Luca Gammaitoni
Introduction '''Luca Gammaitoni''' (born 16 June 1961 in Perugia) is a scientist in the area of noise and nonlinear dynamics. He is currently the Director of the Noise in Physical System Laboratory (NiPS Lab) at the Physics Department of the Università di Perugia, in Italy.
Education and career He graduated in physics at the University of Perugia and obtained his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Pisa in 1991 (S. Santucci advisor). His thesis was entitled "Stochastic Resonance". He is currently Professor at the Faculty of Science of the University of Perugia in Italy and the Director of The Noise in Physical Systems (NiPS) Laboratory.NiPS, a research facility within the Physics Department of the University of Perugia, has a long-standing tradition in studying physical systems in the presence of noise. Scientific interest ranges from stochastic nonlinear dynamics modelling to thermal noise measurements, from energy harvesting to fundamental limits in the physic of computing and Artificial Intelligence.In 2016 he received the Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for the observation of gravitational waves, opening new horizons in astronomy and physics, as a member of the LIGO-Virgo collaboration.
Scientific Interests * Stochastic nonlinear dynamics with specific reference to Stochastic Resonance, dithering, resonant trapping, resonant crossing phenomena. * Noise limits in the operation of Gravitational Waves detectors * Energy Harvesting, with specific reference to nonlinear vibration harvesting, micro and nanoscale energy management * Energy efficiency in computing devices, with specific reference to micro and nanoscale logic gate devices * Thermal noise and non equilibrium relaxation processes in solid state systems * Thermodynamics of computing and fundamental limits in the physics of computation * Artificial Intelligence fundamental limits in Big Data and Machine Learning applications
Books * ''On the concept of time and other accidents: simple scientific digressions for curious people'', L. Gammaitoni, 2022,* ''The Physics of Computing'', Springer, 2021 * ''Perché è difficile prevedere il futuro. Il sogno più sfuggente dell'uomo sotto la lente della fisica'' L. Gammaitoni and A. Vulpiani, Dedalo ed. 2019 (in Italian) * ''Introduzione  alla scienza dei computer'', L. Gammaitoni, McGraw-Hill, (in Italian) 2004
References
External links * http://www.fisica.unipg.it/gammaitoni – Luca Gammaitoni web page at the Physics Department of the Università di Perugia* http://www.nipslab.org – Noise in Physical Systems Laboratory