Complexity may be defined as the study of the collective behaviour of many interacting
units that evolve towards self-organised steady states, whose global properties cannot
be described at the level of the individual units.
In recent years, this has developed into a broad scientific programme,
that uses the tools of statistical mechanics and nonlinear dynamics, together
with unprecedented computer power and large data sets. The issue of how the properties
of the interaction network itself influence the global dynamics
brought with it a growing interest in complex networks.
By contrast, addressing the complexity of the living world has long been seen as
one of the standing challenges of physics, although current improvements in data
capture open up new opportunities for physicists to make new contributions,
from the macromolecular assemblies in the cell to the biology of populations.
This conference will reflect the broad scope of subjects within the field of
complex systems, including as main topics:
(i) network structure and dynamics,
(ii) population dynamics and evolution,
(iii) social, ecological and epidemiological modelling
The programme is organised around invited and contributed talks, as follows:
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| November 21st | Afternoon |
| 14:00 - 17:00 |
Registration
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We expect that some of you will arrive early and may wish to register on Tuesday.
The others may register on Wednesday morning. |
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| November 22nd | Morning |
| 9:20 - 9:30 |
Welcome |
| 9:30 - 10:30 |
K Sigmund
Freedom and coercion in joint effort games |
| 10:30 - 11:30 |
S Dorogovtsev
Anomalous critical effects in complex networks |
| 11:30 - 11:50 |
Coffee break |
| 11:50 - 12:40 |
A Sánchez
Time scales in evolutionary dynamics |
| 12:40 - 13:10 |
F Dionísio
Evolution of cooperation towards higher complexity |
| November 22nd | Afternoon
Chair: G Szabo |
| 14:30 - 15:30 |
C Hauert
Evolutionary dynamics and the problem
of cooperation
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| 15:30 - 16:00 |
X Castelló
Ordering dynamics with two non-excluding options: Bilingualism in language competition
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| 16:00 - 16:30 |
MA de la Casa
System Size Resonance in Attractor Neural Networks
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| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Coffee break
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| 17:00 - 17:30 |
L Berec
Population dynamics on large and complex food webs
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| 17:30 - 18:00 |
A de Martino
Optimality in metabolic networks
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| November 23rd | Morning
Chair: K Sigmund |
| 9:30 - 10:30 |
G Szabó
Competing associations |
| 10:30 - 11:20 |
V Eguíluz
Co-evolution in social networks |
| 11:20 - 11:40 |
Coffee break |
| 11:40 - 12:30 |
JM Pacheco
Co-evolution of strategy and structure in complex networks with dynamical linking |
| 12:30 - 13:00 |
I Gordo
Genetic variation in pathogen populations
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| November 23rd | Afternoon
Chair: M Droz |
| 14:30 - 15:30 |
R Toral
Collective effects induced by diversity |
| 15:30 - 16:00 |
F Vázquez
Non-monotonicity in Axelrod model dynamics
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| 16:00 - 16:30 |
J González-Avella
Homophily, cultural drift and the co-evolution of cultural groups
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| 16:30 - 17:00 |
Coffee Break
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| 17:00 - 17:20 |
R Pinho
Size distribution of portuguese firms
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| 17:20 - 17:40 |
R Costa Martins
Complex systems challenges in bioengeneering modelling and simulation
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| 17:40 - 18:00 |
O Gomes
Decentralized allocation of human capital
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| 18:00 - 18:20 |
R Laureano
Synchronization of chaotic dynamical systems
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| 18:20 - 18:40 |
D Aldea Mendes
Computing topological entropy in Cournot duopoly games with homogeneous and heterogeneous
players
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| November 24th | Morning
Chair: S Dorogovtsev |
| 9:30 - 10:30 |
A Vespignani
Metapopulation epidemic models and complex networks |
| 10:30 - 11:20 |
K Eames
Complex relationships: modelling human interactions |
| 11:20 - 11:40 |
Coffee break |
| 11:40 - 12:30 |
K Kaski
Structure and tie strengths in mobile communication networks |
| 12:30 - 13:00 |
J Heffernan
In-host model of measles infection |
| November 24th | Afternoon
Chair: A Vespignani |
| 14:30 - 15:30 |
A McKane
Evolving complex food webs |
| 15:30 - 16:00 |
M Simões
Fluctuations and disease dynamics: the roles of contact structure and of the recovery
profile
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| 16:00 - 16:30 |
G Rozhnova
Sustained oscillations in simple epidemic models
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| 16:30 - 17:00 |
M Dorey
The spread of STIs in heterogeneous populations
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| 20:00 |
Conference dinner at the Clube de Jornalistas.
Rua das Trinas nº 127, Lisboa.
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| November 25th | Morning
Chair: R Toral |
| 9:40 - 10:30 |
JF Mendes
Structural properties of complex networks |
| 10:30 - 11:20 |
MA Santos
Wealth distribution in societies: models and empirical studies |
| 11:20 - 11:40 |
Coffee break |
| 11:40 - 12:30 |
V Loreto
Complex systems approach to language games |
| 12:30 - 13:30 |
M Droz
Modeling complex behaviour in population dynamics |
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