The workshop "Complex Network Analysis: From Graph Theory to Systems Biology" will take place in the city of Hall near Innsbruck in Austria from 2 to 4 October 2012. The concept of this workshop is that we want to bring together mathematicians, working on graph analysis and characterization, and scientists interested in application of mathematical methods to particular physical and biological systems. There is no registration fee and we can help you in booking accommodation in Hall.

Social simulation is a multidisciplinary research field that uses multi-agent computational models to approach the study and understanding of complex social phenomena such as the functioning of markets, the emergence of social norms, the ethnogenesis, or the dissemination of information in societies among others. The Summer School in Social Simulation: A hands-on approach program, organized by the Laboratory for Socio-Historical Dynamics Simulation (LSDS - UAB) offers an intensive hands-on course on multi-agent modeling applied to the social sciences using the Netlogo modeling environment. Participants will be able to debut immediately in the field and to present their own simulation model at the end of the course. The program will be conducted by researchers in artificial intelligence, sociology, economics, archeology and other fields in the social sciences who, parallel to the course, will present the state-of-the-art research on the implementation of social simulation in their fields of expertise. The course is mainly directed to advanced students and researchers in the various fields of the social sciences who wish to approximate or to deepen in the knowledge of agent-based simulation to analyze complex phenomena in the context of social dynamics.

From 12 - 14 September 2012, we (Frank Schweitzer, Ernst Fehr und Didier Sornette) organize the Latsis Symposium 2012 "Economics on the Move: Trends and Challenges from the Natural Sciences" as a high-level conference, including a Satellite Workshop, to be held at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. More information can be be found in the attached CFP as well as at the conference homepage: http://web.sg.ethz.ch/Latsis_2012/.

We would like to announce the II Gefenol Summer School on Statistical Physics of Complex and Small Systems organized by the Grupo de Fisica Estadística y No Lineal (GEFENOL) of the Spanish Physical Society. The School will take place at the “Centro de Ciencias Pedro Pascual” in Benasque, Huesca, Spain on September 3-14 2012. Applications to attend the school can be submitted through the school web page until June 15. Fellowships covering the lodging cost will be available.

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences started a computational humanities programme this year. In one of the projects, "Elite Network Shifts", a postdoc position is offered for a person with a profile in physics/mathematics/engineering (preferably complex networks) and interest for social and political dynamics and history. While this is a unique possibility we are aware that it is also a challenge to find such a person, and this is why I would like to alert you to this positions and also ask you to send the advertisement to possible candidates. Deadline for application is June 30.

The focus of SocialCom is on information and communication technologies aimed at modeling, analysis and synthesis of social interactions. The program will cover the whole spectrum of contexts where computers play a role in human-human and human-machine interaction, from co-located, face-to-face dyadic interactions up to large-scale on-line social networks. Submission deadline: May 18, 2012.

The 2012 edition addresses PhD students and young researchers to the forefront of research activity on data mining and modeling of complex techno-socio-economic systems. Recognized authorities in the field will give formal lectures tailoring these for an interdisciplinary audience. Participants will also have the opportunity to present the results of their research during a short communication session. As a whole, the planned summer school will allow participants to be exposed to cutting edge results in one of the most challenging research area, while at the same time enjoying the relaxing atmosphere of one of the most beautiful italian islands.

Social life is increasingly characterized by interdependencies among actors, which give rise to self-organization, feedback-loops, unpredictable and unexpected system behavior, and other complex dynamics. Providing novel and fast ways through which the behavior of individuals may have implications for the behavior of others, information and communication technologies (ICT) seem to dramatically emphasize these tendencies. Agent-based modeling promises to be a major tool for a better understanding of such complexities that fundamentally challenge the way social phenomena are approached. The workshop invites poster contributions of cutting-edge research that draws on such techniques or on empirical data tostudy interdependencies in social life, with a special focus on techno-social systems.

The candidate's areas of interest should revolve around individual and collective animal behavior, animal cognition, animal movement, human social behavior, social transfer of information, and/or the development of new methods (GPS, RFID, computer vision, etc.) to collect and analyze large scale behavioral data. Candidates with experience in experimental work (lab and field) and/or theoretical work are welcome, as well as candidates with an engineering background but a demonstrated interest in biology, in particular the research areas mentioned previously.

Recommender systems have been recognized as a promising way to solve the information overload problem, whose main task is to find out what their users might like. Recent evidence demonstrates the significance of social influence and indicate that recommendations made by advanced techniques and algorithms are often less appreciated than those coming from our friends or acquaintances. The emergence of large-scale social network services, such as Facebook and Twitter, is facilitating the development of social recommendation. We seek high-qualified, original submissions of reports on research covering all the aspects of designs, techniques, algorithms, experiments, and empirical analyses on social recommender systems.

Latsis Symposium 2012 is a high-level conference to be held at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. The day preceding the Latsis Symposium, TUE 11 September 2012, is reserved for a SATELLITE WORKSHOP that addresses in three parallel tracks the relation between economics and other quantitative sciences from different viewpoints. We invite contributed talks (30 min) to these parallel tracks.

The International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo 2012) is an interdisciplinary venue for researchers from Computer Science, Informatics, Social Sciences and Management Sciences to share ideas and opinions, and present original research work on studying the interplay between socially-centric platforms and social phenomena. The ultimate goal of Social Informatics is to create better understanding of socially-centric platforms not just as a technology, but also as a set of social phenomena. To that end, we are inviting interdisciplinary papers, on applying information technology in the study of social phenomena, on applying social concepts in the design of information systems, on applying methods from the social sciences in the study of social computing and information systems, on applying computational algorithms to facilitate the study of social systems and human social dynamics, and on designing information and communication technologies that consider social context.

Researchers are invited to submit a contribution to the Third International Workshop on Managing Financial Instability in Capitalist Economies (MAFIN 2012), to be held in Genoa (Italy), September 19th-21st, 2012. Unorthodox methodological approaches will be appreciated, e.g. agent-based modeling and simulation, flow-of-fund analyses and stock-flow consistent modeling, networks economics, statistical equilibrium techniques, institutional and evolutionary economics perspectives, data mining techniques.

The page says... We welcome submissions in the areas of multi-agent systems, aggregation mechanisms and crowd-sourcing, belief elicitation, reward based systems, game theory and mechanism design, online trading and portfolio selection, prediction markets, and auctions or any other areas of relevance. In each of these areas there are often transactional or reward mechanisms that can be thought of in economic terms.

In the framework of the European research and training activities in Complexity Science we announce the continuation of a series of annual Ph.D. Schools on "Mathematical Modeling of Complex Systems". This Ph.D. School is intended for postgraduate students from all over Europe and offers four coherent lecture courses, taught by experts in each field.

The Institute for Future Studies is looking for a highly qualified postdoc. The ideal candidate has a background in social science, programming skills in Matlab, and good knowledge of statistical methods (preferably including Bayesian methods) and dynamical systems.

Applications are invited for this position in the Madrid groups involved in the RESINEE project. The position is available from 1 September 2012 to 30 June 2013 (non-renewable). The position will be held at the Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos (GISC, Interdisciplinary Group for Complex Systems), where a very active area of research is the application of the ideas and techniques of statistical physics to biological and social systems and to questions in economics.

The course is addressed to PhD students of the Politecnico di Milano, but also to other PhD students and researchers working in various areas of science and engineering interested in applying dynamical system theory to social sciences.

We are pleased to announce the Aalto Complex Networks Factory, combining 3 days of summer school with 2 days reserved for a workshop and presentations. The Factory will take place in Porvoo, near Helsinki, between 4th and 8th June, 2012, in the Sannäs countryside manor. If you wish to participate, please send an email to santo.fortunato@aalto.fi or jari.saramaki@aalto.fi as soon as possible. In the email please attach your updated CV, including a list of publications.

The ECCS conference series has become a major international event for people interested in interdisciplinary science and applications. The call for abstract submission for the next European Conference on Complex Systems (Brussels 3-7 September 2012) is extended until 18 April. Please see our webpage for details.

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We select a few fellows every year, and we have them work with city governments. Instead of sending them off into the Third World, we send them into the wilds of City Hall. And there they make great apps and work with city staffers. But really what they're doing is showing what's possible with technology today.

On November 22nd – 23rd 2012 UCSIA organizes the workshop ‘Risk and Uncertainty in Changing Society’ at the University of Antwerp, Belgium. This programme will investigate how the concept of risk is analysed at the global level, the level of society and the individual level and where these three intersect. Submitted papers should be related to the topic of coping with immeasurable and uninsurable global risks from one of the following angles: global governance and decision making (macro level), societal approach (meso level), individual decision making (micro level), dealing with risk at the intersection of systems and networks. The application deadline is June 10th 2012.

We invite you to spend a few minutes in a global survey that intends to map the structure of science in an alternative way by collecting the individual appreciations of students, researchers, scholars etc. about which disciplines "fit together". The survey is completely anonymous. You decide how long the survey takes.

IMT has opened an international scouting procedure to recruit for a tenured faculty position in the following fields: Computer Science and Engineering, Large Scale Data Mining, Graph Theory, Mathematical Statistics, Machine Learning. We will consider highly qualified candidates with a strong theoretical background in computer science, physics, statistics, information science, engineering, or mathematics, with an orientation towards research on processing huge amounts of complex data in the analysis of technical, socio economic or biological systems. Candidates must have an excellent record of high-impact international publications. They should have demonstrated remarkable ability in leading research groups, as well as experience in conducting/coordinating international projects. Preference will be given to candidates performing research at the intersection between algorithms, theory and applications, and who are active in one or more of the following fields: analysis and modeling of massive data structures; graph theory and random structures; analysis and modeling of complex networks; machine learning; data mining; parallel and distributed computation. The deadline is May 15th 2012.

Fidelity Center for Applied Complexity in Boston is soliciting applications from doctoral students and post docs for Visiting Scholar positions starting between May and September, 2012, with a typical duration of 3 months. The scholarship will consist of a research project that addresses a complex business challenge such as systemic risk, large technology network management, and innovation. Scholars will work as part of research teams with internal researchers, business practitioners, and other visiting scholars.

The Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science (BECS) at the Aalto University School of Science, Finland, is seeking to hire at least 4 postdoctoral researchers who would be good matches for the research fields at the department. BECS focuses on the following partially interleaved and synergistic research areas: Biomedical Engineering and Biophysics, Brain and Mind, and Computational Complex Systems. The applications are to be submitted to the Registry of Aalto University by email, no later than on 5th of March, 2012.

One post-doc position is available at Palermo University for a one-year Post-Doc position funded by the CRISIS European project. Please note that the deadline for submitting the formal application by registered mail is: 10/03/2012.

Social life is increasingly characterized by interdependencies among actors, which give rise to self-organization, feedback-loops, unpredictable and unexpected system behavior, and other complex dynamics. Agent-based modeling promises to be a major tool for a better understanding of such complexities that fundamentally challenge the way social phenomena are approached. The workshop invites contributions of cutting-edge research that draws on such techniques or on empirical data to study interdependencies in social life, with a special focus on techno-social systems. Extended abstracts (700-1000 words) should be submitted by March 31.

Two postdoctoral research positions in complex networks/network science are available in the Krioukov group at the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis (CAIDA) at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Imperial College London invites applications from outstanding candidates for a Lecturership in the area of Urban Engineering Systems, based in the Centre for Transport Studies. The Centre for Transport Studies is one of the largest and most successful transport groups in Europe, with a wide ranging and high quality programme of research and teaching activities, and is the focus for transport research throughout the College. The focus of this post is on developing programmes of engineering research and teaching that take a holistic view of urban systems including the built and natural environment and human activity and behaviour and the relationship of these processes to the planning, management and operation of underlying networked infrastructures including those serving transport, communications, buildings, energy, water and wastes.

Institute IMDEA Networks is a networking research institute whose multinational team is engaged in cutting edge fundamental science. As a growing, English-speaking institute located in Madrid, Spain, Institute IMDEA Networks offers a unique opportunity for pioneering scientists to develop their ideas. IMDEA Networks is establishing itself internationally at the forefront in the development of future Internet technologies and has already incorporated highly-reputed scientists. We are looking for outstanding researchers at all levels of the professional career, ranging from those who have recently achieved their Ph.D. (Staff and Post-Doc Researchers) to tenured Senior Researchers and very distinguished Chief Researchers.

Nuffield College is a social science graduate institution within Oxford University, with a strong research tradition of empirically informed and theoretically aware sociology. The College is looking to appoint two Official Fellows in Sociology with a proven track record in research and publication to commence during 2012 -2013. The deadline for applications is Monday 16 January 2012.

Within the Doctoral School at Bocconi University, the four-years Ph.D. program in Statistics and Applied Mathematics gives a solid theoretical grounding for high level research in Universities and international research institutions. Applications are due by February 15th, 2012.

PhD Student & Postdoc Positions in the modeling of radiation transport and quantum computations are opened at Purdue University in CMUXE lab, Indiana, US. Information and further details can be found at the CMUXE webpage https://engineering.purdue.edu/CMUXE/Opportunities.html

More information is to be found on the web page offers the possibility of Postdoctoral positions or PhD scholarships in a broad range of research http://www.vub.ac.be/CLEA/apply/call. Application deadline 07 Jan 2012.

More information is to be found on the web page offers the possibility of Postdoctoral positions or PhD scholarships in a broad range of research http://www.vub.ac.be/CLEA/apply/call. Application deadline 07 Jan 2012.

The Department of Sociology welcomes applications to two positions as doctoral student in Sociology. The area for the doctoral studies should preferably be within any of the fields of sociological research represented at the department. Last day for applications is December 15, 2011. Please note that electronic applications are not accepted. All documents should be sent by regular mail.

The College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Miami seeks applicants and nominations for four faculty appointments in Complexity Science, including complex networks and complex systems, from disciplines across the physical, biological, computational, mathematical, statistical, medical, economic and social sciences. Review of applications will begin November 15, 2011 and continue until the positions are filled.

Post-Doc - Statistical Finance (Paris – France) CFM (Capital Fund Management) is a leading hedge fund manager and a pioneer in the field of quantitative alternative investment management. The PhD research project is in the field of `econophysics’: financial time series modeling, agent based simulations, random matrix theory, optimization and portfolio construction, market microstructure and order book dynamics, impact, option pricing, etc. Based in central Paris, you will be working with world-renowned experts, embedded in a team of 35 researchers. Although a high interest in the field is crucial, no prior knowledge is needed.

The Bank of Spain Chair in Computational Economics at the Economics Department of the University Jaume I of Castellón (Spain) is seeking to fill two positions for Doctoral Students to contribute to the research program of the Bank of Spain Chair headed by Professor Thomas Lux within the project on Role of Trust and Network on Systemic Risk in the Banking System.

The University of Miami, Florida (USA) seeks applicants and nominations for four faculty appointments in Complexity Science, including complex networks and complex systems, from disciplines across the physical, biological, computational, mathematical, statistical, medical, economic and social sciences. Appointments may be made at any level and joint appointments are possible between different departments and schools.

The Bank of Spain Chair in Computational Economics at the Economics Department of the University Jaume I of Castellón (Spain) is seeking to fill two positions for doctoral students to contribute to the research program of the Bank of Spain Chair headed by Professor Thomas Lux within the project on Role of Trust and Network on Systemic Risk in the Banking System.

Research Associate – Statistical Finance (Paris - France) CFM (Capital Fund Management) a leading hedge fund manager in the field of quantitative investment seeks a creative and rigorous PhD scientist to build new statistical arbitrage strategies. The work will consist of development of statistical tools, exploitation of recent theoretical developments, careful backtesting of ideas through data analysis and implementation of these ideas into the trading infrastructure. The candidate should be both creative (in order to find new ways of detecting hidden statistical patterns) and rigorous (it is so easy to devise winning strategies on -- sometimes subtle -- artifacts!). Although numerical skills in data analysis and interest in modeling financial time series are crucial, no prior knowledge in the field is required.

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We ask you for your nominations for the Young Scientist Award in Socio- and Econophycis (5,000 EUR), which will be awarded during the annual Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society in Berlin in the week from March 25-30, 2012. Nomination deadline: December 1, 2011.

Palermo University has opened a call for three one-year Post-Doc positions funded by research grants on research projects carried out by the Observatory of Complex Systems.

IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca invites applications for an Assistant Professor position in the areas of theory, applied mathematics, analysis and modeling of complex systems and applications of statistical physics and economics to social systems, graph theory and random structures and analysis and modeling of complex networks in social economic systems. Candidates with a Ph.D. in Physics, Mathematics or Information Sciences are preferred, and they should have an excellent record of high-impact international publications. The Assistant Professor will be a part of the Research Unit "Laboratory for the Analysis of compleX Economic Systems" (AXES, http://www.imtlucca.it/research/research_units.php) in the Economics and Institutional Change area of the Institute, and will perform research activities, tutorship and mentoring of Ph.D. students, limited teaching of graduate courses and participation in the development of the research activities of the Institute. Appointment compensation packages will depend on the candidates and their records of accomplishment, but are competitive on an international level. Applicants must be able to teach graduate courses in English; knowledge of Italian is not required. Interested candidates must apply before October 31st, 2011 12:00 pm CET by filling in the online application form at http://www.imtlucca.it/faculty/positions under "Junior Faculty Recruitment Program". They will also be asked to submit a CV, research paper (published or working) and the name and contact details of three referees. For further information about the position, applicants can refer to the website, or can contact Sara Olson, e-mail: researchers.opening@imtlucca.it.

The collective behaviour research group at Uppsala University uses a combination of mathematical models and experiments to understand the dynamics of animal and human groups. Some current projects on humans involve the study of socially contagious activities, such as audience clapping, and of how individuals integrate social and personal information when trying to answer trivia questions. We currently have an opening for a postdoctoral researcher to work on similar projects, from a perspective that combines mathematical modelling with experimental work. You are welcome to submit your application no later than 18th November, 2011.

Why do firms invest large sums in advertisement? Why do students spend great effort on highly selective educational courses? Why do people follow certain dress codes although norm compliance is time-consuming and costly? Why do banks invest in marble entrance halls? Why did the path of evolution lead to the magnificent tail feathers of a peacock although this luxury inhibits the movement of the bird? Signaling theory put forward by economist Michael Spence and biologist Amotz Zahavi provides an answer. Signaling theory yields an explanation for the paradox of the ubiquity and stability of costly and wasteful activities to be observed in human social life as well as in animal behavior. Contributions (title, abstract, manuscript if available) should be submitted no later than January 31st, 2012 to one of the organizers or to Stefan Wehrli (wehrlist@ethz.ch).