On July 12 (Monday) of 2010 at 15:30 there will be a talk on Complex Networks by Massimiliano Zanin from INNAXIS Foundation & Research Institute in room 55.410.

"An introduction to Complex Networks"
Abstract: The last decade has witnessed the birth of a new paradigm in the study of complex systems. Through the use of networks, it is possible to extract the inner structure of many systems, both tangible objects in Euclidean space, or more abstract entities. The massive analysis of networks from different research fields has produced a series of unexpected results: for instance, the identification of some unifying principles and statistical properties common to almost all real networks. In turn, there results have been used to understand how those real systems work, and to improve their performance. In this talk, we will give an overview of some aspects of Complex Networks: main definitions, techniques and methods which are used to understand the inner structure of different complex systems and describe their internal dynamics and evolution.

Massimiliano Zanin's website