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Steven H. Strogatz

Steven H. Strogatz

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Mathematics

D-Index
73
Citations
108305
World Ranking
224
National Ranking
125

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2016 - Fellow of the American Mathematical Society For contributions to nonlinear dynamics and complex systems, and for the promotion of mathematics in the public sphere.
  • 2014 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For seminal work on complex networks, nonlinear oscillators, and synchronization phenomena
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 2009 - SIAM Fellow For investigations of small-world networks and coupled oscillators and for outstanding science communication.

Overview

Steven H. Strogatz is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields and involves collaborations with various co-authors, contributing significantly to several areas of study.

Strogatz's main fields of study include:

  • Computer Science
  • Physics and Astronomy

Their subfields of study cover:

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Statistical and Nonlinear Physics
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Computational Theory and Mathematics
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

Frequently explored research topics involve:

  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Pattern Formation
  • COVID-19 epidemiological studies
  • Cellular Automata and Applications
  • Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models
  • Differential Equations and Numerical Methods
  • Quantum chaos and dynamical systems
  • Influenza Virus Research Studies

Recent papers authored by Strogatz include:

  • "Fifty years of 'More is different'", 2022, published in Nature Reviews Physics

Some frequent co-authors in their work are:

  • Alex Townsend (6 collaborations)
  • Jonas L. Juul (4 collaborations)
  • Martin Kassabov (3 collaborations)
  • Max Lipton (3 collaborations)
  • Sara Imari Walker (2 collaborations)

Key publication venues where Strogatz has contributed multiple works include:

  • arXiv (Cornell University) - 8 publications
  • Chaos An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science - 5 publications
  • Nature Reviews Physics - 2 publications
  • Physical Review Letters - 2 publications
  • Physical review. E - 2 publications

Among distinctions received by Strogatz are:

  • Fellow of the American Mathematical Society (2016) for contributions to nonlinear dynamics and complex systems, and for the promotion of mathematics in the public sphere
  • Fellow of American Physical Society (2014) recognizing seminal work on complex networks, nonlinear oscillators, and synchronization phenomena
  • Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2012)
  • SIAM Fellow (2009) for investigations of small-world networks and coupled oscillators and for outstanding science communication

Best Publications

  • Collective dynamics of small-world networks

    Duncan J. Watts;Steven H. Strogatz

  • Nonlinear dynamics and Chaos

    Steven H. Strogatz

  • Random graphs with arbitrary degree distributions and their applications.

    M. E. J. Newman;M. E. J. Newman;S. H. Strogatz;D. J. Watts;D. J. Watts

  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry and Engineering

    Steven H. Strogatz

  • From Kuramoto to Crawford: exploring the onset of synchronization in populations of coupled oscillators

    Steven H. Strogatz

  • Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos: With Applications to Physics, Biology, Chemistry, and Engineering

    Steven Strogatz;Mark Friedman;A. John Mallinckrodt;Susan McKay

  • Network Robustness and Fragility: Percolation on Random Graphs

    Duncan S. Callaway;M. E. J. Newman;M. E. J. Newman;Steven H. Strogatz;Duncan J. Watts;Duncan J. Watts

  • Synchronization of pulse-coupled biological oscillators

    Renato E. Mirollo;Steven H. Strogatz

  • Random graph models of social networks

    M. E. J. Newman;D. J. Watts;S. H. Strogatz

  • Quantifying the benefits of vehicle pooling with shareability networks

    Paolo Santi;Giovanni Resta;Michael Szell;Stanislav Sobolevsky

  • Synchronization Transitions in a Disordered Josephson Series Array

    Kurt Wiesenfeld;Pere Colet;Steven H. Strogatz

  • Modeling a synthetic multicellular clock: Repressilators coupled by quorum sensing

    Jordi Garcia-Ojalvo;Michael B. Elowitz;Steven H. Strogatz

  • Stability of incoherence in a population of coupled oscillators

    Steven H. Strogatz;Renato E. Mirollo

  • Time Delay in the Kuramoto Model of Coupled Oscillators

    M. K. Stephen Yeung;Steven H. Strogatz

  • Are Randomly Grown Graphs Really Random

    D. S. Callaway;J. E. Hopcroft;J. M. Kleinberg;M. E. J. Newman

  • Five parametric resonances in a microelectromechanical system

    Kimberly L. Turner;Scott A. Miller;Scott A. Miller;Peter G. Hartwell;Noel C. MacDonald

  • Linguistics: modelling the dynamics of language death.

    Daniel M. Abrams;Steven H. Strogatz

  • Constants of motion for superconducting Josephson arrays

    Shinya Watanabe;Steven H. Strogatz

  • Frequency locking in Josephson arrays: Connection with the Kuramoto model

    Kurt Wiesenfeld;Pere Colet;Steven H. Strogatz

  • Kuramoto model of coupled oscillators with positive and negative coupling parameters: an example of conformist and contrarian oscillators.

    Hyunsuk Hong;Steven H. Strogatz

  • Nonlinear dynamics and chaos: Lab demonstrations

    Steven H. Strogatz

Frequent Co-Authors

Mark Newman
Mark Newman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jon Kleinberg
Jon Kleinberg Cornell University
Duncan J. Watts
Duncan J. Watts University of Pennsylvania
Herre S. J. van der Zant
Herre S. J. van der Zant Delft University of Technology
Mauricio Barahona
Mauricio Barahona Imperial College London
Charles Marcus
Charles Marcus University of Copenhagen
Bruno Eckhardt
Bruno Eckhardt Philipp University of Marburg
Duncan S. Callaway
Duncan S. Callaway University of California, Berkeley

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