The Department of Mathematics of the University of Bologna has opened a 3-year RTD-A (Assistant Professor) position in Mathematical Physics within the PNRR project SERICS - SEcurity and RIghts in the CyberSpace. Within the next three years the Mathematical Physics group plans to open a tenure-track position.

The opening and the application procedure can be found at:

https://bandi.unibo.it/s/apos5/bando-per-1-posto-da-rtd-a-tempo-pieno-mat-sc...

The deadline for application is sharp at 12:00 of 02/02/2024 We are looking for top early-career researchers in the fields of Statistical and Quantum Mechanics. These include but are not limited to areas of complex and disordered systems, spin glasses, classical and quantum neural networks and statistical inference, both from a theoretical perspective and by looking at applications, especially to complex networks. The research activity of the successful candidate will be focused on reliability and risk management in complex systems. The candidate will deal with the introduction of mathematical physics models for complex cyber-physical interconnected systems. The first part of the research activity will be devoted to the introduction of (deterministic and/or stochastic) models describing the topology of the interconnections and their evolution in time, through the theory of complex networks. The second part of the research activity will be dedicated to the study of systemic risk from the point of view of statistical mechanics. The aim is the introduction of new risk measure linked to the emergent macroscopic properties, of efficient techniques for anomaly detection and of exogenous/endogenous strategies of risk mitigation that lead to systems that are more robust to external attacks and internal fluctuations. The University of Bologna is the oldest University in continuous operation in the world and renowned to be one of the best in Italy. The city of Bologna offers a broad number of cultural activities and a high quality of life. The Mathematical Physics Group is active in Statistical Mechanics and Applications (https://math.unibo.it/en/research/research-groups/statistical-mechanics-and-...) and Quantum Information Theory (https://math.unibo.it/en/research/research-groups/quantum-information-theory)

The Department has a wide spectrum of research interests in all the fields of mathematics: https://math.unibo.it/en/research/research-areas and has close collaborations with the Departments of Physics, Computer Science, Engineering, Economics etc. For further information you are welcome to contact Prof. Pierluigi Contucci, pierluigi.contucci@unibo.itmailto:pierluigi.contucci@unibo.it Prof. Giacomo De Palma, giacomo.depalma@unibo.itmailto:giacomo.depalma@unibo.it Prof. Gabriele Sicuro, gabriele.sicuro@unibo.itmailto:gabriele.sicuro@unibo.it

Prof. Daniele Tantari, daniele.tantari@unibo.itmailto:daniele.tantari@unibo.it