SIMPLEX 2011: 3rd Annual Workshop on Simplifying Complex Networks for
Practitioners
24th June 2011, Minneapolis, USA
http://www.simplexconf.net
Co-located with IEEE ICDCS 2011
THEME
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Network science, sometimes also called "complex networks science", has
recently attracted much attention from the scientific community, mainly due
to the almost ubiquitous presence of complex networks in real-world systems.
Examples of complex networks are found in living organisms, in engineering
systems, as well as in social networks. Most of the real-world systems have
the required degree of complexity to be called "complex systems". Complexity
may have to do with the intricate dynamics of the interacting components,
with the non-trivial properties of the underlying network topology, or with
the sheer size of the system itself.
Despite the numerous workshops and conferences related to network science,
it is still a set of loosely interacting communities. Those communities
would benefit from better interactions.
Simplex aims at triggering different computer science communities (e.g.
communication networks, distributed systems) to propose research areas and
topics that should be tackled from the network science perspective. We also
seek contributions from network science that are relevant to solve practical
computer science problems. Two types of contributions are foreseen from
prospective authors. The first type would consist of use-cases of
theoretical tools and methods to solve practical problems. Such
contributions should be as usable as possible by practitioners in the
related field. The second type of contributions would come from
practitioners that have identified a problem that may be solved by tools
from network sciences. The point of such contributions is to make the
network sciences community aware of the importance of a high-impact problem,
and to suggest means by which the problem may be solved by the network
science community. Both contributions should stimulate interaction between
theoreticians and practitioners, and also have high potential impact in
either field.
Topics for the workshop include, but are not limited to:
- Application of complex network theory to the design of distributed and
mobile systems;
- Data mining of large scale networks;
- Analysis of dynamic and time-varying networks;
- Network robustness to failures and attacks;
- Machine learning and network science;
- Complex network theory applied to forwarding/routing problems
- Application of social network analysis to communication and computing
system design;
- Mobility and connectivity modelling;
- Network science and data&information retrieval;
- Complex network theory and security applications.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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All submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality,
significance, technical soundness, and clarity of expression. The
proceedings of the conference and the workshops will be published in CDs by
the IEEE Computer Society Press.
All paper submissions should follow the IEEE 8.5" x 11" Two-Column Format
(up to 6 pages).
The paper submission site is located at: http://www.simplexconf.net/
IMPORTANT DATES
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Paper Submission 11 February 2011
Authors Notification 7 March 2011
Camera-ready 14 March 2011
Workshop Date 24 June 2011
General Chairs
Pan Hui, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories/ TU Berlin, Germany
Steve Uhlig, Deutsche Telekom Laboratories/ TU Berlin, Germany
PC Chairs
Mirco Musolesi University of St Andrews, UK
My Thai University of Florida, USA
Web Chair
Fehmi Ben Abdesslem University of St Andrews, UK
Steering Committee
Jon Crowcroft University of Cambridge, UK
Steve Uhlig Deutsche Telekom Laboratories/ TU Berlin, Germany
Pan Hui Deutsche Telekom Laboratories/ TU Berlin, Germany
Walter Willinger AT&T Research, USA
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