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VIII GEFENOL Summer School on Statistical Physics of Complex Systems
July 3, 2018
IFISC (Institute of
Interdisciplinary Physics and Complex Systems, UIB-CSIC) in
collaboration with the Specialized Group in Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
(GEFENOL) within the framework of the Real Sociedad Española de Física (RSEF),
hosts its summer school focused on statistical physics ...
How do ants move?
June 28, 2018
The behavior of social animals, such as
insects, is a paradigmatic example of a collective phenomenon that emerges from
individual behavior. A research article published by researchers at the
Institute for Interdisciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC, UIB-CSIC)
in collaboration ...
Prestigious journal Optica features on its cover an article with participation of IFISC
June 25, 2018
Researchers of FEMTO-ST and IFISC demonstrate a large-scale photonic recurrent neural network with reinforcement learning and publish results in prestigious journal Optica, featured on its cover page.
IFISC People: Luiza Angheluta and Eduardo H. Colombo
June 7, 2018
As a part of IFISC people, we are glad to
introduce Luiza Angheluta and Eduardo H. Colombo.
Luiza is associate professor
in the condensed matter physics group at the University of Oslo, Norway. Her
current research focuses on statistical properties ...
25th Central European Workshop on Quantum Optics
May 15, 2018
The UIB will host an international meeting on
quantum optics organised by IFISC (UIB-CSIC) from 21 to 25 May. The interaction between
light and matter, the processing of data or the overcoming of the paradigms of
classical physics are just ...
Pint of Science 2018
May 8, 2018
Pint of Science, the science popularization
festival that proposes a meeting between researchers and the public in the
bars, arrives on the 14, 15 and 16th of May in Palma de Mallorca.For three consecutive days (14, 15 and 16 ...
Navegando por la complejidad del siglo XXI: Ciencia, inteligencia y creatividad
April 10, 2018
One of the main objectives of IFISC (UIB-CSIC),
since its creation more than ten years ago, has been the organization of
activities that promote the dissemination of complex systems and
interdisciplinary science among citizens. For this reason, and taking over ...
Big Data to characterize the spatial integration of immigrant communities
March 15, 2018
A research team analyzes the spatial
integration of immigrant communities using language detection and tweet
localization
Due to the globalization process, the world's major
metropolises are increasingly characterized by a growing heterogeneity in their
populations. Newly arrived immigrants face ...
Big Data to study marine fauna
March 9, 2018
An international research team maps the trajectories
of 2500 animals from 50 different species to understand how they travel through
the ocean.
Understanding the mechanisms that govern the movement of marine animals
is essential to facilitate their conservation. An international ...
Towards a better characterization of molecular transistors
March 5, 2018
An international team of researchers proposes a new method that uses
magnetic fields to distinguish between molecular junctions with and without
electronic interactions.Molecular junctions are nanoscale electronic devices consisting of two metallic
electrodes and a molecule sandwiched between them ...