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40
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World Ranking
2063
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126

Overview

Silvio Franz is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France and has a research focus primarily within the field of Physics and Astronomy. Their work spans several subfields, including Condensed Matter Physics, Economics and Econometrics, Artificial Intelligence, Mathematical Physics, and Materials Chemistry.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of areas, notably Theoretical and Computational Physics, Complex Systems and Time Series Analysis, Stochastic Processes and Statistical Mechanics, Material Dynamics and Properties, Topological and Geometric Data Analysis, Random Lasers and Scattering Media, and Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics.

Publications authored or co-authored by Silvio Franz reflect contributions to multiple academic venues with some of their most frequent publications appearing in:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
  • SciPost Physics
  • Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Among recent papers, notable works include:

  • "Gradient descent dynamics in the mixed p -spin spherical model: finite-size simulations and comparison with mean-field integration" (2021) published in Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
  • "Delocalization transition in low energy excitation modes of vector spin glasses" (2022) published in SciPost Physics
  • "Random features and polynomial rules" (2025) published in SciPost Physics
  • "Surfing on minima of isostatic landscapes: avalanches and unjamming transition" (2021) published in Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
  • "The relation between Parisi scheme and multi-thermalized dynamics in finite dimensions" (2022) published on arXiv (Cornell University)

Silvio Franz has collaborated frequently with several co-authors. The most common collaborators include Federico Ricci-Tersenghi, Giorgio Parisi, Giampaolo Folena, Flavio Nicoletti, and Mauro Pastore, indicating a research network that involves multiple prominent figures in the field.

Best Publications

  • Recipes for metastable states in spin glasses

    Silvio Franz;Giorgio Parisi

  • Measuring Equilibrium Properties in Aging Systems

    Silvio Franz;Marc Mézard;Giorgio Parisi;Luca Peliti

  • On non-linear susceptibility in supercooled liquids

    Silvio Franz;Giorgio Parisi

  • Theory of non-linear susceptibility and correlation length in glasses and liquids

    Claudio Donati;Silvio Franz;Sharon C. Glotzer;Sharon C. Glotzer;Giorgio Parisi

  • Replica bounds for optimization problems and diluted spin systems

    Silvio Franz;Michele Leone

  • Off-Equilibrium Glassy Dynamics: A Simple Case

    S. Franz;M. Mézard

  • Universal spectrum of normal modes in low-temperature glasses

    Silvio Franz;Giorgio Parisi;Pierfrancesco Urbani;Francesco Zamponi

  • On nonlinear susceptibility in supercooled liquids

    Silvio Franz;Giorgio Parisi

  • Quasi-equilibrium interpretation of ageing dynamics

    S Franz;M A Virasoro

  • The response of glassy systems to random perturbations: A bridge between equilibrium and off-equilibrium

    Silvio Franz;Marc Mézard;Marc Mézard;Giorgio Parisi;Luca Peliti

  • Field theory of fluctuations in glasses

    Silvio Franz;Giorgio Parisi;Federico Ricci-Tersenghi;Tommaso Rizzo

  • Fluctuation-Dissipation Ratio in Three-Dimensional Spin Glasses

    Silvio Franz;Heiko Rieger

  • The simplest model of jamming

    Silvio Franz;Giorgio Parisi

  • Error threshold in simple landscapes

    Silvio Franz;Luca Peliti

  • Critical Phenomena in Natural Sciences: Chaos, Fractals, Selforganization and Disorder: Concepts and Tools

    S Franz

  • EFFECTIVE POTENTIAL IN GLASSY SYSTEMS : THEORY AND SIMULATIONS

    Silvio Franz;Giorgio Parisi

  • On dynamical correlations in supercooled liquids

    Silvio Franz;Claudio Donati;Giorgio Parisi;Sharon C. Glotzer

  • On mean field glassy dynamics out of equilibrium

    Silvio Franz;Marc Mézard

  • Universality of the SAT-UNSAT (jamming) threshold in non-convex continuous constraint satisfaction problems

    Silvio Franz;Giorgio Parisi;Giorgio Parisi;Maxime Sevelev;Pierfrancesco Urbani

  • Exact solutions for diluted spin glasses and optimization problems.

    Silvio Franz;Michele Leone;Michele Leone;Federico Ricci-Tersenghi;Riccardo Zecchina

  • Analytic determination of dynamical and mosaic length scales in a Kac glass model

    Silvio Franz;Silvio Franz;Andrea Montanari;Andrea Montanari

Frequent Co-Authors

Giorgio Parisi
Giorgio Parisi Sapienza University of Rome
Andrea Montanari
Andrea Montanari Stanford University
Ginestra Bianconi
Ginestra Bianconi Queen Mary University of London
Alain Barrat
Alain Barrat Centre de Physique Théorique
Lenka Zdeborová
Lenka Zdeborová École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Sharon C. Glotzer
Sharon C. Glotzer University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Christophe Sola
Christophe Sola University of Paris-Saclay
David Saad
David Saad Aston University
Martin Weigt
Martin Weigt Sorbonne University
Kenneth A. Dawson
Kenneth A. Dawson University College Dublin

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