Aleksejus Kononovicius

Senior researcher at Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy (Faculty of Physics, Vilnius University). Research interests: stochastic and agent-based modeling, complex systems, Econophysics, Sociophysics, Statistical Physics and Data Science. Contributor to Physics of Risk science blog.

Research positions

• 2021-09 - currently. Vilnius University Faculty of Physics Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy. Position: senior researcher. Activities: scientific research in Econophysics (financial markets) and Sociophysics (opinion dynamics).
• 2016-09 - 2021-08. Vilnius University Faculty of Physics Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy. Position: researcher. Activities: scientific research in Econophysics (financial markets) and Sociophysics (opinion dynamics).
• 2012-10 - 2016-08. Vilnius University Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy. Position: research assistant. Activities: scientific research in Econophysics (financial markets).
• 2009-02 - 2012-09. Vilnius University Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy. Position: engineer. Activities: assisting scientific research in Econophysics (financial markets).

Research projects

• 2020-10 - 2021-09. Young scientist scholarship "Effect of non-linearity on long-range memory properties of fractional Gaussian noise" awarded by Lithuanian Academy of Sciences.
• 2017-12 - 2020-02. Postdoctoral fellowship "Physical modeling of order-book and opinion dynamics" funded by European Social Fund (Project No 09.3.3-LMT-K-712-02-0026). Supervised by dr. Julius Ruseckas (Vilnius University, Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy).
• 2016-09 - 2017-12. Research project "Potential and preconditions of civil resistance in Lithuania" funded by Research Council of Lithuania. Project headed by dr. Ainė Ramonaitė (Vilnius University, Institute of International Relations and Political Science).
• 2007-07 - 2007-08. Student's internship "Modeling of word statistics in literature and trading activity in financial markets" (funded by Research Council of Lithuania). Supervised by dr. Vygintas Gontis (Vilnius University, Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy).

Reviewing experience

I have written 100+ reviews for variety of journals and scientific conferences (including Communications in Statistics - Simulation and Computation, Complexity, Entropy, Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, Journal of Economic Interaction and Coordination, Journal of Physics: Complexity, Journal of Statistical Mechanics, Lithuanian Journal of Physics, PLOS ONE, Physica A). My reviewing record is being tracked on Web of Science.

Miscellaneous

• 2025. Session chair of the "Open Readings 2025" international conference for students.
• 2014 - 2021. Jury member of the scientific writing contest (organized yearly by Mokslo sriuba, Konstanta 42 and technologijos.lt).
• 2018-04 - 2020-01. Organizing committee member of the "Joint Theoretical Physics and Astronomy Seminars".
• 2017. Organizing committee member of the "42nd Lithuanian National Physics Conference".
• 2015. Program committee member and a session chair of the "Open Readings 2015" international conference for students.