Scottish Complex Network Society (SCoNeS) Inaugural Meeting

Europe/London
Elm Lecture Theatre (Nucleus Building)

Elm Lecture Theatre

Nucleus Building

Thomas Bayes Road Edinburgh EH9 3FG
Description

The aim of this inaugural meeting is to bring together researchers interested in complex network science and in particular the interplay between mathematical and simulation-based analysis of complex network structures and available data. The remit of SCONES is expected to be broad enough to incorporate many current topics in network science research. To maintain focus, we will focus on applications of network science to real world problems, particularly where there is a combination of impact and room for the development of novel approaches to interpreting complex, dynamic data to aid decision-making as is the case in important global challenges such as adapting to climate change, maintaining food security or restoring nature. Network Science can play an important role in this and as yet, there is no Scotland-based organisation which aims to address this in a complex networks framing.

Our aim is to bring together individuals with an interest in a broad set of problems with the overall goal of developing new analytical approaches for tackling these problems and other problems with similar complexity. The creation of such a society therefore promises to facilitate the translation of fundamental research in statistical physics to societal impact.

The workshop will be in person only, to maximise developing of potential collaborative activities.

The workshop is funded by Higgs Centre for Theoretical Physics and the Roslin Institute

Registration is now open

Abstract Submission: Abstract submission is now closed.

Registration
Registration
    • 10:30 11:00
      Registration and coffee 30m
    • 11:00 11:10
      Introduction (Rowland Kao) 10m
    • 11:10 11:50
      Anna Murgatroyd (Newcastle University) - Selecting indicators and optimizing decision rules for long-term planning of complex water supply networks 40m
    • 11:50 12:10
      Agathe Bouis (Strathclyde University) - Structure and Influence: differing insights from networks’ adjacency and Laplacian eigenspectra 20m
    • 12:10 12:30
      Javier Escudero (University of Edinburgh) - Graph-Based Permutation Patterns for the Analysis of Task-Related fMRI Signals on DTI Networks in Mild Cognitive Impairment 20m
    • 12:30 13:30
      Lunch 1h
    • 13:30 14:10
      István Kiss (Northeastern University) - Taming Complexity: From Spreading Processes and Network Reconstruction to Higher-Order Networks 40m
    • 14:10 14:30
      Dimitris Christopoulos (Edinburgh Business School, Heriot-Watt University) - System Complexity in Technological Innovation 20m
    • 14:30 14:50
      Lindsey Garner-Knapp (University of Sussex) - Social Network Analysis and Actor-Network Theory: Exploring the Role of Devolved Officials in Free Trade Agreement Negotiations 20m
    • 14:50 15:10
      Discussion: Directions in complexity science 20m
    • 15:10 15:20
      10 minute break 10m
    • 15:20 16:05
      Poster presenters: 5 minute lightning talks 45m

      Dominic Arthur (The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh)
      Sergio Azevedo (Federal Universidy of Campina Grande)
      Aidan Brown (University of Edinburgh)
      Charlotte Bunnenberg (University of Aberdeen)
      Anna Gamza (The Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh)
      Ethan Hunter (University of Glasgow)
      Thanakorn Jaemthaworn (CRM, Univeristy of Edinburgh)
      Yiqing Liu (University of Edinburgh)
      Chris Pooley (Biomathematics and Statistics Scotland)

    • 16:05 17:00
      Poster viewing and coffee 55m
    • 17:00 18:00
      Keynote address: Prof Mathew Williams (Scotland CSAENRA) - How can complex, dynamic data inform government decision making? 1h