CNEI21: Complex Networks in Economics and Innovation Virtual Washington DC, DC, United States, June 30, 2021 |
Conference website | https://mrfrank8176.github.io/Complex-Networks-in-Economics-and-Innovation/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cnei21 |
Submission deadline | May 5, 2021 |
Notification to Authors | May 21, 2021 |
Submission of recorded talk (if that's your chosen option) | June 14, 2021 |
We are looking for abstracts for the “Complex Networks in Economics and Innovation” satellite event of the Networks 2021 conference.
This satellite will collect contributions using complex network analysis to model economic systems and to gain insights into economic development. Recent results on economic complexity, the principle of relatedness, and on the automation of workplace activities have shown how network analysis can uncover the pathways for innovation and economic development while highlighting potential issues. For example, the Product Space analysis showed how a bipartite country-product network reveals economic complexity that is strongly correlated with diversified export portfolios and future GDP growth. More generally, the principle of relatedness unveils hidden relationships between different industrial activities that can be leveraged to diversify an economy. Failure to exploit these opportunities impedes economic convergence through economic friction. There is much to add to this research, ranging from enhancing its spatial granularity (from global/regional economics to the intra-firm level), to exploring the complex dynamics of knowledge exchange (which is at the basis of the development of new skills and, therefore, of new economic activities), to applying similar techniques in new areas of economic research.
Submission Guidelines
You should submit an abstract of one-page abstract including one optional descriptive figure and caption. If you’re presenting at Networks 2021 or another of its satellites, there should not be too much overlap with your other contributed talks. Your abstract should be submitted to https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=cnei21
Topics
The aim of this satellite is to explore the potential applications of complex network analysis to foster our understanding of complex economic systems. We welcome submission about, although not necessarily restricted to, the following topics:
- Mapping the relationship of complex economic activities at the global, regional, and local level;
- Tracking flows of knowhow in all its forms;
- Creating networks of related tasks and skills to estimate knockoff effects and productivity gains of automation;
- Investigating the dynamics of research and innovation via analysis of patents, inventions, and science;
- Uncovering scaling laws and other growth trends able to describe the systemic increase in complexity of activities due to agglomeration;
- In general, any application of network analysis that can be used to further our understanding of economics.
Organizing Committee
- Michele Coscia, ITU Copenhagen
- Morgan Frank, University of Pittsburgh
- Lingfei Wu, University of Pittsburgh
Invited Speakers
- Daniel Rock, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Hyejin Youn, Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
- Esteban Moro, Media Lab, MIT
- Yong-Yeol “YY” Ahn, Center for Complex Networks and Systems Research, Indiana University Bloomington
- Marta Gonzalez, Civil and Environmental Engineering, UC Berkeley
- Jiang Zhang, School of Systems Science, Beijing Normal University
- R. Maria del Rio-Chanona, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
- Lü Linyuan, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Venue
The event will be fully virtual. We will communicate the official link closer to the event. You can decide whether you have a recorded presentation or not -- however you’ll need to be present for questions even if you opt for a recorded talk.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to mcos@itu.dk, mrfrank@pitt.edu, or wlf850927@gmail.com