The Gothenburg Physics Centre is pleased to announce a symposium held in the honour of the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award laureate of 2024, network scientist Prof. Albert-László Barabási. Title of the symposium: "Understanding complexity: network science and statistical physics" Students are welcome to attend.
Chair: Tünde Fülöp
09:00-09:10
Martin Nilsson-Jacobi (Chalmers)
09:10-10:00
Albert-László Barabási (Center for Complex Network Research, Northeastern University)
“Tangible ties: the impact of physicality on networks”
10:05-10:35
Mogens Jensen (Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen)
“Oscillations, DNA repair and chaos in cell dynamics”
10:35-11:00
Coffee break
11:00-11:30
Alex Vespignani (Northeastern University, College of Science)
"Layer by Layer: Unpacking Networks to Build Actionable Epidemic Models"
11:30-12:00
Fredrik Höök (Chalmers)
"Probing cell-membrane dynamics: how representative are our simplistic experimental models?"
Lunch break (1.5h)
13:30-14:00
Bernhard Mehlig (University of Gothenburg):
“How do deep neural nets learn? A dynamical-systems approach”
14:05-14:35
Ginestra Bianconi (Queen Mary University of London):
“Topology shapes dynamics on higher-order networks”
14:35-15:00
Coffee break
15:00-15:30
Giovanni Volpe (University of Gothenburg)
"What is a physicist to do in the age of AI?"
15:35-16:05
Petter Holme (Aalto University)
“Dreams of universality: Physicists in complexity science and beyond”
16:05-16:50
Panel discussion with Ulf Danielsson (Uppsala University), Albert-László Barabási and others