I received the Laurea degree in Physics, summa cum laude, from the
University of Catania, Italy, in 1992, and a Ph.D. in Physics from the
same University, in 1996. After holding a three-years postdoctoral
position at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge,
USA) in the group of
M. Baranger
, and visiting scientist positions at Harvard (Cambridge, USA) in
the group of
E.J. Heller,
and
at the University of Paris XI (Paris, France), I joined, in January
2002, the faculty of the Physics Department of the University of
Catania, as an Assistant Professor in Theoretical Physics (FIS02).
During the last years I have been teaching the Physics courses:
"Numerical Methods of Physics", "Physics of Complex Systems" and
"Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos". I also teach the course "Order and
Disorder in the Matter" and the course "Structure and Dynamics of Complex
networks" at Scuola Superiore of Catania.
My main fields of research are: complex systems, statistical mechanics
and nonlinear dynamics. My current interests include the study of the
structure and function of complex networks based on a combination of
empirical studies, mathematical methods and computer simulations.
Among other things, I have investigated efficiency, centrality,
motifs, and community structures in real networks. I have developed
analytic and computer models to study network growth, disease
propagation and collective behaviors, such as synchronization or
cascading failures, in complex networks. Application areas range from
the contributions of physics to the current debate in urban planning
and design towards the making of more sustainable urban communities,
to the application of statistical methods to biological sequences
(genomes and proteomes), and to the containment of mobile phone
viruses that spread via Bluetooth contacts. In parallel to these
topics, I have also worked on the equilibrium and non-equilibrium
properties of systems of particles interacting through long-range
forces.
I have coauthored over 150 scientific papers in international refereed
journals and conferences. I am referee of Nature Physics, PNAS,
Physical Review Letters, Physical Review E, Europhysics Letters,
Physica A, and other international journals. From 2004 I am a member
of the Editorial Board of Chaos (American Institute of Physics).
I am the scientific director of the
Laboratory for Complex Systems, a
multidisciplinary laboratory of
Scuola Superiore di Catania.
I am the local coordinator (INFN, Sezione di Catania)
for the
INFN To61 Project (Biological applications of theoretical
physics methods), for the
CRESCO (Computational Research Center for Complex Systems)
project of ENEA, and for the European Community project
GABA
(Global Approach to Brain Activity: From Cognition to Disease). I am also
member of the
Human Space Lab,
a research unit based at the Polytechnic of Milan,
Department of Architecture and City Planning.
- Networks of motifs from sequences of symbols
R. Sinatra, D. Condorelli, V. Latora,
arXiv:1002.0668, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 178702 (2010)
(physorg.com)
(physicscentral.com)
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Small-world behavior in time-varying graphs
J. Tang, S. Scellato, M. Musolesi, C. Mascolo, V. Latora,
arXiv:0909.1712, Phys. Rev. E 81, 055101(R) (2010)
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Functional modularity of spontaneous activities in normal and epileptic brain networks
M. Chavez, M. Valencia, V. Navarro, V. Latora,
J. Martinerie, arXiv:0811.3131, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 118701 (2010)
(ON THE COVER)
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Entropy Rate of Diffusion Processes on Complex Networks
J. Gomez-Gardenes, V. Latora, Phys. Rev. E78, 065102(R) (2008)
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Scaling breakdown in flow fluctuations on complex networks
S. Meloni, J. Gomez-Gardenes, V. Latora and Y.Moreno, Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 208701 (2008)
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Spreading of sexually transmitted diseases in heterosexual populations
J. Gomez-Gardenes, V. Latora, Y. Moreno, E.V. Profumo,
PNAS 105, 1399 (2008)
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Synchronization properties of network motifs
I. Lodato, S. Boccaletti, V. Latora, physics/0609126,
Europhys. Lett. 78, 28001 (2007)
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Complex Networks: Structure and Dynamics
(1220 citations from ISI, 1663 citations from Google Scholar)
S. Boccaletti, V. Latora, Y. Moreno, M. Chavez, D.-U. Hwang,
Physics Reports 424, 175 (2006)
(TOP 1 of HOTTEST ARTICLES in PHYSICS REPORTS since from 2006 !!!)
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Centrality Measures in Spatial Networks of Urban Streets
P. Crucitti, V. Latora, S. Porta, physics/0504163,
Phys. Rev. E 73, 036125 (2006)
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A model for cascading failures in complex networks
(116 citations from ISI, 158 citations from Google Scholar)
P. Crucitti, V. Latora, and M. Marchiori,
Phys. Rev. E 69, 045104(R) (2004)
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Revisting Disorder and Tsallis Statistics,
V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and A. Robledo,
Science 300, 250 (2003)
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Efficient Behavior of Small-World Networks
(329 citations from ISI, 585 citations from Google Scholar)
V. Latora, M. Marchiori, Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 198701 (2001)
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Non-Gaussian equilibrium in a long-range Hamiltonian system
(122 citations from ISI, 170 citations from Google Scholar)
V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and C. Tsallis,
Phys. Rev. E64, 056134 (2001)
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Superdiffusion and out of equilibrium chaotic
dynamics with many degrees of freedom,
V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and S. Ruffo,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 2104 (1999)
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Kolmogorov-Sinai Entropy-Rate vs. Physical Entropy,
V. Latora and M. Baranger, Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 520 (1999)
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Lyapunov instability and finite size effects
in a system with long-range forces,
V. Latora, A. Rapisarda and S. Ruffo,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 692 (1998)
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