Tel Aviv University


Tel Aviv University
Physics Colloquium

Academic Year  2009 - 2010


The colloquium is held at Melamed Hall (Room 6) in the Shenkar Physics Building, every Sunday at 16:10. Light refreshments are served outside Melamed Hall at 15:50. 

 

May 23, 2010

"Sync. vs. Link: The Intimate Relationship between Structure and Function of Complex Networks"

Prof. Stefano Boccaletti
CNR - Institute of Complex Systems, Firenze
and Scientific Attaché at the Italian Embassy in Israel

  The structure and dynamics of complex networks are central topics of current research. From one side scientists have to cope with structural issues, such as characterizing the topology of a complex wiring architecture, and revealing the unifying principles that are at the basis of many real world networks, with the hope that understanding the structure of a system would lead to a better comprehension of its functions. From the other side, many relevant questions arise when studying complex networks dynamics, such as learning how a large ensemble of systems that interact through a complex wiring topology can behave collectively. I will review the major concepts and results recently accomplished in the study of complex networks, and summarize the relevant applications of these ideas in order to fathom the basic properties of real world networks, that are currently under study in many different disciplines of nonlinear science.  

Host: Prof. Eshel Ben-Jacob, x7845
 
Spring 2010 Schedule

For more information or for directions to Melamed Hall please contact:
Chava Balson  03-6408636

To suggest potential speakers or register feedback contact: Ron Lifshitz  03-6405145, Ehud Nakar  03-6405385, or Nissan Itzhaki  03-6406490.


Sponsored by:   The Raymond and Beverly Sackler School of Physics & Astronomy, The Faculty of Exact Sciences, Tel Aviv University.