APRIL 9 - 11, 2025   BINGHAMTON, NY (& ONLINE)

NERCCS 2025:
Eighth Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, the Complex Systems Society US Northeast Chapter, the Binghamton Center of Complex Systems (CoCo), the Bernard M. and Ruth R. Bass Center for Leadership Studies, the Binghamton University Institute for AI and Society, the School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering, DatArt Lab, and Data Science and Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Discoveries Thematic Program of the Data Science Transdisciplinary Area of Excellence at Binghamton University


Thank you for participating in the very successful NERCCS 2025!! Check out the #NERCCS2025 hashtag timeline on Bluesky.

NERCCS 2025: The Eighth Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems will follow the success of the previous NERCCS conferences to promote the emerging venue of interdisciplinary scholarly exchange for complex systems researchers in the Northeast U.S. region (and beyond) to share their research outcomes through presentations and online publications, network with their peers, and promote interdisciplinary collaboration and the growth of the research community.

NERCCS will particularly focus on facilitating the professional growth of early career faculty, postdocs, and students in the region who will likely play a leading role in the field of complex systems science and engineering in the coming years.

The 2025 conference will be held primarily in person in the Innovative Technologies Complex at Binghamton University, with an online participation option via Zoom.

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

We call for submissions for oral and poster presentations on a wide variety of complex systems research. Relevant topics include (but are not limited to):

Theoretical foundations of complex systems
Nonlinear dynamics and chaos
Systems theory, information theory, and systems science
Game theory, decision theory, and socio-economical applications

Self-organization, pattern formation, and collective behavior
Structure and dynamics of complex networks
Sustainability and adaptability of complex systems
Bio-inspired systems, machine learning, and evolutionary computation

Data-driven approaches to complex systems
Applications to the humanities, art, and literature
Historical and philosophical aspects of complex systems
Complex systems and education

Submissions should be made as a single PDF file via the EasyChair submission system, in either extended abstract format (1 page, including one figure) or full paper format (15 pages max.).

Full paper submission has an earlier deadline to allow for rigorous full-paper peer reviews, and if accepted, the papers will be published in Northeast Journal of Complex Systems (NEJCS) by the time of the conference (free of charge). Interested authors can contact the Publication Chairs (Georgi Georgiev and Bernard Ricca).

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Best Oral Presentation / Best Poster Awards: NERCCS 2025 will offer the Best Oral Presentation and Best Poster Awards. The winner will be selected from accepted talks and posters by the judge panel, which will be recognized with a certificate at the conference.

Award Winners:

Best Oral Presentation Award Winner:
Chanon Thongprayoon and Naoki Masuda: "Tie-decay networks with splines"
Best Oral Presentation Award Honorable Mentions:
Malak Fora, Zhiyuan Wang, Bethany Teachman, Laura Barnes and Congyu Wu: "Predicting interpersonal perception in face-to-face communication using video-based cross-recurrence quantification analysis (CRQA)"
Brandon Bedenbender: "Agent-based modeling to stress test New York State healthcare robustness"

Best Poster Award Winner:
Javier Gómez Sánchez-Seco, Mary Luz Mouronte-López and Rosa María Benito Zafrilla: "Description and recognition of X accounts that publish on the environmental sustainability"
Best Poster Award Honorable Mentions:
Yara Suleiman, Congyu Wu, Sujoy Sikdar and Narmada Sambaturu: "Analyzing empirically measured social connectivity patterns among university students: A case study in UT Austin"
Thankgod Ikpe, Takayuki Hiraoka and Naoya Fujiwara: "Epidemic induced network evolution"

Important Dates:

Full paper submission deadline:  January 24, 2025
Full paper notification to authors:  February 21, 2025
Extended abstract submission deadline:  February 28, 2025
Extended abstract notification to authors:  March 10, 2025
Revision deadline:  March 28, 2025
Registration deadline:  April 6, 2025
Conference:  April 9-11, 2025

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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Réka Albert Distinguished Professor of Physics and Biology
Pennsylvania State University
(Remote talk) "Boolean Modeling of Biological Systems: How to Refine a Model to Improve Its Predictive Power"

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Jeremy Blackburn Associate Professor, School of Computing
Binghamton University "AI and Society: How Can We Get It Right?"


 
 
 
 
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Deepak Dhar INSA Distinguished Professor
International Center for Theoretical Sciences, TIFR, Bengaluru, India
(*The 2022 Boltzmann Medal recipient*)
(Remote talk) "Modelling Proportionate Growth"

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[Bernard M. and Ruth R. Bass Center for Leadership Studies Keynote Talk] Mirta Galesic Professor, Santa Fe Institute
Resident Faculty, Complexity Science Hub Vienna
(Remote talk) "Networks of Beliefs in Individual and Collective Minds"

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Joaquín Goñi Associate Professor, School of Industrial Engineering & Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering
Purdue University
 "Human Brain Functional Connectivity: Fingerprinting and Reconfiguration"

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Sarah Muldoon Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics
University at Buffalo, State University of New York "Quantifying Individual Differences in Brain Network Evolution"

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Zoran Obradovic Laura H. Carnell Professor of Data Analytics
Director, Center for Data Analytics and Biomedical Informatics
Temple University
 "Lifting the Fog by Harnessing Interactions Across Diverse Systems"

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[School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering Keynote Talk] Alessandro Vespignani Sternberg Family Distinguished Professor of Physics
Director, Network Science Program
Northeastern University "Navigating Complexity: Human Mobility Networks for Pandemic Prediction and Surveillance"

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David Sloan Wilson Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences and Anthropology
Binghamton University "Complex Systems Science and Generalized Darwinism: Two New Bodies of Information in Need of Integration"

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PROGRAM

 

Conference Program Book (including talk schedule and poster list)

Times are all in the U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT = UTC - 04:00).

VENUE

Center of Excellence Symposium Hall & Engineering Science Building ES 2008
Innovative Technologies Complex
Binghamton University, State University of New York
85 Murray Hill Road, Vestal, NY 13850

Parking are available on the venue. Registered participants can park in Lot J and Lot J5 free of charge during the conference.

**NERCCS 2025 Special Hotel Rates**
Quality Inn & Suites Vestal Binghamton (4105 Vestal Parkway East, Vestal, NY 13850) -- Double: $95, King: $100 per night
Please contact Bernadine Morris (607-729-6371 Ext 190, sales@a1hotelgroup.com) for reservation.

Local accommodation options (Google Maps)

Information about Greater Binghamton Area

VisitBinghamton.org

Broome Country Public Transportation

REGISTRATION

Registration Fees:

Student/postdoc:  $30
Academic:  $60
Industry:  $100
 
Online participant:  $15

Registration Deadline: April 6, 2025

ORGANIZERS & SPONSORS

Organizing Committee:

General Chairs:   Luis Rocha (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Hiroki Sayama (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Program Chairs:   Carlos Gershenson (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Changqing Cheng (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Poster Session Chairs:   Zeynep Ertem (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Sriniwas Pandey (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Logistics Chairs:   Andreas Pape (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Kenneth Chiu (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Scholarship Chair:   Jeremie Fish (Clarkson University)
Online Activity Chairs:   Rory Eckardt (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Chou-Yu (Joey) Tsai (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Publication Chairs:   Georgi Georgiev (Assumption University / Worcester Polytechnic Institute)
Bernard Ricca (University of Colorado Colorado Springs)
 
Student Volunteers:   Akshay Gangadhar (Volunteer Lead) (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Rahul Balamurugan (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Karan Duhoon (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Sarah Escotto Rodriguez (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Shayan Esfarayeni (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Srikanth Iyer (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Amahury Jafet Lopez Diaz (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Ramin Naderi Beni (Binghamton University, SUNY)
Shrivats Nigam (Binghamton University, SUNY)

Program Committee:

Yong-Yeol Ahn    Ma Al-Mamun    James Bagrow    Mariano Beguerisse Diaz    Denis Boyer    David Chavalarias    Changqing Cheng    Philip Chodrow    Wesley Clawson    Rodrigo Dorantes Gilardi    Bruce Edmonds    Simon Garnier    Georgi Georgiev    Carlos Gershenson    Jesus Gomez-Gardenes    Bruno Gonçalves    Leila Hedayatifar    Klaus Jaffe    Marco Janssen    Kshitij Jerath    Brennan Klein    Erika Fille Legara    Jorge Louçã    Nishant Malik    Naoki Masuda    Sarah Muldoon    Roberto Murcio    Sriniwas Pandey    Flavio L. Pinheiro    Rick Quax    Filippo Radicchi    Bernard Ricca    Luis Rocha    Jonathan Roginski    Gonzalo Ruz    Anxo Sanchez    Jari Saramäki    Hiroki Sayama    Samuel Scarpino    J. David Schaffer    Jesús M. Siqueiros-García    Per Sebastian Skardal    Chou-Yu Tsai    Jean-Gabriel Young   

Sponsors:

National Science Foundation
Complex Systems Society US Northeast Chapter
Binghamton Center of Complex Systems
Bernard M. and Ruth R. Bass Center for Leadership Studies
Binghamton University Institute for AI and Society
School of Systems Science and Industrial Engineering
DatArt Lab
Data Science and Artificial Intelligence for Scientific Discoveries Thematic Program of the Data Science Transdisciplinary Area of Excellence

Contact:

nerccs2025@gmail.com