Complex Networks Winter Workshop
Event dates: December 14th to the 19th 2025 (with arrival on the 13th and departure on the 20th).
Application form: https://forms.gle/jeb7W94gG1v4HZUa6
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About
The Complex Networks Winter Workshop (CNWW) is an international school that offers an extraordinary opportunity for participants to engage in rigorous transdisciplinary complexity science research alongside some of the top researchers in the field of networks.
The CNWW will focus on the themes detailed below and promote a lively, versatile and dynamic approach that includes lectures and a strong hands-on component framed by experts from a variety of disciplines. Including:
- Introduction to Network Theory
- Random Networks
- Social, Ecological, Technological Networks
- Epidemiological Networks
- Big Data and Complex Networks
- Complex Networks applications in Northern Research
The training will also allow the development of interpersonal skills such as networking and international scientific collaboration, creativity and communication in a transdisciplinary research context.
Up to 40 international graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and professionals from different disciplines will be accepted.
Proficiency in English and some background in science or mathematics are required. Participants are expected to attend the entire session. Applicants are welcome from all geographic regions. Underrepresented minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
Application Deadline: May 15th, 2025.
Notice of acceptance: June 1st, 2025
Registration Deadline: July 1st, 2025
Application Requirements:
- Completed application form
- Up-to-date curriculum vitae
Accommodation
The Winter Workshop will be held at the historic Monastère des Augustines in Quebec City, a serene haven of wellness and heritage, originally founded in 1639.
All participants will stay in one of the Monastery's rooms for the entire duration of the workshop.
Your participation fees include:
- lodging at the monastery
- breakfast
- lunch breaks
- coffee breaks
- access to the monastery
- guided tour of the monastery
- cocktail reception
Room Types and Related Registration Fees
Chambre Authentique: 1451.43 CAD
Chambre Authentique Double: 1080.81 CAD per person
Contemporaine Simple: 1784.70 CAD
Contemporaine Double: 1164.15 CAD per person
Faculty
Laurent Hébert-Dufresne
CNWW Director, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, and VCSI Leadership Steering Committee
Laurent studies the interaction of structure and dynamics. His research involves network theory, statistical physics and nonlinear dynamics along with their applications in epidemiology, ecology, biology, and sociology. Recent projects include comparing complex networks of different nature, the coevolution of human behavior and infectious diseases, understanding the role of forest shape in determining stability of tropical forests, as well as the impact of echo chambers in political discussions.
Antoine Allard
CNWW Director and Associate Professor, Département de physique, de génie physique et d'optique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada
Antoine's research combines statistical mechanics, graph theory, nonlinear dynamics and geometry to develop mathematical models of complex networks and to study the structure/function relationship specific to complex systems. Recent projects involve the use of deep learning to simulate dynamical processes on networks, the use of non-Euclidean geometry to characterize the multiscale organization of the human connectome, and the use of percolation theory to highlight the role of superspreading events in the transmission dynamics of SARS-CoV-2.
Alice Patania
CNWW Faculty, Research Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, and VCSI Leadership Steering Committee
Alice is a computational topologist and her research focus is to develop and apply new topological approaches to study complex systems. Currently, I apply these techniques to brain and social networks.
Samuel Scarpino
Director of AI + Life Sciences and a Professor of the Practice in Health Sciences and Computer Science, Northeastern University
I am the Director of AI + Life Sciences and a Professor of the Practice in Health Sciences and Computer Science at Northeastern University. I also hold appointments in the Institute for Experiential AI and the Network Science, Global Resilience, and Roux Institutes. Prior to joining Northeastern, I was the Vice President of Pathogen Surveillance at The Rockefeller Foundation. Outside of Northeastern, I am an External Professor at both the Santa Fe Institute and the Vermont Complex Systems Center and a Co-Founder of Global.health.
Juniper Lovato
CNWW Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, and VCSI Leadership Steering Committee
Juniper Lovato is an educator and researcher in the field of complex systems and data science. Her current research focuses on data ethics, group privacy, privacy policies, AI ethics, ethics of AI art, complex systems, the science of stories, and open source ecosystems.
Jean-Gabriel Young
CNWW Director and Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics and VCSI Leadership Steering Committee
Jean-Gabriel is a master of inference using complex models, data, and networks. His recent work focuses on new exciting inference problems in network science, including the inference of the past of dynamical networks, network reconstruction from noisy data; and the inference of high-order interactions from pairwise data.
Peter Dodds
Director, Vermont Complex Systems Institute and Professor, Department of Computer Science
Dodds's research focuses on system-level, big data problems in many areas including language and stories, sociotechnical systems, Earth sciences, biology, and ecology. His foundational funding was an NSF CAREER award granted to study sociotechnical phenomena (2009-2015). Together with Chris Danforth, he co-runs the Computational Story Lab.
Testimonials
The CNWW allowed me to establish bonds with my peers in network science from around the globe. Since the workshop, I have been connecting with them and I think these could become lasting friendships that will foster collaboration and a broader, more diverse understanding of network science through casual discussion.
Sam Rosenblatt
University of Vermont
CNWW was the perfect scholarly vacation. I learned so much, made new friends, experienced a beautiful city, and had a safe and supportive environment to take intellectual risks beyond what my typical responsibilities allow. I truly learned something from every single person I met at CNWW, and each welcomed me as someone from whom they could learn as well. I returned exhausted and exhilarated, brimming new knowledge and perspectives and excited for the cross-disciplinary connections I made with scholars from around the world. I would highly recommend participation in CNWW; the experience made me a better scholar and brought renewed vigor to my work. I am so thankful I had the opportunity to participate.
Sarah Shugars
Network Science Institute, Northeastern University
The multiple disciplines represented by all the participants, the knowledgeable and highly approachable lecturers and mentors, the multicultural atmosphere and the historical location, the scientific content of the lectures, the imaginative research ideas, and the intense collaborative work that emerges during this event make CNWW one of most satisfying workshops that I have ever attended.
José R. Nicolás-Carlock
National Autonomous University of Mexico
The most engaging workshop I have ever attended! The organizers put great effort in encouraging a collaborative, multi-disciplinary environment where ideas about complex networks could be explored.
Niall Keleher
U.C. Berkeley
Contact
CNWW Director
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science at UVM
VCSI Leadership Steering Committee