Matjaž Perc

Matjaž Perc
Born August 10, 1979
Maribor, Slovenia
Residence Piran, Slovenia
Nationality Slovene
Fields Statistical Physics, Complex Systems, Network Science, Evolutionary Game Theory
Institutions University of Maribor
Alma mater University of Maribor
Website
www.matjazperc.com
Google Scholar
arXiv

Matjaž Perc is Professor of Physics at the University of Maribor and director of the Complex Systems Center Maribor. He is member of Academia Europaea[1] and among top 1% most cited physicists according to Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers.[2] He is Outstanding Referee of the Physical Review and Physical Review Letters journals,[3] and Distinguished Referee of EPL.[4] He received the Young Scientist Award for Socio-and Econophysics in 2015.[5] His research has been covered by Nature News,[6] New Scientist,[7] MIT Technology Review,[8] Inside Science,[9] The Boston Globe,[10] Fox News,[11] Chemistry World,[12] Phys.org,[13][14][15] Physics Today,[16] Science News,[17] and Physics.[18]

Biography

Matjaž Perc studied physics at the University of Maribor. He completed his doctoral thesis on noise-induced pattern formation in spatially extended systems with applications to the nervous system, game-theoretical models, and social complexity. In 2009 he received the Zois Certificate of Recognition for outstanding research achievements in theoretical physics.[19][20] In 2010 he became head of the Institute of Physics at the University of Maribor, and in 2011 he became full Professor of Physics. In 2015, Matjaž Perc established the Complex Systems Center Maribor.[21] His research on complex systems covers evolutionary game theory, large-scale data analysis, and network science. His complete curriculum vitae is here.

Research

Matjaž Perc has applied Monte Carlo simulations and dynamical mean field theory to discover that stochastic perturbations resolve social dilemmas in a resonance-like manner.[13] He has also pioneered self-organization as a way of stabilizing reward and punishment in structured populations, and he has proposed the introduction of discrete strategies in ultimatum games, which has contributed to understanding the fascinating complexity behind human bargaining.[14] This research has helped to realize the full potential of methods of non-equilibrium statistical physics in evolutionary game theory.[15]

His work on the evolution of moral and double moral standards has been featured in Nature News.[6] His work on the evolution of the most common English words and phrases has been covered by New Scientist[7] and MIT Technology Review.[8] His work on the rise and fall of new words has been covered by Inside Science,[9] The Boston Globe,[10] and Fox News.[11] He has discovered self-organization in the way how major scientific ideas propagate across the physics literature , which culminated in a simple mathematical regularity that is able to identify scientific memes . The research was covered by Physics as a Focus story with the title Measuring the Spread of Ideas through the Physical Review and in Chemistry World.[12]

In addition to his various original contributions, Matjaž Perc has provided the research community with several reviews and introductory articles on evolutionary games,[22][23] cyclical interactions,[24] the emergence of organized crime,[25] collective phenomena in socio-economic systems,[26][27] and the Matthew Effect.[28]

Publications


Editorial work

Matjaž Perc is editorial board member at Physical Review E, EPL, European Physical Journal B, Frontiers in Interdisciplinary Physics, International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, PLOS ONE, Scientific Reports, Royal Society Open Science, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, and Applied Mathematics and Computation.

References and notes

  1. ↑ Matjaž Perc at Academia Europaea
  2. ↑ Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researchers
  3. ↑ APS Outstanding Referees Program
  4. ↑ Distinguished EPL Referees
  5. ↑ Awardees of the Young Scientist Award for Socio-and Econophysics
  6. 1 2 Who should pay for the police? Nature 2010-07-14
  7. 1 2 Tracking the most popular words in written English New Scientist 2012-07-25
  8. 1 2 The Evolution of English Words and Phrases Since 1520 MIT Technology Review 2012-12-11
  9. 1 2 Physicists Explore The Rise And Fall Of Words Inside Science 2012-12-27
  10. 1 2 When physicists do linguistics The Boston Globe 2013-02-10
  11. 1 2 Fewer 'bromances' or 'staycations' than friends and trips, Google shows Fox News 2012-12-28
  12. 1 2 A brave new word Chemistry World 2015-02-24
  13. 1 2 A 'prisoner's dilemma' for real-life situations Phys.org 2006-09-20
  14. 1 2 Fairness can evolve by imitating one's neighbor Phys.org 2012-08-30
  15. 1 2 Deceptive behavior may (deceivingly) promote cooperation Phys.org 2014-11-07
  16. ↑ The cost and benefit of deception Physics Today 2014-12-04
  17. ↑ The influence of influence in Prisoner’s Dilemma Science News 2008-12-05
  18. ↑ Measuring the Spread of Ideas through the Physical Review Physics 2014-11-21
  19. ↑ Awardees of the Zois Certificate of Recognition
  20. ↑ Podelili Zoisove nagrade in priznanja Delo 2009-11-23
  21. ↑ Complex Systems Center Maribor
  22. ↑ Coevolutionary games - A mini review
  23. ↑ Evolutionary dynamics of group interactions on structured populations: A review
  24. ↑ Cyclic dominance in evolutionary games: A review
  25. ↑ Statistical physics of crime: A review
  26. ↑ Saving human lives: What complexity science and information systems can contribute
  27. ↑ Collective behavior and evolutionary games - An introduction
  28. ↑ The Matthew effect in empirical data
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