TopoNets 2021
Networks beyond pairwise interactions
Satellite @ Networks 2021 - NetSci + Sunbelt - June 30th
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The complexity of many biological, social and technological systems stems from the richness of the interactions among their units. Over the past two decades, a great variety of complex systems has been successfully described as networks whose interacting pairs of nodes are connected by links. Yet, from face-to-face human communications to chemical and biological reactions, many interactions in networked systems cannot be described by simple dyads, as they can occur in groups composed by any number of units. Until recently, little attention has been devoted to such high-order architecture of real complex systems. However, a mounting body of evidence is showing that taking the high-order structure of these systems into account can greatly enhance our modelling capacities and help us to understand and predict their emerging dynamical behaviours.
The aim of this satellite is to provide a coherent window on the emerging subfield of networks beyond pairwise interactions. In particular, we will discuss how to represent higher-order interacting systems, and how to unify the diverse frameworks most commonly used to describe higher-order interactions, highlighting the numerous links between the existing concepts and representations. We also focus on recent advancements on the structural measures developed to characterize the structure of these systems, on the related generative models, and on novel emergent phenomena characterizing landmark dynamical processes when extended beyond pairwise interactions.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Centre de Physique Théorique, Marseille
Vanishing size of critical mass for tipping points in social convention
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Dynamics of phase oscillator networks with higher-order interactions
Queen Mary University of London
Ample simplicial complexes as resilient networks
Amsterdam UMC - VUMC
Synchronization dynamics on simplicial complexes with high-order interactions
The Alan Turing Institute
Spectral theory of hypergraphs
Trinity College
Improved synchronization and forced diffusion in networks with higher-order interactions
University of Canterbury, New Zealand
The many and diverse signals of higher-order ecological interactions
Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization
Topology protects chiral edge currents in stochastic networks
PROGRAMME
11:45 -18:45 CEST [5:45 AM - 12:45 PM EDT]
11:45 - 12:00 CEST [5:45 AM - 6:00 AM EDT] Welcome and Introduction
12:00 - 13:30 CEST [6:00 AM - 7:30 AM EDT] Session I
Daniel B. Stouffer
Cristian Bodnar, Fabrizio Frasca, Yu Guang Wang, Nina Otter, Guido Montúfar, Pietro Liò and Michael Bronstein
Bradly Alicea
Ana P. Millán Vidal
13:30 - 13:40 CEST [7:30 AM - 7:40 AM EDT] Virtual Coffee Break
13:40 - 15:10 CEST [7:40 AM - 9:10 AM EDT] Session II
Raffaella Mulas
Giulia Preti, Gianmarco De Francisci Morales and Francesco Bonchi
Karel Devriendt and Renaud Lambiotte
Michael Farber
15:10 - 15:20 CEST [9:10 AM - 9:20 AM EDT] Virtual Coffee Break
15:20 - 16:50 CEST [9:20 AM - 10:50 AM EDT] Session III
Evelyn Tang
Giulio Burgio, Alex Arenas, Sergio Gómez and Joan T. Matamalas
Nicholas Landry, Juan Restrepo
Alain Barrat
16:50 - 17:00 CEST [10:50 AM - 11:00 AM EDT] Virtual Coffee Break
17:00 - 18:30 CEST [11:00 AM - 12:30 PM EDT] Session IV
Per Sebastian Skardal
Anastasiya Salova and Raissa M D'Souza
Hanlin Sun and Ginestra Bianconi
Christian Bick
18:30 - 18:45 CEST [12:30 PM - 12:45 PM EDT] Final Remarks & Virtual Drinks
REGISTRATION
All meeting participants need to be registered to the main conference here.
ORGANIZERS
Central European University
Aix-Marseille Université
ISI Foundation
Polytechnic University of Turin
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Ginestra Bianconi (QMUL, UK)
Ulderico Fugacci (IMATI, IT)
Jacopo Grilli (ICTP, IT)
Vito Latora (QMUL, UK)
Alice Patania (IUNI, US)
Michael Schaub (RWTH Aachen University, DE)
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS (CLOSED)
The satellite will have space for contributed talks in the form of 10/15-minute presentations. Participants are invited to submit an abstract in PDF format using the EasyChair website (button below).
Topics of interest relate to higher-order structures (HOrSs) and network topology, and include
Higher-order representations of interacting systems
Structural measures for HOrS
Generative models for HOrS (growing simplicial complexes, bipartite graphs, hypergraphs etc.)
Dynamical processes on HOrS (diffusion, spreading, synchronization, games etc.)
Applications to real-world systems (TDA)
Stochastic topology
Topological properties of network embedding into metric or pseudo-metric spaces
Topological properties of geometric representations of networks
Submissions should be at most 2 pages long (figure included) and should include: title, author(s), affiliation(s), and e-mail address(es).
Submissions will be evaluated and selected by the Program Committee members, based on the adherence with the theme of the satellite, originality and scientific soundness.
Deadline for submissions: April 23.
Acceptance notifications: Early May.
Authors not already registered on EasyChair should sign up for an account (please note: make sure to use the same email address as the one used for the conference registration).