EPL, 92, 29001 (2010). PDF | DOI
- Solutions for a non-Markovian diffusion equation
E. K. Lenzi, L. R. Evangelista, M. K. Lenzi, H. V. Ribeiro, E. C. de Oliveira,
Physics Letters A 374, 4193 (2010). PDF | DOI - Continuous-time random walk as a guide to fractional Schrödinger equation
E. K. Lenzi, H. V. Ribeiro, H. Mukai, R. S. Mendes, JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICAL PHYSICS 51, 092102 (2010). PDF | DOI
- Dynamics of tournaments: the soccer case
H. V. Ribeiro, R. S. Mendes, L. C. Malacarne, S. Picoli Jr., P. A. Santoro, Eur. Phys. J. B 75, 327 (2010). PDF | DOI
- Symbolic Sequences and Tsallis Entropy
H. V. Ribeiro, E. K. Lenzi, R. S. Mendes, G. A. Mendes, L. R. da Silva, Brazilian Journal of Physics 39, 444 (2009). PDF | DOI