Detailed Programme

Thursday, 11 June 2026

Conference Day 2

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08:00 onwards Registration MAS Atrium

Invited Session 3

08:45 – 10:30

SPMS-LT1 Chair: Anirban Chakraborti (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)

08:45 – 09:20

Ginestra Bianconi (Queen Mary University of London, UK)

Learning the Topology of Higher-Order Networks from Their Dynamics

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09:20 – 10:05

Hawoong Jeong (KAIST, Korea)

Understanding Complex Systems via Network, Data, AI

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10:05 – 10:30

Panel Discussion 2: Forging International Collaborations

• Carlos Gershenson (Binghamton University, USA)
• Misako Takayasu (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)
• Leihan Tang (Westlake University, China)
Moderator: Anirban Chakraborti (Jawaharlal Nehru University, India)

10:30 – 11:00 Coffee Break MAS Atrium

Parallel Session 3

11:00 – 12:30

Social, Cultural & Technological Complexity I

SPMS-LT1

11:00 – 11:15

H. C. W. Price and T. S. Evans (Imperial College London, UK)

Understanding Main Path Analysis
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11:15 – 11:30

Gaurav Kottari (Shiv Nadar University, India)

Structural Pathways and Directional Spillovers: A Network Framework for SDG Prioritisation
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11:30 – 11:45

Monica Dhyani (Shiv Nadar Institute of Eminence, India)

User Taxonomy and Positional Dynamics in Online Innovation Networks: Evidence from Stack Overflow
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11:45 – 12:00

Peter Yen, Yifei Li, Siew Ann Cheong (NTU, Singapore)

Applying Transformers and Transfer Learning for Training and Predicting Topological Features of AI Citation Networks
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12:00 – 12:15

Yuxuan Zhang and Ling Feng (National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Disassortative Mixing in Decentralized Social Network Due to Reciprocal Links
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12:15 – 12:30

Nishu and Atul Mishra (BML Munjal University, India)

Predictive to Prescriptive Analytics for Employee Attrition in Complex Workplace Systems
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Foundations of Networks and Complex Systems I

SPMS-LT2

11:00 – 11:15

Riccardo Muolo (RIKEN, Japan), Hiroya Nakao (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan), Marco Coraggio (Scuola Meridionale Superiore, Italy)

Weak Higher-Order Interactions Enhance Synchronization
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11:15 – 11:30

Pik-Yin Lai (National Central University, Taiwan)

Reconstructing Connection Weights and Topology of Directed Networks from Noisy Node Dynamics
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11:30 – 11:45

Rong-Chih Chang and Pik-Yin Lai (National Central University, Taiwan)

Steady-state Response Theory in Noisy Network Dynamics
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11:45 – 12:00

Minsoo Yang and Byungjun Min (Chungbuk National University, Korea)

Biconnectivity in Directed Graphs
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Urban Complexity I

SPMS-LT3

11:00 – 11:15

Nikola Stupar (University of Belgrade, Serbia)

Temporal Structure and Multifractality of Mobility Networks During COVID-19: Empirical Analysis and Mechanistic Modeling
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11:15 – 11:30

Sehyeong Kang and Inho Hong (Chonnam National University, Korea)

Urban Features Shape Variations in Distance Deterrence within Metropolitan Mobility Networks
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11:30 – 11:45

Hideki Takayasu, Haruka K. Ito and Misako Takayasu (Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan)

Equivalent Electrical Circuit Networks Representing Human Flow in Big Cities
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11:45 – 12:00

Isabella Rangel (University of Southern California, USA)

Optimizing Ethiopia’s Crop Storage Infrastructure: A Geospatial and Network Science Approach
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12:00 – 12:15

Sebastian Felipe R. Bundoc, Paula Joy B. Martinez, Sebastian C. Ibanez (Center for AI Research, Philippines), Erika Fille T. Legara (Asian Institute of Management, Philippines)

Student Flow Modeling for School Decongestion via Stochastic Gravity Estimation and Constrained Spatial Allocation
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Focus Session on Games on Complex Systems

MAS Executive Classroom 1

Programme to be announced.

12:30 – 13:30 Lunch Break MAS Atrium

Invited Session 4

13:30 – 15:30

SPMS-LT1

13:30 – 14:00

Parongama Sen (University of Calcutta, India)

Nonlinear Biased q-Voter Models: Steady States and Persistence Behavior

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14:00 – 14:30

Fatimah Abdul Razak (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia)

The Social Architecture of Stories: Mapping Connectivity as a Blueprint for Malaysian Resilience

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14:30 – 15:00

Hsuan-Yi Chen (National Central University, Taiwan)

The Statistical Mechanics of Detecting Weak Molecular Signals in Small Complex Systems

15:00 – 15:30

Meet the Editor Session

Jose Fernando Mendes

Editor-in-Chief, MDPI Complexities and Section Editor, MDPI Entropy

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee Break MAS Atrium

Parallel Session 4

16:00 – 17:30

Social, Cultural & Technological Complexity II

SPMS-LT1

16:00 – 16:15

Azhari, Sparisoma Viridi, Acep Purqon (ITB, Indonesia), Roni Muslim (Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia)

Exploring Multi-Opinion Dynamics in q-Voter Models
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16:15 – 16:30

Ip Ho Yan Ian and Siew Ann Cheong (NTU, Singapore)

Mapping Public Opinion onto Political Axes Using Language Models
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16:30 – 16:45

Cynthia Siew (NUS, Singapore)

A Comparison of Associative Networks Between Genders: A Singapore English Case Study
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16:45 – 17:00

Alyssa April Dellow and Fatimah Abdul Razak (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Malaysia)

Quantifying Narratives: A Comparative Social Network Analysis of Upin & Ipin Across Series and Film
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17:00 – 17:15

Muhammad Abraar Abhirama and Siew Ann Cheong (NTU, Singapore)

Sentence-Level Information Analysis of Narratives
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17:15 – 17:30

Chee Hyun Park, Eun Lee (Pukyong National University, Korea)

International Postdocs and Academic Careers with Field-Specific Inequality and Institutional Prestige in South Korean Faculty Hiring
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Foundations of Networks and Complex Systems II

SPMS-LT2

16:00 – 16:15

Peng Peng, Jiming Liu, and Liang Tian (Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong)

Dynamics-Based Renormalization Group for Complex Networks
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16:15 – 16:30

Jian Wei Cheong, Andri Pradana, Lock Yue Chew (NTU, Singapore)

Maxwell’s Uncertain Demon: Achieving Nonclassical and Enhanced Refrigeration when Causality Blurs
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16:30 – 16:45

Yuhao Wang, Andri Pradana, Jian Wei Cheong, Lock Yue Chew (NTU, Singapore)

Enhancing Performance and Operational Regimes of Quantum Otto Refrigerator with Heat Bath Algorithmic Cooling
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16:45 – 17:00

Erik Hormann (James Cook University, Australia) and Renaud Lambiotte (University of Oxford, UK)

Coarse-graining Directed Networks with Ergodic Sets Preserving Diffusive Dynamics
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Urban Complexity II

SPMS-LT3

16:00 – 16:15

Gyeong Won Jin, Eun Lee (Pukyong National University, Korea), Mi Jin Lee (Pusan National University, Korea)

Percolation Theory-Based Analysis of Sloped Pedestrian Networks
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16:15 – 16:30

HyungIn Cho, Kwangsin John Ahn, and SeGi Yu (Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Korea)

Urban Store Distribution Explored through Subway Network in Seoul
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16:30 – 16:45

Dake Wu and Ling Feng (NUS, Singapore)

Recovery Dynamics Influence in Urban Traffic Capacity and Resilience
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16:45 – 17:00

Ziming Cheng, Dake Wu, Ling Feng (NUS, Singapore)

Quantifying Traffic Resistance and Supply Constraints: A Dual-Fluid RECM Approach based on Chengdu Taxi GPS Data
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Focus Session on Games on Complex Systems

MAS Executive Classroom 1

Programme to be announced.

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