Complex systems in the spotlight: next steps after the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics

Ginestra Bianconi; Alex Arenas; Jacob Biamonte; Lincoln D. Carr; Byungnam Kahng; Janos Kertesz; Jürgen Kurths; Linyuan Lü; Cristina Masoller; Adilson E. Motter; Matjaž Perc; Filippo Radicchi; Ramakrishna Ramaswamy; Francisco A. Rodrigues; Marta Sales-Pardo; Maxi San Miguel; Stefan Thurner; Taha Yasseri

doi:10.1088/2632-072X/ac7f75

Complex systems in the spotlight: next steps after the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics

Ginestra Bianconi^*, Alex Arenas, Jacob Biamonte, Lincoln D. Carr, Byungnam Kahng, Janos Kertesz, Jürgen Kurths, Linyuan Lü, Cristina Masoller, Adilson E. Motter, Matjaž Perc, Filippo Radicchi, Ramakrishna Ramaswamy, Francisco A. Rodrigues, Marta Sales-Pardo, Maxi San Miguel, Stefan Thurner, Taha Yasseri

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Abstract

The 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics recognized the fundamental role of complex systems in the natural sciences. In order to celebrate this milestone, this editorial presents the point of view of the editorial board of JPhys Complexity on the achievements, challenges, and future prospects of the field. To distinguish the voice and the opinion of each editor, this editorial consists of a series of editor perspectives and reflections on few selected themes. A comprehensive and multi-faceted view of the field of complexity science emerges. We hope and trust that this open discussion will be of inspiration for future research on complex systems.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	010201
Journal	Journal of Physics: Complexity
Volume	4
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-072X/ac7f75
State	Published - Mar 2023

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The authors acknowledge their funding sources, including: Royal Society (IEC∖NSFC∖191147 (G Bianconi); NSF Grants CCF-1839232, PHY-1806372, DGE-2125899, PHY-2210566 (L.C.); NRF, Grant No. NRF-2014R1A3A2069005 and the KENTECH Research Grant (KRG2021-01-007) (B Kahng); EU H2020 ICT48 project ‘Humane AI Net’ under Contract #952026 and EU Horizon 2020—ERC Synergy Grant 810115 ‘Dynasnet’ (J Kertesz); ICREA Academia Award, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies (C Masoller); National Science Foundation Award No. DMS-1647351 (A E Motter); Slovenian Research Agency (Grant Nos. P1-0403 and J1-2457) (M Perc); PID2019-106811GB-C31 from MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 (M Sales Pardo); PACSS (RTI2018-093732-B-C21) and MDM-2017-0711 from MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033, Spain (M San Miguel). FR acknowledges support by the Army Research Office (W911NF-21-1-0194) and by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (FA9550-21-1-0446). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in the manuscript.

Keywords

2021 Nobel Prize in Physics
complex systems
emergent phenomena

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Computer Science Applications
Computer Networks and Communications
Artificial Intelligence

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Bianconi, G., Arenas, A., Biamonte, J., Carr, L. D., Kahng, B., Kertesz, J., Kurths, J., Lü, L., Masoller, C., Motter, A. E., Perc, M., Radicchi, F., Ramaswamy, R., Rodrigues, F. A., Sales-Pardo, M., San Miguel, M., Thurner, S., & Yasseri, T. (2023). Complex systems in the spotlight: next steps after the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physics. Journal of Physics: Complexity, 4(1), Article 010201. https://doi.org/10.1088/2632-072X/ac7f75

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