FROM WAVES ... TO DIFFUSION ... AND BEYOND
Interdisciplinary Workshop

20 December 2002
Department of Physics, University of Bologna, Via Irnerio 46, 40126 BOLOGNA

PROGRAM
1. Morning Session on Mathematical Physics and Modelling       AULA B
Chair: Piero OLLA (ISAC-CNR, Lecce)
09:15 - 09:20 OPENING by Enrico SCALAS (DISTA, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Alessandria)
09:20 - 09:40 Gianni PAGNINI (Istituto ISAC-CNR, Bologna) Special Functions via Mellin-Barnes Integrals
09:40 - 10:00 Paolo PARADISI (Istituto ISAC-CNR, Lecce) Dynamics of Solid Particles in Turbulent Flows
10:00 - 10:20 Silvana DI SABATINO (Dip. Scienze Materiali, Università, Lecce) Modelling Pollution Dispersion in Urban Areas
10:20 - 10:40 Dino ZARDI (Dip. Ing. Civile Ambientale, Università, Povo-Trento) Dynamics of Mountain and Valley Winds
10:40 - 11:00 Fabio CAVALLINI (Istituto Nazionale Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS, Sgonico, Trieste) Causal Generalized Functions in Geophysical and Environmental Modelling
11:00 - 11.20 COFFEE BREAK
2. Morning Session on Mathematical Physics and Modelling       AULA B
Chair: Maria Carla TESI (Dip. Matematica, Università, Bologna)
11:20 - 11:40 Daniele MORETTI e Alessandro VIVOLI (Dip. Fisica, Università, Bologna) Random Walks and Fractional Diffusion
11:40 - 12:00 Claudia MANZONI e Ombretta PINAZZA (Dip. Fisica, Università, Bologna, INFN Bologna) Self-Similar Stochastic Processes
12:00 - 12:20 Michele BALDINI (Dept. Physics, New York University, New York, USA) Recent Developments on the Stochastic Burgers Equation
12:20 - 12:40 Giuliano VITALI (Dip. Scienze e Tecnologie Agro Ambientali, Università, Bologna) Mathematical Physics in Surface Hydrology
12:40 - 13:00 Massimo TOMIROTTI (Dip. Ing. Civile, Università, Brescia) Hyperbolic Conservation Laws and Applications to the Dam-Break Problem
13:00 - 14:30 LIGHT LUNCH
1. Afternoon Session on Finance/Econophysics and Management       AULA A
Chair: Maria I. LOFFREDO (Dip. Scienze Matematiche e Informatiche, Università, Siena)
14:30 - 15:00 Domenico CAVALIERE (LEK Consulting, Milano) From Physics to Management and Consulting
15:00 - 15:30 Gian-Italo BISCHI (Istituto Scienze Economiche, Università, Urbino) Dynamic Modelling and Complexity in Economics
15:30 - 16:00 Donatella TOCCI (Banca FINECO, Reggio Emilia) The Talent
16:00 - 16:20 COFFEE BREAK
2. Afternoon Session on Finance/Econophysics and Management       AULA A
Chair: Eduardo ROMAN (Dip. Fisica - INFN, Milano)
16:20 - 16:40 Enrico GRASSI (Liceo Scientifico, San Marino) Stock Market Trends: the Behaviour of a Chartist
16:40 - 17:00 Gianni DE FABRITIIS (ATALab, Firenze) Firm Growth and Scaling
17:00 - 17:30 Enrico SCALAS (Dip. Scienze e Tecnologie Avanzate, Università del Piemonte Orientale, Alessandria) On the Role of Phenomenological Models in Finance
17:30 - 18:00 Marco RABERTO (Dip. Ing. Biofisica ed Elettronica, Università, Genova) Agent-Based Computational Economics: A New Mainstream in Econophysics
18:00 - 18:20 Claudia DAFFARA (Dip. Fisica, Università - ENEA, Bologna) The WEB site www.fracalmo.org
18:20 - 18:30 CONCLUSIONS by F. Mainardi (Dip. Fisica, Università - INFN, Bologna)