Research
From 2002 to 2006, I was a member of the CIM (opens new window) team, lead by professor Giuseppe Longo, within the Computer Science department (opens new window) of the Ecole Normale Supérieure (opens new window) (in Paris).
I defended my PhD on Sept. 15th 2006. The title is "Multiscales aspects of information : from physics to biology".
Overview
My research covers biology, complexity and cognition. I'm aiming at a theoretical approach of the biological organization and biological function, in terms of information, critical transitions, and symmetries.
I investigate scaling aspects of information in biology. A better theoretical characterization of underling probability distributions is needed when facing scale coupling phenomena.
I also investigate scaling laws in biology (metabolism scales as a 3/4 power law of adult mass, and characteristic times scale as a 1/4 power law of adult mass).
Interests
My research interests cover :
- Information theory and entropies
- Information geometry
- Scaling theories
- Thermodynamics of scaling laws in biology
- Statistical inference
- Genetic regulation
- Cognition - Epistemology
- Relations and organisational closure
Keywords
Autonomy, biology, category theory, complexity, criticality, degeneracy, dynamics, emergence, entropy, function, information theory, measure, morphogenesis, organizational closure, relationism, scaling, stability, statistical analysis, symmetries, system.