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Measuring bottlenecks in the ocean

Sept. 1, 2021

The ocean provides a fluid environment with complex patterns of flow and dispersal for the organisms that live within it. How these flows transport organisms is relevant for biodiversity with potentially important implications for ecosystem health and climate. An international ...

Dynamical phase transitions in quantum Reservoir Computing

Aug. 23, 2021

Information can be processed by physical, chemical and biological systems with a major example being our brain. In this context, quantum reservoir computing is a promising approach in the fields of complex systems and artificial neural networks characterized by a ...

Game theory to understand rigged economies

July 27, 2021

From Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' to the very tangible effect of corruption and market manipulation, economic systems have always been under suspicion. "The game is rigged!" is often heard as a slogan to denounce injustices or counter-intuitive behavior given ...

67 students competed for SURF@IFISC 2021 fellowships

July 15, 2021

67 students from 26 universities and 6 different countries competed for the seven fellowships offered in the 2021 edition of SURF@IFISC. The SURF program is part of one of the IFISC compromises: to offer training for the future generations ...

GIGABYTE highlights IFISC's research work with its hardware

June 16, 2021

GIGABYTE, one of the world's leading hardware manufacturers, has published an article on its website describing IFISC research carried out by means of their products. VPP4Islands, SuMaECO, ARCTIC, Xylella and DISTANCIA-COVID are examples of research projects that benefit from ...

Voces, CSIC Balears: Reservoir Computing, artificial intelligence and quantum physics

June 8, 2021

IFISC (UIB-CSIC) and the Institutional Representation of CSIC in the Balearic Islands join forces and create "Voces, CSIC Balears", a bimonthly podcast for the dissemination of science. Through interviews with scientists working at CSIC's centres in the Balearic Islands ...

IFISC People: Felipe Olivares and Luisina Pastorino

June 7, 2021

We are pleased to announce that Felipe Olivares and Luisina Pastorino join IFISC within the ARCTIC (Air Transport as Information and Computation) project under the supervision of Dr. Massimiliano Zanin. Felipe Olivares got his PhD degree in physics on Information ...

Conseller de Fons Europeus, Universitat i Cultura visits IFISC (UIB-CSIC)

May 21, 2021

On May 21, the conseller de Fons Europeus, Universitat i Cultura del Govern de les Illes Balears Miquel Company, accompanied by the secretaria autonómica de Universitat, Recerca i Política Lingüística, Agustina Vilaret, and the Director General de Política Universitària i ...

IFISC People: Jorge García

May 18, 2021

We are glad to introduce Jorge García to the other IFISC members. Jorge obtained a bachelor in Physics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and a master in Physics of Complex Systems at IFISC (UIB-CSIC). At IFISC he will work ...

Voces, CSIC Balears: Percolation, jamming and statistical physics

May 10, 2021