Networks, Topological Data Analysis, and Social Dynamics
- Date
- Oct 6, 2025
- Time
- 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
- Speaker
- Prof. Mason Porter
- Affiliation
- UCLA
- Series
- MPI-PKS Kolloquium
- Language
- en
- Main Topic
- Physik
- Other Topics
- Physik
- Description
- I will overview some recent research projects in networks, topological data analysis, and social dynamics. I will start with a brief summary of several research threads, and then I will go into more detail on two topics. First, I will discuss topological data analysis in spatial and social systems. I will present results on voting systems, resource coverage, and continuum percolation with disks. Second, I will discuss opinion dynamics on networks. I will discuss bounded-confidence models, in which interacting individuals compromise their opinions when their views are sufficiently similar, and examine how they lead to opinion consensus, polarization, and fragmentation on different types of networks.
Last modified: Oct 6, 2025, 7:40:07 AM
Location
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer SystemeNöthnitzer Straße3801187Dresden
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- + 49 (0)351 871 0
- MPI-PKS
- Homepage
- http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de
Organizer
Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer SystemeNöthnitzer Straße3801187Dresden
- Phone
- + 49 (0)351 871 0
- MPI-PKS
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- http://www.mpipks-dresden.mpg.de
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