Connectionists: 📢 CFP – Unlocking Complexity: Cutting-Edge Research in Networks, AI, Biology & Beyond

[Hocine Cherifi]

📍 *Part of the **France’s International Conference on Complex Systems*
<https://iutdijon.u-bourgogne.fr/ccs-france/>* (FRCCS 2025)*
📆 *May 21–23, 2025 | Bordeaux, France*

*🔬** Exploring Complexity Across Disciplines*

The *French Conference on Complex Systems (FRCCS 2025)* invites submissions
to its *workshop program*, covering a broad range of topics at the
intersection of *network science, artificial intelligence, blockchain,
biological growth, business dynamics, and visualization in complexity
science*. These workshops provide a unique opportunity for *interdisciplinary
discussions* and the *exploration of emerging research* in complex systems.

We welcome *full papers, short papers, and extended abstracts* that
contribute to the understanding and application of complexity science
across various domains.
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*🛠** List of Workshops at FRCCS 2025*

*🎨** Beauty in Complexity – A Visual Exhibition*

This exhibition invites researchers to showcase *stunning scientific
visualizations, network representations, AI-generated art, and data-driven
images* that reveal the hidden beauty of complexity in science.

*Topics include:*
✔ Data-driven visualizations of complex systems
✔ Network representations in science & technology
✔ AI-generated complexity art

For details, visit: *Beauty in Complexity Webpage*
<https://iutdijon.u-bourgogne.fr/ccs-france/beauty-in-complexity/>

📩 *Contact:* Benjamin Renoust, Median Technologies renoust at gmail.com
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*🔗** Workshop on Complex Networks and Blockchain for Trusted Connectivity*

This workshop explores the *intersection of blockchain technology and
complex network science*, focusing on *security, trust, and
decentralization* in distributed systems.

*Topics include:*
✔ Blockchain for criminal and terrorist network analysis
✔ AI-driven graph mining in blockchain transactions
✔ Network resilience in decentralized systems

For details, visit: *Complex Networks and Blockchain for Trusted
Connectivity Website* <https://workshopunime.github.io/netblock4tc2025/>

🔗 *Contact*: Anamaria Ficara, University of Messina, Italy aficara at unime.it


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*📉** Workshop on Complex Network Sparsification*

Large-scale networks require *efficient sparsification techniques* to
extract meaningful structures while reducing computational complexity. This
workshop addresses *theory, methods, and applications* of network
sparsification.

*Topics include:*
✔ Edge importance metrics and sparsification algorithms
✔ Applications in social, biological, and transportation networks
✔ Learning-based models for graph sparsification

For details, visit: Workshop on Complex Network Sparsification
<https://iutdijon.u-bourgogne.fr/ccs-france/complex-network-sparsification/>

🔗 *Contact*: Hamida Seba, LIRIS, France hamida.seba at univ-lyon1.fr
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*📊** Workshop on Decoding Success in Business and Economics*

This workshop examines *patterns of success and failure in business,
industries, and economies*, using *complexity science, AI, and network
analytics*.

*Topics include:*
✔ Predictive models for startup growth and failure
✔ AI-driven forecasting for economic success
✔ Influence of innovation diffusion and knowledge networks

For details, visit: Workshop on Decoding Success in Business and Economics
Web page
<https://iutdijon.u-bourgogne.fr/ccs-france/decoding-success-in-business-and-economics-a-complexity-science-perspective/>

🔗 *Contact*: *Fabian Braesemann*, University of Oxford
fabian.braesemann at sbs.ox.ac.uk


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*🌱** Workshop on Complex Systems in Biological Growth and Morphogenesis*

Biological growth processes are governed by *self-organization, emergent
behaviors, and multi-scale interactions*. This workshop focuses on *modeling,
computation, and experimental approaches* to morphogenesis.

*Topics include:*
✔ Biomechanics and biochemical signaling in growth
✔ Nonlinear dynamics and self-organization in biological systems
✔ Computational models for tissue growth and development

For details, visit: Unraveling the Complexity of Biological Growth and
Morphogenesis Web page
<https://iutdijon.u-bourgogne.fr/ccs-france/workshop-on-complex-systems-in-biological-growth-and-morphogenesis/>

🔗 *Contact*: *Xinyi Liu*, Northwestern University,
xinyiliu2025 at u.northwestern.edu
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*🤖** Workshop on Complex Systems and Artificial Intelligence*

AI and deep learning models exhibit *emergent properties,
self-organization, and complex multi-agent interactions*. This workshop
explores *theoretical and computational insights* from complexity science
in AI research.

*Topics include:*
✔ Multi-scale interactions in artificial intelligence architectures
✔ Network science for AI interpretability and explainability
✔ Complexity-driven approaches to multi-agent systems and collective
intelligence

For details, visit: Workshop on Complex Systems and Artificial Intelligence
Web Page
<https://iutdijon.u-bourgogne.fr/ccs-france/workshop-on-complex-systems-and-artificial-intelligence-emerging-patterns-and-dynamics/>

🔗 *Contact *: *Christophe Cruz*, Université Bourgogne Europe, ccruz at ube.fr


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*📝** Submission Guidelines*

✔ *Full Papers* (12 pages)
✔ *Short Papers* (8 pages)
✔ *Extended Abstracts* (3-4 pages)

*📖** Proceedings & Special Issue*

Accepted papers will be presented at the workshops. Their *inclusion in the
official FRCCS 2025 proceedings, published with Springer is subject to
final approval by the conference organizers.* Selected high-quality
submissions may also be invited for publication in *special issues of
partner journals.*

*📅** Important Dates*

🗓 *Submission Deadline*: March 20, 2025
📢 *Notification of Acceptance*: April 17, 2025
🖨 *Camera-Ready Deadline*: April 30, 2025
🎤 *Workshop Dates*: May 21–23, 2025

For details, visit: *FRCCS 2025 Website*
<https://iutdijon.u-bourgogne.fr/ccs-france/>
Join us at COMPLEX NETWORKS 2025 <https://complexnetworks.org/>
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Hocine CHERIFI
University of Burgundy Franche-Comté
Laboratoire* I*nterdisciplinaire *C*arnot de *B*ourgogne - ICB UMR 6303 CNRS
Editor in Chief Applied Network Science
<https://appliednetsci.springeropen.com/> Plos Complex Systems
<https://plos.org/complex-systems-research-journal/#:~:text=PLOS%20Complex%20Systems%20will%20be,understand%20natural%20and%20chaotic%20systems.>

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