Workshop on Dynamical Processes on Complex Networks

Complex systems are characterized by a large number of units, such as particles, individuals or neurons, that interact typically with a few neighbors but lead to the emergence of large-scale collective behavior. Examples include swarms of birds, the spreading of infectious diseases, the transmission of electric impulses by neurons, and the synchronization of fireflies at nightfall. Networks provide a natural representation of these systems, where nodes play the role of the units, and links between nodes indicate pairwise interactions. The distribution of links among the nodes is a key property of networks, defining how the units of the system interact. Links may follow simple rules, such as regular lattices or random connections, or may be highly heterogeneous, displaying power law distributions. More recently, the concepts of multilayer and higher-order networks have emerged to describe interconnected sets of networks and many-body interactions, where single-layer networks are generalized to simplicial complexes or hypergraphs.

Two of these processes have become particularly important and will be the focus of this workshop in terms of applications.  The first is the spreading of infectious diseases and the dissemination of information. As disease and information propagation depend critically on the network of contacts between people, understanding how the topology of these networks affects the spreading and how that, in turn, modifies the network via quarantine, vaccination, use of masks, or death, has become a major topic of research.  A second topic to be discussed in the workshop is the synchronization of coupled oscillators. Understanding how independent oscillators synchronize their motion when coupled together has become an important area of research, both in terms of applications to neuronal dynamics and swarms, and to basic science, characterizing its phase transitions, hysteresis, and dynamical properties. We will also devote time to discussing the structure of higher-order representations of real systems and what changes they induce in the outcomes of the previous dynamical processes.

There is no registration fee and limited funds are available for local expenses.

• Marcus A.M. de Aguiar (IFGW-UNICAMP)
• Hilda Cerdeira (IFT-UNESP)
• Roberto Kraenkel (IFT-UNESP)
• Yamir Moreno (BIFI-Zaragoza/CENTAI)
• Francisco Rodrigues (ICMC-USP)

Announcement:

Registration is now closed

Confirmed Speakers:

• Marco Ajelli (Indiana University Bloomington, USA): Computational tools to respond to health emergencies
• Celia Anteneodo  (PUC – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil): Opinion dynamics in complex networks
• Guilherme Ferraz de Arruda (CENTAI Institute, Italy): Contagion models on higher-order networks
• Marcelo Avila (Universidad Mayor de San Andrés, Bolivia): Firefly flashing behavior as a paradigmatic example of synchronization in complex networks: from simple inevitable sync to mobile oscillators
• Antonio Batista (Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa, Brazil): Chimera states in neuronal networks
• Jose Antonio Mendez-Bermúdez (Universidad Autónoma de Puebla, Mexico): "Scaling properties of directed multilayer random networks: A Random Matrix Theory approach"
• Stefano Boccaletti (CNR- Institute for Complex Systems, Italy): Describing the transition to synchronization of networked systems: revealing (and controlling) clusters and modular behavior
• Timoteo Carleti (Namur Institute for Complex Systems, Belgium): Global Synchronization on networks and beyond
• Gabriela Castellano (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil): Complex networks to understand brain re/organization in motor rehabilitation and brain-computer interfaces
• Fernando Ferreira Fagundes (USP, Brazil): Exploring Networks in Modeling Complex Systems:
  Examples in Economic and Agricultural Systems
• Kelly Iarosz (Centro Universitário de Tel. Borba, Brazil): Plasticity: an incredible brain capacity
• Sarika Jalan (Indian Institule of Technology, India): Phase oscillators with higher order interactions: rotating clusters
• Alberto Aleta (University of Zaragoza, Spain): The unequal effects of the health-economy tradeoff during the COVID-19 pandemic
• Andre Martins (USP Leste, Brazil): The coevolution of opinions and networks
• Adilson Motter  (Northwesten University, USA): Complex Contagion: Unfolding and Control
• Camilo Neto (USP Leste, Brazil): Structure and robustness of Sao Paulo public transport network
• Tiago Pereira (Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil): Coherence Resonance in Influencer Networks
• Gaël Rosain Simo (University of Ebolowa, Cameroon): Collective behaviors in neuronal networks under the actions of electric and magnetic fields
• Ricardo Viana (Universidade Federal do Parana, Brazil): Phase and frequency synchronization of nonlocally coupled oscillators
• Jean-Gabriel Young (University of Vermont, USA): Non-parametric dynamical processes on networks and their estimation.

Abstracts: HERE

Monday 11:30 – 12:00
Kishore Dutta
Fernando Silva

Monday 17:00 – 17:30
Pablo Padilla
Noris Melis de la Cruz

Tuesday 11:30 – 12:00
Biswas Dhrubajyoti
Matheus Palmero

Tuesday 17:00 – 17:30
Ariel Salgado
Juliane Teixeira

Thursday 11:30 – 12:00
Mario Ignacio Simoy
Federico Sevlever

Friday 11:30 – 12:15
Bruno Rafael R. Boaretto
Fernando Metz
Gabriel Marghoti

Format: 15 min

Announcement:

Registration is now closed

Workshop Program: PDF

Abstracts: HERE

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Accommodation: Participants, whose accommodation will be provided by the institute, will stay at The Universe Flat. Hotel recommendations are available here.

How to reach the Institute: The school will be held at ICTP South American Institute, located at IFT-UNESP, which is across the street from a major bus and subway terminal (Terminal Barra Funda). The address which is closer to the entrance of the IFT-UNESP building is R. Jornalista Aloysio Biondi, 120 – Barra Funda, São Paulo. The easiest way to reach us is by subway or bus, please find instructions here.

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