Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture

International School on Complexity - XVII Course

Stochastic Forecasting in Complex Systems

August 25-31, 2022 Erice, Italy

This course belongs to the series International School on Complexity, directed by A. Zichichi, and co-directed by G. Benedek, A. Rapisarda and C. Tsallis. It will be held at the Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture in Erice, Italy during the period August 25-31, 2022.

Purpose of the Course

This course aims to cover the most recent analytical, experimental, observational and computational aspects about stochastic forecasting of complex systems

Topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Brain Dynamics;

  • Earthquake dynamics;

  • Financial markets dynamics;

  • Complex networks;

  • Self-Organized criticality;

  • Agent-based models applied to complex socio-economical systems;

  • Epidemic models;

  • Probabilistic prediction and scenario evaluation;

  • Statistical mechanics of complex systems.


The Course is supported by the PRIN project 2017WZFTZP STOFOCS

Invited speakers

Jean-Philippe Bouchaud

CFM & Econophysics Chair, Ecole Polytechnique Paris, France

Raffaella Burioni

University of Parma, Italy


Damien Challet

Centrale Supelec and Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette France


Tiziana Di Matteo

King's College London, UK


Sebastian Hainzl

GFZ Potsdam, Germany

Hans Herrmann

ESPCI Paris, France

Eugenio Lippiello

Campania University, Italy

Daniele Marinazzo

Ghent University, Belgium

Warner Marzocchi

University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Course Directors

Important dates

  • Application extended to May 10 , 2022 !!!

  • Acceptance by May 20, 2022

  • Arrival day August 25, 2022

  • Departure day August 31, 2022