Matteo SfragaraPostdoc

About me

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I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Mathematics of Stockholm University. I am specialized in probability and networks and I am currently working on first passage percolation. 

Background

I recently completed my PhD in Mathematics at Leiden University (The Netherlands). During my PhD I was a member of the Probability Theory group in Leiden and of the NETWORKS program running between Amsterdam, Eindhoven and Leiden. Previously I received my MSc and BSc in Mathematics from the University of Padova (Italy).

Research

I have been working on metastability in wireless networks, spectra of random graphs and Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithms. However, my research interests cover a broad range of topics, including complex networks, random graphs, random matrices, large deviations, interacting particle systems, Markov chains, queueing theory, wireless networks and machine learning.

Research projects

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Completed

Connections in spatial growth models

One of the most important avenues of research in mathematical physics evolves around a differential equation, introduced by physicists Kardar, Parisi and Zhang. This equation has in empirical studies been found to describe the evolution, over time, of the front of various spatial growth processes, such as bacteria colonies and flame fronts.

Concurrent growth on lattice and graphs

When two entities, like epidemics, business brands or opinions, evolve in competition for space, can they occupy large parts of the available space simultaneously, or will one of them outcompete the other?