Complex systems are characterized by emergent and collective phenomena of many interacting units. Fundamental understanding of these systems and the Micro-Macro paradigm, comes from Statistical Physics together with Computational Methods, Quantum Mechanics, Information Theory, Complex Networks, Big Data analysis and the Theory of Dynamical Systems, which includes the study of nonlinear dynamics, chaos and the effect of fluctuations and random events on system’s evolution.
This research line of exploratory nature is the backbone of IFISC: We develop new concepts and methods for the study of Complex Systems, and we analyze generic phenomena such as synchronization, phase transitions, nonequilibrium instabilities, spatiotemporal pattern formation, and the dynamics and evolution of complex networks.