Complex Systems Department
The Complex Systems Department was created in 1990 by 6 faculty members of the Theoretical Physics Department (Cocho, García Calderón, Lomnitz, Martínez Mekler, Pérez Pascual, and Rius). The origin of this Department goes back to the year 1978 with the project entitled: Dynamics of Complex Systems within the High Energy Theoretical Physics Program. Later on in 1982, the program "Dynamics of Complex Systems" was created, participating several faculty members of recent incorporation to the Institute of Physics.
From the very beginning the faculty members of the Complex Systems Department had been interested in a broad range of research subjects: theoretical biology, critical phenomena, disordered systems, localization, theoretical sysmology, dynamical systems, laticce field theory, nanoscience, biocomplexity, etc. This characteristic is shown in the current research subjects that are being developed in the department. Although there is a great interest by interdisciplinary subjects, the reseach projects are performed from the perspective of the theoretical physics. The faculty members of the Complex Systems Department maintain collaborations with other scientists of numerous national and foreign institutions. More recently six faculty members joined the department (Boyer, Garzón, Mateos, Mello, Miramontes y Romero). In the Complex System Department four research subjects are being developed through 24 research projects. The faculty members of the Complex Systems Department also contribute to the important task of formation of human resources in science, and actively participate in teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. |
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