Chaitanya Kaligotla, Simon Fraser University

Research

agent-based modeling computational social science opinion dynamics quantitative methods in social sciences social media social network modeling

Latest papers

Agent-based simulation and child protection systems: Rationale, implementation, and verification.
Child abuse & neglect · 2024
Impact of changes in protective behaviors and out-of-household activities by age on COVID-19 transmission and hospitalization in Chicago, Illinois.
Annals of epidemiology · 2022
Building and experimenting with an agent-based model to study the population-level impact of CommunityRx, a clinic-based community resource referral intervention.
PLoS computational biology · 2021

All 3 publications

Latest funding

AI-Augmented Work Metrics and Sociotechnical System Savvy for Designing the Future-of-Work
SSHRC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$295,642
Digital Collaboration Platforms for Emergent Groups doing Physical Work
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$39,430
In-Silico Sandbox to Model Multi-Platform Computational Disinformation
NSERC · 2022 · Principal investigator
$57,000

All 5 grants and awards

3 publications.

01

Agent-based simulation and child protection systems: Rationale, implementation, and verification.

Wulczyn F, Kaligotla C, Hummel J, Wagner A, MacLeod A

Child abuse & neglect2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106578 PMID: 38128373

02

Impact of changes in protective behaviors and out-of-household activities by age on COVID-19 transmission and hospitalization in Chicago, Illinois.

Hotton AL, Ozik J, Kaligotla C, Collier N, Stevens A, Khanna AS, MacDonell MM, Wang C, LePoire DJ, Chang YS, Martinez-Moyano IJ, Mucenic B, Pollack HA, Schneider JA, Macal C

Annals of epidemiology2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2022.06.005 PMID: 35728733

03

Building and experimenting with an agent-based model to study the population-level impact of CommunityRx, a clinic-based community resource referral intervention.

Lindau ST, Makelarski JA, Kaligotla C, Abramsohn EM, Beiser DG, Chou C, Collier N, Huang ES, Macal CM, Ozik J, Tung EL

PLoS computational biology2021

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009471 PMID: 34695116

AI-Augmented Work Metrics and Sociotechnical System Savvy for Designing the Future-of-Work

Principal investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kaligotla, Chaitanya

$295,642

Digital Collaboration Platforms for Emergent Groups doing Physical Work

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Saraf, Nilesh

Keywords: digital collaboration platform; emergent volunteer groups; physical task complexity; experiments; computational modelling; disaster relief operations

$39,430

In-Silico Sandbox to Model Multi-Platform Computational Disinformation

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Kaligotla, Chaitanya

Keywords: social network modeling; quantitative methods in social sciences; opinion dynamics; social media; computational social science; agent-based modeling

$57,000

In-Silico Sandbox to Model Multi-Platform Computational Disinformation

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Discovery Launch Supplement

Principal investigators: Kaligotla, Chaitanya

$12,500

Shifting to large-scale methods for studying bottom-up work crafting

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Griffith, Terri

Keywords: work crafting; work design; systems savvy; cognitive complexity; emerging global challenges; automation; artificial intelligence; web scraping; application programming interface (API)

$40,755

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: agent-based modeling Dear Professor Kaligotla, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Agent-based simulation and child protection systems: Rationale, implementation, and verification." (2024), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "AI-Augmented Work Metrics and Sociotechnical System Savvy for Designing the Future-of-Work" (2025), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]