Statistical Physics of Networks: Theory and Applications to Complex Systems

Presentations

• Fibration symmetries in biological and artificial neural networks

  Invited-In-person · Invited · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 12:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 12:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Tommaso Gili

    • IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

  Authors

  • Tommaso Gili

    • IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca

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• Harnessing Network Complexity and Local Adaptation for Robust Computation in Reservoir Computers

  Invited-In-person · Invited

  March 17, 2026, 12:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:12 PM

  Presenters

  • Michelle Girvan

    • University of Maryland College Park

  Authors

  • Michelle Girvan

    • University of Maryland College Park

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• Tempological Control of Network Dynamics

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 1:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:24 PM

  Publication: Y. Zhang and S.P. Cornelius (2025). Tempological Control of Network Dynamics. arXiv preprint (http://arxiv.org/abs/2510.10926).

  Presenters

  • Sean Cornelius

    • Toronto Metropolitan University

  Authors

  • Sean Cornelius

    • Toronto Metropolitan University

  • Yuanzhao Zhang

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• Network Reproducibility Using Designed Building Blocks

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:36 PM

  Presenters

  • Cory Glover

    • Northeastern University

  Authors

  • Cory Glover

    • Northeastern University

  • Jasper van der Kolk

    • Central European University

  • Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

    • Northeastern University

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• A Statistical Physics Framework for Loss of Network Resilience in Aging

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 1:48 PM

  Publication: Gross, B., & Barabási, A.L. Network resilience theory of aging. In preparation.

  Presenters

  • Bnaya Gross

    • Northeastern University

  Authors

  • Bnaya Gross

    • Northeastern University

  • Albert-Laszlo Barabasi

    • Northeastern University

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• Network Attack and Defense: Deep Learning in the Presence of Limited Information

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 1:48 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM

  Presenters

  • Jordan Lanctot

    • Toronto Metropolitan University

  Authors

  • Jordan Lanctot

    • Toronto Metropolitan University

  • Sean Cornelius

    • Toronto Metropolitan University

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• Complexity Flow and Emergent Topology in Neural Networks

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:00 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:12 PM

  Publication: Manuscript in preparation for planned submission in 2025-2026.

  Presenters

  • Bismah Rizwan

    • Colorado School of Mines

  Authors

  • Bismah Rizwan

    • Colorado School of Mines

  • Frank Barrows

  • Lincoln Carr

    • Colorado School of Mines

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• Indirect Targeting in Network Dynamics

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:12 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:24 PM

  Presenters

  • Keanu Rock

    • Canadian Association of Physicists

  Authors

  • Keanu Rock

    • Canadian Association of Physicists

  • Sean Cornelius

    • Toronto Metropolitan University

  • Adilson Motter

    • Northwestern University

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• Sampling of cycles in graphs for material networks

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:24 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:36 PM

  Publication: Ruth, P., Cameron, M. Theory and algorithms for clusters of cycles in graphs, In preparation (2025).

  Presenters

  • Perrin Ruth

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  Authors

  • Perrin Ruth

    • University of Maryland, College Park

  • Maria Cameron

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• Using Self-Consistent Integral Equations to Determine Percolation in Nonreciprocal Random Networks

  Oral-In-person

  March 17, 2026, 2:36 PM – March 17, 2026, 2:48 PM

  Publication: Steinbock, Nonreciprocal random networks and their percolation properties, Phys. Rev. E 112, 044302 (2025)

  Presenters

  • Chanania Steinbock

    • Johns Hopkins University

  Authors

  • Chanania Steinbock

    • Johns Hopkins University

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• Message-Passing Enhanced Approximate Contraction of Tensor Networks

  Oral-In-person · Withdrawn

  March 17, 2026, 2:48 PM – March 17, 2026, 3:00 PM

  Publication: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.110.034126
  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.132.117401

  Presenters

  • Yijia Wang

    • The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)

  Authors

  • Yijia Wang

    • The University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)

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