LabSciMat

The Centre promotes research, application and dissemination of mathematical sciences, also in relation to historical and foundational aspects, in synergy with scientific and university environments and with attention also to industrial research. Particular attention is paid to the permanent updating of school teachers and to teaching innovation within the relevant disciplines, with attention also to epistemology and the history of science.

Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma – UNINT established the Laboratory on Mathematical Sciences (LabSciMat) in the spring of 2010 thanks to the promotional action of the lecturer Giandomenico Boffi, who was its Director until 1 October 2020. The laboratory is currently directed by Antonio Iovanella.

Why a laboratory on Mathematical Sciences?

“Mathematical Sciences”, as shown for example by the centre of the same name at Cambridge University in England, includes not only mathematics, but also statistics, econometrics, computer science, etc.

“Laboratory” does not only refer to the prospect of having adequate automatic computing resources, but – more than “centre” or other similar terms – emphasises the work-in-progress aspect of the initiative in the context of the university.

Research, applications and dissemination: inside and outside the university

The laboratory currently has as its main working themes those linked to the applications of Complexity theory and Network science in the fields of economics, management and, in general, decision support systems. The laboratory avails itself of the collaboration of internal and external scholars at the University and, furthermore, is in synergy with various national and international initiatives. The laboratory collaborates with various companies with the aim of encouraging and promoting technological transfer and innovation. Finally, it collaborates and supports the Complexity Management Community of the CUOA Business School.

Research team

Internal members

Antonio Iovanella
LABSCIMAT DIRECTOR AND UNINT FIXED-TERM TYPE B RESEARCHER

Alessandro Aloisio
UNINT FIXED-TERM TYPE A RESEARCHER

External members

Joan Ferraro
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI ROMA TOR VERGATA

Matteo Cinelli
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, SAPIENZA UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA

Saverio Storani
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, SAPIENZA UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA

Andrea Ancona
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES, SAPIENZA UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA

Research

Recent publications

Caratù, M., Dragomirov, N., Iovanella, A., Vlahovic, S. (2025). Strategic Issues in Digital Transformation of Human Resources Management: Systematic Literature Review and Text Mining, Technology Analysis & Strategic Management, to appear, DOI: 10.1080/09537325.2025.2467930.

Ferraro, G., Iovanella, A., Ramponi, A., Rotundo, G. (2024). Promoting sustainability goals: innovation trajectories of Fintech through patent analysis, Annals of Operations Research, to appear, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10479-024-06258-0.
Cerqueti, R., Iovanella, A., Mattera, R. Storani, S. (2024). Improving the explainability of autoencoder factors for commodities through forecast-based Shapely values, Scientific Reports, 14, 19622, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-70342-5.
Iovanella, A. (2024). Exploiting Network Science in Business Process Management: A Conceptual Framework, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 178, 114344, DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2023.114344.
Cerqueti, R., Iovanella, A., Mattera, R. (2024). Clustering networked funded European research activities through rank-size laws, Annals of Operations Research, 342, pp. 1707–1735, DOI: 10.1007/s10479-023-05321-6.
Ancona, A., Cinelli, M., Ferraro, G., Iovanella, A. (2023). Network-based principles of entrepreneurial ecosystems: a case study of a start-up network, Small Business Economics, 61, pp. 1497–1514, DOI: 10.1007/s11187-023-00738-6.
Cerqueti, R. Cinelli, M., Ferraro, G., Iovanella, A. (2023). Financial interbanking networks resilience under shocks propagation, Annals of Operations Research, 330, pp. 389-409. DOI: 10.1007/s10479-022-04567-w.
Cinelli, M., Ferraro, G., Iovanella, A. (2022). Connections matter: a proxy measure for evaluating network membership with an application to the Seventh Research Framework Programme, Scientometrics, 127, pp. 3959–3976.
Cinelli, M., Ferraro, G., Iovanella, A., Rotundo G. (2021). Assessing the impact of incomplete information on the resilience of financial networks, Annals of Operations Research, 299, pp. 721–745

Completed

Analysis of entrepreneurial ecosystems as business networks, FRSA2021 UNINT project.
M-learning in higher education in Italy and Bulgaria, implementation models and adoption factors, FRSA2022 UNINT project.
Digital entrepreneurial ecosystems as business networks, FRSA 2023 UNINT project.

Activities in previous years

In the past, the laboratory hosted a research unit of Istituto Nazionale di Alta Matematica - INdAM (Italian National Institute of Higher Mathematics) and organised seminars and study meetings, mainly in algebra and differential geometry.

The laboratory was also interested in teaching mathematics at school and university level and collaborated with the Roman section of the PLS (National Scientific Degree Plan) in the organisation of the now consolidated summer mathematics school aimed at high school students in Lazio.

Furthermore, the laboratory was one of the driving forces of the Mediterranean Youth Mathematical Championship (MYMC) and the lecturer Boffi chaired the Operational Committee. The Championship saw its birth at Università degli Studi Internazionali di Roma – UNINT and was promoted and financed by MIUR, INdAM, ICTP (International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste), PLS, UMI (Italian Mathematical Union) and four Roman universities Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Roma Tre and UNINT.

Contact details

E-mail: labscimat@unint.eu