Unlocking the Brain: Interdisciplinary Collaboration at Brainhack Rome 2025

Understanding the structure, development, and function of the brain and the nervous system is the challenge of neuroscience, a naturally interdisciplinary field of research that integrates tools and concepts from areas ranging from biology to physics,  including psychology and computer science. Fostering exchange between people from different disciplines is fundamental, and for this reason, the […]

Complexity in Economics & Finance – Satellite StatPhys29

On July 9-11, the CREF will host the Complexity in Economics & Finance Workshop, a satellite meeting of the prestigious StatPhys29 (the international conference on Statistical Physics), as a joint event of the #FinEcoNets and Econophysics Colloquium workshop series. Over the past decade and a half, a powerful synergy has emerged between statistical physics, complex systems […]

A LLMs training for physicists at CREF in collaboration with Pi School

Recognizing the transformative potential of Natural Language Processing (NLP) and Large Language Models (LLMs) in scientific inquiry, Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi (CREF), in collaboration with Pi School, organized a comprehensive course to provide advanced training in these technologies to its researchers and collaborators from other universities and institutions. This initiative directly addresses the increasing demand […]

Networks with Many Structural Scales: A Renormalization Group Perspective

We live in a world of interconnected systems. From the intricate web of the internet to the complex network of neurons in our brains, understanding how these connections work is crucial. One key concept in understanding these complex systems is “scale invariance.” This means that the system looks similar at different levels of detail. For […]

Unlocking Ancient Egyptian Metalworking Methods with Physics and AI

A recent study published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage reveals fascinating insights into the metalworking techniques used in ancient Egypt. Researchers from CREF, CNR-ISPC, INFN, and the Museo Egizio (Turin)  joined forces to analyze 12 copper-alloy objects from the undisturbed tomb of Kha and Merit (TT8), dating back to the mid-18th Dynasty (circa 1425-1352 […]

Economic Complexity and Growth: A Perspective from New Structural Economics

CREF Talk  – Aula Fermi – January 27, 2025 – 2.30 pm   Economic Complexity and Growth: A Perspective from New Structural Economics Abstract: We introduce the Endogenous Structural Index (ESI), a novel metric for economic complexity that assesses a country’s capacity to produce complex products. The ESI enhances existing models by integrating the alignment […]

Call for papers: Regional Perspectives in Economic Complexity

CREF researchers Angelica Sbardella and Andrea Tacchella are guest editors of a special issue in Scienze Regionali, a leading Italian journal in the field. This issue will focus on the application of Economic Complexity (EC) methods to understand regional development. By examining how different scales influence economic outcomes, this research offers a fresh perspective on […]

Multi-scale Laplacian community detection in heterogeneous networks

Phys. Rev. Research 7, 013065 – Published 17 January, 2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.7.013065 Authors: Pablo Villegas (CREF), Andrea Gabrielli (CREF, Roma 3), Anna Poggialini (CREF, Sapienza), Tommaso Gili (IMT Scuola Alti Studi Lucca , ISC) Abstract: Heterogeneous and complex networks represent intertwined interactions between real-world elements or agents. Determining the multiscale mesoscopic organization of clusters and intertwined structures is […]

CREF Researchers at NetSciX 2025

Researchers from the Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi (CREF) made significant contributions to the NetSciX 2025 Conference, a premier international gathering for network science and complex systems research. Held at the Indian Institute of Technology – Indore from January 15th to 17th, NetSciX brought together leading experts from diverse fields, including computer science, physics, mathematics, life […]

Brainhack Rome 2025: between Neuroscience and Complex Systems

Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi (CREF) to Host Brainhack Rome 2025:connecting the dots between structure and function Rome, Italy –January, 15 – The Centro Ricerche Enrico Fermi (CREF) is excited to announce its hosting of Brainhack Rome 2025, a non-competitive hackathon focused on bridging the data science and neuroscience research communities to advance the progress of […]