IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
| IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lucca |
| Address | Piazza San Ponziano, 6 55100 Lucca, Italy |
| Website | imtlucca.it/ |
IMT (Institutions, Markets, Technologies) Institute for Advanced Studies is located in Lucca, Italy.[1] As an institute for advanced studies, IMT hosts researchers who carry out methodological research, held to high scientific standards, leading to the development of new knowledge. IMT's specially designed campus fosters the continual presence of visiting scholars that contribute to creating a stimulating and intellectually lively environment. At the same time, IMT is also an institute of technology where numerous research projects are undertaken to apply cutting-edge scientific results to solve problems of economic, industrial, and societal interest. IMT's institutional role is also that of a graduate school where knowledge is transmitted to young PhD students.
The school is relatively young, but has already attracted significant attention from national and international media.[2] On its supervisory boards are such figures of international science as H. Eugene Stanley and Gerard Roland.
The school receives a mixed public-private funding.
In 2013, the institute's division of economics came out first in the ranking of Italian economics departments.[3]
Academics
The multidisciplinary PhD program of IMT, integrates scientific competences of economics, engineering, computer science, physics, applied mathematics, statistics, history and sciences of cultural heritage. It offers a unique and characteristic patrimony of competences within the broad framework of the analysis and management of a plurality of systems. The three year program is articulated in curricula. The 8 curricula currently offered are field-specific, although in many instances they share a common scientific background. Candidates can apply for one (or more) of the following curricula:
- Economics(ECON)
- Management Science (MS)
- Complex Networks (CN)
- Computational Mechanics (CM)
- Control Systems (SYS)
- Computer Science (CS)
- Image Analysis (IA)
- Analysis and Management of Cultural Heritage (AMCH)
IMT concentrates its activities within a limited number of key areas. Moreover, the Institute recruits its faculty on a competitive international scale, evaluating, among other elements, their capacity to publish work in top level international peer-reviewed and high-impact journals.
The pillars of the institute's research model are its thematic research units, highly specialized in a specific field, that often cooperate in interdisciplinary projects:
AXES - Laboratory for the Analysis of Complex Economic Systems
DYSCO - Dynamical Systems, Control, and Optimization
ICES - Institutional Change, Economics, Society
LIME - Laboratory of Innovation Management and Economics
LYNX - Center for the interdisciplinary Analysis of Images
MUSAM - Multi-scale Analysis of Materials
NETWORKS - Complex Networks
POLHIST - Political History
PRIAn - Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis
SysMA - System Modelling and Analysis
References
- ↑ "IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca - Scuola di Dottorato IMT Alti Studi di Lucca". Imtlucca.it. 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-10-10.
- ↑ "IMT Lucca Press Review". Imtlucca.it. 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2011-11-13.
- ↑ http://www.anvur.org/rapporto/files/Universita/29_Lucca-IMT.pdf
External links
- www.imtlucca.it - Official website