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I am a computer scientist working on complex systems. My major field of applied research is human language. I am interested in the universal properties of language, the principles underlying these properties and the origins of language.

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  !   Endangered whales have been hunted, stockpiled and large portions of their bodies left to rot on a rubbish dump!

• There is no humane way to kill whales. They are sentient, intelligent mammals, and they may suffer horrible and often prolonged deaths due to the brutal killing methods used.

• There are so many other threats against whales now (global warming, ship strikes, pollution, sonar/noise issues, etc.) that a resumption of whaling could tip them toward extinction; and

• Modern society no longer needs whale bone, blubber, meat, or oil.

You can help to stop it.

  !    "Viva Zapatero", a movie by Sabina Guzzanti. On censhorship in the media of "democratic" countries like Italy (remember that Italy is one of the partners of US to restore "democracy" in Iraq). Democracy is not only the right to vote.

  !    Do not let your studies being used by armies or any kind of armed group. Add the following sentence to your publications: "It is strictly prohibited to use, to investigate or develop, in a direct or indirect way, any of the scientific contributions of the author(s) contained in this work by any army or armed group in the world, for military purposes and for any other use which is against human rights or the environment, unless the written consent of all the persons in the world is obtained".

(one of the proposals of the "Stop military research campaign" by Fundació per la Pau).

Maybe useless in practice for countries like the US (e.g. no problem for violating the Ginebra agreements in Guantanamo), but very helpful for increasing the awareness about the problem of military research.

  !    The United States government has deceived the world concerning Saddam Hussein's threat. The Spanish government, the joker of the American emperor, has also deceived the Spanish people. The United States and Spain (among others) are responsible for the suffering of the people of Iraq.
If you are still skeptical about such deception, click here.

  !    The Catalan community has obtained a .cat domain from the ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers). Further info.

Research index

• Bibliography on linguistic and cognitive networks.

• Publications: by year or by topic (animal communication and cognition, complex networks, evolutionary biology, information theory and linguistics).

• Prize winning work.

• Research snapshots (a summary of some of my own findings, ideas and work).

• Scientific events I am or have been involved in as organizer.

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