Research interests

• Statistical mechanics of networks
  • Network Geometry
  • Multilayer Networks
  • Dynamics of networks and network evolution
  • Critical classical and quantum phenomena on networks
  • Entropy measures for network ensembles
  • Models of social network dynamics
• Biological Networks
  • Neural networks and brain dynamics
  • Molecular Networks
• Complexity and criticality in condensed matter

Selected publications

• G. Bianconi and C. Rahmede,
  Complex Quatum Network Manifolds in d>2 are Scale-Free
  Scientific Reports 5, 13979 (2015).
  (Covered in the press Science Daily,Phys.org,La Stampa,MEDIA INAF)
• G. Bianconi,
  Interdisciplinary and physics challenges in network theory
  Europhysics Letters 111, 56001 (2015).
• Z. Wu, G. Menichelli, C. Rahmede and G.Bianconi,
  Emergent Complex Network Geometry
  Scientific Reports 5, 10073 (2015).
• N. Poccia, T. I. Baturina, F. Coneri, C. G. Molenaar, X. R. Wang, G. Bianconi, A. Brinkman, H. Hilgenkamp, A. A. Golubov, and V. M. Vinokur,
  Critical behavior at a dynamic vortex insulator-to-metal transition
  Science 349, 1202 (2015).
• G. Campi, A. Bianconi, N. Poccia, G. Bianconi, L. Barba, G. Arrighetti, D. Innocenti, J. Karpinski, N. D. Zhigadlo, S. M. Kazakov, M. Burghammer, M. v. Zimmermann, M. Sprung, A. Ricci,
  Inhomogeneity of charge-density-wave order and quenched disorder in a high-Tc superconductor
  Nature, 525, 359 (2015).
• S. Boccaletti, G. Bianconi, R. Criado, C. del Genio, J. Gomez-Gardenes, M. Romance, I. Sendina-Nadal, Z. Wang, M. Zanin
  Structure and Dynamics of Multilayer Networks
  Physics Reports 544,1 (2014)
• G. Bianconi,
  Statistical Mechanics of Multiplex Networks: Entropy and Overlap
  Phys. Rev. E 87,062806 (2013)
• V. Nicosia, G. Bianconi,V. Latora and M. Barthelemy
  Growing multiplex networks
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 111,058701 (2013)
• Arda Halu, Kun Zhao, Andrea Baronchelli and Ginestra Bianconi,
  Connect and win: The role of social networks in political elections
  EPL 102,16002 (2013) (Covered in the press)
• P. Bonifazi, M. Goldin, M.A. Picardo, I. Jorquera, A. Cattani, G. Bianconi, A. Represa, Y. ben-Ari and R. Cossart,
  GABAergic Hub Neurons Orchestrate Synchrony in Developing Hippocampal Networks
  Science, 326 1419 (2009).
• G. Bianconi, P. Pin and M. Marsili,
  Assessing the relevance of node features for network structure,
  PNAS 106, 11433 (2009).
  (See this URL for matlab codes and related information)
• G. Bianconi,
  Entropy of randomized network ensembles,
  Europhys. Lett. 81, 28005 (2008).
  (Find more about ENTROPY of networks )
  
• G. Bianconi and A. L. Barabási,
  Bose-Einstein condensation in complex networks,
  Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 5632 (2001).
  (Find more about CONDENSATION transitions in complex systems)
  
• G. Bianconi and A. L. Barabási,
  Competition and multiscaling in evolving networks,
  Europhys. Lett. 54, 436 (2001).
  (Find more about the FITNESS MODEL)

Teaching

• MTH7152 Processes on Network
• MTH6142 Complex Networks