Structure-dynamics interplay in complex networks

• Lucas Antiqueira
• Bruno Abrahao
• Jonathan Cannon
• Damian Blasi
• Gavin Fay
• Joseph Gran
• Chaitanya Gokhale
• Vanessa Weinberger
• Borys Wrobel

Goal: Analyze and explain correlations between network structure and dynamics.

We have two different trends. The first one has the following features:

• The dynamics is a diffusion process (random walk) occurring on the network.
• The structure is represented by different network models (random, small-world, scale-free).
• Applications? Any network whose dynamical properties are reasonably represented by random walks.
• People interested: Lucas Antiqueira, Damian Blasi

Second trend:

• The dynamics is related to the network evolution in terms of inclusion of nodes, rewiring of edges, change of nodes/edges properties, etc, etc.
• Motifs play a special role in structural analysis.
• Special attention to food-webs.
• People interested: Jonathan Cannon