We are glad to announce
the call for the seventh
edition of the
summer School that we will organize this year, after a 2 years break due to COVID19.
From 2022 the Mediterranean
School of Complex Networks and the International School of Informatics and Dynamics in Complex Networks have joined their forces into a single event.
The new board of directors
include, in alphabetic order: Prof. Alex Arenas (URV, Spain), Prof. Vincenza Carchiolo (UniCT, Italy), Prof. Manlio De Domenico (UniPD, Italy), Prof. Mattia Frasca (UniCT, Italy) and Prof. Giuseppe Mangioni (UniCT, Italy)
From 2023, the editions
of MSCX will alternate between other locations in the Mediterranean area and Salina.
Please, feel free to
redistribute among potential attendants and accept our apologies in advance if you receive this email more than once.
Call
for participation
VII
Mediterranean School of Complex Networks
25 Jun - 02 July 2022
Salina, Italy
In the last decade, network
theory has been revealed to be a perfect instrument to model the structure of complex systems and the dynamical process they are involved in. The wide variety of applications to social sciences, technological networks, biology, transportation and economics,
to cite just some of them, showed that network theory is suitable to provide new insights into many problems.
Given the success of
the past editions (2014-2015-2016-2017-2018-2019) of the Mediterranean School of Complex Networks, we call for applications to the
7th
Edition in 2022.
If you are curious about the past editions, you can find more information in the new "From the School" section of the
Journal
of Complex Networks:
https://doi.org/10.1093/comnet/cny035
The goal of this school
is twofold:
-
Provide a theoretical background to students (Master, PhD) and young researchers
in the field, with particular attention to current trends in Network Science;
-
Promote philosophical and scientific exchange between all participants,
i.e., lecturers and attendants.
For this reason, the
program will involve lectures from experts in different fields (social science, game theory, biology, physics, etc) for 70% of the duration of the school. The remaining time will be dedicated to student activities (including talks, debates, "social network
games").
Lecturers
-
Nathan Kutz
(University of Washington) - Discovering governing equations: from
network structure to dynamics
-
Fabrizio
de Vico Fallani (INRIA) -
Network Neuroscience
-
Jesus Gomez-Gardeñez
(Universidad de Zaragoza) -
Spreading Processes on Networks
Focused
Seminars
-
Andrea Baronchelli
(City University of London and The Alan Turing Institute) - Socio-technical
systems
-
Clara
Granell (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) -
A primer on community detection
-
Kyriaki
Kalimeri (ISI Turin) -
Network Data Science for good
-
Margherita Russo
(University of Modena) - Mesoscale Organization
of trade networks
Local
Organizing Committee
-
Serafina Agnello
-
Riccardo Gallotti
(FBK)
Board
of Directors
-
Alex Arenas
(URV)
-
Vincenza
Carchiolo (UniCT) [Organizer for 2022]
-
Manlio
De Domenico (UniPD) [Organizer for 2022]
-
Mattia
Frasca (UniCT)
-
Giuseppe Mangioni
(UniCT)
How
to participate
The school will take
place in Salina, a small island in the north of Sicily (Italy). Salina, fully covered by green vegetation and surrounded by the sea, represents a suitable small and quiet environment to achieve the purposes of this school.
Registration is mandatory
for participants, visit the webpage.
In-person
attendance.
School fee is 650 euros,
lectures, transfers from Catania to Salina, and accommodation are included. School fee + social events is 750€.
In-person participation
is limited to 30 attendants, due to COVID19 restrictions. Early applications will be appreciated.
Please, note that meals
are NOT included (except for social dinner).
COVID19: In response
to the current pandemic emergency, the organizers will develop an adequate plan for safety, in agreement with current laws. Note that in-person mode might require COVID19 testing before and during the school, as well as the requirement of valid certifications
for traveling and accessing public places (e.g., restaurants).
Online
attendance.
We plan a hybrid mode
to allow for remote attendance. The school fee in this case is 150€.
Online participation
is limited to 70 attendants. Early applications will be appreciated.
This year, we will grant
two scholarships, sponsored by the Complex Systems Society, that will cover the School fee only. The MDPI journal “Condensed Matter” will sponsor the prizes.
Important
Dates
15 March 2022 Early
registration deadline (no payment needed at this stage)
01 April 2022 Notification
of Acceptance
01 May 2022 Registration
deadline (payment needed)
You can visit the website
of the School for further details about the program, the location, previous editions, to apply or to contact the organizers.
You can follow it on
Twitter for real-time information:
@MscxNetworks (hashtag
#mscx22)
Please, redistribute
among potentially interested peers.
Best regards,
Manlio
De Domenico on
behalf of the organizers