Spring School COMPLEX NETWORKS: THEORY, METHODS, AND APPLICATIONS (6th edition)

*** DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: February 23, 2020 ***

Many real systems can be modeled as networks, where the elements of the system are nodes and interactions between elements are edges. An even larger set of systems can be modeled using dynamical processes on networks, which are in turn affected by the dynamics. Networks thus represent the backbone of many complex systems, and their theoretical and computational analysis makes it possible to gain insights into numerous applications. Networks permeate almost every conceivable discipline—including sociology, transportation, economics and finance, biology, and myriad others—and the study of “network science” has thus become a crucial component of modern scientific education.

The school “Complex Networks: Theory, Methods, and Applications” offers a succinct education in network science. It is open to all aspiring scholars in any area of science or engineering who wish to study networks of any kind (whether theoretical or applied), and it is especially addressed to doctoral students and young postdoctoral scholars. The aim of the school is to deepen into both theoretical developments and applications in targeted fields.

LECTURERS
— REKA ALBERT, Pennsylvania State University
— GUIDO CALDARELLI, IMT Lucca
— MARTON KARSAI, Central European University
— JOSE FERNANDO MENDES, University of Aveiro
— NATASA PRZULJ, Barcelona Supercomputing Center

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
STEFANO BATTISTON, University of Zurich — GINESTRA BIANCONI, Queen Mary University of London — VITTORIA COLIZZA, INSERM and Sorbonne Université, Paris — JAMES GLEESON, University of Limerick — PETTER HOLME, Tokio Institute of Technology — YAMIR MORENO, University of Zaragoza — CARLO PICCARDI, Politecnico di Milano — MASON A. PORTER, UCLA

PROGRAM
Monday, 18 May, morning – Introduction to Complex Networks (Mendes)
Monday, 18 May, afternoon – Statistical Physics of Networks (Caldarelli)

Tuesday, 19 May, morning – Critical Phenomena in Networks (Mendes)
Tuesday, 19 May, afternoon – short talks by students

Wednesday, 20 May, morning – Computational Human Dynamics (Karsai)
Wednesday, 20 May, afternoon – Analyzing the structure of biological networks (Albert)

Thursday, 21 May, morning – Biological Networks (II) (Przulj)
Thursday, 21 May, afternoon – Analyzing the dynamics and attractors of biological networks (Albert)

For more information and application:
https://ntmf.lakecomoschool.org/

Sponsored by
SICC – Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity
http://www.sicc-it.org