S2. Entropies and Correlations in Complex Systems

Special Session organized by V. Ilić, J. Korbel and S. Gupta

Special section poster

Over the past decades, there has been an unprecedented interest in statistical physics of complex systems that are typically non-additive, nonextensive in Boltzmann-Gibbs framework and that exhibit long-lived non-Boltzmann stationary states accessible to observations. These systems are usually characterized by long-range interactions and/or correlations, path dependence and non-exponential phase-space growth, being studied by means of information theory, non-equilibrium thermodynamics and large deviation theory, as well as by means of generalized thermostatistics which is derived from additive and non-additive generalizations of Boltzmann-Gibbs entropy.
The goal of this section is to gather researchers from statistical physics and information theory communities in order to re-examine the role of generalized entropies and generalized thermostatistics in complex system modeling, with focus on mean-field spin systems, systems with emergent structures, nonequilibrium systems, multifractals, disordered systems, chaotic systems, and complex networks. Particularly, the section aims to explore the interplay between non-additivity, non-extensivity and generalized thermostatistics and to analyze their relationships to information theory and large deviations theory.

A non-exclusive list of topics of interest includes:

- Non-additivity and non-extensivity
- Heavy-tailed and thin-tailed distributions
- Generalized entropies and information measures
- Large deviation theory and central limit theorems


All the researchers from statistical physics and information theory who have an interest in the aforementioned fields are welcome to submit their contributions to this section.

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Prizes in SigmaPhi 2014

During the conference, three works selected out of all the oral and poster presentations by scientists under 40 years, have been awarded.The prizes have been respectively offered for...

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Accepted Abstracts

10 May 2014 The list of accepted abstracts submitted for presentation in the conference is available on the page "Abstracts Lists"

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Workshops

1. Anomalous Diffusion

Workshop organized by: S. Abe and J.P. Boon

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2. Kappa Plasmas

Workshop organized by: M. Lazar and V. Pierrard

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3. Econophysics

Workshop organized by: L. Pietronero "Economic Complexity" and T. Aste "Finance, Risk"

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4. Sociophysics

Workshop organized by: B. Szymansk; I) G. Korniss, C. Lim "Human behavior, Social networks"; II) V. Constantoudis "Linguistics"

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5. Complex Networks

Workshop organized by: A. Scala "Interacting networks" and B. Kahng "Phase transitions in networks"

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6. Biophysics

Workshop organized by: P. Paradisi

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7. Environmental Statistical Physics

Workshop organized by: D. Hristopulos

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8. Quantum Computation and Quantum Information

Workshop organized by: D. Ellinas and J. Pachos

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Scientific Sponsors 2014

 

Politecnico di Torino

Italy

 

 

 Department of Applied

Science and Technology

 

Statistical and Nonlinear

Physics Division 

 

ISC - CNR

Roma, Italy

 

Technical University of

Crete Chania, Greece

 

Aristotele University of

Thessaloniki, Greece

 

 

N.C.S.R. Demokritos

Athens, Greece

 

University of Leuven

Belgium

 

 

Entropy

 

Chaos, Solitons

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Modern Physics

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International Journal

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