European Conference on Complex Systems

Call for abstracts and papers

Complex Systems research is a rapidly growing field. The ECCS conference aims to bring together all scientists working on Complex Systems, no matter what specific point of view they adopt for their research.

Complex systems, as networks of interactive entities, are studied through a rapidly increasing mass of data in all domains. At the same time, these domains share a lot of new and fundamental theoretical questions. This situation is especially favourable for developing the new science of complex systems in an interdisciplinary way.

Complex Systems science bridges the natural, social and formal sciences. It will reduce the gap between engineering and the sciences. It will establish new foundations for engineering - a Science of Engineering - which is essential for the design and implementation of systems with levels of complexity beyond current engineering approaches. Because it is concerned with complex systems both inside us and outside us, Complex Systems science will enable harmonisation between science and societal needs.

Instructions for authors

The ECCS conference invites authors from any discipline related to Complex Systems (CS) to send either a long paper (for contributed presentation) or an abstract (either for short communication or poster presentation). The submission should be organised around some explicit question or issue in Complex Systems Science or its applications, as outlined above. These questions may either be specific to some object or system, or span all application domains. They can be addressed by different methodologies arising from different disciplines, and a variety of approaches will be welcome.

The deadline for papers and abstracts is May 8.

Three types of contributions are considered.
1) Long papers to be considered for publication and for a 40-min (30+10) afternoon presentation: full peer-review process by three PC members.
2) Abstracts to be considered for a 20-min (15+5) afternoon presentation (short papers): light peer-review process by one PC member.
3) Abstracts for posters : no review process except for topicality (reviewed by one PC member).
The review process will end with a harmonisation session. Decisions will be sent to the authors by July 8.
Abstracts that have not been selected for a 20-min presentation will be considered as abstracts for posters, pending author's approval.
Authors of abstracts that have been selected for a 20-min presentation may submit by August 31 an extended abstract (3-6 A4 pages altogether, figures included) for inclusion in the Proceedings. Such extended abstracts will undergo the light peer-review process.

PROCEEDINGS:

Paper pre-proceedings, and a CD-ROM containing the full proceedings, will be distributed to the participants at the Conference opening. Accepted papers and abstracts will additionally be available on this web site. It will be possible to order a full Proceedings book from the Publisher soon after the Conference. Full proceedings include all accepted papers and abstracts.

JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS:

Pending author's approval and acceptation by the Program Committee, long papers will be published together in a regular issue of a scientific journal, ComPlexUs. To foster interdisciplinary collaboration, a novel concept of ComPlexUs is to supplement original scientific articles, where necessary, with companion 'translation' texts written by qualified scientific writers. ComPlexUs.

BEST PAPER AWARD:

The authors of the best paper, as determined by the Program Committee, will be awarded 3000 Euros.

Guidelines for authors

to submit a paper or an abstract