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Professors Raul Toral and Pere Colet publish the book Stochastic Numerical Methods
Aug. 1, 2014
Stochastic Numerical Methods introduces at Master level the numerical methods that use probability or stochastic concepts to analyze random processes. The book aims at being rather general and is addressed at students of natural sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, etc ...
Konstantin Hicke has presented his tesis “Synchronization and application of delay-coupled semiconductor lasers”
July 18, 2014
The work in this thesis is focused on the complex dynamics of semiconductor laser (SL) devices which receive time-delayed feedback from an external cavity or are delay-coupled with a second semiconductor laser. We investigate fundamental properties of the dynamics and ...
Ricardo Martinez presented his tesis “Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics in Ecology: Vegetation patterns, Animal mobility and temporal fluctuations”
July 9, 2014
El estudio de patrones de vegetación y los movimientos colectivos de animales centran la tesis de Ricardo Martinez en el IFISC
Los patrones son formas que se crean y se repiten a menudo en la naturaleza. Granos de arena, formaciones ...
54 students opted for SURF fellowships
July 2, 2014
El Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos (IFISC), centro mixto de la UIB y el CSIC, contará este verano con 7 becarios de introducción a la investigación, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF). A la convocatoria, que exigía tener aprobados ...
El investigador del IFISC, Joan Josep Cerdà, gana el Premio de narrativa juvenil Guillem Cifre de Colonya
June 23, 2014
Joan Josep Cerdà, investigador del IFISC, ha ganado la 33ª edición del Premio de narrativa infantil y juvenil Guillem Cifre de Colonya con la obra "L'enigma del U-775B" que serà publicada por la editoral La Galera.
El premio que ...
For the first time Anticipated Synchronization is detected in primates as part of an investigation by researchers IFISC
June 6, 2014
The magazine NeuroImage published the article "Granger Causality Modelling positive and negative phase lag Between cortical areas". This article includes many of the thesis Seligardi Fernanda Matias, directed by Claudio Mirasso, Professor, Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems, IFISC ...
A photonic brain
June 2, 2014
Professors Ingo Fischer and Claudio Mirasso discuss the challenges and opportunities of their cross-disciplinary research into photonic systems and their endeavours to create a photonic brain in an article in the journal International Innovation.
La revista International Innovation publica “A ...
Entangling mobility and interactions in social media
April 28, 2014
Daily interactions naturally define social circles. Individuals tend to be friends with the people they spend time with and they choose to spend time with their friends, inextricably entangling physical location and social relationships. As a result, it is possible ...
Ricardo Martínez, estudiante de doctorado del IFISC, gana el premio de investigación Montserrat Casas en la modalidad de Ciencias
April 25, 2014
Los premios de investigación Montserrat Casas, en honor de la exrectora de la UIB, tienen el objetivo de reconocer la dedicación a la investigación de los doctorandos vinculados a la Universitat de les Illes Balears, y estimular la producción científica ...
Is the Voter Model a Model for Voters?
April 25, 2014
The voter model has been studied extensively as a paradigmatic opinion dynamics model. However, its ability to model real opinion dynamics has not been addressed. Investigators of Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems, IFISC (CSIC/UIB) introduce a noisy ...