Nicola Scafetta, PhD
Research Scientist,
Scientific Conferences and Presentations:
2009
“Interpreting complex time
series: A multidisciplinary overview about some challenges for interpreting
complex systems.” N. Scafetta Invited Author At
“A network interpretation of climate change”
N. Scafetta Invited Author At
Northeastern University, March/26/2009.
“Climate Change and Its causes: A Discussion about
Some Key Issues” N. Scafetta. Invited author at the U. S.
Environmental Protection Agency, DC USA,
“Climate Change and Its causes: A Discussion about
Some Key Issues” N. Scafetta.
Invited author at the UNCW,
2008
“Analysis of the total solar irradiance composite
and their contribution to global mean air surfacetemperature rise” N. Scafetta. Invited author at the American
Geophysical Union (AGU 2008) Joint Assembly,
“Can the solar system planetary motion be used to
forecast the multidecadal variability of climate?” N. Scafetta. Invited author at the American
Geophysical Union (AGU 2008) Joint Assembly,
"Solar dynamics, global warming and beyond: A
discussion about the science of complexity." Nicola Scafetta, Invited
Speaker, Dept. of Physics,
2007
“How important are PMOD and ACRIM TSI satellite
composites for the global warming debate?” N. Scafetta with B.J.
West. Invited speaker at the American Geophysical Union (AGU 2007) Joint
Assembly,
“The phenomenological solar effect on climate” N.
Scafetta with B.J. West. Invited speaker at the American Geophysical Union
(AGU 2007) Joint Assembly,
“Variation of solar irradiance and their implications for climate change,” N. Scafetta with R. Willson, Invited speaker at the Geological Society of America, Denver Annual Meeting (28–31 October 2007).
“After general anesthesia inter-breath interval
is correlated with sleep stage but not end-tidal PCO2,”
“The Average is Truly Exceptional”, N. Scafetta with B.J. West, keynote talk at SCIPS, Chapman University, Orange CA, July 27, 2007.
“Where Medicine Went Wrong”, N. Scafetta with B.J. West, keynote talk at Plexus Institute, Kansas, Circle S Ranch, July 24, 2007.
“The Average Person is Truly Exceptional,” N. Scafetta with B.J. West, at DoD Biotechnology HPC Software Applications Institute at Ft. Detrick, June 7, 2007.
“Fractal Calculus Modeling Physiologic Networks,” N. Scafetta with B.J. West, at DoD Biotechnology HPC Software Applications Institute at Ft. Detrick, June 7, 2007.
"Phenomenological reconstructions of the solar signature in the NH surface temperature records since 1600." N. Scafetta. Invited speaker at the Palmetto Chapter of the American Meteorological Society, Columbia, SC, USA, June 05, 2007.
“Global warming and complexity: is there a strong but subtle solar signature behind global climate change?”, N. Scafetta, at the International Workshop on Understanding Complex Systems, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 14-17 May, 2007.
“The Fractional Calculus and Dynamic Fractals,” N. Scafetta with B.J. West invited talk North Carolina State University, February 23, 2007.
2006
“A phenomenological reconstruction of the solar signature in 400 years of global surface temperature records,” N. Scafetta with B.J. West. Invited speaker at the American Geophysical Union (AGU 2006) Joint Assembly, San Francisco, CA, USA, December 11-15, 2006.
“Physiological signals and their fractal response to stress conditions, environmental changes and neurodegenerative diseases.” N. Scafetta, R. Moon, and B.J. West, The 25th Army Science Conference (ASC),Orlando, Florida, November 27-30, (2006).
“Phenomenological solar signature in 400 years of reconstructed Northern Hemisphere temperature record”, N. Scafetta with B.J. West. Invited speaker, Second International Conference on Global Warming, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 17-21, 2006.
“Phenomenological solar signature in 400 years of reconstructed Northern Hemisphere temperature record”, N. Scafetta with B.J. West. Invited speaker, Universita' di Trento, Department of Environmental Engineerin, May 1, 2006.
“Is the Sun Warming the Earth and is its Contribution to Climate Change Underestimated by Climate Models? A Phenomenological Study on Global Warming,” N. Scafetta with B.J. West. Invited speaker, Elon University, department of Physics, 6 April, 2006.
“An
out-of-equilibrium model of the distributions of wealth”, ,”
“Is the Sun Warming the Earth and is its Contribution to Climate Change Underestimated by Climate Models? A Phenomenological Study on Global Warming,” N. Scafetta with B.J. West. Invited speaker, Duke University, department of Environmental Engineering, 15 February, 2006.
2005
“Estimate solar contribution to the global surface warming using the ACRIM TSI satellite composite,” N. Scafetta with B.J. West. Invited speaker at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2005 Joint Assembly, San Francisco, CA, USA, 5-9 December, 2005.
“Fractal breathing characteristics after upper abdonimal surgery” N. Scafetta with R.E. Moon, SLars L Mielke, Fritz F Klein, and Bruce J West , at the American Society of Anesthesiologists.
“A Critical Review of Models of Composite Total Solar
Irradiance,” N. Scafetta. Invited speaker and chair of section SH22B
at the American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2005 Joint Assembly,
“An out-of-equilibrium model of the distributions of
wealth and income in society”, N.
Scafetta with
“Fractal Response of Physiological Signals to Stress
Conditions, Environmental Changes and Neurodegenerative Diseases.”, N.
Scafetta with R.E. Moon and B.J. West, at the International Workshop on
Understanding Complex Systems,
2004
“Climate sensitivity
to solar activity: The contribution of solar cycles 21-23 to global mean
surface warming,” N. Scafetta with B.J. West. Invited talk at the
American Geophysical Union (AGU) 2004 Joint Assembly,
“The Fractal Nature
of Breathing during Hypobaric Hypoxia”, N. Scafetta with R.E. Moon,
S. Bar-Yosef, B.W. Stolp, G. del Dear, C. A Piantadosi, and B.J. West,
presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists meeting held in
“Detecting Levy and fractal Gaussian Intermittency in
Geophysical Phenomena”, N. Scafetta with B.J. West, at the
International Workshop on Understanding Complex Systems,
“The anthropogenic factor in the Gamma-Pareto distributions of wealth”, N. Scafetta with S. Picozzi and B.J. West, at the Center for Nonlinear Science at Physics Department, Duke University, 27 April.
“Detecting Levy and fractal Gaussian Intermittency in
Geophysical Phenomena”, N. Scafetta with B.J. West, at the American
Geophysical Union (AGU) 2004 Joint Assembly,
“Solar Intermittency in earth’s global and regional
temperature anomalies”, N. Scafetta with B.J. West, presented at
“Introduction to Fractals, Networks & Power Laws: How Biology and Medicine Fit In”, N. Scafetta with B.J. West, presented at US Army Institute of Surgical Research Scientific Seminar, Ft. Sam Houston April 7.
“A multifractal dynamical model of human gait”, N.
Scafetta with B.J. West, presented at Fourth International Symposium on
Fractals in Biology and Medicine in
“Complexity produces strange kinetics and dynamics”, N. Scafetta with B.J. West, presented at Physics Department, Warclaw Technical University, Warclaw, Poland, March 7.
“Introduction to Fractals, Networks & Power Laws: How Biology and Medicine Fit In”, N. Scafetta with B.J. West, presented at Warclaw Technical University, Medical School, Warclaw, Poland, March 4.
2003
“Solar intermittency in earth’s global and regional temperature anomalies.” N. Scafetta with B.J. West, presented at Center for Nonlinear and Complex Systems, Physics Department, Duke University Mar. 25 2003, Durham (NC). Chaired by D. J. Gauthier.
“Introduction to Fractals, Networks and Power Laws: How Biology and Medicine Fit In or The Importance of Variability”, N. Scafetta with B.J. West and L. Griffin, presented at University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Canada, May 29 presented at MedMath2003.
“Solar intermittency in earth’s global and regional
temperature anomalies.” N. Scafetta with B.J. West, presented at
Civil and Environmental Department of Pratt
“Complexity produces strange kinetics and dynamics”, N. Scafetta and B.J. West, presented at the Center for Nonlinear Science at Physics Department, Duke Univeristy, October 7.
“Complexity produces strange kinetics and dynamics”, N. Scafetta with B.J. West, presented at the Physics Department, University of Illinois, Chicago October 9.
“Complexity produces strange kinetics and dynamics”, N. Scafetta and B.J. West, presented at the Physics Department, University of North Texas October 21.
“On understanding walking: A nonlinear dynamical model of
human gait”, N. Scafetta with B.J. West, presented at the second
annual Duke University Postdoctoral research day, Duke University, October 24,
2003.
“A stochastic analysis of the solar and non-solar forcings
on global climate during the solar cycles 21-23 (1978-2003).” N.
Scafetta with B.J. West, presented at the second annual Duke University
Postdoctoral research day,
“The Fractal Nature of Breathing during Hypobaric Hypoxia”,
N. Scafetta with R.E. Moon, A.M. Moon, H.J. Frederick, J.D. Archibald,
B.W. Stolp, G. de L. Dear and B.J. West, presented at the American Society of
Anesthesiologists. Anesthesiology 99 (Suppl):A1534, 2003,
2002
“Non-extensive diffusion entropy analysis and teen birth
phenomena.” N. Scafetta with P. Grigolini, P. Hamilton and B.J.
West, presented at the International Workshop on Interdisciplinary Applications
of Ideas from Nonextensive Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics,
“Treating Non-stationarity in Time Series: an
Interdisciplinary Approach to Analyzing Complex Phenomena.” N. Scafetta
with B.J. West, presented at The first annual Duke University Postdoctoral
research day,
“Some History of the Renormalization Group and Scaling in
the Theory of Complexity”, N. Scafetta with B.J. West, at ARO
Workshop “Non-stationary time series: A theoretical, computational and
practical challenge”, October 13-19, presented at Center for Nonlinear Science,
“Non-stationarity and fractal scaling in biological and
mathematical systems.” N. Scafetta with B.J. West, presented at
International Workshop on Diffusion Entropy and Related Techniques of Time
Series Analysis.
“A trade-investment model for a Gamma-Pareto distribution
of wealth.” N. Scafetta with S. Picozzi and B.J. West, presented at
the International Workshop on Anomalous Distributions, Nonlinear Dynamics and
Nonextensivity.
“Fractal Physiology and Chaos in Medicine”, N. Scafetta
with B.J. West and L. Griffin, presented at
2000
“The Thermodynamics of Social Process: the Teen Birth
Phenomenon.” N. Scafetta with P. Hamilton and P. Grigolini, at the
International Workshop on nonextensive entropy. June, 2000.