Composite Networks: Understand, Predict, and Influence

The Network Science Collaborative Technology Alliance (NS CTA) is a collaborative research alliance between the US Army Research Laboratory (ARL), other government researchers, and a Consortium of four research centers: an Academic Research Center (ARC) focused on social/cognitive networks (the SCNARC), an ARC focused on information networks (the INARC), an ARC focused on communications networks (the CNARC), and an Interdisciplinary Research Center (the IRC) focused on interdisciplinary research and technology transition. The Alliance unites research across organizations, technical disciplines, and research areas to address the critical technical challenges of the Army and Network-Centric Warfare (NCW). Its purpose is to perform foundational cross-cutting research on network science, resulting in greatly enhanced human performance for network-enabled warfare and in greatly enhanced speed and precision for complex military operations.

AAAS Session on Predictability: From Physical to Data Sciences

February 16, 2013. Boston, MA. The upcoming AAAS annual meeting will include a session focusing on understanding human systems and networked social phenomena using predictive tools from the physical sciences. Experts will speak on applying physical science tools to uncover and explain the mechanisms that drive collective social phenomena. The session is organized by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Northeastern University. Speakers will include:
Dirk Helbing, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Towards Simulating the Foundations of Society
Chaoming Song, Northeastern University, Limits of Predictability in Human Mobility
Marta Gonzalez, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Understanding Road Usage Patterns in Urban Areas
Alessandro Vespignani, Northeastern University, From Human Mobility to Real Time Numerical Forecasts of Global Epidemic Spreading
Dirk Brockmann, Northwestern University, Are Pandemics Predictable?
Boleslaw Szymanski, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, On the Influence of Committed Minorities on Social Consensus

For more information: http://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2013/webprogram/Session5856.html