We are happy to announce the following satellite workshop :

Exact mean field formulation of complex (neural) networks
to be held online on December 9th, 2020
within the CCS2020: The Conference on Complex Systems 2020
(http://ccs2020.web.auth.gr).

Topic:

The brain activity is the paradigmatic example of the dynamics of an extremely complex network of networks, where large heterogeneous neural populations interact over different
time and spatial scales. A first step in the simplification of this dynamics amounts to reproducing the neural population dynamics at a mean field level and this has led to the development of neural mass and neural field models of increasing complexity.

Recent advances on coupled phase oscillators have allowed to reduce the evolution of in-principle infinite dimensional systems to the dynamics of a few macroscopic variables. This exact reduction methodology has been recently applied to neural spiking networks leading to the development of an extremely active research field aiming to develop a new generation of neural mass models.

The aim of this minisymposium is to gather experts from mathematics, statistical physics, nonlinear dynamics and neuroscience to present the very recent developments in the field and to discuss of possible cross-fertilization from one field to the other one.

Invited Speakers:

Aine Byrne, Carlo Laing , Denis Goldobin, Matteo di Volo, Halgurd Taher, Diego Pazo’, Tilo Schwalger, Serhiy Yanchuk, Francesco Marino, Erik A. Martens

The meeting is open to all the interested PhD students and researchers, however registration to the workshop and/or conference is mandatory (fees range from 20
euros to 180 euros).

Early-bird registration is possible within November, 16th 2020 at this link:

http://ccs2020.web.auth.gr/registration

The Organizers:

Simona Olmi (Inria Sophia Antipolis, France)
Alessandro Torcini (LPTM, CY Cergy Paris University, France)