What We Do

Area 1

Title: Socio-economic modelling and simulation

Representatives: M. Zanella, L. Pareschi, W. Boscheri.

Case studies:

• Models for the dynamics and simulation of complex systems;
• Models for the dissemination of opinions on large population samples;
• Opinion control through the use of external media and through the use of opinion leaders;
• Dissemination of ideas and opinions on social networks and control strategies;
• Models for the simulation of road traffic, from the urban scale to the provincial, regional and national scale;
• National income distribution models and optimal taxation strategies.

Area 2

Title: Statistical surveys in the socio-economic sphere

Representatives: S. Bonnini, G. Sciavicco.

Case studies:

• Sample surveys and statistical analysis for spatial planning and control;
• Sample surveys and statistical analyses for the evaluation of the University System;
• Sample surveys and socio-economic research on the living and study conditions of university students and the impact of their presence on the territory;
• Marketing studies and market analysis with particular regard to "customer satisfaction" and "conjoint analysis”;
• Statistical analysis of road accidents;
• Statistical analysis of industrial development and performance policies in Italy and other countries;
• Statistical analysis of engineering problems (e.g. problems of acoustics on listening conditions in classrooms);
• Bio-medical studies on the effects of certain therapeutic treatments on certain diseases;
• Epidemiological studies;
• Design and construction of complex databases.

Area 3

Title: Modeling and simulation of environmental and biological phenomena

Representatives: V. Caleffi, W. Boscheri, M. Dumbser.

Case studies:

• SWE modeling of exceptional floods for floods (Toce valley example);
• SWE modeling of floods for collapse of barrages (example related to Malpasset dam);
• Propagation of a wave front against a bridge pillar;
• Propagation of macro bottom shapes (alternating bars) in a river bed;
• Propagation of a passive pollutant in a meandering bed/channel/riverbed;
• Morphodynamic modeling in watercourses;
• Modeling of transient motions inside pressurized pipelines;
• Hemodynamic modeling inside blood vessels;
• Models for the control of the growth distribution of tumor bodies.

Area 4

Title: Dynamic modeling and simulation of fluids/gases and plasmas

Representatives: L. Pareschi, W. Boscheri, M. Dumbser.

Case studies:

• High-order methods in space and time for fluid dynamics;
• Numerical schemes for the transition from compressible fluids to incompressible fluids;
• Numerical methods and simulations for plasma physics and magnetohydrodynamics;
• Boltzmann equations and collisional integrals;
• Problems of atmospheric reentry and dynamics of rarefied gases.