The International Conference on Complex Networks (CompleNet)
Abstract
The International Conference on Complex Networks (CompleNet) brings together researchers and practitioners from diverse disciplines working on areas related to complex networks. In its 11th year, we are delighted to have the next CompleNet hosted by the University of Exeter, UK. CompleNet is the only Network Science conference in which all participants are placed in a single plenary session without any breakout rooms. The conference started in 2009 by Prof. Ronaldo Menezes (current chair of the 2020 edition) and his colleague Dr. Giuseppe Mangioni (from the University of Catania, Italy). CompleNet will take place on 4 full days and we conservatively expect the number of participants to be around 100 people. OBJECTIVES Networks are at the core of modern military and civilian society, spanning technological, biological, and social systems. Our society depends on the proper function of this interdependent collection of systems, from power grids and supply chains, to telecom and social media. Network science is a now established field with scientific theories and quantitative understanding to transform the way we address the critical problems facing our networked society. The field draws together efforts from traditionally disparate scientific pillars: computer science, mathematics, social sciences, statistics, and physics. Together these fields are tackling hard problems in a much more diverse set of fields including biology, history, education, medicine, political science, engineering, urban systems, to name a few. Furthermore, understanding technological, social and biological networks, and the interactions between them, are crucial to military and Army needs. Example issues are how to structure effective social teams; how disparate collections of autonomous agents interacting through numerous networks with myriad time-scales and length-scales give rise to collective phenomena, such as cooperation, competition and conflict; how to engineer resilience in supply chains; how create effective ad hoc networks; how to understand the effect of social structure to the well-being of military personnel. The objective of CompleNet is to bring together the world-leading researchers spanning all areas of network science, including civilian and military interests, to allow the synthesis of the research questions and directions at the frontier of our understanding. Particular emphasis is on enhancing bridging the gap and improving collaboration between hard sciences and soft sciences. As secondary (but also important) goal, CompleNet aims at giving the opportunity for young researchers to participate in an international event where their works are presented in a single-track, plenary session. The event includes 12 invited speakers from around the world representing diverse research fields. CompleNet has always maintained a good gender balance in the list of invited speakers as well as a balance of experience levels. Over the years, many established researchers have presented in the event (e.g. Laszlo Barabasi, Alessandro Vespignani, Raissa de Sousa, Mark Newman, Reka Albert) but also young researchers who at the time were very little known and today are award-winning scientists (e.g Chaoming Song, Cesar Hidalgo, Yelena Mejova, Kaya de La Haye, Yuri Leskovec, Marta Gonzalez). CompleNet 2020 is the first event of its kind in the UK. The venue chosen is the University of Exeter, more specifically the department of Computer Science. The event has the support of the Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence and Global Systems Institute in the University of Exeter as well as the support from the Alan Turing Institute. ExeterÕs department of Computer Science has recently appeared as the 6th computer science department in the UK according to the Times Good University Guide. Under the leadership of Prof. Ronaldo Menezes, the department has established groups in Urban Systems, Network Science and CyberSecurity.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Jun 25, 2021
- Source ID
- W911NF2110105
Entities
People
- Ronaldo Menezes
Organizations
- Army Contracting Command
- United States Army
- University of Exeter