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SYSD: Symposium SKM Dissertation Prize 2020

SYSD 1: SKM Dissertation Prize

SYSD 1.5: Invited Talk

Monday, March 16, 2020, 11:10–11:35, HSZ 02

Network Dynamics under Constraints — •Malte Schröder — Chair for Network Dynamics, Institute for Theoretical Physics and Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden (cfaed), TU Dresden

The concept of networks provides a framework for the description of large complex systems with heterogeneous interactions between the individual parts. The structure and dynamics of these systems are often the result of complex optimization problems under constraints, either of the network as a whole or of the individual parts. Examples range from biological and technical systems achieving desired dynamics with minimal energy expenditure to optimal routing in transport and mobility systems. Understanding the fundamental mechanisms that shape the structure and dynamics across systems enables the identification of necessary and sufficient mechanisms for the emergence of collective phenomena. Here I discuss this concept of analyzing network dynamics as constrained optimization problems with applications to synchronization of coupled oscillators, network formation and percolation, and the dynamics of human mobility.