Gabriel B. Mindlin Explained

Gabriel B. Mindlin is a Professor of physics at the University of Buenos Aires and a scientist whose research focuses on the physical mechanisms underlying the production of songs by songbirds.

His research has produced mathematical and computer models which realistically reproduces songs of several species.^{[1] [2]} He has published three books and over 100 original research papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings which have received over 2400 citations.^[3]

Mindlin graduated in physics from University of La Plata (Argentina, 1987) and received a PhD from Drexel University (1991). He was Senior Fellow of Santa Fe Institute (2002–2004)^[4] and received an Arthur Taylor Winfree award from the International Center for Theoretical Physics (Trieste, 2004).^[5] In addition, he was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2010).^[6]

In 2023 he was granted the Konex Award Merit Diploma for his work in Information Sciences and Artificial Intelligence in the last decade.^[7] He works as a Full Professor in the Department of Physics of the Faculty of Exact and Natural Sciences of Buenos Aires University, and is a Senior Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET).^[8]

Selected publications

• Book: Mindlin, G. B.. The Physics of Birdsong. Springer. 2005. 978-3-540-25399-0. Laje. R..
• G. B. . Mindlin . Experimental support for a model for birdsong production . Physical Review E . 68 . 4 . 041908 . 2003 . 10.1103/PhysRevE.68.041908. 14682974 . Gardner. T. J.. Goller. F.. Suthers. R.. 2003PhRvE..68d1908M . 20.500.12110/paper_1063651X_v68_n41_p419081_Mindlin . free .
• R. . Laje . G. B. . Mindlin . Diversity within a birdsong . Physical Review Letters . 89 . 28 . 288102 . 2002 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.89.288102. 12513182 . 2002PhRvL..89B8102L .
• T. . Gardner . G. . Cecchi . M. . Magnasco . Simple motor gestures for birdsongs . Physical Review Letters . 87 . 20 . 208101 . 2001 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.208101. Laje. R.. Mindlin. G. B.. 2001PhRvL..87t8101G . 11690514.
• Book: Solari, H. G.. Nonlinear Dynamics: A Two-Way Trip from Physics to Math. CRC Press. 1996. 978-0-7503-0380-4. Natiello. M. A.. G. B.. Mindlin. registration.
• G. B. . Mindlin . X. J. . Hou . H. G. . Solari . R. . Gilmore . N. B. . Tufillaro . Classification of strange attractors by integers . Physical Review Letters . 64 . 20 . 2350–2353 . 1990 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2350 . 1990PhRvL..64.2350M . 10041690.

External links

• Dynamical Systems Lab, at University of Buenos Aires

Notes and References

1. Birds can recognize a model's reproduction of their own songs. Physics Today. 2013. 0031-9228. 16–17. 66. 5. 10.1063/PT.3.1967. en. Johanna L.. Miller. 2013PhT....66e..16M.
2. Focus: Deconstructing Birdsong. 2003. Physical Review Focus. 11. 1.
3. Web site: Google Scholar. May 19, 2015.
4. Book: SFI Bulletin. Santa Fe Institute. 2003. 26. 18.
5. Web site: ICTP Prize Winner 2004. June 1, 2015.
6. Web site: AAAS Members Elected as Fellows. 2009. June 1, 2015. American Association for the Advancement of Science.
7. Web site: 2023-05-15. Fundación Konex. 2 May 2023. es. Los ganadores de los Premios Konex 2023: Ciencia y Tecnología. fundacionkonex.org.
8. Web site: Gabriel Mindlin Fundación Konex . 2024-05-29 . www.fundacionkonex.org . es.