COMMITTEE


COMMITTEES
&
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)