Background
Serra, Roberto was born on May 16, 1952 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Son of Alcide Serra and Marika Vuga.
(Interest in the physics of complex macroscopic systems is...)
Interest in the physics of complex macroscopic systems is growing rapidly. Such systems, composed of several subsystems interacting in a non linear way, display fascinating and sometimes surprising phenomena such as self-organization, sharp transitions among qualitatively different states, noise-induced phenomena and seemingly chaotic dynamics. This book provides a wide and unitary approach to the field. which is achieved by stressing the role of the reduction procedures, i.e. of the passage from more detailed to more synthetic dynamical descriptions. The book is aimed at university level readership although emphasis is placed on physical intuition rather than mathematical details. To this end, theoretical sections outlining the major concepts and mathematical techniques needed for the analysis of complex systems are integrated by relevant applications to physical and chemical systems.
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Research scientist and administrator
Serra, Roberto was born on May 16, 1952 in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. Son of Alcide Serra and Marika Vuga.
Laurea in Fisica, University Bologna, Italy, 1977.
Postdoctoral fellow department physics, U. Bologna, Italy, 1978; application engineer digital signal analysis, Hewlett-Packard, Milan, Italy, 1978-1979; research associate, TEMA (Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi Group), Bologna, 1979-1982; research group manager mathematics modeling group, TEMA (Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi Group), Bologna, 1982-1985; division manager complex systems division, TEMA (Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi Group), Bologna, 1986-1990; Research and Development director, Dida-El, Milan, since 1990. Information systems director Ferruzzi Holding, since 1991.
(Interest in the physics of complex macroscopic systems is...)
Member Association Computing Machinery, Society Italiana per La Ricerca Sui Sistemi (board directors), Assoxiazione Italiana per L'Intelligenza Artificiale(board directors), Society Italiana per Le Reti Neuroniche.
Married Elena Tenze, December 23, 1978. Children: Francesca, Eleonora.