CCS 2026: THE 2026 CONFERENCE ON COMPLEX SYSTEMS
PROGRAM FOR THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15TH
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08:00-17:45 Registration
Location: Lecture Hall hallways
08:00-09:00 Session PB-O: Online Poster Conversations

(Presenter list is the same as PB-1)

Location: Online (Zoom)
09:00-12:00 Session S3-01: Twelfth International Conference on Guided Self-Organization
Location: Lecture Hall 1
09:00-12:00 Session S3-02: Commemorative Symposium Honoring Professor Erik Bollt's Contributions to Complex Systems Science
Location: Lecture Hall 2
09:00
Naratip Santitissadeekorn
Influence network reconstruction from discrete time-series of count data modelled by multidimensional Hawkes processes
09:40
James Bagrow
Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks, on Trial
10:20
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:40
Mishal Thapa
Global Sensitivity Analysis of Discontinuous Responses using Machine Learning Assisted Domain Decomposition
11:20
Dibikar Dhatta
Generative AI for Discovering Novel Materials for Next-Generation Biomedical, Quantum, and Energy Storage Applications
09:00-12:00 Session S3-07: Thriving in the Extremes: Active Inference in Non-equilibrium Systems
Location: Lecture Hall 7
09:00-12:15 Session S3-08: SUNY Symposium on Complex Systems Research and Education
Location: Lecture Hall 8
09:00
Sarah Muldoon
Announcements
09:15
Anca Rădulescu
Using the Mandelbrot Set to Navigate Complex Networks
09:55
Michael Buccino
Modeling Cortisol Time-Scales in a Model of Emotion Regulation
10:20
Shweta Hatote
Learning Brain Physiology through Computational EEG Analysis and Explainable AI
10:45
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:00
Elizabeth Castro
Brainstem-Based Microstructural and Network-Level Changes in Adolescents after Sport-Related Concussion
11:25
Kerri Reino
When AI Reads the Heart: A Complexity-Based Trust-but-Verify Framework
11:50
Jianwei Zhang
Design for Emergence: How Do We Design for Learning Goals Yet to Emerge and Learning Paths Under Construction?
09:00-12:00 Session S3-10: 14th Computational Social Science
Location: Lecture Hall 10
09:00-12:00 Session S3-11: Complex Systems and Contemplative Studies
Location: Lecture Hall 11
09:00
Pavel Chvykov
Opening practice: watching yourself see
09:15
Pavel Chvykov
The Shadow that Science Won't Look At
09:35
Alex Djedovic
Mindfulness, Pedagogy, and Linguistic Bodies
09:55
Pavel Chvykov
Discussion in small groups - when does observation influence the system? Warm up.
10:30
Michael Levin
KEYNOTE - Thoughts as Thinkers: the biology and computer science of inspiration above and within us
11:30
Pavel Chvykov
Deeper discussion in topic groups - when does observation influence the system? Deep dive - 3 aspects.
09:00-12:00 Session S3-14: Celebrating Howard H. Pattee’s Centennial
Location: Lecture Hall 14
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
Location: Lecture Hall hallways
12:00-13:30 Lunch
Location: Old Union Hall / Mandela Room
12:00-13:30 Session PB-2: Posters (Group B)

(Presenter list is the same as PB-1)

Location: Old Union Hall / Mandela Room
13:30-14:15 Session K8: Keynote 8: Brandon Ogbunu
Chair:
Carlos Gershenson
Location: Lecture Hall 1
13:30
Brandon Ogbunu
Soft Rules for Biological Engineering: Context and Complexity in Evolutionary Genetics & Beyond
14:45-17:45 Session S4-01: Twelfth International Conference on Guided Self-Organization
Location: Lecture Hall 1
14:45-17:45 Session S4-02: Commemorative Symposium Honoring Professor Erik Bollt's Contributions to Complex Systems Science
Location: Lecture Hall 2
14:45
Tyler Diggans
Identifying the Bottleneck for Synchronization
15:25
Nan Chen
Beyond Traditional Data Assimilation: From State Estimation to Model Bridging and Dynamical Discovery
16:05
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:25
Daniel Graham
Thinking about the fundamental nature of message passing in biological systems. Plus skiing
17:05
Chui-Jie Wu
From Numerical Simulation of Turbulence to New Computational Fluid Dynamics
14:45-17:45 Session S4-07: Thriving in the Extremes: Active Inference in Non-equilibrium Systems
Location: Lecture Hall 7
14:45-17:45 Session S4-08: SUNY Symposium on Complex Systems Research and Education
Location: Lecture Hall 8
14:45
Anca Rădulescu
Keynote Panel: Complex Systems Research and Education in the USNE

ABSTRACT. Moderator: Anca Rădulescu (SUNY New Paltz) Panelists: * Réka Albert (Pennsylvania State University) * Andrea Liu (University of Pennsylvania) * Mercedes Pascual (New York University) * Dakota Murray (University at Albany, SUNY)

16:15
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:30
Social Networking
Social Networking Session
14:45-17:45 Session S4-09: Womplexity meets Northeast: Connecting Communities in Complex Systems Science
Location: Lecture Hall 9
14:45
Sarah Muldoon
Investigating individual differences in human brain networks
15:10
Kerri Reino
When AI Reads the Heart: A Complexity-Based Trust but Verify Framework
15:25
Olga Buchel
From Emergence to Chronicity: Lifepath Analysis of Long COVID Research Dynamics Across Six Pandemic Years
15:40
Elizabeth Castro
Characterizing Adolescent Brain Structure After a Concussive Injury
15:55
Irene Ferri
Northeast CSS Chapter: Activities, projects, and how to get involved
16:05
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
16:10
Anastasia Bizyaeva
Nonlinear dynamics of beliefs and cascades over social networks
16:35
Çiğdem Yalçın
Panel Discussion: Women in Complex Systems

ABSTRACT. Moderator: Çiğdem Yalçın Panelists: Amanda Perofsky, Laura Hernández, Ekaterina Landgren

14:45-17:45 Session S4-11: Complex Systems and Contemplative Studies
Location: Lecture Hall 11
14:45
Pavel Chvykov
Afternoon settling practice
15:00
Xavier Snelgrove
Hermetic philosophy in the sciences: correspondence beyond mathematics
15:20
Yikai Xu
How Beliefs about Emotion Complexity and Asian Dialectical Beliefs influence Daily Affect: A Randomized Control Trial
15:40
Pavel Chvykov
Contemplative discussion practice - holding first- and third-person accounts of the same moment, silences included
16:15
Alan Rodrigues
KEYNOTE - Living thinking worthy for the study of life: transcending past-bound consciousness
17:15
Pavel Chvykov
What we carry forward - the day's most valuable ideas, and what we want to pursue together
14:45-17:45 Session S4-14: Celebrating Howard H. Pattee’s Centennial
Location: Lecture Hall 14
16:15-16:45 Coffee Break
Location: Lecture Hall hallways
18:00-21:00 Gala Dinner
Location: Old Union Hall / Mandela Room