Application

The School will be open to 45 qualified and selected students.
Registration fee: 600 euro (VAT 22% included). The fee covers: all lectures; course material; wi-fi connections; lunches and coffee breaks; social dinner. The fee does NOT cover accommodation and travel.

HOW TO APPLY: Prospective participants have to fill out and submit the form below, and upload a 1-page letter (pdf) organized as follows:

  • name, department/university, current position (PhD student, postdoc, other)
  • educational background
  • research activity and interests
  • motivations for participating in the school
 

Please note that any page after the first one will be automatically deleted.

PREREQUISITES: Basic notions and metrics on complex networks are required to be able to follow the entire course.

SELECTION CRITERIA: In addition to applicant quality, the Organizing Committee will consider a number of features including: the coherence of the motivation with the aim and scope of the school, the potential benefit for the student’s research, the timeliness for the development of the student’s career. Preference will be given to applicants not participating in the previous edition (2024) of the school.

The school is especially addressed to doctoral students and young postdoctoral scholars. A very limited number of senior students (e.g., assistant/associate/full professors) can be admitted, if they provide strong and convincing motivation in their application letter.

Deadlines

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Student application: February 16, 2025 (firm deadline)

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Notification of acceptance: March 10, 2025

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Registration and payment for accepted students: March 24, 2025

SHORT TALKS

Participants who intend to give a short talk (4 minutes) on Wednesday, 14 May, should declare it in the application form (see below) and provide a title and a list of keywords (from 3 to 5). As there will be room for no more than 25 talks, in case of a larger number of proposals the Organizing Committee will select on the basis of the potential interest to the audience, the coherence with the aim and scope of the school, and the diversification of topics.

Fee waivers

Subject to budget availability, the school will grant 3 fee waivers (600 euros each) to support the attendance of PhD students and Junior Post Doctoral researchers.

Prospective participants who are eligible for the grant should accompany their application (see the form below) with an email to the Organizing Committee (Carlo Piccardi, carlo.piccardi@polimi.it) requiring the fee waiver, providing evidence of their current academic status and detailed motivations for their request.The email must be sent before the application deadline (February 16, 2025).

The acceptance will be notified together with the admission to the school (March 10, 2025).

No financial support for travel or accommodation is available.

SICC fee reduction

Members of the Italian Society for Chaos and Complexity (SICC) are entitled for a discount of 50 euros on the admission fee. After the notification of acceptance, please contact Carlo Piccardi (carlo.piccardi@polimi.it) to inform about your membership.

 

Application form

The application form for Complex networks: theory, methods, and applications (9th edition) is currently closed. 

For information, please contact the Organizing Secretariat (Ms. Alessandra Cazzaniga – email: alessandra.cazzaniga@fondazionealessandrovolta.it) .

    Name*


    Surname*


    Institution*


    Street*


    Postal code*


    Town*


    Country*


    Phone*


    Email*

    Motivation letter [pdf, max 1MB]*

    Talk:

    I intend to give a short talk

    I do not intend to give a short talk

    Title of the short talk

    Keywords

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    Requirements

    In addition to applicant quality, the Organizing Committee will consider a number of features including: the coherence of the motivation with the aim and scope of the school, the potential benefit for the student’s research, the timeliness for the development of the student’s career. Preference will be given to applicants not participating onsite in the previous edition (2022) of the school.

    The school is especially addressed to doctoral students and young postdoctoral scholars. A very limited number of senior students (e.g., assistant/associate/full professors) can be admitted, if they provide strong and convincing motivation in their application letter.