Faculty of Science Faculty of Science

Complex Systems Modeling (CSM)

The CSM group specializes on computational modeling of complex systems and applications in biomedical science.
Special focus topics are:
  • Theory of the Lattice Boltzmann Method
  • Cellular automata
  • Agent Based Models
  • Complex networks and information theory
  • Blood flows and fibrinolysis
  • Cell biophysics
  • Systemic risk and financial markets
  • Cancer evolution

Team

Head:

Prof. Bastien Chopard

Staff:

Dr. Franck Raynaud

Research assistants:

Francesca Zucchelli

Former members:

Remy Petkantchin (now postdoc at EPFL)

Zeno Messi (EPFL, now postdoc at Crick Institute)

NEWS

  • Francesca presents her work at the ECOMASS Congress (3-7 June, 2024) in the Numerical Methods for the Vascular System in Health and Disease session: "Platelet Function Characterization by Numerical Modeling of Adhesion and Aggregation"

 

  • Zeno Messi (Crick Institute) is presenting "Polarization in a minimal mechanical model of actin-myosin system depends on the balance of contractility and adhesion strength" at European Cytoskeletal Forum (15-18 April, 2024)

abstract of the presentation

   
  • Congratulations to Remy !

His last paper on modeling fibrinolysis using Lattice Boltzmann methods is out.