LabSciMat

The Center 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.

The University of International Studies of Rome - UNINT established the Laboratory of Mathematical Sciences (LabSciMat) in the spring of 2010 thanks to the promotional action of the teacher Giandomenico Boffi, who was its director until 1 October 2020. The laboratory is currently directed by Antonio Iovanella.

Why a laboratory in Mathematical Sciences?

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

“Laboratory” does not only refer to the prospect of having adequate automatic calculation resources, but – more than “centre” or other similar terms – underlines the aspect of work under construction that the initiative has in the context of the University.

Research, applications and outreach: 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, collaborate and support the Complexity Management Community of the CUOA Business School.

Research team

Antonio Iovanella
LABSCIMAT DIRECTOR AND TDB UNINT RESEARCHER

Alessandro Aloisio
TDA UNINT RESEARCHER

Joan Ferraro
DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS ENGINEERING, UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA

Matteo Cinelli
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME

Saverio Storani
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME

Andrea Ancona
DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SCIENCES, SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME

Research

  • Iovanella, A. (2023). Exploiting Network Science in Business Process Management: A Conceptual Framework, Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, 178, 114344.
  • Cerqueti, R., Iovanella, A., Mattera, R., (2023). Clustering networked funded European research activities through rank-size laws, Annals of Operations Research, to appear, 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, 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.
  • Cinelli, M., Ferraro, G., Iovanella, A. (2022). Connections matter: a proxy measure for evaluating network membership with an application to the Seventh Research Framework Program, Scientometrics, 127, pages 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.
  • 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 the INdAM (National Institute of Higher Mathematics) and organized seminars and study meetings, mainly in algebra and differential geometry.

The laboratory was also interested in mathematics teaching at school and university level and collaborated with the Roman section of the PLS (National Scientific Degree Plan) in the organization 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 teacher Boffi chaired the Operational Committee. The Championship saw its birth at the University of International Studies of Rome - UNINT and was promoted and financed by MIUR, INdAM, ICTP (the International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste), PLS, UMI (Italian Mathematical Union) and four Roman universities Sapienza, Tor Vergata, Roma Tre and UNINT.

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