Welcome to the homepage of the Probability group of the University of Florence! We are part of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science 'Ulisse Dini'.
We actively participate in the Florence Data Science Center, the workshop centre Eurandom, the research programme NETWORKS (NWO, the Netherlands), and the Networks research unit (IMT Lucca).
We are very happy to work with students and young researchers, and we strive to provide a stimulating and lively research environment!
Our group works in Probability Theory, with a special focus on its applications in Statistical Mechanics and the Social Sciences.
Our research interests include Markov chains, stochastic dynamics on graphs, metastability, random graphs and complex networks, random processes in random environment, interacting particle systems, disordered systems, random media, stochastic growth models, random matrices, combinatorial structures, and integrable probability. See this page for more details.
Talk "The friendship paradox for social networks" by Frank den Hollander (Professor emeritus at Leiden University and Visiting Professor at DIMAI in 2025/26), Tuesday 16 December, 3pm, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Room 38-b. The event is oragnised by the Centro Interdipartimentale per lo Studio di Dinamiche Complesse (CSDC).
"Probability Models in Mathematical Physics (PMMP) - Integrability, asymptotics, and universality", INdAM workshop, Rome, 15-19 June 2026. Organising committee: E. Bisi, F. D. Cunden, G. Gramegna, M. Ligabò.
We welcome Elena Matteini as a new PhD student in the Florence Probability group!
This academic year 2025/26, Frank den Hollander (Emeritus Professor, Leiden University) is a visiting professor in our group.