NPCS Annual Conference 2024
Programme
From 09:00 Registration desk open (Hall – Minnaert building)
09:30 – 10:00 Welcome & Coffee/Tea (Hall – Minnaert building)
10:00 – 10:15 Opening by Dr. Huijuan Wang (chair NPCS, TU Delft) (Cosmos – Viktor J. Koningsberger building)
10:15 – 11:00 Keynote lecture “Spreading Processes with Mutations” by Prof. dr. Vincent Poor (Princeton University) (Cosmos – Viktor J. Koningsberger building)
11:00 – 11:30 Poster pitches (Cosmos – Viktor J. Koningsberger building)
11:30 – 13:00 Poster presentations and lunch (Hall – Minnaert building)
13:00 – 15:00 Parallel tracks
Socio-Technical Complex Systems (Cosmos – Viktor J. Koningsberger building)
- “Timeliness criticality in Socio-Technical systems” by Prof. dr. Frank Pijpers (UvA)
- “Who are your collaborators? Uncovering collaboration patterns in Bioinformatics” by Elizaveta Evmenova (TU Delft)
- “Towards modeling mental health effects of urban densification” by Guus Luijben (RIVM)
- “The system dynamics of the start of professional learning communities about healthy weight approaches across Dutch municipalities: a causal loop diagram” by Maud ter Bogt (Radboudumc)
Natural Complex Systems (Atlas – Viktor J. Koningsberger building)
- “Synaptic plasticity is required for oscillations in a V1 cortical column model with multiple interneuron types” by Giulia Moreni (UvA)
- “Fractional derivative in continuous-time Markov processes and applications to epidemic modelling” by Matteo D’Alessandro (TU Delft)
- “Quantum methods for complex systems” by Dr. Wout Merbis (UvA)
- “Using probability to solve and approximate nonlinear systems” by Ir. Jochem Hoogendijk (UU)
NWO Complexity (Room 2.01 – Minnaert building)
- “Exploring Loneliness through Complexity Science and Serious Gaming” by Bas Chatel (UMCN)
- “Ecological dynamics of donor and host microbial species in the treatment of ulcerative colitis with fecal microbiota transplantation” by Dr. Susanne Pinto (UMCU)
- “Large-scale disruptions in socio-technical systems as endogenous emergent phenomena” by Dr. Deb Panja (UU)
- “Metabolic adaptation, transitions and resilience in overweight individuals” by Prof. dr. Natal van Riel (TU/e)
- “A complex systems approach to teams: Team coordination and breakdowns during crisis situations” by Kyana van Eijndhoven (TiU)
- “A methodology for a roadmap of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease development using live cell imaging” by Charlie Pieterman (UM)
15:00 – 15:30 Break (Hall – Minnaert building)
15:30 – 16:15 Keynote lecture “Metabolism of society: Why we should understand our supply chain networks” by Prof. dr. Stefan Thurner (Complexity Science Hub Vienna) (Cosmos – Viktor J. Koningsberger building)
16:15 – 17:00 Panel Discussion on the Role of Complex Systems Analysis in Society (Cosmos – Viktor J. Koningsberger building)
17:00 – 17:45 Drinks (Hall – Minnaert building)