Detailed Programme

Wednesday, 10 June 2026

Conference Day 1

At a glance | Wed 10 June Thu 11 June Fri 12 June

08:00 onwards Registration MAS Atrium

Invited Session 1

08:35 – 10:30

SPMS-LT1 Chair: Siew Ann Cheong (NTU, Singapore)

08:35 – 08:45

Opening Address

Siew Ann Cheong (NTU, Singapore)

08:45 – 09:20

Advances in Complex Systems Invited Lecture

Marton Karsai (Central European University, Austria)

Socioeconomic Networks, Segregation Patterns and Their Dynamics

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09:20 – 10:05

Misako Takayasu (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)

Modeling the Gut Microbiome Ecosystem Based on a Random Multiplicative Process

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10:05 – 10:30

Panel Discussion 1: How to Do Impactful Research?

• Ginestra Bianconi (Queen Mary University of London, UK)
• Marton Karsai (Central European University, Austria)
• Hawoong Jeong (KAIST, Korea)
Moderator: Siew Ann Cheong (NTU, Singapore)

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break MAS Atrium

Parallel Session 1

11:00 – 12:30

Economic and Financial Complexity I

SPMS-LT1

11:00 – 11:15

Marta Zava (Bocconi University, Italy)

Network Motifs and the Rise of Entrepreneurial Ecosystems
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11:15 – 11:30

Galvin Ng (CSH Vienna, Austria), Damien Bertrand (EPFL, Switzerland), Luca Mungo (University of Oxford, UK), and François Lafond (University of Oxford, UK)

Synthetic Supply Networks
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11:30 – 11:45

Imran Ansari, Shashi Jain, Srikant Iyer (IISc Bangalore, India)

Network-Based Portfolio Optimization from Denoised Financial Correlation Matrices
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11:45 – 12:00

Pawanesh (OP Jindal Global University, India), Charu Sharma and Niteesh Sahni (Shiv Nadar Institute of Eminence, India)

Communicability Reveals Crisis-Specific Structural Reorganization in Financial Networks
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12:00 – 12:15

Wei Ting Lim and Siew Ann Cheong (NTU, Singapore)

The Geometry of Panic: Multiscale Functional Analysis of Stock Market Dynamics
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12:15 – 12:30

Haoting Xie and Siew Ann Cheong (NTU, Singapore)

Information Dynamics and Structural Transitions in Nikkei 225 Correlation Networks
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Biological and Ecological Complexity I

SPMS-LT2

11:00 – 11:15

Mi Jin Lee (Pusan National University, Korea) and Deok-Sun Lee (KIAS, Korea)

Heterogeneous Popularity of Metabolic Reactions from Evolution
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11:15 – 11:30

Felix V. Kohane, Guocheng Huang, Ihuan Gunawan, Daniel P. Neumann, John G. Lock (UNSW Sydney, Australia), Christine Chaffer (Garvan Institute for Medical Research, Australia)

Cell Molecular Signalling Dynamics, Including Noise, are Pre-Tuned by Cell Phenotypic State
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11:30 – 11:45

Rahul Verma (Amity University, India)

Co-Mutation Based Genetic Networks to Infer Temporal Mutation Dynamics in Ancient Human Mitochondrial Genomes
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11:45 – 12:00

Hon Lin Too, Farisan Dary, Isaac Si Yuan Ling, Dustin Erhard Theofilus, Ee Hou Yong (NTU, Singapore), Haiyi Liang (USTC, China)

Emergence of Hexanematic Order in a Growing Confluent Cell Monolayer
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12:00 – 12:15

Antai Tao (USTC, China)

Bacterial Strategies for Navigating Surface Constraints
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Dynamics on and of Complex Networks

SPMS-LT3

11:00 – 11:15

Atiyab Zafar, Sanjay Jain (University of Delhi, India)

Rising Inequality and a ‘Power Shift’ from the Core to a Parasitic Periphery are Precursors of Collapse
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11:15 – 11:30

Suwannachad Suwannajitt (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)

Universal Stagnation Dynamics in Quantum Imaginary-Time Evolution
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11:30 – 11:45

Eugene Tan (University of Western Australia, Australia)

Dimensions of Hypergraphs using Spreading Processes
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11:45 – 12:00

Liyana Truna, Fatimah Abdul Razak, Roslinda Nazar (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia)

Network-Based Characterization of Laminar Flow Using Complex Network Theory: A Data-Driven Analysis of Skin Friction and Heat Transfer
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12:00 – 12:15

Charli Chinmayee Pal and Prasanta Kumar Mahapatra (Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, India)

Exact Prime Density Reproduced Through Resonant Tunneling across a Double Barrier System
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12:15 – 12:30

Ram Pravesh Yadav, R.K. Brojen Singh, Anirban Chakraborti (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India), Hirdesh K. Pharasi (BML Munjal University, India)

Complex Dynamics of the Hindmarsh-Rose Neuron Model with Blue-Sky Catastrophe under a Magnetic Field and Noise
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Focus Session on Complexity of AI

MAS Executive Classroom 1 Chair: Lock Yue Chew (NTU, Singapore)

11:00 – 11:30

Justin Dauwels (TU Delft, Netherlands)

When AI Becomes a Complex System: Agents, Emergence, and Real-World Applications (Invited)
11:30 – 12:00

Thiparat Chotibut (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)

Reinforcement Learning in Population Games: From Microscopic Chaos to Macroscopic Equilibrium (Invited)
12:00 – 12:15

Jaroonrak Omsap, Andri Pradana, Yew Soon Ong, and Lock Yue Chew (NTU, Singapore)

Deep Reinforcement Learning for Passenger Transfer Synchronization in a Bus Network
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12:15 – 12:30

Zheng Tien Kang, Peter Tsung-Wen Yen, Kelin Xia, Siew Ann Cheong (NTU, Singapore)

Building a Time Series Vision Transformer with Small, High-Resolution Datasets
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12:30 – 12:45

Andri Pradana, Lock Yue Chew, and Bo Yang (NTU, Singapore)

Discovery of Bus Control Strategies with Reinforcement Learning to Optimize Commuter-Centric Objective

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break MAS Atrium

Invited Session 2

13:30 – 15:30

SPMS-LT1

13:30 – 14:00

Lock Yue Chew (NTU, Singapore)

Dynamical scheduling and statistical physics of city-scale bus network with reinforcement learning

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14:00 – 14:30

Sarah Russell (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre & Swinburne University of Technology, Australia)

T cell development: Coordinated self-organisation at the level of the cell, the organ and the body

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14:30 – 15:00

Thiparat Chotibut (Chulalongkorn University, Thailand)

Robust Sequence Recognition in Random Neuronal Networks

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15:00 – 15:30

Meet the Editor Session

Marton Karsai

Editor-in-Chief, World Scientific Advances in Complex Systems

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break MAS Atrium

Parallel Session 2

16:00 – 17:30

Economic and Financial Complexity II

SPMS-LT1

16:00 – 16:15

Ardian Maulana, Hokky Situngkir (ITB, Indonesia)

Cascade Regimes and Corridor Backbones in Indonesia’s Production Network
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16:15 – 16:30

Pradeep Moturi and Siew Ann Cheong (NTU, Singapore)

Spatio-Temporal Topological Data Analysis of Ethereum’s Transaction Data
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16:30 – 16:45

Sudip Sarkar and Soumyajyoti Biswas (SRM University, India)

Large Earthquakes Follow Highly Unequal Ones
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16:45 – 17:00

Einar C. Kjenstad (UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway), Peter Tsung-Wen Yen, Siew Ann Cheong (NTU, Singapore)

Estimating Parameter Heterogeneity in Decision Programs by Spatial Quasi-Differentiation (SQD)
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17:00 – 17:15

Mahdi Sayyadi (Åbo Akademi University, Finland)

Generative AI as a Complex Adaptive System: Adoption Dynamics and Emergent Entrepreneurial Practices in Finland
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17:15 – 17:30

Martin F. Diaz, Josep Perello, Miquel Montero (University of Barcelona, Spain)

Quantifying Adaptive Strategies in Regulated and Unregulated Simulated Housing Markets
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Biological and Ecological Complexity II

SPMS-LT2

16:00 – 16:15

Manya Khanna, Sudeep Shukla (Institute for Interdisciplinary Research, India), Abbinav Sankar Kailasam (University College London, UK), Ashok Kumar, Priya Gupta, Anirban Chakraborti (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India), Rajiba Lochan Sahoo, Amiya Ranjan Bhowmick (Institute of Chemical Technology, India), Sourish Das (Chennai Mathematical Institute, India)

Complex Dynamical Study of ESG Factors and Crop Price Volatility in India
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16:15 – 16:30

Athokpam Langlen Chanu, Youngjai Park, Jong-Min Park (POSTECH, Korea), Jaesung Choi (KIAS, Korea), Younghwa Cha, Joon-Young Moon (Sungkyunkwan University, Korea), UnCheol Lee (University of Michigan Ann Arbor, USA)

Human Brain State Classification via Permutation Entropy of EEG Phase Dynamics
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16:30 – 16:45

Soorya PP and Biswambhar Rakshit (Amrita School of Physical Sciences, India)

Emergence of Metastability in Spatially Embedded Neuronal Networks with Higher-Order Interactions
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16:45 – 17:00

Mengna Liu, Antai Tao, Rongjing Zhang, Junhua Yuan (USTC, China)

Shear-Induced Oscillations and Hydrodynamic Buffering Stabilize Sperm Surface Navigation
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17:00 – 17:15

Yasharth Yadav, Kelin Xia (NTU, Singapore)

Periodic Topological Deep Learning for Polymer Design and Discovery
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Health System Complexity

SPMS-LT3

16:00 – 16:15

Siti Najiha Md Asari, Fatimah Abdul Razak, Nazarudin Safian (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia), Mohd Rahim Sulong, Wan Ming Keong (Ministry of Health, Malaysia)

Comparing Dengue Transmission Network Complexity Between High-Density and Low-Density Districts in Malaysia
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16:15 – 16:30

Saif Nasr, Inho Hong (Chonnam National University, Korea), Hyung Doo Kim (Hanyang University Churi Hospital, Korea)

Mapping the Network of Environmental Exposure Using Mixed Graphical Models
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16:30 – 16:45

Adithi Kalyanaraman and R. K. Kapilavani (Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, India)

Higher-Order Drug Interaction Hypergraphs with Hybrid Quantum Optimization for Parkinson’s Disease
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16:45 – 17:00

Muhamad Aiman Hakim (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia)

Early Warning Signals and Sentinel Nodes in Network Epidemics
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17:00 – 17:15

Jesus Felix B. Valenzuela, Erika Fille T. Legara, Christopher P. Monterola (Asian Institute of Management, Philippines), Paula Joy Martinez (Center for AI Research, Philippines)

Emergence of Consensus Proceeds in Phases: Tracking Themes Across the Negotiations of the WHO Pandemic Agreement
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Focus Session on Complexity of AI

MAS Executive Classroom 1 Chair: Ling Feng (Institute of High Performance Computing, A*STAR Singapore)

16:00 – 16:30

Carlo Vittorio Cannistraci (Tsinghua University, China)

Brain-Inspired Sparse Network Science for Next Generation Efficient and Sustainable AI (Invited)
16:30 – 17:00

Florian Rossmannek (NTU, Singapore)

State-Space Systems for Learning from Temporal Data (Invited)
17:00 – 17:15

Dishant Sisodia and Sarika Jalan (Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India)

Dynamical Analysis of a Reservoir Computer
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17:15 – 17:30

Feixiang Ren and Ling Feng (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Towards Critical Branching Mechanism in Recurrent Neural Networks
17:30 – 17:45

Derek D. C. Chang, Graeme D. Berk, and Mile Gu (NTU, Singapore)

Complexity in Quantum Processes & Reservoir Computing

Programme is subject to change. Talk titles marked “TBC” will be updated as they are confirmed.