Vittorio Loreto

Vittorio Loreto is a Full Professor of Physics of Complex Systems at Sapienza University of Rome and External Faculty at the Complexity Science Hub in Vienna. He leads the Social Dynamics Lab and serves as Director of the SONY Computer Science Laboratories in Rome. His research focuses on statistical physics of complex systems, interdisciplinary applications, and social dynamics. He has authored over 180 publications and chairs conferences.

Research Interests:

• Statistical physics of complex systems
• Interdisciplinary applications in linguistics and social systems
• Phylogenetic algorithms and evolutionary dynamics
• Network theory and information theory

His work spans language dynamics, cultural evolution, and mathematical models of creativity. Recent publications analyze naming games, color naming universals, and phylogenetic network structures. He directs teams in Sustainable Cities, Infosphere, and Augmented Creativity at SONY.