About Us
Welcome to the Collective Emergent Phenomena in Physical Systems (CEPS) group. Our research focuses on the study of emergent phenomena in complex systems, with applications ranging from physical systems to biological and social networks. We are part of the Universitat de Barcelona Institute of Complex Systems (UBICS), where we aim to advance understanding of collective behaviors in a variety of systems.
Research Areas
Physics of Socioeconomic Systems
We explore the application of physical principles to understand complex socioeconomic systems, including the dynamics of financial markets, social behavior, and large-scale human interactions.
Dynamics on Networks
Our research focuses on understanding how dynamic processes evolve on complex networks. We study diffusion, spreading processes, and synchronization phenomena across various networked systems.
Structural Properties of Complex Networks
We investigate the topological and structural features of complex networks, including small-world properties, scale-free distributions, and modularity, to understand how structure influences function.
Data-driven Problems
We tackle problems where data-driven approaches are essential, using machine learning and statistical techniques to model and analyze complex systems based on real-world data.
Neuroscience
We study how complex, collective behaviour emerges in discrete dynamical networks driven by simple local rules and weak noise. By focusing on attractors and their transitions, instead of the full state space, we develop scalable ways to characterise activity patterns, correlations, and functional complexity. This helps us identify network regimes that are especially suitable for computation and information processing near the edge of criticality.
Our Team
Albert Diaz-Guilera
Senior Member
Conrad Pérez-Vicente
Senior Member
Luce Prignano
Senior Member
Emanuele Cozzo
Senior Member
Alessio Cardillo
Senior Member
Oriol Artime
Senior member
Dimitri Marinelli
Postdoctoral Researcher
Jonathan Diez
PhD Candidate
Publications
You can find our full list of publications on our application CompleMetrix:
Events
We are actively involved in the organisation and support of scientific events on complex systems and networks. Some selected activities include:
