CSS/Italy

Italian Chapter of Complex Systems Society

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Compeng 2018

The 2018 IEEE Workshop on Complexity in Engineering (COMPENG) will take place on October 10-12, 2018 in Florence - Italy. Website: http://compeng2018.ieeesezioneitalia.it/

COMPENG 2018 will focus on the latest developments in complexity science and their application in an engineering perspective.
Authors are encouraged to submit abstract or papers on their research
considering, but not being limited to, the following topics:

-   Agent-based systems
-   Big Data and data-driven systems
-   Bio-physics, stochastic processes and noise
-   Complex Networks
-   Critical Infrastructures, transportation systems, realtime management
-   Dynamics in Memristor circuits
-   Machine Learning
-   Laser dynamics and optoelectronic systems
-   Plasma control and nuclear fusion
-   Control in sensor and actuator networks
-   Smart grids





Keynote Speakers:

Giovanni DE NINNO (University of Nova Gorica, Slovenia)
Nadia DOMINICI (VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
Philippe GHENDRIH (CEA, IRFM, France)
Antonio POLITI (University of Aberdeen, UK)

Important dates:

Deadline for Abstract/Paper Submissions
May 31 2018
Notification of Acceptance
June 30 2018

Duccio Fanelli (co-organizer) on behalf of the Organizing Committee of COMPENG 2018

 

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Spring School “Complex networks: theory, methods, and applications (4th edition)”

Villa del Grumello, Como, Italy, 14-18 May 2018

ntmd.lakecomoschool.org

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-László Barabási
  • Stefano Battiston
  • Ulrik Brandes
  • Vittoria Colizza
  • Puck Rombach
  • Alessandro Vespignani

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Last opportunity for the Varenna 2018 School

Last opportunity to participate to the Enrico Fermi 2018 International School on “Computational Social Science and Complex Systems”. The deadline for applications has been extended to Sunday May 6th. This will be the last date to apply for participation.

Details about the application can be found at the web pages

https://sites.google.com/view/varennacs2018/

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International School on Informatics and Dynamics in Complex Networks

The International School on Informatics and Dynamics in Complex Networks is organized at the University of Catania, Italy, by the Department of Electrical Electronics and Computer Science and the Cometa Consortium. It will be held from 15  to 19 October 2018 at the “Cittadella” campus where most of the technical faculties are hosted and consist of a series of lectures given by leading scientists in the field, aiming at providing a comprehensive treatment from background material to advanced results . The school is specially directed to PhD students and young researchers interested to the diverse aspects of the theory and applications of complex networks in science and engineering. Slots for presentations by the participants are also scheduled with an award to the best presentation. The school aims at encouraging cross-disciplinary discussions between participants and speakers and start new joint researches.

Topics: structure of networks, multilayer networks, brain networks, dynamics of networks, financial networks, applications.

Speakers:

Mauricio Barahona, Imperial College London

Mario Chavez, CNRS Paris

Manlio De Domenico, FBK Trento

Ernesto Estrada, Univ. of Strathclyde Glasgow

Vito Latora, Queen Mary University of London

Rosario N. Mantegna, Univ. of Palermo

 

Additional information at: http://isidcn.dieei.unict.it

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Lipari school on computational complex and social systems

From swarm intelligence to digital democracy: new tools for a complex society

july 19-25 2018

 

This summer school will provide opportunities to collect experience with modern data analysis, in particular big data analytics. this includes subjects to mine data in the internet of things. our main and special guest speakers, who are recognized authorities in this field, will address such a scope focusing on algorithms, computational models and practical results.

Speakers

Closing lecture and panel

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Varenna School 2018

Only two more days to send your application for the Varenna School 2018 of the Italian Physical Society on “Computational Social Science and Complex Systems”. The School will be held next July from 15th to 21st.

Lecturers are:

– Albert-László Barabási

– Alain Barrat

– Vittoria Colizza

– Rama Cont

– Shlomo Havlin

– Fabrizio Lillo

– Markus Strohmaier

– Stefan Thurner

The lectures will cover some of the following topics:

– Human behavior from ICT data

– Disease spreading, countermeasures, and large scale ABMs

– Science of success

– Reality mining

– Price formation, market microstructure

– Systemic risk, including cascading failures

– Networks in economics and finance

– Agent based models in economics and finance

The School is organized by Rosario Mantegna (co-director), János Kertész (co-director), and Salvatore Miccichè (Scientific secretary)

Additional information and instructions for applications can be found at the web pages:

https://sites.google.com/view/varennacs2018/general-information

https://www.sif.it/corsi/scuola_fermi/mmxviii#203

 

 

 

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Master in “Physics of Data” @University of Padova

On Thursday 19 April, at the University of Padova, there will be the presentation of the new Master in “Physics of Data”, at the Physics and Astronomy Department of the University of Padova.

The onset of big data has led to an explosion of datasets with a far more complex structure and beyond standard physics. The program intends to build an academic and professional figure that combines advanced knowledge in the field of Physics with a high-level training in Data Science.
The modeling and the theoretical interpretation of complex natural phenomena from large amounts of data are at the core of the research in Physics. The Big Data revolution presents in this sense the challenges and opportunities for the physicist of today. In addition to the figure of Data Scientist, specialized purely in the analysis of large amounts of data, it is increasingly clear the need to also train figures able to develop the methods and techniques that are fundamental for such analysis – in this sense, we named the program of Physics of the Data.  Training in Physics, Mathematics, and Computation is increasingly necessary to generate such innovation and development. The program will thus train a new generation of physicists, which we could define as “data physicists”, equipped with tools that will allow them to face the challenges that the digital revolution has brought in our society.

http://www.unipd.it/ilbo/prima-laurea-magistrale-italia-sulla-fisica-dati