Fourth French Regional Conference on Complex Systems

May 29 – 31, 2024

Montpellier, France

FRCCS 2024

After successfully hosting the conference in Dijon in 2021, Paris in 2022, and Le Havre in 2023, the fourth edition of the French Regional Conference on Complex Systems (FRCCS 2024) will be held in Montpellier, France. This single track international conference organized by CSS France serves as a platform to foster interdisciplinary exchanges among researchers from various scientific disciplines and diverse backgrounds, including sociology, economics, history, management, archaeology, geography, linguistics, statistics, mathematics, and computer science.

FRCCS 2024 provides a valuable opportunity for participants to meet in France, exchange and promote ideas, facilitating the cross-fertilization of recent research work, industrial advancements, and original applications. Moreover, the conference emphasizes research topics with a high societal impact, showcasing the significance of complexity science in addressing complex societal challenges. Join us in Montpellier as we collectively strive to better understand complexity and its implications for society.

You are cordially invited to submit your contribution until February 21, 2024.

Finalized work (published or unpublished) and work in progress are welcome. Two types of contributions are accepted:

·        Papers about original research (up to 12 pages)

·        Extended Abstract about published or unpublished research (3 to 4 pages).

Keynote Speakers

· Ingmar Weber, Saarland University, Germany

· Sonia Kéfi, Université de Montpellier, France

· Petter Holme, Aalto University, Finland

· Natasa Przulj, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain

· More TBA…

Publication

o   Contributions will be included in the conference proceedings (With ISBN)

o   Selected submissions of unpublished work will be invited for publication in special issues (fast track procedure) of the journals:

o   Applied Network Science, edited by Springer

o   Complexity, edited by Hindawi

Submission

·        Submit on CMT Microsoft at:  https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FRCCS2024/

·        Select the Track: FRCCS2024

Topics include, but are not limited to:

·        Foundations of complex systems

• Self-organization, non-linear dynamics, statistical physics, mathematical modeling and simulation, conceptual frameworks, ways of thinking, methodologies and methods, philosophy of complexity, knowledge systems, Complexity and information, Dynamics and self-organization, structure and dynamics at several scales, self-similarity, fractals
• Complex Networks
• Structure & Dynamics, Multilayer and Multiplex Networks, Adaptive Networks, Temporal Networks, Centrality, Patterns, Cliques, Communities, Epidemics, Rumors, Control, Synchronization, Reputation, Influence, Viral Marketing, Link Prediction, Network Visualization, Network Digging, Network Embedding & Learning.
• Neuroscience, Linguistics
• Evolution of language, social consensus, artificial intelligence, cognitive processes & education, Narrative complexity
• Economics & Finance
• Game Theory, Stock Markets and Crises, Financial Systems, Risk Management, Globalization, Economics and Markets, Blockchain, Bitcoins, Markets and Employment
• Infrastructure, planning, and environment
• critical infrastructure, urban planning, mobility, transport and energy, smart cities, urban development, urban sciences
• Biological and (bio)medical complexity
• biological networks, systems biology, evolution, natural sciences, medicine and physiology, dynamics of biological coordination, aging
• Social complexity

o   social networks, computational social sciences, socio-ecological systems, social groups, processes of change, social evolution, self-organization and democracy, socio-technical systems, collective intelligence, corporate and social structures and dynamics, organizational behavior and management, military and defense systems, social unrest, political networks, interactions between human and natural systems, diffusion/circulation of knowledge, diffusion of innovation

• Socio-Ecological Systems
• Global environmental change, green growth, sustainability & resilience, and culture
• Organisms and populations
• Population biology, collective behavior of animals, ecosystems, ecology, ecological networks, microbiome, speciation, evolution
• Engineering systems and systems of systems
• bioengineering, modified and hybrid biological organisms, multi-agent systems, artificial life, artificial intelligence, robots, communication networks, Internet, traffic systems, distributed control, resilience, artificial resilient systems, complex systems engineering, biologically inspired engineering, synthetic biology
• Complexity in physics and chemistry
• quantum computing, quantum synchronization, quantum chaos, random matrix theory

GENERAL CHAIRS

Roberto Interdonato   CIRAD, UMR TETIS, Montpellier

Bruno Pinaud LABRI University of Bordeaux