Notícies
IFISC's scientists organised the workshop CitiNet at the most important conference of complex systems, ECCS’14
Jan. 21, 2015
The objective of CitiNet workshop is to set up an anual meeting of researchers coming from complex system networks, sensor networks, distributed intelligence and the social, economic or organizational sciences. The multidisciplinary interactions for this inter-disciplinary area of research are …
The study Crowdsourcing Dialect Characterization through Twitter, the most read story in SINC platform
Jan. 5, 2015
The study Crowdsourcing Dialect Characterization through Twitter, a research paper from IFISC, the most read news in platform SINC 2014. Agencia SINC Nueva Tribuna Diario Digital de León
Latest news about nanoscale thermoelectrics: "Focus on Thermoelectric Effects in Nanostructures"
Dec. 22, 2014
Focus on Thermoelectric Effects in Nanostructures David Sanchez, (IFISC, CSIC/UIB) and Heiner Linke (Lund University, Sweden) The field of nanoscale thermoelectrics began with a clear motivation for better performances of waste heat recovery processes by lowering the system dimensionality. Although …
Symposium on preference for curvature
Dec. 17, 2014
Symposium: “The Human Aesthetic (and Moral) Nature: The preference for curvature”. This symposium is part of the project “La naturaleza moral y estética humana. Caracterización sistemática de los rasgos derivados humanos de mora y estética”. In the project, there are …
Talk: "Grafeno: El supermaterial del siglo XXI con aplicaciones revolucionarias"
Dec. 10, 2014
Talk "Grafeno: El supermaterial del siglo XXI con aplicaciones revolucionarias"200 times harder than steel, elastic and flexible, transparent and lightweight, High thermal and electrical conductivity, antibacterial, Clean, store energy, etc... Talk with Rosa López, researcher at the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary …
75th CSIC anniversary
Dec. 1, 2014
The CSIC celebrates its 75th anniversary. The IFISC is a joint research institut of CSIC and UIB. Ultima Hora Brisas
Highways and railways can be traced in a map using Twitter Data, according to IFISC (UIB-CSIC) researchers
Nov. 12, 2014
"Tweets on the Road" is a mobility study done by researchers at the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems, IFISC (CSIC / UIB) following geolocated tweets posted from the roads and railways of Europe between September 2012 and November …
EUNOIA final event: Big Data, Urban Models and Transport Planning: the EUNOIA project
Nov. 10, 2014
Cities are growing rapidly worldwide, and the quest for sustainable urban transport is becoming an increasingly urgent challenge for all major cities around the world. To make informed decisions, urban planners and policy makers need to evaluate the impact of …
The Catalan Way is clearly visible using geolocated tweets even an hour before the starting of the demonstration.
Sept. 12, 2014
The Catalan Way, shaping a V following Barcelona's main avenues, is clearly visible on a map by plotting geolocated tweets. The demonstration on occasion of the Day of Catalonia was called for 5:14 pm, today September, 11. This study has …