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Complex systems are characterized by their emergent behavior as a non-trivial result of the evolution of a considerable number of microscopic units that interact with each other. Expressed in other words: the study of complex systems seeks to understand the behavior and properties of the whole system that can not be derived directly from the study of the properties of its parts in isolation.
This is the essence of the research of complex systems, where the nature of the units is irrelevant. Associated strategies to address the study of a specific phenomenon, then, may be widely shared by a large number of phenomena characteristic of various disciplines. Even we can say that the complexity of the science itself is the result of the fusion of different disciplines and approaches on the same challenge. Therefore, the study of complex systems integrates problems and merges methodologies that can have very different origins.
The creation of the UBICS will join efforts of several groups of related research that will:
The research at the Institute is structured along four major pillars. Together, they combine the exploration of new concepts in the field of Complex Systems and their application in different scientific and social disciplines.
| Foundations | Science of Matter | Life Sciences | Social Sciences |
| Statistical Physics | Soft Matter | Molecular Biophysics | Psychology and Behavior |
| Networks | Complex Flows and Complex Fluids | Cell and Multicellular Biology | Economy and Finance |
| Dynamical systems | Active Matter | Systems Biology | Linguistics |
| Data Science | Smart Materials | Neuroscience | History |
Barcelona Aula Magna Enric Cassasas 19/07/2022
On 19th of July 2022, Dr. Pietro Tierno (UBICS member) has organized a Miniworkshop of Physics of Matter at Aula Magna Enric Cassasas, Physics Faculty, UB.
PROGRAM:
| 9:00 - 9:15 Welcome words: A. Diaz | |
| 9:15 – 9:40 M. Carmen Miguel | |
| 9:45 – 10:10 Eduard Vives | |
| 10:15 – 10:40 Sergi Granados Leyva | |
| 10:45 – 11:10 Jordi Ortín | |
| Coffee break + discussions (20 min) | |
| 11:30 – 11:55 Levis Demian | |
| 12:00 – 12:25 Pietro Tierno | |
| 12:30 – 12:55 Alexis de la Cotte | |
| 13:00 – 13:25 Ramon Planet | |
| 13:25 - 13:30 Closing remarks | |
| Lunch | |
Chair: Pietro Tierno
You can see the abstracts of the talks here.
Barcelona Edifici Històric 08/09/2022
On 8th September 2022, UBICS will celebrat its annual UBICS Day 2021, with talks by international researchers and networking activities.
Place: Aula Magna, Edifici Històric (Carrer d'Aribau, 2, 08011 Barcelona)
PROGRAM:
09.30h-10.00h Opening and Welcome
Dr. Albert Diaz-Guilera (UBICS director) and Dr. Joan Guardia (rector UB and UBICS member)
10.00h-11.00h Talk
Dr. Jürgen Kurths (Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research)
"Climate Meets Complex Systems: Exploring Predictability of Extreme Climate Events via a
Complex Network Approach"
11.00h-11.30h Coffee Break
11.30h-12.30h Talk
Dra. Ulrike Feudel (ICBM, University of Oldenburg)
12:30-13:30h Talk
Dr. Dan Dediu (UBICS member, Facultat de Filologia i Comunicació)
13.30h-15.30h Lunch
15.30h-16.30h Three thesis minutes competition
PhDs UBICS members
16.30h-17.30h Talk
Dra. Chantal Valeriani (UCM)
"The role played by interactions in the assembly of active colloids: discovering dynamic laws from observations."
20.00h Dinner
Fábrica Moritz Barcelona (Ronda de Sant Antoni, 41, 08011 Barcelona)
You can do the registration here.
IBEC papers 03/06/2022
Un estudi publicat a la revista Frontiers in Cell and Developmental Biology ha constatat els senyals mecànics i les forces de tracció involucrades en la migració de les cèl·lules de Cajal-Retzius, un grup de neurones amb un important paper en el desenvolupament de l’escorça cerebral. El treball, realitzat en ratolins, l’ha dut a terme un equip liderat pel catedràtic José Antonio del Río, de la Facultat de Biologia i l’Institut de Neurociències (UBNeuro) de la UB, l’Institut de Bioenginyeria de Catalunya (IBEC) —amb seu al Parc Científic de Barcelona— i el Centre d’Investigació Biomèdica en Xarxa sobre Malalties Neurodegeneratives (CIBERNED). També hi participen equips de la Facultat de Física, la Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, l’Institut de Sistemes Complexos (UBICS) de la UB i l’IDIBAPS, entre altres.
UB papers 02/06/2022
Els humans moderns es caracteritzen per la prosocialitat, un terme ampli que inclou l’empatia intraespecífica, la tolerància social, la cooperació i l’altruisme. Aquestes facetes de la cognició social s’han associat a variacions en els gens de l’oxitocina i la vasotocina (OT i VT) i els seus receptors (OTR-VTR). Per esbrinar les bases genètiques d’aquest comportament, científics de la Universitat de Barcelona (UB) i de la Universitat Rockefeller han desenvolupat un nou estudi en què han comparat les seqüències genòmiques disponibles d’aquests gens entre els humans moderns, les espècies de primats no humans (com el ximpanzé, el bonobo i el macaco) i, per primera vegada, els humans arcaics; per aconseguir-ho, s’han fet servir tots els genomes disponibles de neandertals i denisovans.
UBICS products 16/05/2022
Annual Report 2021 available: - PDF format - ISSUU viewer
