Informal Seminar Statistical Physics

[Statistical Physics]

CONDENSED MATTER AND STATISTICAL PHYSICS SECTION

Joint ICTP/SISSA INFORMAL SEMINAR on Statistical Physics
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THURSDAY, 11 September 2014  -  11.30 p.m.

Venue: Luigi Stasi Seminar Room, Leonardo Building, first floor



Santhanam Madabushi Srinivasan
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India



"Extreme Events in Physical Systems and Complex Networks"



Abstract
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Extreme events such as cyclones, earthquakes, power blackouts
or traffic jams are not uncommon.
Study of such events using the framework of extreme value theory
has a long history. In this talk, we will introduce the idea of
extreme events and review some of the recent results.
In the second half, we will discuss transport processes based on
random walks and associated extreme events taking place on
complex networks. We show that extreme events on complex networks
are more likely to take place on small degree nodes and not on the hubs.
We will discuss some generalisations and applications of these
results.