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IFISC 2019 Annual Report available
April 28, 2020
As usual at the beginning of a new year, IFISC publishes its annual
report. This document summarizes in detail all the activity carried
out by IFISC researchers inside and outside the centre during the
year 2019.
In addition to a ...
New method based on geolocated data from Twitter detects refugee flows worldwide
April 22, 2020
A
team led by researchers of IFISC (CSIC-UIB) has developed a new
method to detect refugee flows worldwide. The work, based on
geolocated data from the social network Twitter and carried out in
collaboration with UNICEF, has allowed researchers to ...
Mobile data to study containment effectiveness on Covid19 dispersion. Data updated May 27
April 14, 2020
IFISC (UIB-CSIC) coordinates, together with the Centre for Advanced Studies in Blanes (CEAB-CSIC), a research project that uses computer and data science techniques to check how the containment measures that have been taken to stop the spread of Covid19 are ...
How confinement measures have affected mobility in the Balearic Islands
April 14, 2020
The
Institute
for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems
(IFISC, UIB-CSIC), coordinated by researcher Dr. José Ramasco, has
prepared a series of reports analyzing the changes in mobility in the
Balearic Islands due to exceptional containment measures against the
expansion of ...
European Training Network on Post Digital Computing open call
April 2, 2020
POST-DIGITAL, a European Training Network, announces 15 positions on Post-Digital Computing for Early-Stage Researchers with the option of being awarded a doctoral degree. The main focus of the network is a photonics approach to neuromorphic computing, i.e. an unconventional ...
Why it is difficult to control epidemic outbreaks in a world that moves so much
March 31, 2020
In
the last 20 years our way of moving has changed radically, we are
used to stepping on an airport several times a year, either for work
or to go on holiday. According to IATA data, in less than 15 ...
The new IFISC computer cluster for Big Data analysis and intensive numerical simulations is now up and ready
March 26, 2020
The new cluster,
Nuredduna2020,
with 960 cores, 12TB of memory
and 25GB/s low latency communications
between servers is
now fully configured and
ready to run jobs. IFISC building is
presently closed, but the final configuration of the cluster has ...
IFISC (UIB-CSIC) participates in the CSIC strategy to stop the Covid-19
March 23, 2020
The
Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has defined a strategy to promote scientific projects to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. In
addition to biotechnology and nanotechnology studies, studies are
being promoted to find out about mobility patterns in the face of ...
IFISC People: Massimiliano Zanin
March 20, 2020
We
are pleased to announce that Dr.
Massimiliano Zanin joins
IFISC as a postdoctoral
researcher.
Massimiliano
Zanin graduated in Aeronautical Management at the Universidad
Autónoma de Madrid, obtaining his PhD at the Universidade Nova de
Lisboa in the application of ...
The importance of the incubation period in cholera and Ebola outbreaks in Sierra Leone
March 10, 2020
Studying how diseases
spread in time and space when an outbreak occurs is key to designing a rapid
and effective response. Recent epidemics such as the Zika or Ebola outbreaks
only serve as a reminder of the need to improve ...