Spring School on Complex Networks

Lake Como School of Advanced Studies Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy, 14-18 May 2018 http://ntmd.lakecomoschool.org/ *** DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION: February 18, 2018 *** 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 .ALBERT-LASZLO BARABASI, Northeastern University and Harvard University .STEFANO BATTISTON, University of Zurich .ULRIK BRANDES, ETH Zurich .VITTORIA COLIZZA, Inserm & Université Pierre et Marie Curie and ISI Foundation .PUCK ROMBACH, University of Vermont .ALESSANDRO VESPIGNANI, Northeastern University ORGANIZING COMMITTEE STEFANO BATTISTON, University of Zurich --- GINESTRA BIANCONI, Queen Mary University of London --- VITTORIA COLIZZA, Inserm & Université Pierre et Marie Curie and ISI Foundation --- 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, 14 May, morning - Network Science: From Structure to Control (Barabasi) Monday, 14 May, afternoon Mesoscale Analysis of Networks (Rombach) Tuesday, 15 May, morning Taming Complexity: Controlling Networks (Barabasi) Tuesday, 15 May, afternoon no lectures Wednesday, 16 May, morning Centrality in Networks (Brandes) Wednesday, 16 May, afternoon short talks by students Thursday, 17 May, morning Contagion in Networks/1 – Financial Systems (Battiston) Thursday, 17 May, afternoon no lectures Friday, 18 May, morning Contagion in Networks/2 – Network Epidemiology (Vespignani) Friday, 18 May, afternoon Contagion in Networks/3 – Epidemic Threshold in Structured Host Populations (Colizza) For more information and application: http://ntmd.lakecomoschool.org/ Sponsored by CSS - Complex Systems Society https://cssociety.org SICC - Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity http://www.sicc-it.org