Scientists to debate on the unsolved problems on noise
Chance fluctuations are an interdisciplinary issue studied by some of the world's best scientists. From 13 to 17 July, researchers from all over the globe will be debating on the issues of noise, fluctuations and variability at the UAB Casa Convalescència.
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Noise is becoming increasingly useful in reaching a deep understanding of systems (whether physical, biological, financial, etc.). The UPoN conference has been organised since 1996 as a discussion forum for researchers from different sectors working with the use of noise, fluctuations and variability, with the aim of tackling problems which cannot be easily solved.
The inauguration of the event will take place on 13 July at 9 am. UAB Rector Ferran Sancho and Emilio Lora-Tamayo, President of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), will be speaking at the inauguration.
A large diversity of issues will be discussed at the conference and have been divided into nine blocks: theoretical challenges in noise and fluctuations, quantum noise and coherence, fluctuations in materials and devices, fluctuations in biological systems, noise in circuits and in complex non-lineal systems, fluctuations in econophysics and financial markets, noise applications, experimental frontiers of noise and fluctuations, and another block dedicated to issues such as metereological or earthquake predictions. In order to favour interaction among people of different disciplines, no parallel sessions will be held during the conference.