[Forum SIS] Call for V Mediterranean School of Complex Networks 2018

[Claudio Agostinelli]

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We would like to draw your attention to the fifth edition of the summer
School that we will organize this year.
Please, feel free to redistribute among potential attendants and accept
our apologies in advance if you receive this email more than once.


*Call for participation*
*V Mediterranean School of Complex Networks*
http://mediterraneanschoolcomplex.net/

1 - 8 September 2018


In the last decade, network theory has been revealed to be a perfect
instrument to model the structure of complex systems and the dynamical
process they are involved into. The wide variety of applications to
social sciences, technological networks, biology, transportation and
economic, to cite just only some of them, showed that network theory is
suitable to provide new insights into many problems.

Given the success of past editions (2014-2015-2016-2017) of the
Mediterranean School of Complex Networks, we call for applications to
the Fifth Edition in 2018.


The goal of this school is twofold:

  * Provide a theoretical background to students (Master, PhD) and young
    researchers in the field, with particular attention to current
    trends in Network Science;
  * Promote philosophical and scientific exchange between all
    participants, i.e., lecturers and attendants.

For this reason, the program will involve lectures from experts in
different fields (social science, game theory, ecology, physics, etc)
for 70% of the duration of the school. The remaining time will be
dedicated to student activities (including talks, debates, "social
network games").


*_Invited Lecturers (/preliminary/)
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  * *RAISSA M. D'SOUZA *(University of California Davis, USA) *
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  * *JESUS GÒMEZ-GARDEÑEZ*   (Universidad de Zaragoza, Spain)
  * *VITO LATORA*   (QMUL, UK)
  * *MARTIN ROSVALL*   (Umea University)

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Invited Seminars (/preliminary/)*_

  * *ANDREA BARONCHELLI*   (City University of London, UK)
  * *CLARA GRANELL*   (Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)
  * *LETO PEEL*   (Université catholique de Louvain/ Université de
    Namur, Belgium)

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Hands-on Tutorials*_

  * *VALERIO MAGGIO*   (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy)


_*Local Organizing Committee*_

  * *SERAFINA AGNELLO*   (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy)

_*Chair of student activities
*_

  * *MASSIMO STELLA*   (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy)


_*School Directors*_

  * *ALEX ARENAS*   (Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain)
  * *MANLIO DE DOMENICO*   (Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy)



*_How to participate_*

Registration is mandatory for participants, visit the webpage. School
fee is 425 euros, lectures, transfers from Catania to Salina, and
accommodation are included.

School fee + social events is 500€.

Meals are NOT included (except for social dinner).
Participation is limited to 50 attendants. Early applications will be
appreciated.
The school will take place in Salina, a small island in the north of
Sicily (Italy), from 1 to 8 September 2018. Salina, fully covered by
green vegetation and surrounded by the sea, represents a suitable small
and quite environment to achieve the purposes of this school.


_*Important Dates*_

31 March 2018    Early registration deadline (no payment needed at this
stage)
15 April 2018      Notification of Acceptance
15 May 2018       Registration deadline (payment needed)



You can visit the website of the School for further details about the
program, the location, previous editions, to apply or to contact the
organizers.
You can follow it on Twitter for real-time information:
@MscxNetworks (hashtag #mscx18)
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