Publications

Journals

  • Sterchi, M., Hilfiker, L., Grütter, R., Bernstein, A. (2023). Active Querying Approach to Epidemic Source Detection on Contact Networks. Scientific Reports, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-38282-8

  • Sterchi, M., Sarasua, C., Grütter, R., Bernstein, A. (2021). Outbreak detection for temporal contact data. Applied Network Science, 6(17). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41109-021-00360-z

  • Sterchi, M., Faverjon, C., Sarasua, C., Vargas, ME., Berezowski, J., Bernstein, A., Grütter, R., Nathues, H. (2019). The pig transport network in Switzerland: Structure, patterns, and implications for the transmission of infectious diseases between animal holdings. PLOS ONE, 14(5): e0217974. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217974

  • Faverjon, C., Bernstein, A., Grütter, R., Nathues, C., Nathues, H., Sarasua, C., Sterchi, M., Vargas, ME., Berezowski, J. (2019). A Transdisciplinary Approach Supporting the Implementation of a Big Data Project in Livestock Production: An Example From the Swiss Pig Production Industry. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 6(215). https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2019.00215

  • Stöckli, S., Messner, C., Sterchi, M., Dorn, M. (2019). Unreliable is Better: Theoretical and Practical Impulses for Performance Management. Die Unternehmung, 73(2), 167-180. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26696764

  • Hulliger, B. & Sterchi, M. (2018). A survey-based design of a pricing system for psychotherapy. Health Economics Review, 8(29), 2-11. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-018-0213-7

Proceedings

  • Sterchi, M., Sarasua, C., Grütter, R., Bernstein, A. (2019). Maximizing the Likelihood of Detecting Outbreaks in Temporal Networks. In: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications, COMPLEX NETWORKS, 2019. Oral Presentation. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36683-4_39

  • Sterchi, M. & Wolf, M. (2017). Weighted Least Squares and Adaptive Least Squares: Further Empirical Evidence. In: Kreinovic, Vladik; Sriboonchitta, Songsak; Huynh, Van-Nam. Robustness in Econometrics. Cham: Springer, 135-167. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50742-2_9

Abstracts

  • Sterchi, M., Hilfiker, L. (2025). Evaluating Graph Neural Networks for Epidemic Source Detection: A Benchmark Study (Abstract). International School and Conference on Network Science, NetSci, (upcoming, June 2025). Poster Presentation.

  • Sterchi, M., Hilfiker, L., Grütter, R., Bernstein, A. (2023). Active learning for epidemic source detection (Extended Abstract). Book of Abstracts of the 12th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications, COMPLEX NETWORKS, 2023. Oral Presentation.

  • Hilfiker, L., Sterchi, M. (2021). Covid‑19 superspreading: lessons from simulations on an empirical contact network (Extended Abstract). Book of Abstracts of the 10th International Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications, COMPLEX NETWORKS, 2021. Poster Presentation.