<div dir="ltr"><p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Fourth<b> F</b>rench<b> R</b>egional<b> C</b>onference<b> </b>on<b> C</b>omplex<b> S</b>ystems<b></b></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">May 29 – 31, 2024</span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Montpellier, France</span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://iutdijon.u-bourgogne.fr/ccs-france/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">FRCCS 2024</span></b></a></span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:16pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman""></span></b></span></p><p align="center" style="text-align:center;line-height:normal;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;color:red">Deadline Extension: </span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";color:red">March 4, 2024 (Firm Deadline)</span></b></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman""> </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">After successfully hosting the conference in Dijon in 2021, Paris in 2022, and Le Havre in 2023, the fourth edition of the French Regional Conference on Complex Systems (FRCCS 2024) will be held in Montpellier, France. This single track international conference organized by </span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.cssfrance.org/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">CSS France</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman""> serves as a platform to foster interdisciplinary exchanges among researchers from various scientific disciplines and diverse backgrounds, including sociology, economics, history, management, archaeology, geography, linguistics, statistics, mathematics, and computer science.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">FRCCS 2024 provides a valuable opportunity for participants to meet in France, exchange and promote ideas, facilitating the cross-fertilization of recent research work, industrial advancements, and original applications. Moreover, the conference emphasizes research topics with a high societal impact, showcasing the significance of complexity science in addressing complex societal challenges. Join us in Montpellier as we collectively strive to better understand complexity and its implications for society.</span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman""> </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">You are cordially invited to submit your contribution until </span><b><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";color:red">March 4, 2024</span></u></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">.</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman""> </span></p><p style="text-align:justify;line-height:normal;margin:0cm;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Finalized work (published or unpublished) and work in progress are welcome.<span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial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CMU Serif Roman"">Natasa Przulj</span></a><span style="font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";color:black">, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, Spain</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 47.25pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(60,66,79)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><a href="https://www.cs.rpi.edu/~szymansk/" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Boleslaw K. Szymanski</a><span style="font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";color:black"> Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA</span><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(60,66,79)"></span></p><p style="margin:4pt 0cm 0cm 47.25pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman""> </span></span><a href="https://ingmarweber.de/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";color:rgb(17,85,204)">Ingmar Weber</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";color:black">, Saarland University, Germany</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 47.25pt;vertical-align:baseline;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span style="font-family:Helvetica;color:rgb(60,66,79)"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"CMU Serif Roman""> </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Publication</span></b></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 3pt 36pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Contributions will be included in the conference proceedings (With ISBN)</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Selected submissions of unpublished work will be invited for publication in special issues (fast track procedure) </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">of the journals:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Applied Network Science,</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> edited by Springer</span></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 72pt;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Courier New";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;text-decoration-line:none">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span></span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/big-data" target="_blank" style="color:blue">Frontiers in Big Data</a>,</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">edited by Frontiers</span><span style="color:blue;text-decoration-line:underline"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:4pt 0cm;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Submission</span></b></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Submit on CMT Microsoft at:  </span><a href="https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FRCCS2024/" target="_blank" style="color:blue"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FRCCS2024/</span></a><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman""></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 36pt;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:rgb(192,0,0)">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";color:rgb(192,0,0)">Select the Track: FRCCS2024</span></b></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 3pt;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:15.3333px;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"> </span></b></p><p style="margin:0cm;line-height:16.8667px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;line-height:15.3333px;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Topics include, but are not limited to:</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 35.7pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">       </span></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";color:black">Foundations of complex systems</span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Self-organization, non-linear dynamics, statistical physics, mathematical modeling and simulation, conceptual frameworks, ways of thinking, methodologies and methods, philosophy of complexity, knowledge systems, Complexity and information, Dynamics and self-organization, structure and dynamics at several scales, self-similarity, fractals</span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Complex Networks</span></b></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Structure & Dynamics, Multilayer and Multiplex Networks, Adaptive Networks, Temporal Networks, Centrality, Patterns, Cliques, Communities, Epidemics, Rumors, Control, Synchronization, Reputation, Influence, Viral Marketing, Link Prediction, Network Visualization, Network Digging, Network Embedding & Learning.</span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Neuroscience, </span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Linguistics</span></b></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Evolution of language, social consensus, artificial intelligence, cognitive processes & education, Narrative complexity</span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Economics & Finance</span></b></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Game Theory, Stock Markets and Crises, Financial Systems, Risk Management, Globalization, Economics and Markets, Blockchain, Bitcoins, Markets and Employment</span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Infrastructure, planning, and environment</span></b></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">critical infrastructure, urban planning, mobility, transport and energy, smart cities, urban development, urban sciences</span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Biological and (bio)medical complexity</span></b></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">biological networks, systems biology, evolution, natural sciences, medicine and physiology, dynamics of biological coordination, aging</span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Social complexity</span></b></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0cm 54pt;text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:black">o<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"Times New Roman"">   </span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";color:black">social networks, computational social sciences, socio-ecological systems, social groups, processes of change, social evolution, self-organization and democracy, socio-technical systems, collective intelligence, corporate and social structures and dynamics, organizational behavior and management, military and defense systems, social unrest, political networks, interactions between human and natural systems, diffusion/circulation of knowledge, diffusion of innovation</span></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Socio-Ecological Systems</span></b></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Global environmental change, green growth, sustainability & resilience, and culture</span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Organisms and populations</span></b></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:black;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Population biology, collective behavior of animals, ecosystems, ecology, ecological networks, microbiome, speciation, evolution</span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(33,33,33);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";color:black">Engineering systems and systems of systems</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman""></span></b></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";color:black">bioengineering, modified and hybrid biological organisms, multi-agent systems, artificial life, artificial intelligence, robots, communication networks, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Internet, traffic systems, distributed control, resilience, artificial resilient systems, complex systems engineering, biologically inspired engineering, synthetic biology</span></li></ul><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">Complexity in physics and chemistry</span></b></li><ul type="circle" style="margin-bottom:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm;color:rgb(33,33,33);text-align:justify;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;font-size:12pt;font-family:Cambria,serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:"CMU Serif Roman"">quantum computing, quantum synchronization, quantum chaos, random matrix theory</span></li></ul></ul><p style="margin:0cm;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";color:rgb(33,33,33);background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">GENERAL CHAIRS</span></b></p><p style="margin:0cm;text-indent:18pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Roberto Interdonato  CIRAD, UMR TETIS, Montpellier</span></p><p style="margin:0cm;text-indent:18pt;font-size:10pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"CMU Serif Roman";background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Bruno Pinaud LABRI University of Bordeaux<b><span style="color:rgb(33,33,33)"></span></b></span></p><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></div>