Scientific background

For the first time a StatPhys satellite meeting is hosted in Africa. From an interdisciplinary perspective, this on-site meeting aims at joining together African and International scientific communities in statistical physics, data science, nonlinear dynamics, and related applications, to provide ground for reciprocal knowledge and cross-fertilization.
Grasping an effective understanding of the behavior of complex systems is recognized as a major strategic issue in the development of modern societies as well as an outstanding challenge to modern physics. Different approaches germinated in statistical physics, data science, and nonlinear dynamics have proven able to provide reliable models to successfully describe a variety of complex evolutions. The goal of the meeting is to bring together scientists from a broad range of fields, willing to exchange their experience in dealing with both fundamental and applicative problems. To favor students' participation, a two-day intense school on complex systems will forego the main workshop.

Topics include

• Statistical mechanics: Theory, Computing, Experiments
• Nonlinear dynamical systems
• Quantum thermodynamics, quantum information
• Applications: Geoscience, Biophysics,...

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