Welcome to the fourth cycle of highly interdisciplinary Scientific Colloquia
Each colloquium starts with a 50-minute-long seminar by an expert in the field, followed by interactive discussion with the audience. The talks are aimed primarily at PhD students, and young researchers, but are open to all those interested.
These events are organized by the PhD programs in “Advanced Mathematical and Physical Sciences for Advanced Materials and Technologies”, “Cosmology, Space Science and Space Technology” and “Modeling and Engineering Risk and Complexity”.
Each colloquium starts with a 50-minute-long seminar by an expert in the field, followed by interactive discussion with the audience. The talks are aimed primarily at PhD students, and young researchers, but are open to all those interested.
These events are organized by the PhD programs in “Advanced Mathematical and Physical Sciences for Advanced Materials and Technologies”, “Cosmology, Space Science and Space Technology” and “Modeling and Engineering Risk and Complexity”.
05 October 2023 – 2:30 pm CET | William H. Warren, Chancellor’s Professor of Cognitive, Linguistic and Psychological Sciences, Brown University – Rhode Island (USA)
09 November 2023 – 2:30 pm CET | Luciano Pietronero, full professor of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Roma “La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy
16 November 2023 – 2:30 pm CET | Giulio Saracino, Professor of Subnuclear Physics at the Ettore Pancini Department of Physics, University of Naples “Federico II”
23 November 2023 – 2:30 pm CET | Hannes Pichler, professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Innsbruck
30 November 2023 – 2:30 pm CET | Gianluca Imbriani, Full professor of Experimental Nuclear Physics – University of Naples “Federico II”
7 December 2023 – 2:30 pm CET | Alfio Borzi, Full Professor (Chair Mathematik IX), University of Würzburg, Germany
14 December 2023 – 2:30 pm CET | Alessandro Tredicucci, full professor at the Physics Department, University of Pisa
18 January 2024 – 2:30 pm CET | Panos M. Pardalos, full professor of in Industrial & Systems Engineering at the University of Florida, United States.
25 January 2024 – 2:30 pm CET | Vito Antonio Cimmelli, full professor of Mathematical Physics at the Department of Mathematics, Computer Science and Economics, University of Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
01 February 2024 – 2:30 pm CET | Silvia De Bianchi, Associate Professor of Logic and Philosophy of Science at the University of Milan, Italy
8 February 2024 – 2:30 pm CET | Lucia Luzi, Research Director at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV).
15 February 2024 – 2:30 pm CET | Mario Lattanzi, Research leader INAF – Astronomical Observatory of Turin
22 February 2024 – 2:00 pm CET | Marco Cicalese, Associate Professorship of Mathematical Continuum Mechanics, Technical University of Munich
29 February 2024 – 2:30 pm CET | Eugenio Lippiello, Professor of Theoretical Physics, Department of Mathematical & Physics, Università della Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”
07 March 2024 – 2:30 pm CET | Santi Cassisi, Research leader INAF – Astronomical Observatory of Abruzzo – Teramo (Italy).
14 March 2024 – 2:30 pm CET | Eleonora Di Valentino, Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield – Sheffield – England
21 March 2024 – 2:30 pm CET | Thomas Parisini, Full professor and Head of the Control and Power Research Group at the Imperial College London, United Kingdom
04 April 2024 – 2:30 pm CEST | Giancarlo Sangalli, full professor of Numerical Analysis at the University of Pavia, research associate at CNR-IMATI “E. Magenes.”
11 April 2024 – 2:30 pm CEST | Pietro Schipani, Director at INAF – Capodimonte Astronomical Observatory – Italy
02 May 2024 – 2:30 pm CEST | Daniele Di Pietro, Full professor of Numerical Analysis at Université de Montpellier, Director of Institut Montpelliérain Alexander Grothendieck
16 May 2024 – 2:30 pm CET | Paolo Russo, Full Professor at the University of Naples “Federico II” – Naples (Italy)
The organizers of this year’s series are Giacomo Ascione, Francesco Bajardi, Alessandro Della Pia and Davide Salzano.
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Welcome to the third cycle of highly interdisciplinary Scientific Colloquia
Each colloquium starts with a 50-minute-long seminar by an expert in the field, followed by interactive discussion with the audience. The talks are aimed primarily at PhD students, and young researchers, but are open to all those interested.
These events are organized by the PhD programs in “Advanced Mathematical and Physical Sciences for Advanced Materials and Technologies”, “Cosmology, Space Science and Space Technology” and “Modeling and Engineering Risk and Complexity”.
Each colloquium starts with a 50-minute-long seminar by an expert in the field, followed by interactive discussion with the audience. The talks are aimed primarily at PhD students, and young researchers, but are open to all those interested.
These events are organized by the PhD programs in “Advanced Mathematical and Physical Sciences for Advanced Materials and Technologies”, “Cosmology, Space Science and Space Technology” and “Modeling and Engineering Risk and Complexity”.
Quantum Complexity
10 November 2022 – 2:30 pm CET | Alioscia Hamma, Professor at Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II – Italy
10 November 2022 – 2:30 pm CET | Alioscia Hamma, Professor at Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II – Italy
17 November 2022 – 2:30 pm CET | Pietro De Lellis, Professor at University of Naples Federico II – Italy
Spin-orbit optical phenomena and their applications
24 November 2022 – 2:30 pm CET | Lorenzo Marrucci, Professor at Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II – Italy
24 November 2022 – 2:30 pm CET | Lorenzo Marrucci, Professor at Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II – Italy
GINGER, Gyroscopes IN GEneral Relativity
01 December 2022 – 2:30 pm CET | Angela D. V. di Virgilio, Senior researcher at INFN Sez. Pisa – Italy
01 December 2022 – 2:30 pm CET | Angela D. V. di Virgilio, Senior researcher at INFN Sez. Pisa – Italy
Entangled relativity
15 December 2022 – 2:30 pm CET | Olivier Minazzoli, Permanent researcher at Observatory of Côte d’Azur in Nice – France
15 December 2022 – 2:30 pm CET | Olivier Minazzoli, Permanent researcher at Observatory of Côte d’Azur in Nice – France
12 January 2023 – 2:30 pm CET | Valerio Cozzani, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Bologna – Italy
Bridging Physics to Biomedical Sciences
19 January 2023 – 2:30 pm CET | Carlo Altucci, Full Professor of Applied Physics, University of Naples Federico II – Italy
Some free boundary problems in thermal insulation
26 January 2023 – 2:30 pm CET | Carlo Nitsch, Full Professor in Mathematical Analysis, University of Napoli Federico II – Italy
26 January 2023 – 2:30 pm CET | Carlo Nitsch, Full Professor in Mathematical Analysis, University of Napoli Federico II – Italy
Effective behavior of random media
09 February 2023 – 2:30 pm CET | Felix Otto, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig – Germany
09 February 2023 – 2:30 pm CET | Felix Otto, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig – Germany
16 February 2023 – 2.30 pm CET | Eduardo Montijano, Professor at Departamento de Informatica e Ingenieria de Sistemas, University of Zaragoza – Spain
Discrete De Giorgi Theory: Analysis and Applications
23 February 2023 – 2.30 pm CET | Endre Suli, Professor of Numerical Analysis, University of Oxford – UK
23 February 2023 – 2.30 pm CET | Endre Suli, Professor of Numerical Analysis, University of Oxford – UK
02 March 2023 – 2.30 pm CET | Manuel Ruiz Marin, Full Professor at the department of Quantitative Methods, Law and Modern Languages in Technical University of Cartagena – Spain
09 March 2023 – 2.30 pm CET | Fabio Pasqualetti, Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California at Riverside – United States
16 March 2023 – 2:30 pm CET | József Lőrinczi, Rényi Institute of Mathematics, Budapest – Hungary
23 March 2023 – 2:30 pm CET | Daniele Oriti, Professor at Arnold Sommerfeld Center for Theoretical Physics, Munich – Germany
30 March 2023 – 2:30 pm CEST | Giulia Gubitosi, Researcher at University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples – Italy
13 April 2023 – 2:30 pm CEST | Alessandro Reali, Professor at Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture of the University of Pavia
20 April 2023 – 2:30 pm CEST | Doros N. Theodorou, Professor at Department of Materials Science and Engineering School of Chemical Engineering at National Technical University of Athens
When quantum systems source gravity: how can we do physics without spacetime?27 April 2023 – 2:30 pm CEST | Flaminia Giacomini, Researcher at ETH Zurich, Zurich – Switzerland
04 May 2023 – 2:30 pm CEST | Manlio De Domenico, Associate Professor of Applied Physics at Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Padua – Italy
11 May 2023 – 2:30 pm CEST | Vito Latora, Professor of Applied Mathematics at Queen Mary University (UK) and Full Professor of Theoretical Physics at University of Catania (Italy)
18 May 2023 – 2:30 pm CEST | Alessandra Pagliano, Professor at University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples – Italy
25 May 2023 – 2:30 pm CEST | Athanasios Yannacopoulos, Professor of Applied Stochastic Analysis, Athens University of Economics and Business – Greece
08 June 2023 – 2:30 pm CEST | Massimo Della Valle – Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte, Naples – Italy
15 June 2023 – 2:30 pm CEST | Michael Richardson, Professor in the School of Psychological Sciences at Macquarie University, Sydney – Australia
22 June 2023 – 2:30 pm CEST | Paolo Bazzurro, Professor at University School for Superior Studies (IUSS), Pavia – Italy
29 June 2023 – 2:30 pm CEST | John Hogan, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol – UK
The organizers of this year’s series are Giacomo Ascione, Simone Mancini, and Francesco Bajardi.
To be added to our weekly mailing list, or for any information, please contact any of them at the following emails: giacomo.ascione[at].unina.it | simone.mancini2[at]unina.it | francesco.bajardi[at]unina.it
To be added to our weekly mailing list, or for any information, please contact any of them at the following emails: giacomo.ascione[at].unina.it | simone.mancini2[at]unina.it | francesco.bajardi[at]unina.it
Welcome to the second cycle of highly interdisciplinary Scientific Colloquia
Each colloquium starts with a 50-minute-long seminar by an expert in the field, followed by interactive discussion with the audience. The talks are aimed primarily at PhD students, and young researchers, but are open to all those interested.
These events are organized by the PhD programs in “Advanced Mathematical and Physical Sciences for Advanced Materials and Technologies”, “Cosmology, Space Science and Space Technology” and “Modeling and Engineering Risk and Complexity”.
Each colloquium starts with a 50-minute-long seminar by an expert in the field, followed by interactive discussion with the audience. The talks are aimed primarily at PhD students, and young researchers, but are open to all those interested.
These events are organized by the PhD programs in “Advanced Mathematical and Physical Sciences for Advanced Materials and Technologies”, “Cosmology, Space Science and Space Technology” and “Modeling and Engineering Risk and Complexity”.
Exploring the early Universe through the cosmic microwave background
4 November 2021 – 3 pm CET | Paolo Natoli, Professor at Department of Physics and Earth Science, Ferrara University – Italy
Evolution by curvature of networks in the plane
11 November 2021 – 2 pm CET | Carlo Mantegazza, Professor at University of Naples Federico II and Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
Turbulent dynamics in viscous fluids: a complex phenomenon ubiquitous in nature
18 November 2021 – 2 pm CET | Vincenzo Carbone, Professor at Department of Physics, Calabria University – Italy
Graphons: a tool for the analysis of systems on large networks
25 November 2021 – 2 pm CET | Paolo Frasca, Researcher at Centre national de la recherche scientifique – France
Hyperuniform States of Matter and Their Novel Transport Properties
2 December 2021 – 2 pm CET | Salvatore Torquato, Professor at Department of Physics, Princeton University – USA
Structure, processes and dynamics of networks with higher order interactions
9 December 2021 – 2 pm CET | Stefano Boccaletti, Director of research at CNR – Institute of Complex Systems, Sesto Fiorentino – Italy
Social network dynamics leading to community formation and residential segregation
16 December 2021 – 2 pm CET | Massimo Franceschetti, Professor at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, California University – USA
Climate meets complexity: Exploring predictability of extreme climate events via a complex network approach
13 January 2022 – 2 pm CET | Jürgen Kurths, Professor at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Institute of Physics, Humboldt University, Berlin – Germany
The challenge of gravitational wave detectors of the 3rd generation. Cultural and technological aspects
20 January 2022 – 2 pm CET | Ettore Majorana, Professor at Physics Department, Sapienza University of Rome – Italy
Space Weather: Science or Application?
27 January 2022 – 2 pm CET | Lucilla Alfonsi, Researcher at Upper Atmosphere Physics and Radiopropagation Unit, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome – Italy
The quest of quantum advantage with a photonics platform
3 February 2022 – 2 pm CET | Fabio Sciarrino, Full Professor at the Physics Department of the University of Rome La Sapienza and Senior Research Fellow at the International School for Advanced Studies Sapienza, SSAS, Rome – Italy
Enlightening the Universe with high-energy cosmic neutrinos
10 February 2022 – 2 pm CET | Marco Chianese, Researcher at University of Naples Federico II – Italy.
The needle in the haystack: the search for rare processes and the fundamental laws of Nature
17 February 2022 – 2 pm CET | Fabio Ambrosino, Professor at University of Naples Federico II – Italy
From Neural PDEs to Neural Operators: Blending data and physics for fast predictions
24 February 2022 – 2 pm CET | George Em Karniadakis, The Charles Pitts Robinson and John Palmer Barstow Professor of Applied Mathematics and Engineering, Brown University – USA; Massachusetts Institute of Technology – USA; Northwest National Laboratory – USA
An overview of the transient sky at high-energies
03 March 2022 – 2 pm CET | Andrea Sanna, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Cagliari – Italy
Global and cluster synchronization in complex networks and beyond
10 March 2022 – 2 pm CET | Mattia Frasca, Professor at Department of Computer Science and Electronic Engeinering, University of Catania – Italy
High Energy X-ray Astrophysics from Space: revealing the backbones of the Universe
17 March 2022 – 2 pm CET | Maurizio Paolillo, Full professor of Astrophysics at the Federico II University, Naples – Italy
The search for Earth-like exoplanets in the Galaxy
24 March 2022 – 2 pm CET | Giovanni Covone, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Department of Physics, Federico II University, Naples – Italy
From basic principles in Spintronics to some recent developments toward spin-orbitronics
31 March 2022 – 2 pm CEST | Vincent Cros, Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, 91767, Palaiseau – France
Capillary surfaces and a model of nanowire growth
07 April 2022 – 2 pm CEST | Massimiliano Morini, Professor at Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Informatiche at University of Parma – Italy
Likelihood-weighted active learning with application to Bayesian optimization, uncertainty quantification, and decision making in high dimensions
21 April 2022 – 2 pm CEST | Themistoklis Sapsis, Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute for Data, Systems and Society and Center for Computational Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – USA
Observing the VHE gamma ray sky with Cherenkov Telescopes in the XXI century
28 April 2022 – 2 pm CEST | Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Director of INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma – Italy
Power-Law Gels, Scott-Blair and the Fractional Calculus of Soft Multi-scale Materials
05 May 2022 – 2 pm CEST | Gareth H. McKinley, Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 – USA
An informal discussion around stochastic control and free boundary problems
12 May 2022 – 2 pm CET | Tiziano De Angelis, Professor at School of Management and Economics, Department of Economic and Social Sciences and Mathematical Statistics, University of Torino – Italy; Affiliate at Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino – Italy
Are 2 derivatives enough to describe Nature at a fundamental level?
19 May 2022 – 2 pm CET | Luca Buoninfante, Research Fellow at NORDITA – Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics – Stockholm, Sweden
Simple complexity in the evolution of seismic input and design
26 May 2022 – 2 pm CET | Gian Michele Calvi, Professor and Vice-Rector for Research at IUSS, Scuola Universitaria Superiore, Pavia – Italy; Director of Science at European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering, EUCENTRE Foundation, Pavia – Italy; Executive Vice-President at International Association for Earthquake Engineering IAEE, Tokyo – Japan; Adjunct Professor at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC – USA
Quantum fluids of atoms and of light as analog models of gravity: a fruitful synergy of gravitational physics and quantum optics
09 June 2022 – 2 pm CET | Iacopo Carusotto, Research Director at the BEC Center of INO-CNR in Trento, Italy
Risk-modeling Complex Engineering Systems
16 June 2022 – 2 pm CET | Enrico Zio, Professor at Energy Department, Polytechnic of Milan – Italy
From resilience assessment to design for resilience: what is missing?
14 July 2022 – 2 pm CET | Paolo Franchin, Professor at Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, “Sapienza” University of Rome – Italy
4 November 2021 – 3 pm CET | Paolo Natoli, Professor at Department of Physics and Earth Science, Ferrara University – Italy
Evolution by curvature of networks in the plane
11 November 2021 – 2 pm CET | Carlo Mantegazza, Professor at University of Naples Federico II and Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
Turbulent dynamics in viscous fluids: a complex phenomenon ubiquitous in nature
18 November 2021 – 2 pm CET | Vincenzo Carbone, Professor at Department of Physics, Calabria University – Italy
Graphons: a tool for the analysis of systems on large networks
25 November 2021 – 2 pm CET | Paolo Frasca, Researcher at Centre national de la recherche scientifique – France
Hyperuniform States of Matter and Their Novel Transport Properties
2 December 2021 – 2 pm CET | Salvatore Torquato, Professor at Department of Physics, Princeton University – USA
Structure, processes and dynamics of networks with higher order interactions
9 December 2021 – 2 pm CET | Stefano Boccaletti, Director of research at CNR – Institute of Complex Systems, Sesto Fiorentino – Italy
Social network dynamics leading to community formation and residential segregation
16 December 2021 – 2 pm CET | Massimo Franceschetti, Professor at Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, California University – USA
Climate meets complexity: Exploring predictability of extreme climate events via a complex network approach
13 January 2022 – 2 pm CET | Jürgen Kurths, Professor at Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Institute of Physics, Humboldt University, Berlin – Germany
The challenge of gravitational wave detectors of the 3rd generation. Cultural and technological aspects
20 January 2022 – 2 pm CET | Ettore Majorana, Professor at Physics Department, Sapienza University of Rome – Italy
Space Weather: Science or Application?
27 January 2022 – 2 pm CET | Lucilla Alfonsi, Researcher at Upper Atmosphere Physics and Radiopropagation Unit, Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome – Italy
The quest of quantum advantage with a photonics platform
3 February 2022 – 2 pm CET | Fabio Sciarrino, Full Professor at the Physics Department of the University of Rome La Sapienza and Senior Research Fellow at the International School for Advanced Studies Sapienza, SSAS, Rome – Italy
Enlightening the Universe with high-energy cosmic neutrinos
10 February 2022 – 2 pm CET | Marco Chianese, Researcher at University of Naples Federico II – Italy.
The needle in the haystack: the search for rare processes and the fundamental laws of Nature
17 February 2022 – 2 pm CET | Fabio Ambrosino, Professor at University of Naples Federico II – Italy
From Neural PDEs to Neural Operators: Blending data and physics for fast predictions
24 February 2022 – 2 pm CET | George Em Karniadakis, The Charles Pitts Robinson and John Palmer Barstow Professor of Applied Mathematics and Engineering, Brown University – USA; Massachusetts Institute of Technology – USA; Northwest National Laboratory – USA
An overview of the transient sky at high-energies
03 March 2022 – 2 pm CET | Andrea Sanna, Assistant Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Cagliari – Italy
Global and cluster synchronization in complex networks and beyond
10 March 2022 – 2 pm CET | Mattia Frasca, Professor at Department of Computer Science and Electronic Engeinering, University of Catania – Italy
High Energy X-ray Astrophysics from Space: revealing the backbones of the Universe
17 March 2022 – 2 pm CET | Maurizio Paolillo, Full professor of Astrophysics at the Federico II University, Naples – Italy
The search for Earth-like exoplanets in the Galaxy
24 March 2022 – 2 pm CET | Giovanni Covone, Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Department of Physics, Federico II University, Naples – Italy
From basic principles in Spintronics to some recent developments toward spin-orbitronics
31 March 2022 – 2 pm CEST | Vincent Cros, Unité Mixte de Physique, CNRS, Thales, Université Paris-Saclay, 91767, Palaiseau – France
Capillary surfaces and a model of nanowire growth
07 April 2022 – 2 pm CEST | Massimiliano Morini, Professor at Dipartimento di Scienze Matematiche, Fisiche e Informatiche at University of Parma – Italy
Likelihood-weighted active learning with application to Bayesian optimization, uncertainty quantification, and decision making in high dimensions
21 April 2022 – 2 pm CEST | Themistoklis Sapsis, Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Institute for Data, Systems and Society and Center for Computational Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – USA
Observing the VHE gamma ray sky with Cherenkov Telescopes in the XXI century
28 April 2022 – 2 pm CEST | Lucio Angelo Antonelli, Director of INAF – Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma – Italy
Power-Law Gels, Scott-Blair and the Fractional Calculus of Soft Multi-scale Materials
05 May 2022 – 2 pm CEST | Gareth H. McKinley, Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA 02139 – USA
An informal discussion around stochastic control and free boundary problems
12 May 2022 – 2 pm CET | Tiziano De Angelis, Professor at School of Management and Economics, Department of Economic and Social Sciences and Mathematical Statistics, University of Torino – Italy; Affiliate at Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino – Italy
Are 2 derivatives enough to describe Nature at a fundamental level?
19 May 2022 – 2 pm CET | Luca Buoninfante, Research Fellow at NORDITA – Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics – Stockholm, Sweden
Simple complexity in the evolution of seismic input and design
26 May 2022 – 2 pm CET | Gian Michele Calvi, Professor and Vice-Rector for Research at IUSS, Scuola Universitaria Superiore, Pavia – Italy; Director of Science at European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering, EUCENTRE Foundation, Pavia – Italy; Executive Vice-President at International Association for Earthquake Engineering IAEE, Tokyo – Japan; Adjunct Professor at North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC – USA
Quantum fluids of atoms and of light as analog models of gravity: a fruitful synergy of gravitational physics and quantum optics
09 June 2022 – 2 pm CET | Iacopo Carusotto, Research Director at the BEC Center of INO-CNR in Trento, Italy
Risk-modeling Complex Engineering Systems
16 June 2022 – 2 pm CET | Enrico Zio, Professor at Energy Department, Polytechnic of Milan – Italy
From resilience assessment to design for resilience: what is missing?
14 July 2022 – 2 pm CET | Paolo Franchin, Professor at Department of Structural and Geotechnical Engineering, “Sapienza” University of Rome – Italy
The organizers of this year’s series are Giacomo Ascione, Micol Benetti, and Marco Coraggio.
To be added to our weekly mailing list, or for any information, please contact any of them at the following emails: giacomo.ascione[at].unina.it | micol.benetti[at]unina.it | marco.coraggio[at]unina.it
To be added to our weekly mailing list, or for any information, please contact any of them at the following emails: giacomo.ascione[at].unina.it | micol.benetti[at]unina.it | marco.coraggio[at]unina.it
Welcome to the first cycle of highly interdisciplinary Scientific Colloquia
Each colloquium starts with a 50-minute-long seminar by an expert in the field, followed by interactive discussion with the audience. The talks are aimed primarily at PhD students, and young researchers, but are open to all those interested.
These events are organized by the PhD programs in “Advanced Mathematical and Physical Sciences for Advanced Materials and Technologies”, “Cosmology, Space Science and Space Technology” and “Modeling and Engineering Risk and Complexity”.
Each colloquium starts with a 50-minute-long seminar by an expert in the field, followed by interactive discussion with the audience. The talks are aimed primarily at PhD students, and young researchers, but are open to all those interested.
These events are organized by the PhD programs in “Advanced Mathematical and Physical Sciences for Advanced Materials and Technologies”, “Cosmology, Space Science and Space Technology” and “Modeling and Engineering Risk and Complexity”.
Beyond Einstein gravity: Dark energy and dark matter as curvature effects
19 November 2020 – 2 pm CET | Salvatore Capozziello, Professor at “Ettore Pancini” Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II – Italy Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
The Ohta-Kawasaki model for diblock copolymers: Stability and minimality of critical points
The Ohta-Kawasaki model for diblock copolymers: Stability and minimality of critical points
26 November 2020 – 2 pm CET | Nicola Fusco, Professor at “Renato Caccioppoli” Dept. of Mathematics and Applications, University of Naples Federico II – Italy Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
Network systems, Kuramoto oscillators, and synchronous power flow
3 December 2020 – 2 pm CET | Francesco Bullo, Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara – U.S.A. Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
3 December 2020 – 2 pm CET | Francesco Bullo, Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California Santa Barbara – U.S.A. Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
Measuring the expansion of the universe with quasars
10 December 2020 – 2 pm CET | Guido Risaliti, Professor at Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence – Italy
10 December 2020 – 2 pm CET | Guido Risaliti, Professor at Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence – Italy
Synchronization: A universal concept in nonlinear sciences
14 January 2021 – 2 pm CET | Juergen Kurths, Professor at Department of Complexity Science, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
14 January 2021 – 2 pm CET | Juergen Kurths, Professor at Department of Complexity Science, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
Probing gravitational field: A fundamental viewpoint
21 January 2021 – 2 pm CET | Lorenzo Fatibene, Professor at “Giuseppe Peano” Department of Mathematics, University of Turin – Italy
21 January 2021 – 2 pm CET | Lorenzo Fatibene, Professor at “Giuseppe Peano” Department of Mathematics, University of Turin – Italy
Quantum simulators
28 January 2021 – 2 pm CET | Rosario Fazio, Professor at “Ettore Pancini” Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II – Italy International Center for Theoretical Physics ICTP, Trieste – Italy
28 January 2021 – 2 pm CET | Rosario Fazio, Professor at “Ettore Pancini” Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II – Italy International Center for Theoretical Physics ICTP, Trieste – Italy
Engineering the firearm ecosystem: Research on media coverage and firearm acquisition in the aftermath of a mass shooting
4 February 2021 – 2 pm CET | Maurizio Porfiri, Professor at Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University – U.S.A. Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
4 February 2021 – 2 pm CET | Maurizio Porfiri, Professor at Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, New York University – U.S.A. Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
Measuring the cosmological parameters with SNe-Ia and gamma-ray bursts
11 February 2021 – 2 pm CET | Massimo Della Valle, Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte – Italy Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
11 February 2021 – 2 pm CET | Massimo Della Valle, Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte – Italy Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
Variational approximations of the Griffith functional
18 February 2021 – 2 pm CET | Francesco Solombrino, Associate Professor at “Renato Caccioppoli” Department of Mathematics and Applications, University of Naples Federico II – Italy
18 February 2021 – 2 pm CET | Francesco Solombrino, Associate Professor at “Renato Caccioppoli” Department of Mathematics and Applications, University of Naples Federico II – Italy
The SHiP project at CERN
25 February 2021 – 2 pm CET | Andrey Golutvin, Chair in Physics and Professor at Department of Physics, Imperial College London – U.K.
25 February 2021 – 2 pm CET | Andrey Golutvin, Chair in Physics and Professor at Department of Physics, Imperial College London – U.K.
Astroparticle physics in the era of multi-messenger astronomy
4 March 2021 – 2 pm CET | Gennaro Miele, Professor at “Ettore Pancini” Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II – Italy Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
4 March 2021 – 2 pm CET | Gennaro Miele, Professor at “Ettore Pancini” Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II – Italy Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
Hierarchical seismic imaging
11 March 2021 – 2 pm CET | Jean Virieux, Professor at Laboratory in Earth Sciences: ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes – France
11 March 2021 – 2 pm CET | Jean Virieux, Professor at Laboratory in Earth Sciences: ISTerre, Université Grenoble Alpes – France
Additive Manufacturing: A world full of opportunities and challenges!!
18 March 2021 – 2 pm CET | Ferdinando Auricchio, Professor at Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia – Italy
18 March 2021 – 2 pm CET | Ferdinando Auricchio, Professor at Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture, University of Pavia – Italy
The coming revolution of data driven discovery (a fourth methodological paradigm of science)
25 March 2021 – 2 pm CET | Giuseppe Longo Professor at “Ettore Pancini” Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II – Italy
25 March 2021 – 2 pm CET | Giuseppe Longo Professor at “Ettore Pancini” Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II – Italy
Why do we cooperate? Understanding and modelling societies using reinforcement learning
1 April 2021 – 2 pm CET | Mirco Musolesi, Professor at Department of Computer Science, University College London – U.K. Turing Fellow, Alan Turing Institute, UK National Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence – U.K. Professor at Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Bologna – Italy Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
1 April 2021 – 2 pm CET | Mirco Musolesi, Professor at Department of Computer Science, University College London – U.K. Turing Fellow, Alan Turing Institute, UK National Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence – U.K. Professor at Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Bologna – Italy Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
Rheo-engineering microfluidics: How to exploit rheological properties of fluids to design microfluidic applications
8 April 2021 – 2 pm CET | Pier Luca Maffettone, Professor at Dept. of Chemical, Material and Production Engineering, University of Naples Federico II – Italy Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
8 April 2021 – 2 pm CET | Pier Luca Maffettone, Professor at Dept. of Chemical, Material and Production Engineering, University of Naples Federico II – Italy Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
Classical Cepheids as distance indicators: From the Milky Way to the Hubble constant
15 April 2021 – 2 pm CET | Marcella Marconi, Director at Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples – Italy
15 April 2021 – 2 pm CET | Marcella Marconi, Director at Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte in Naples – Italy
Microgravity, science and technology: An overview
22 April 2021 – 2 pm CET | Fabio Peluso, Senior Technical Project Manager at Leonardo S.p.A – Italy
22 April 2021 – 2 pm CET | Fabio Peluso, Senior Technical Project Manager at Leonardo S.p.A – Italy
Putting More PHYS into PSHA: Advancing seismic hazard analysis with physics-based modelling
29 April 2021 – 2 pm CET | Thomas H. Jordan, Professor at University of South California Dornsife – U.S.A. Southern California Earthquake Center – U.S.A
29 April 2021 – 2 pm CET | Thomas H. Jordan, Professor at University of South California Dornsife – U.S.A. Southern California Earthquake Center – U.S.A
Modelling the complexity of multiagent activity for human-AI interaction using dynamical primitives
6 May 2021 – 2 pm CET | Michael Richardson, Professor at Department of Psychology; Centre for Elite performance, Expertise and Training; Faculty of Medical, Health and Human Sciences; Macquarie University – Australia Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
6 May 2021 – 2 pm CET | Michael Richardson, Professor at Department of Psychology; Centre for Elite performance, Expertise and Training; Faculty of Medical, Health and Human Sciences; Macquarie University – Australia Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
Dark energy and cosmic acceleration
13 May 2021 – 2 pm CET | Jailson S. Alcaniz, Professor at Observatorio Nacional Astronomia & Astrofisica, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
13 May 2021 – 2 pm CET | Jailson S. Alcaniz, Professor at Observatorio Nacional Astronomia & Astrofisica, Rio de Janeiro – Brazil
The beat of math
20 May 2021 – 2 pm CET | Alfio Quarteroni, Professor at Politecnico di Milano – Italy Professor emeritus at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) – Switzerland
20 May 2021 – 2 pm CET | Alfio Quarteroni, Professor at Politecnico di Milano – Italy Professor emeritus at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) – Switzerland
Synchronization in complex networks, hypergraphs and simplicial complexes
27 May 2021 – 2 pm CET | Stefano Boccaletti, Senior researcher at the CNR’s Institute for Complex Systems in Florence – Italy Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid – Spain Unmanned Systems Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an – China Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow – Russia Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
27 May 2021 – 2 pm CET | Stefano Boccaletti, Senior researcher at the CNR’s Institute for Complex Systems in Florence – Italy Universidad Rey Juan Carlos, Madrid – Spain Unmanned Systems Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an – China Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow – Russia Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
Dynamics of PDEs and recurrent motions
3 June 2021 – 2 pm CET | Pietro Baldi, Department of Mathematics and Applications “Renato Caccioppoli”, University of Naples Federico II – Italy
3 June 2021 – 2 pm CET | Pietro Baldi, Department of Mathematics and Applications “Renato Caccioppoli”, University of Naples Federico II – Italy
Seismic risk assessment and management – The Groningen gas field case
10 June 2021 – 2 pm CET | Annemarie Muntendam-Bos, Senior Specialist at the State Supervision of Mines, the Dutch safety authority for mining activities – Netherlands Associate Professor on Induced Seismicity (part time) at the Delft University of Technology – Netherlands
10 June 2021 – 2 pm CET | Annemarie Muntendam-Bos, Senior Specialist at the State Supervision of Mines, the Dutch safety authority for mining activities – Netherlands Associate Professor on Induced Seismicity (part time) at the Delft University of Technology – Netherlands
The pandemic playbook, a physicist take
17 June 2021 – 2 pm CET | Francesco Sannino, Professor at “Ettore Pancini” Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II – Italy Director of the Centre for Cosmology and Particle Physics Phenomenology (CP³-Origins) – Denmark Chair at the Danish Institute for Advanced Study – Denmark Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
17 June 2021 – 2 pm CET | Francesco Sannino, Professor at “Ettore Pancini” Department of Physics, University of Naples Federico II – Italy Director of the Centre for Cosmology and Particle Physics Phenomenology (CP³-Origins) – Denmark Chair at the Danish Institute for Advanced Study – Denmark Scuola Superiore Meridionale – Italy
Symmetries and quantum mechanics: From phase transitions to the evolution of our universe
24 June 2021 – 2 pm CET | Massimo Taronna, Associate Professor at “Ettore Pancini” Physics Department, University of Naples Federico II – Italy
24 June 2021 – 2 pm CET | Massimo Taronna, Associate Professor at “Ettore Pancini” Physics Department, University of Naples Federico II – Italy
On the synthesis and crowdsourcing of control policies for autonomous agents from data
1 July 2021 – 2 pm CET | Giovanni Russo, Professor at Department of Electrical and Information Engineering and Applied Mathematics, University of Salerno – Italy
1 July 2021 – 2 pm CET | Giovanni Russo, Professor at Department of Electrical and Information Engineering and Applied Mathematics, University of Salerno – Italy
Probing the early universe with LISA and ET gravitational wave detectors
8 July 2021 – 2 pm CET | Angelo Ricciardone, Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Padova – Italy
8 July 2021 – 2 pm CET | Angelo Ricciardone, Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Padova – Italy
What is matter according to particle physics, and why try to observe its creation in a lab?
15 July 2021 – 2 pm CET | Francesco Vissani, Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Padova – Italy
15 July 2021 – 2 pm CET | Francesco Vissani, Istituto Nazionale Di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Padova – Italy