Information thermodynamics of complex networks

by Dr Andrea Filippo Beretta (DFA)

Thursday 11 Dec 2025, 17:30 → 17:45 Europe/Rome

1/1-3 - Aula B (Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia - Edificio Marzolo)

Complex dynamical systems can be used to describe a wide array of natural and human-made processes on many different scales, from the inner mechanisms of a tiny cell to the features of transport networks spanning entire continents. They are versatile and characterized by a diverse range of peculiar behaviors. However, this richness and diversity constitute one of the major challenges in building a unified theoretical framework to understand and model them.
Despite this, many efforts have been made to exploit powerful theoretical tools from statistical mechanics and thermodynamics to construct a physics-informed framework capable of explaining many of the different characteristics of complex dynamical systems. In this PRAPI, I will present our attempt to build a generalized information thermodynamics to describe the response of complex networks to perturbations.