The International School and Conference on Network Science, also called NetSci is an annual conference focusing on networks. It is organized yearly since 2006 by the Network Science Society. Physicists are especially prominently represented among the participants, though people from other backgrounds attend as well. The study of networks expanded at the end of the twentieth century, with increasing citation of some seminal papers.
Following this increase in interest from the scientific community, network science was examined by the National Research Council (NRC), the arm of the US National Academies in charge of offering policy recommendations to the US government. NRC assembled two panels, resulting in recommendations summarized in two NRC Reports, offering a definition of the field of network science. These reports not only documented the emergence of a new research field, but highlighted the field’s role for science, national competitiveness and security. The NetSci conference series was set up in 2006 to address the need of the new and emerging highly interdisciplinary network science community to meet and exchange ideas. The NetSci conference has been a yearly event since then. In 2015, a shorter regional conference, called NetSci-X, was added.
The formal NetSci conference series was preceded by several meetings:
XVIII Sitges Conference (2002)
COSIN Project Midterm Conference (2003)
CNLS Annual Conference 2003: Networks, Structure, Dynamics and Function, May 12–26, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Organized by Zoltán Toroczkai, Eli Ben-Naim, Hans Frauenfelder, Pieter Swart, supported by Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Aveiro Conference CNET 2004 August 29-September 2 (2004)
School and Workshop on Structure and Function of Complex Networks, ICTP Trieste May 16–28 (2005)
In 2006 these events became part of an organized structure with one network conference per year.
NetSci 2006 May 16–25, Indiana University Bloomington, USA. Organized by Albert-László Barabási, Katy Börner, Noshir Contractor, Alessandro Vespignani and Stanley Wasserman.
NetSci 2007 May 20–25, Notre Dame University, USA
NetSci 2008 June 23–27, Norwich University, UK
NetSci 2009 June 29-July 3, INFM, Istituto Veneto, Venice, ITALY. Organized by Guido Caldarelli (chair) and Vittoria Colizza (co-chair).
NetSci 2010 May 10–14, Northeastern University/MIT Boston, USA
NetSci 2011 June 1–6, Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest, HUNGARY
NetSci 2012 June 18–22 Northwestern University, Evanston, USA
NetSci 2013 June 3–7, Niels Bohr Institute/Technical University, Denmark
NetSci 2014 June 2–6, University of California, Berkeley, USA
NetSci 2015 June 1–5, University of Zaragoza, SPAIN
NetSci 2016 May 30-June 3, Korean Academy of Science, Seoul, Korea. Organized by Hawoong Jeong (general chair), Guanrong Chen (co-chair), and Reka Albert (co-chair).
NetSci 2017 June 19–23, Indiana University Network Science Institute, Indianapolis, USA.
In 2015, the Network Science Society added an additional, shorter regional conference, called NetSci-X, held in January:
NETSCI-x 2015 January 14–16, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NETSCI-x 2016 January 11–13, Wrocław, Poland
NETSCI-x 2017 January 15–18, Tel-Aviv, Israel, Organized by Dr. Erez Shmueli of Tel-Aviv University and Dr. Baruch Barzel of Bar-Ilan University.
Albert-László Barabási (2016),
Janos Kertesz (2016),
Jeong Han Kim (2016),
Olaf Sporns (2016);
Erdős–Rényi Prize 2016 Young Network Scientist Award
Professor Aaron Clauset (2016);
Edward Bullmore (2015),
Raissa D´Souza (2015);
Jordi García-Ojalvo (2015),
Jürgen Kurths (2015),
Tomas Saraceno (2015, Dinner Speaker),
Alessandro Vespignani (2015);
Erdős–Rényi Prize 2015 Young Network Scientist Award
Professor Chaoming Song (2015);
Reka Albert (2014),
Sinan Aral (2014),
Eric Berlow (2014),
Vittoria Colizza (2014),
Jessica Flack (2014),
James Gleeson (2014),
Dirk Helbing (2014),
Michael Kearns (2014),
Jon Kleinberg (2014),
Cris Moore (2014),
Saul Permutter, Dinner Speaker (2014),
Frank Schweitzer (2014),
Thilo Gross (2014),
Naoki Masuda (2014),
Tina Eliassi-Rad (2014);
Erdős–Rényi Prize 2014 Young Network Scientist Award
Dr. Mason Porter (2014);
To be added
Erdős–Rényi Prize 2013 Young Network Scientist Award
Professer Adilson E. Motter (2013);
Lada Adamic (2012),
Stefano Allesina (2012),
Luís A. Nunes Amaral, Keynote (2012),
Duygu Balcan (2012),
Albert-László Barabási, Dinner Speaker (2012),
Ronald S. Burt (2012),
Iain Couzin, Keynote (2012),
Jennifer Dunne (2012),
J. Doyne Farmer, Keynote (2012),
James Fowler, Keynote (2012),
Neil Johnson (2012),
Jon Kleinberg, Keynote (2012),
Adilson Motter (2012),
Michael W. Macy (2012),
Sandy Pentland (2012),
Marta Sales-Pardo (2012);
Erdős–Rényi Prize 2012 Young Network Scientist Award
Professor Roger Guimerà (2012);
Uri Alon (2011),
Guanrong Chen (2011),
Raissa D’Souza (201),
Robin Dunbar, Dinner Speaker (2011),
Marta C. González (2011),
János Kertész (2011),
László Lovász, Keynote (2011),
Neo Martinez (2011),
Gergely Palla (2011),
Brian Uzzi (2011),
Alessandro Vespignani (2011),
Duncan Watts, Keynote (2011);
Uri Alon (2010),
Sinan Aral (2010),
James J. Collins, Keynote (2010),
Ricardo Hausmann (2010),
Stuart Kauffman, Dinner Speaker (2010),
Mark Newman, Keynote (2010),
Sinan Aral (2010),
Guido Caldarelli (2010),
Jennifer Chayes (2010),
Vittoria Colizza (2010),
Riley Crane (2010),
César A. Hidalgo (2010),
Hawoong Jeong (2010),
David M. J. Lazer (2010),
Alan Mislove (2010),
Yamir Moreno (2010),
Jukka-Pekka Onnela (2010),
Asu Ozdaglar (2010),
Sandy Pentland (2010),
Sidney Redner (2010),
Olaf Sporns (2010),
Gene H. Stanley (2010),
Balázs Vedres (2010);
Alessandro Vespignani (2009),
Alain Barrat (2009),
Ginestra Bianconi (2009),
Dirk Brockmann (2009),
Debora Donato (2009),
Raissa D'Souza (2009),
James Fowler (2009),
Anne-Claude Gavin (2009),
Kwang-Il Goh (2009),
Shlomo Havlin (2009),
Dirk Helbing (2009),
Matthew O. Jackson (2009),
János Kertész (2009),
Amos Maritan (2009),
José Fernando Mendes (2009),
Joshua Lo Spinoso (2009),
Luciano Pietronero (2009),
Frank Schweitzer (2009),
H. Eugene Stanley (2009),
Bruce West (2009);
Albert-László Barabási (2008);
Nicholas Christakis, Keynote (2008),
Ian Gibson, Honorary Speaker (2008),
Robert May, Keynote (2008),
Andre Watson, Dinner Speaker (2008),
Brian Uzzi, Keynote (2008);
Eivind Almaas (2007),
Sinan Aral (2007),
Katy Börner (2007),
William R. Cheswick (2007),
Aaron Clauset (2007),
James J. Collins (2007),
Pam DiBona (2007),
Jennifer A. Dunne (2007),
Marta C. Gonzales (2007),
Natali Gulbahce (2007),
César R. A. Hidalgo (2007),
Peter A. Hook (2007),
Ricardo Hausmann (2007),
Weixia Huang (2007),
Jon Kleinberg (2007),
Joseph Loscalzo (2007),
Mark E. J. Newman (2007),
Stephen North (2007),
Han Woo Park (2007),
Dorion Sagan, Dinner Speaker (2007),
Chao Tang (2007),
Stephen Uzzo (2007),
Tamás Vicsek (2007),
Chris Wiggins (2007),
Muhammed Yildirim (2007);
The NetSci conference generally starts with two days of satellite meetings organized by different people, and classes offering an introduction into different aspects of network science. The formal NetSci conference starts on Wednesday, and has a series of keynote speakers, invited speakers, and contributed talks in parallel sections.
The Erdös-Rényi Prize in Network Science is awarded annually at the NetSci meeting,
