EmergeNET3: Emergence and Networks

A Satellite Meeting of the European Conference on Complex Systems (ECCS)

Thursday 24 September 2009

EmergeNET3: Emergence and Networks focused on a key element of complex systems theory, that of networks, and explored their role in understanding emergent phenomena. Networks can be used to represent the links between elements of a system, and therefore provide a structure for understanding emergence. But network structures themselves can also emerge. EmergeNET3 discussed and developed these ideas in a broad range of application areas from the sciences to the social sciences and beyond.

Venue, Programme and Abstracts

You can download the full EmergeNET3 Programme and Abstracts.

Invited Speakers

- Professor Jim Crutchfield, Complexity Sciences Center, University of California.
      Is Anything Ever New?

- Dr Yves Demazeau, CNRS Research Fellow, University of Grenoble.
      Organisational dynamics in agent-based systems and applications

- Professor Alan Winfield, Bristol Robotics Lab, UWE Bristol.
      Modelling Emergence in Wirelessly Networked Swarms of Mobile Robots

- Dr Yasmin Merali, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick.
      Emergence and Persistence

Call for Participation

Posters and presentations were invited on all topics relating to complex systems, emergence and networks.
Topics of special interest to the workshop included:
• Definitions of emergence and complexity
• The emergence of network structure
• The role of networks in emergence
• Emergence and networks in different contexts

For more information, please download the EmergeNET3 Call for Participation.

Registration Information

Registration was for either presentation or attendance only. All participants, whether presenting or not, were required to register by visting the Registration Page of the ECCS website, and must register for at least one day (Thursday).

Student / Early Career Bursaries

Bursaries were offered to several students and early career researchers who presented their work at EmergeNET3 and did not have access to alternative sources of funding