School on Synchronization: from collective motion to brain dynamics

School: February 3 – 14, 2025

Workshop: February 8 – 9, 2025

ICTP-SAIFR, São Paulo, Brazil

IFT-UNESP Auditorium

 

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Synchronization is one of the fundamental phenomena in complex systems and nonlinear dynamics. There are a large number of systems where synchronization is an important effect and we shall focus on two of them:

a) Mobile systems: the emergence of coordinated movement in space and time without an apparent controller.

b) The Janus-faced nature of synchronization in brain dynamics, or how synchronization impairs and drives the brain, and the importance of physics for the prediction of epileptic seizures.

The school will cover:

– A general introduction to synchronization phenomena;
– Systems where spatial and temporal synchronization occur simultaneously, as observed in sperm cells, starfish embryos and swarmalators in general;
– Introduction to epilepsy and seizure dynamics;
– Seizure prediction methods: Modern nonlinear models for the detection and forecasting of dynamical transitions from time series; challenges and opportunities for more efficient data analysis.

The event will also include a workshop on the weekend of February 8-9 covering current research in the field.

This school is part of the Topics in Nonlinear Science: Fundamentals and Applications.

There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for travel and local expenses.

Organizers:

  • Marcus Aguiar (UNICAMP, Brazil)
  • Hilda A. Cerdeira (IFT-UNESP, Brazil)
  • Mario Chavez (Sorbonne University, France)
  • Albert Diaz Guilera (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
  • Klaus Lehnertz (University of Bonn, Germany)

List of participants: Updated on February 10, 2025.

 

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Workshop

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Cancelled:

  • Arkady Pikovsky (University of Potsdam, Germany)
  • Jean Faber (UNIFESP, Brazil): Nonlinear dynamics of epileptiform-like activities and complex networks of in vitro neuronal cultures
  • Fernando da Silva Borges (State University of New York (SUNY), USA): Mechanisms responsible for the generation of cortical high frequency oscillations

Abstracts: Here

Poster sessions

Session 1

  1. Lucas Eduardo Bentivoglio (State University of Ponta Grossa, Brazil): Spiral Wave Patterns in Neural Network Model.
  2. Fernando da Silva Borges (State University of New York (SUNY), Brazil): Mechanisms responsible for the generation of cortical high frequency oscillations.
  3. Enrique Chipicoski Gabrick (State University of Ponta Grossa, Brazil): Intermittency properties and control in an epilepsy model.
  4. Hellen Cristina da Costa (Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil): Study of social behavior in mice through calcium imaging of neurons.
  5. Janne Cristine De Melo Santana (Université Cergy-Paris (CYU), LPTM laboratory, France): One-dimensional Collective Motion.
  6. Martín Giuliano (IFIMAR, Argentina): Noise-induced internal resonance in nonlinearly coupled oscillators.
  7. Martin Guillemaud (Paris Brain Institute – Sorbonne University, France): Hyperbolic Brain Network Embeddings: A Novel Tool for Forecasting Epileptic Seizures.
  8. Malena Lucia Hidalgo (Centro de Estudios Multidisciplinarios en Sistemas Complejos y Ciencias del Cerebro, Instituto de Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Nacional de San Martin, Argentina): Parametric Study of the Dynamics of Simple Models of Large-Scale Brain Activity.
  9. Jieru Liao (Centre for Complex Systems, the University of Sydney, Australia): Synchronizability and Stability of Brain Networks in Epilepsy.
  10. Michael Luchtan (Open University of Catalonia, Spain): Fractal Associations, Synchronization Events, and Circulating Pacemakers: How musicians learn Bluegrass in Barcelona.
  11. Jorge Vinicius Malosti da Silveira (Universidade Federal do Paraná, Brazil): TBA
  12. Diogo Leonai Marques de Souza (State University of Ponta Grossa, Brazil): Influence of Ion Channels on Synchronous Bistability.
  13. Vinícius Oliveira Martins (IMECC – UNICAMP, Brazil): Optimization of Synchronization in Multilayer Networks.
  14. Elsa Susana Ochoa (Instituto de Investigación en Ciencias Básicas y Aplicadas – UAEM, Mexico): Sleep phase analysis – Values ​​and eigenvectors of the multiband correlation matrix.
  15. Paola Vanesa Olguin Rodriguez (Centro de Investigación en Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma del Estado de Morelos, Mexico): Stable Correlation Patterns and Dynamic Features of Functional Networks Are Modulated with Age During Attentional Processing of Faces in Children.

Session 2

  1. David Ortiz del Campo (Instituto de Física Interdisciplinar y Sistemas Complejos, Universitat de les Illes Balears-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Spain): Anticipated synchronization in systems with distributed delay.
  2. Ramiro Plüss (Instituto Tecnológico de Buenos Aires, Argentina): Phase Transition in an Adaptive Network with Chaotics Units.
  3. Yago Emanoel Ramos Silva (Federal University of Bahia, Brazil): Handedness and Brain Lateralization: a non linear approach.
  4. Steven Fernando Rico Aparicio (Industrial University of Santander, Colombia): Brain Connectivity and Seizure Prediction through Euclidean Embedding.
  5. Leonardo Rodrigues da Costa (Unicamp, Brazil): Unveiling Epileptic Networks: Motif Synchronization for Interictal Spike and Foci Localization.
  6. Suman Saha (Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India, India): Neuromolecular interactions guiding homeostatic mechanisms underlying healthy ageing: A computational framework.
  7. Marie Sellier-Prono (École Normale Supérieure (Université Paris Sciences et Lettres), France): Modelling the parcellation of the pial vascular network with coupled oscillators.
  8. Pedro Masotti Moretti da Silveira (São Carlos Institute of Physics/ University of São Paulo, Brazil): Modeling ant activity cycles with delay differential equations.
  9. Marcelo Tisoc (Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW) – Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil): Evaluation of functional networks of people under the influence of Ayahuasca tea.
  10. Mário Lucas Vicchietti (Insitute of Biosciences / Department of Biodiversity and Biostatistics / UNESP, Brazil): EEG-based detection of Alzheimer’s disease stages using complex networks features.
  11. Alvaro Zabaleta-Ortega (UPIITA-IPN, Mexico): Syncrhonization transitions in networks via persistent homology.
  12. Amália Buchweitz Garcez (UFRGS, Brazil): Analysis and tracking of the motion of self propelled particles.

Abstracts: Here

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Additional Information

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BOARDING PASS: All participants, whose travel has been provided or will be reimbursed by ICTP-SAIFR, should bring the boarding pass  upon registration. The return boarding pass (PDF, if online check-in, scan or picture, if physical) should be sent to secretary@ictp-saifr.org by e-mail.

COVID-19: Brazilians and foreigners no longer have to present proof of vaccination before entering the country.

Visa information: Nationals from several countries in Latin America and Europe are exempt from tourist visa. Nationals from Australia, Canada and USA will be required to obtain a tourist e-visa for visits after April 10, 2025.

Accommodation: Participants, whose accommodation will be provided by the institute, will stay at Hotel Intercity the Universe Paulista. Hotel recommendations are available here.

How to reach the Institute: The school will be held at ICTP South American Institute, located at IFT-UNESP, which is across the street from a major bus and subway terminal (Terminal Barra Funda). The address which is closer to the entrance of the IFT-UNESP building is R. Jornalista Aloysio Biondi, 120 – Barra Funda, São Paulo. The easiest way to reach us is by subway or bus, please find instructions here.

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