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 […]

Emergent patterns in ecological dynamics with time dependent interactions

CREF Talk  – Aula Fermi – January 29, 2025 – 3 pm   Emergent patterns in ecological dynamics with time dependent interactions Consumer Resources (CRM) or Generalised Lotka Volterra (GLV) models are paradigmatic theoretical framework to describe species abundance dynamics in ecological communities. Most of the previous works considered fixed ecological networks, typically focusing their […]

FUNFI-IT – Italian Meeting on Fusion Neutrons for Fission

At a time when the search for clean and sustainable energy sources is more urgent than ever, hybrid fusion-fission systems emerge as a promising scientific and technological frontier. On December 11, 2024, CREF hosted FUNFI-IT, the first Italian workshop dedicated to this innovative technology, bringing together leading experts to take stock of the latest research, […]

CREF Team achieves Second Place at CodeFest 2024 for Generative AI Project

A research team comprised of researchers from CREF (Andrea Tacchella, Enrico Fenoaltea, and Filippo Santoro), along with collaborators from the University of Konstanz (Giordano De Marzo and Segun Aroyehu), achieved an impressive second-place finish at CodeFest 2024 in the Generative AI category. The top winners were announced on December 4th at the EPO’s Patent Knowledge […]

Active Matter in optical environments

CREF Talk Venerdì 13 dicembre ore 11.30 Aula Fermi Speaker Gianni Jacucci Abstract: From bacterial colonies to bird flocks and human crowds, collective behaviours offer advantages for predator evasion, foraging efficiency, and decision-making. Such group behaviours emerge and persist based on how individuals interact with each other and with the environment around them. In my […]

Frida meeting at CREF 2-3 December 2024

FLASH Radiotherapy, especially with charged particles, has emerged as a promising new approach in radiation therapy, offering the potential to reduce side effects while maintaining tumor control. However, significant research is still needed to translate this concept into clinical practice. The FRIDA Project (Flash Radiotherapy with hIgh Dose-rate particle beAms) is a pioneering initiative aimed […]