academia
/ˌæk.əˈdiː.mi.ə/
n.
the part of society, especially universities, that is connected with studying and thinking, or the activity or job of studying.
Selected Publications
Improved estimators of causal emergence for large systems
Madalina I Sas, Fernando E Rosas, Hardik Rajpal, Daniel Bor, Henrik J Jensen and Pedro AM Mediano
20 December 2025 ⚪ arXiv
DOWNLOAD abs/2601.00013
Simple physical systems as a reference for multivariate information dynamics
Alberto Liardi, Madalina I Sas, George Blackburne, William J Knottenbelt, Pedro AM Mediano, Henrik J Jensen
14 October 2025 ⚪ Chaos 35, 103116
DOWNLOAD abs/2601.00013 10.1063/5.0276247
Random state comonads encode cellular automata evaluation
Madalina I Sas, Julian H J Sutherland
05 May 2025 ⚪ arXiv
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Music and states of consciousness: A narrative review of the broader significance of music to understanding absorption, mind wandering and creative thought
Pedro T Palhares, Madalina I Sas, Óscar F Gonçalves
01 December 2024 ⚪ Neuroscience & Biobehavioural Reviews, 167, 105920
DOWNLOAD 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2024.105920
An Information-Theoretic Analysis of Leadership in Self-Organised Collective Action
Matthew Scott, Madalina I Sas, Jeremy V Pitt
01 May 2024 ⚪ Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Autonomous Computing and Self-Organising Systems (2024)
10.1109/ACSOS61780.2024.00028
Synch.Live: Collective problem-solving through flocking motion induces higher connectedness to others
Madalina I Sas, Pedro AM Mediano, Fernando E Rosas, Hillary Leone, Andrei Sas, Christopher Lockwood, Henrik J Jensen and Daniel Bor
27 February 2024 ⚪ Submitted to Collective Intelligence
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Swinging, Fast and Slow: Multiscale Synchronisation Dynamics Reveals the Impact of an Improvisatory Approach to Performance on Music Experience
Takayuki Nozawa*, Madalina I Sas*, David Dolan, Hardik Rajpal, Fernando E Rosas, Christopher Timmermann, Pedro AM Mediano, Keigo Honda, Shunnichi Amano, Yoshihiro Miyake, and Henrik J Jensen
30 August 2023 ⚪ Scientific Reports 15, 10097 (2025)
DOWNLOAD psyarxiv/cqxya 10.1038/s41598-025-90271-1
Growing polarisation around climate change on social media
Max Falkenberg, Alessandro Galeazzi, Maddalena Torricelli, Niccolò Di Marco, Francesca Larosa, Madalina I Sas, Amin Mekacher, Warren Pearce, Fabiana Zollo, Walter Quattrociocchi & Andrea Baronchelli
24 November 2022 ⚪ Nature Climate Change 12, 1114–1121
DOWNLOAD 10.1038/s41558-022-01527-x
Interpretable XGBoost Based Classification of 12-lead ECGs Applying Information Theory Measures From Neuroscience
Hardik Raipal, Madalina I Sas, Chris J Lockwood, Rebecca Joakim, Nicholas S Peters, Max Falkenberg
16 September 2020 ⚪ Proceedings of Computing in Cardiology (2020)
DOWNLOAD 10.22489/CinC.2020.185Conferences
Granada Seminar on Computational and Statistical Physics
The 18th Granada seminar on new tools and methods for complex system research, from molecules to living and intelligent systems.
16-20 Sep 2025 ⚪ Facultad de Ciencias, Granada, Spain
Embracing Complexity: Principles and Practical Approaches to Emergence
The workshop offers a comprehensive and interdisciplinary perspective on the applications of emergence in examining various real-world systems, including its use in understanding high-order interactions and complexity across diverse biological and ecological scales.
23-28 Jun 2025 ⚪ IFISC, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Emergence & Collective Dynamics Colloquium
A symposium about higher-order dynamics and information-theoretic methods in the study of complex systems, with a focus on neuroscience and collective intelligence.
30 May 2025 ⚪ Institute du Cerveau (ICM), Paris, France
5th Conference on Autonomous Computing and Self-Organising Systems (ACSOS2024)
The IEEE international conference on Autonomic Computing and Self-Organising Systems is the leading forum to share the latest research results, ideas and experiences in autonomic computing, self-adaptation and self-organization.
16-20 Sep 2024 ⚪ Aarhus, Denmark
6th Workshop on Agent-Based Modelling of Human Behaviour (ABMHuB'24)
The International Workshop on Agent-Based Modelling of Human Behaviour is a combination of computational modelling, social science and behavioural science, aimed at improving our understanding of collective human behaviour and addressing significant issues affecting society. Held in conjuction with ALife 2024.
25 Jul 2024 ⚪ UCL, London, UK
The Future of the Classical Concert symposium
An interdisciplinary conference about the study of the concert experience addressing cultural studies scholars, psychologists, musicologists, sociologists, and concert organizers.
29-30 Nov 2023 ⚪ Zeppelin University, Friedrichshaven, Germany
Conference of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC26)
The 26th annual meeting of the ASSC, revolving around topics such as the neural correlates of consciousness, the nature of subjective experience and the implications of consciousness research for our understanding animals, AI, and our own mind-brain-body relationships.
22-25 June 2023 ⚪ New York University, New York, USA
Santa Fe Institute Collective Intelligence Symposium
What is the nature of intelligence in social insect societies, adaptive matter, groups of cells like brains, sports teams, and AI, and how does it arise in these seemingly different kinds of collectives?
19-21 June 2023 ⚪ Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Conference of Complex Systems (CCS2022)
The CCS is the largest and most important annual meeting of the international complex systems community. It comes under the auspices of the Complex Systems Society.
17-21 Oct 2022 ⚪ IFISC, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
IEEE Computing in Cardiology (CinC), 2020
Computing in Cardiology (CinC) provides a forum for scientists and professionals from the fields of medicine, physics, engineering and computer science to discuss their current research in topics pertaining to computing in clinical cardiology and cardiovascular physiology.
13-16 Sept 2020 ⚪ Rimini, Italy