Dynamics Of and On Networks

A large amount of network-related research at SFI and elsewhere has focused on the topological properties of networks—that is, properties that depend only on which pairs of nodes are linked—and how we can detect topological structures given imperfect data.  But what about dynamics? Real networks are not simply lists of nodes where some pairs are linked and others aren’t. Nodes have locations, opinions, affiliations, and demographic characteristics that change over time; links between them have timing, durations, capacities, and so on. The goal of this workshop is to explore the frontiers of dealing with this richer kind of dynamical data and modeling approaches.