TWCS'10 - Turunc Workshop on Complex Systems 2010

Book of Abstracts can be downloaded here.

Thanks to recent developments in the digital world of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), such as GSM, Internet, a new kind of social interactions emerged which includes e-mail, chat, blogs, Wikipedia, Facebook, Twitter, SMS, and such. Interestingly, these social interactions are well “documented” and some of them are quite easily accessible, hence provide empirical data to study on.

Yet, there are issues. It is an open issue whether human behave the same on these platforms. Even if we do not, there is still some value to investigate how we act in these “second” life domains. There are a number of issues deal with ethical side such as privacy.

This workshop, is expected to cover different aspects of this challenging new field of research, attract researchers (senior scientist as well as PhD students and postdoctoral researchers) from various fields.

• Social Networks
• Complex Networks
• Dynamics on Networks
  • Epidemics Spreading
  • Opinion/Rumor Propagation
  • Games
• Social Dynamics
• Opinion Dynamics
• Agent Based Models
• Studies on online data sets
  • Online communities
  • Online match making
  • e-Commerce sites
  • Referral systems
  • Recommendation systems
  • Trust systems
  • GSM data sets

• Jun 15, 2010 Abstract Submission
• Jun 30, 2010 Authors Notification
• Jul 10, 2010 Registration

Abstract submissions should be made to twcs2010@gmail.com. You should be receiving a confirmation for each submission within 48 hours.

• Renaud Lambiotte, Imperial College
• Anxo Sanchez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
• Janos Kertesz, Budapest University of Technology and Economics

• Haluk Bingol, Bogazici University
• Muhittin Mungan, Bogazici University & Feza Gursey Institute
• Tugrul Hakioglu, Director of ITAP & Bilkent University

TBA

70 Euro per night per person which covers workshop, coffee breaks, breakfast, lunch, dinner, and bed with sharing room with one person at ITAP where the school is taking place. For further information please check “Rates, Services and Payments” on ITAP web site.

Limited financial support is available. Support covers living expenses (bed-breakfast-lunch-dinner at ITAP). One is expected to cover the travel costs. You can apply for financial support by sending an email to twcs2010@gmail.com. In your email please clearly state:

• The source of support that you are applying by clearly indicating one of DTP, ASSYST or MP0801.
• The information why you should be selected among all the applicants.

The sources of financial support:

• ASSYST Support for students from EU Associated Countries.
• COST MP0801 Physics of Competition and Conflicts Support for 5 senior scientist and up to 5 students.

• State Planning Organization (DPT)
• ITAP
• ASSYST
• COST MP0801 Physics of Competition and Conflicts

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IARS TSCS'10 - Turunc Summer School on Complex Systems 2010