COMMITTEE
COMMITTEES
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CHAIRS
Local Organizing Committee
Graziella Scandurra (General Chair), Univ. of Messina, Italy.
Carmine Ciofi (Co-chair), Univ. of Messina, Italy.
Emanuele Cardillo, Univ. of Messina, Italy.
Luigi Ferro, Univ. of Messina, Italy.
Gino Giusi, Univ. of Messina, Italy.
Committee of former Chairs
Derek Abbott, Adelaide University, Australia.
Sergey Bezrukov, National Institutes of Health, USA.
Sergio Ciliberto, École Normale Superieure de Lyon, France.
Laszlo Kish, Texas A&M University, USA.
Xavier Oriols, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Janusz Smulko, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland.
UPoN 2026 Technical Area Chairs
Noise in biology and in biomedicine: Peter Mc Clintock
Noise in materials and devices: Bruno Sagnes
Noise in circuits: Jean-Guy Tartarin
Noise in quantum devices and systems: Elisabetta Paladino
Noise in complex and non-linear systems;
Applications of noise (assessment of quality and reliability, advanced sensing applications);
Theory of noise and fluctuations;
Acoustic and mechanical noise: Vincenzo Dattilo
Noise in human activities (security, economics, etc): Christiana Chamon Garcia
Fluctuations and noise in relation to deep learning and AI theory and applications;
Fluctuations and noise and highly complex and chaotic systems, including applications to weather forecast.
UPoN 2026 International Advisory Committee (as of Feb. 10th, 2026)
Peter McClintock (Lancaster Univ., UK)
Jean-Guy Tartarin (Univ. of Toulouse, France)
Christiana Chamon Garcia (Virginia Tech, USA)
Elisabetta Paladino (Univ. of Catania, Italy)
Vincenzo Dattilo (EGO European Gravitational Observatory, Italy)
Leopold Van Brandt (UCLouvain, Belgium)
Luca Varani (Univ. Montpellier, France)
Massimo Macucci (Univ. of Pisa, Italy)
Bruno Sagnes (Univ. Montpellier, France)
