Prof Christian Beck
Professor of Applied Mathematics
Head of The Centre for Complex Systems
School of Mathematical Sciences
Queen Mary University of London
Queen Mary University of London
Research
Stochastic modelling, spatio-temporal chaos, power grids, dynamics of air pollution, sustainable energy systems, superstatistics
Interests
Christian Beck’s research is in the general area of data-driven analysis and stochastic modelling of complex systems, with applications to real-world problems, e.g. sustainable energy systems, frequency fluctuations in power grid networks, spatio-temporal air pollution data, traffic delays, and environmental problems. He has made important well-recognized contributions to the understanding of equilibrium states and stationary nonequilibrium states of complex systems, introducing (together with E.G.D Cohen, Rockefeller University New York) so-called superstatistical techniques, which by now have become an established standard method in statistical physics. He is an expert in dynamical systems, stochastic processes, data-driven approaches to complex systems, spatio-temporal chaotic dynamics, stochastic modelling techniques, and interdisciplinary applications.In 2023 Christian Beck was elected to the Executive Committee of the European Physical Society (EPS). He is currently on the Editorial Board of the journals Scientific Reports, Physica A, Entropy, and Frontiers in Complex Systems. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications (FIMA).
Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Complex Systems
2024
Generalization of the Gauss map: A jump into chaos with universal featuresBeck C, Tirnakli U and Tsallis C
Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear, Biological, and Soft Matter Physics, American Physical Society
13-12-2024
Analyzing spatio-temporal dynamics of dissolved oxygen for the River Thames using superstatistical methods and machine learningHe H, Boehringer T, Schäfer B, Heppell K and Beck C
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 14 (1)
12-09-2024
978-0-7503-6342-6 EPS Grand Challenges: Physics for Society in the Horizon 2050Beck C
Editors: Hidalgo C.
23-03-2024
Transition to anomalous dynamics in a simple random mapKlages R, Yan J, Beck C, Majumdar M, Ruffo S and Sato Y
Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, American Institute of Physics
20-02-2024
2023
Initial analysis of the impact of the Ukrainian power grid synchronization with Continental EuropeBöttcher PC, Rydin Gorjão L, Beck C, Jumar R, Maass H, Hagenmeyer V, Witthaut D and Schäfer B
Energy Advances, Royal Society of Chemistry (Rsc) vol. 2 (1), 91-97.
01-01-2023
2022
Lockdown Effects on Air Quality in Megacities During the First and Second Waves of COVID-19 PandemicAswin Giri J, Schäfer B, Verma R, He H, Shiva Nagendra SM, Khare M and Beck C
Journal- Institution of Engineers (India) Series A, Springer Nature
24-11-2022
Information Shift Dynamics Described by Tsallis q = 3 Entropy on a Compact Phase Space.Yan J and Beck C
Entropy, Mdpi vol. 24 (11)
17-11-2022
Data-driven load profiles and the dynamics of residential electricity consumptionAnvari M, Proedrou E, Schäfer B, Beck C, Kantz H and Timme M
Nature Communications, Springer Nature vol. 13 (1)
06-08-2022
Machine learning approach towards explaining water quality dynamics in an urbanised riverSchäfer B, Beck C, Rhys H, Soteriou H, Jennings P, Beechey A and Heppell CM
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 12 (1)
19-07-2022
Spatial heterogeneity of air pollution statistics in EuropeHe H, Schäfer B and Beck C
Scientific Reports, Nature Research vol. 12 (1)
16-07-2022
Complexity and Persistence of Price Time Series of the European Electricity Spot MarketHan C, Hilger H, Mix E, Böttcher PC, Reyers M, Beck C, Witthaut D and Gorjão LR
Prx Energy, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 1 (1)
07-04-2022
Complex systems: the amazing cross-disciplinary journey of statistical physicsBeck C
Europhysics News vol. 53 (1), 10-10.
28-02-2022
Phase and Amplitude Synchronization in Power-Grid Frequency Fluctuations in the Nordic GridGorjão LR, Vanfretti L, Witthaut D, Beck C and Schäfer B
Ieee Access vol. 10, 18065-18073.
30-01-2022
Physics for secure and efficient societiesBeck C and Barbato F
Europhysics News, Edp Sciences vol. 53 (5), 36-39.
01-01-2022
2021
Monitoring water quality: A citizen science success storySchäfer B, Heppell CM, Rhys H and Beck C
Iscience vol. 24 (11)
19-11-2021
Weak correlation between fluctuations in protein diffusion inside bacteriaItto Y and Beck C
Journal of Physics : Conference Series, Institute of Physics (Iop) vol. 2090 (1), 012168-012168.
01-11-2021
Spatio-temporal complexity of power-grid frequency fluctuationsGorjão LR, Schäfer B, Witthaut D and Beck C
New Journal of Physics vol. 23 (7), 073016-073016.
01-07-2021
Fluctuations of water quality time series in rivers follow superstatisticsSchäfer B, Heppell CM, Rhys H and Beck C
Iscience, Elsevier (Cell Press), 102881-102881.
01-07-2021
Statistical characterization of airplane delaysMitsokapas E, Schaefer B, Harris R and Beck C
Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group
12-04-2021
Superstatistical modelling of protein diffusion dynamics in bacteriaBeck C and Itto Y
Journal of The Royal Society Interface, Royal Society, The
03-03-2021
2020
Open data base analysis of scaling and spatio-temporal properties of power grid frequenciesRydin Gorjao L, Jumar R, Maass H, Hagenmeyer V, Yalcin C, Kruse J, Timme M, Beck C, Witthaut D and Schaefer B
Nature Communications, Nature Research (Part of Springer Nature)
11-12-2020
Physics of Living MatterBeck C, van den Beek K and Ritort F
Europhysics News, Edp Sciences (51/5) Editors: Beck C, van den Beek K and Ritort F.
12-11-2020
Universal properties of primary and secondary cosmic ray energy spectraSmolla M, Schäfer B, Lesch H and Beck C
New Journal of Physics, Iop Publishing vol. 22 (9)
01-09-2020
Distinguished correlation properties of Chebyshev dynamical systems and their generalizationsBeck C and Yan J
Chaos, Solitons and Fractals, Elsevier
20-06-2020
Nonextensive statistical mechanics, superstatistics and beyond: theory and applications in astrophysical and other complex systemsBeck C, Benedek G, Livadiotis G, Rapisarda A, Tirnakli U and Tsallis C
European Physical Journal: Special Topics vol. 229 (5), 707-709.
12-03-2020
Multi-layer modelling of adoption dynamics in energy demand managementIacopini I, Schäfer B, Arcaute E, Beck C and Latora V
Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, Aip Publishing
31-01-2020
Data-driven model of the power-grid frequency dynamicsGorjao LR, Anvari M, Kantz H, Beck C, Witthaut D, Timme M and Schafer B
Ieee Access, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Ieee), 1-1.
20-01-2020
Superstatistical approach to air pollution statisticsWilliams G, Schäfer B and Beck C
Physical Review Research, American Physical Society (Aps) vol. 2 (1)
01-01-2020
2019
Wind Power Persistence Characterized by SuperstatisticsWeber J, Reyers M, Beck C, Timme M, Pinto JG, Witthaut D and Schäfer B
Scientific Reports, Springer Nature vol. 9 (1)
27-12-2019
Nonlinear Dynamics of Coupled Axion-Josephson Junction SystemsYan J and Beck C
Physica D: Nonlinear Phenomena, Elsevier
10-12-2019
EPS Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Prize 2019 awarded to Sergio Ciliberto and Satya MajumdarBeck C
Europhysics News, Edp Sciences
01-10-2019
Benchmarking the performance of controllers for power grid transient
stabilityMartyr R, Schaefer B, Beck C and Latora V
Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks, Elsevier
12-04-2019
2018
Optimal control of a commercial building's thermostatic load for off-peak demand responseMartyr R, Moriarty J and Beck C
Journal of Building Performance Simulation, Taylor & Francis vol. 12 (5), 580-594.
07-11-2018
Stochastic differential equations driven by deterministic chaotic maps: analytic solutions of the Perron–Frobenius equationWilliams G and Beck C
Nonlinearity, Iop Publishing vol. 31 (7), 3484-3511.
14-06-2018
Generalized statistical mechanics of cosmic rays: Application to positron-electron spectral indicesYalcin GC and BECK C
Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group
29-01-2018
Non-Gaussian power grid frequency fluctuations characterized by Lévy-stable laws and superstatisticsSchäfer B, BECK C, Aihara K, Witthaut D and Timme M
Nature Energy, Nature Publishing Group vol. 3, 119-126.
08-01-2018
2017
Transitions between superstatistical regimes: Validity, breakdown and applicationsJizba P, Korbel J, Lavička H, Prokš M, Svoboda V and BECK C
Physica a: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, Elsevier
03-11-2017
Possible resonance effect of dark matter axions in SNS Josephson junctionsBECK C
Lanl.Arxiv.Org/Abs/1710.04299v1 vol. EPS-HEP2017 (Proc. of Science), 058-058.
11-10-2017
Symbolic dynamics techniques for complex systems: Application to share price dynamicsXu D and Beck C
Epl (Europhysics Letters) vol. 118 (3), 30001-30001.
07-07-2017
Superstatistics: Superposition of Maxwell-Boltzmann DistributionsBECK C and Cohen EGD
Kappa Distributions: Theory and Applications of Plasmas
01-05-2017
2016
Cosmological flux noise and measured noise power spectra in SQUIDs.Beck C
Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing Group: Open Access Journals - Option C vol. 6
20-06-2016
Extreme event statistics of daily rainfall: dynamical systems approachYalcin GC, Rabassa P and Beck C
Journal of Physics a-Mathematical and Theoretical vol. 49 (15)
15-04-2016
Transition from lognormal to X2 superstatistics for financial time seriesXu D and Beck C
Physica a: Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications vol. 453, 173-183.
22-02-2016
Superstatistics of Blaschke productsPenrose C and Beck C
Dynamical Systems-An International Journal vol. 31 (1), 89-105.
02-01-2016
2015
Hierarchical cascade model leading to 7-th order initial value problemAkram G and Beck C
Applied Numerical Mathematics, Elsevier vol. 91, 89-97.
01-05-2015
Axion mass estimates from resonant Josephson junctionsBeck C
Physics of The Dark Universe, Elsevier vol. 7, 6-11.
01-03-2015
Superstatistical analysis of sea-level fluctuationsRabassa P and Beck C
Physica a Statistical Mechanics and Its Applications, Elsevier vol. 417, 18-28.
01-01-2015
Grants
Grants of specific relevance to the Centre for Complex SystemsDAMOSET - Benjamin Schaefer IFChristian Beck
£170,347 EU Commission - Horizon 2020
01-06-2019 - 31-05-2021
Nash Equilibria for Load BalancingChristian Beck
£497,382 EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
01-04-2016 - 11-05-2019