Participation in Scientific Communities

The Rozza Group contributes to scientific progress not only through its own research activities, but also through active participation in the communities that shape applied mathematics and scientific computing. The group contributes through conference organization, minisymposia, scientific committees, editorial activities, thematic working groups, training initiatives, and community-building efforts.

 

SIAM

Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics

SIAM is one of the principal international communities through which the group’s work circulates. The connection is visible through conferences, journals, educational initiatives, and the SIAM Computational Science and Engineering book series. The SISSA SIAM Student Chapter contributes to the local development of an international applied mathematics community, while SIAM UQ24, hosted in Trieste, represented a major occasion for positioning SISSA and mathLab within the global uncertainty quantification community.

 

SIMAI

Italian Society for Applied and Industrial Mathematics

SIMAI represents the main national community in which the group operates, in particular through leadership and coordination roles: Gianluigi Rozza serves as President of SIMAI, while Federico Pichi coordinates the activity group on Surrogate Models and Digital Twins (ROM-DT). These roles reflect a direct contribution to the development of applied and industrial mathematics in Italy. The group’s engagement with SIMAI is also visible in major community moments, including SIMAI 2025, hosted at SISSA in Trieste.

 

ECCOMAS

European Community on Computational Methods in Applied Sciences

ECCOMAS provides a key European framework for interaction with researchers working on computational methods, numerical simulation, and engineering-oriented applications. The group’s engagement is reflected in recurring participation in conferences, minisymposia, proceedings, and thematic initiatives, and is further reinforced by Gianluigi Rozza’s role as a co-opted member of the ECCOMAS Managing Board.

 

Specialized Communities

Beyond these major organizations, the group contributes to a variety of specialized international communities. In the field of model reduction, these include historically important European frameworks such as COST TD1307 / EU-MORNET and MoRePaS, as well as more recent workshop contexts such as MORTech and MORe. The group’s work also circulates within broader computational methods and applied mathematics environments, including WCCM, ICIAM, and IACM.

Within the ECCOMAS ecosystem, the group has also contributed to Math2Product (M2P), an initiative devoted to the transfer of mathematical and computational methods toward applications, products, and technological contexts.

 

Collaborative Research Frameworks

Competitive research projects represent one of the principal mechanisms through which the Rozza Group develops and consolidates its scientific trajectory. These frameworks support the training of early-career researchers, create opportunities for multidisciplinary collaboration among researchers and institutions, and allow the group to contribute methodological expertise while engaging with broader scientific challenges and collaborative research agendas.

 

Innovation and Applied Research Ecosystems

The Rozza Group also participates in broader ecosystems that connect academic research with technological innovation and industrial development. These environments provide opportunities to transfer methodologies across sectors, interact with industrial stakeholders, and contribute to innovation-oriented initiatives while maintaining a strong scientific foundation.

 

iNEST

Interconnected Nord-Est Innovation Ecosystem

SISSA is among the founding members of iNEST, which represents one of the largest collaborative innovation initiatives in which the group is involved. Through its contribution to Spoke 9, dedicated to models, methods, and computational technologies for digital twins, the group participates in a network that connects universities, research institutions, companies, and innovation actors across multiple domains.

 

SMACT

The group’s involvement in SMACT Competence Center initiatives, including the Odyssea Digital Twin Live Demo for Industry 4.0, illustrates how methodological research can contribute to the adoption and validation of advanced computational technologies in industrial contexts. These activities bring together academic researchers and regional and international companies around shared technological challenges.

 

Regional Innovation Networks

Additional forms of engagement take place through regional networks and clusters that foster interaction between research and innovation: examples include DITEDI, MARE FVG, and the Cluster Scienze della Vita Friuli Venezia Giulia. Thanks to these ecosystems, the Rozza Group participates in collective innovation processes that extend beyond individual projects while remaining grounded in scientific research and methodological development.