45th Conference of the Middle European Cooperation in Statistical Physics
MECO45 will be organized as an online conference on 14-16 September, 2020.
A conference proceeding will be published in the ENTROPY (impact factor: 2.494) open access journal. Article processing charges will be requested by MDPI for accepted papers. Submission deadline for this issue is 15th of December.
Overview
The conference is the 45th in a series of meetings of scientists working in the domain of Statistical Mechanics and Condensed Matter Physics.
The Conferences of the Middle European Cooperation in Statistical Physics (MECO) were initiated in 1974 with the aim of bridging the gap between the communities of scientists from the Eastern and Western blocks of Europe, separated by the iron curtain. Since then, MECO conferences have become the yearly itinerant reference meetings for the community of scientists who are active in the field of Statistical Physics in the broader sense, including modern interdisciplinary applications to biology, finance, information theory, and quantum computation.
The 45th edition is organized by the Faculty of Physics, Babeș-Bolyai University and the Transylvanian Branch of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (KAB)
The present conference is oriented in the direction of applications of statistical mechanics in complex systems. However, contributed talks will be selected from all areas of statistical physics, see below.
Main topics
Disordered and frustrated systems
Strongly correlated systems
Soft and active matter
Networks and complex systems
Synchronization and collective behavior
Quantum many body systems and quantum computation
Non-equilibrium phenomena
Interdisciplinary applications (biophysics, econophysics, sociophysics, ...)
Contact
Conference secretary:
Ms. Hajnalka Dimény | meco45@kab.ro
Conference link
The conference is organized on the ZOOM platform.
The conference sessions are streamed live on the YouTube channel of the Transylvanian branch of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Kolozsvári Akadémiai Bizottság).
Keynote speakers
Kertész, János (Budapest, Hungary)
Kori, Hiroshi (Tokyo, Japan)
Motter, Adilson (Evanston, USA)
Invited speakers
Bianconi, Ginestra (London, United Kingdom)
Biró, S. Tamás (Budapest, Hungary)
Cartwright, Julyan (Granada, Spain)
Folk, Reinhard (Linz, Austria)
Gros, Claudius (Frankfurt, Germany)
Horvát, Emőke-Ágnes (Evanston, USA)
Jeong, Hawoong (Daejeon, Korea)
Korniss, György (Troy NY, USA)
Moca, Pascu (Oradea, Romania)
Toroczkai, Zoltán (Notre Dame, USA)
About MECO meeting
International Advisory Board
B. Berche (Nancy), K. Binder (Mainz), Z. Burda (Kraków), A. Cuccoli (Firenze), C. Dellago (Vienna), C. Di Castro (Roma), A. Fedorenko (Lyon), M. Henkel (Nancy), Y. Holovatch (Lviv), A. Gambassi (Trieste), F. Igloi (Budapest), W. Janke (Leipzig), R. Kenna (Coventry), G. Meissner (Saarbrücken), H. Rieger (Saarbrücken), A. Surda (Bratislava), J. Sznajd (Wroclaw), S. Trimper (Halle), K. Uzelac (Zagreb)
Local Organizing Committee
Borbély, Sándor; Ercsey-Ravasz, Mária M.; Járai-Szabó, Ferenc; Lázár, Zsolt; Néda, Zoltán; Sándor, Bulcsú; Sárközi, Zsuzsa; Varga, Levente
Previous MECO conferences
For detailed information please visit the history-of-MECO website.
1974 Wien (A)
1976 Bled (Y)
1978 Boszkowo (PL)
1980 Budapest (H)
1982 Wien (A)
1984 Gernrode (GDR)
1986 Liblice (CS)
1988 Karpacz (PL)
1990 Balatonfüred (HU)
1994 Smolenice (SK)
1996 Bled (SL)
1998 Trieste (I)
2000 Pont-a-Mousson (F)
2002 Sopron (HU)
2004 Bratislava (SK)
2006 Primosten (CR)
2008 Puchberg/Wels (A)
2010 Pont-a-Mousson (F)
2012 Tatrianske Matliare (SK)
2014 Coventry (UK)
2016 Wien (A)
2018 Kraków (PL)
1975 Regensburg (FRG)
1977 Unterägeri (CH)
1979 Trieste (I)
1981 Saarbrücken (FRG)
1983 Bled (Y)
1985 Aussois (F)
1987 Poidoux-Chexbres (CH)
1989 Siena (I)
1991 Duisburg (D)
1995 Puchberg/Wels (A)
1997 Szklarska Poręba (PL)
1999 Lutherstadt-Wittenberg (D)
2001 Prague (CZ)
2003 Saarbrücken (D)
2005 Cortona (I)
2007 Ladek Zdrój (PL)
2009 Leipzig (D)
2011 Lviv (UA)
2013 Trieste (I)
2015 Esztergom (HU)
2017 Lyon (F)
2019 Kloster Seeon (D)
Important dates
Abstract submission deadline: 10 August, 2020
Notification of acceptance and decisions: 20 August, 2020
Poster submission deadline: 1 September, 2020
Proceedings submission deadline: 15 December, 2020
Program
Overview
Mo, September 14th
09:45 Opening
Session I
Chairman: C. Gros
10:00 Invited Talk (Biró)
10:40 Contributed Talk (Burov)
11:00 Contributed Talk (Kessler)
11:20 Contributed Talk (Ryabov)
11:40 Contributed Talk (Itto)
12:00 Poster Discussion I »
Session II
Chairman: T.S. Biró
14:00 Contributed Talk (Iglói)
14:20 Contributed Talk (Schreiber)
14:40 Break
15:00 Keynote 1 (Kori)
16:00 Break / Cultural program
(T.-Szabó)
Session III
Chairman: A. Motter
17:00 Invited Talk (Bianconi)
17:40 Contributed Talk (Karsai)
18:00 Break
18:20 Contributed Talk (Blavatska)
18:40 Invited Talk (Toroczkai)
Tue, September 15th
Session IV
Chairman: F. Iglói
10:00 Invited Talk (Moca)
10:40 Contributed Talk (de Polsi)
11:00 Contributed Talk (Weigel)
11:20 Invited Talk (Jeong)
12:00 Break / Cultural program
(Oláh-Gál and Néda)
Session V
Chairman: J. Cartwright
14:00 Contributed Talk (Krasnytska)
14:20 Contributed Talk (Bokányi)
14:40 Contributed Talk (Rath)
15:00 Invited Talk (Korniss)
15:40 Poster Discussion II »
Session VI
Chairman: Gy. Korniss
17:00 Keynote 2 (Motter)
18:00 Contributed Talk (Wio)
18:20 Contributed Talk (Proesmans)
18:40 Contributed Talk (Tarasevich)
19:00 Invited Talk (Gros)
Wed, September 16th
Session VII
Chairman: J. Kertész
10:00 Invited Talk (Cartwright)
10:40 Contributed Talk (Gonnella)
11:00 Contributed Talk (Santiago)
11:20 Contributed Talk (Lebovka)
11:40 Contributed Talk (Mathey)
12:00 Poster Discussion III »
Session VIII
Chairman: G. Bianconi
14:00 Contributed Talk (Gros)
14:20 Contributed Talk (Seoane)
14:40 Contributed Talk (Fytas)
15:00 Keynote 3 (Kertész)
16:00 Break / Cultural program
(Barazsuly)
Session IX
Chairman: Y. Holovatch
17:00 Invited Talk (Horvát)
17:40 Contributed Talk (Ramirez-Pastor)
18:00 Break
18:20 Contributed Talk (Taitelbaum)
18:40 Invited Talk (Folk)
19:20 Closing
All times are expressed in Romanian official time.
Detailed program
The detailed program is available for download in pdf format. Updated in September 16, 11:55AM.
Book of abstracts
The Book of abstracts is available for download in pdf format.
Proceedings
The MECO meetings are yearly surveys for the novel results related to statistical physics. In general, contributions to these conferences have a wide spectrum ranging from the classical models and methods of statistical physics to modern interdisciplinary applications. Depending on the research specialization of the organizing institutes the meeting might focus also on a more clearly defined topic, without being restricted to other contributions. The 2020 MECO45 meeting is therefore focusing on complex systems and their methods of study that are inspired by statistical physics. Simple and complex models of statistical physics, it's analytical and/or numerical methods have proven to be helpful and successful in tackling the complexity of the world around us. The main topics covered by most of the keynote and invited talks are related to either models or methods. Besides the popular fields of complex networks, dynamical systems, emergence, econo- and socio-physics, phase-transitions and pattern formation we also expect contributions tackling other novel problems, models and methods that are not directly related to the above problems. For the present conference, we propose thus to edit the special issue in two directions, one focusing on general contributions in all the fields related to statistical physics and the other closely related to complex systems. For the second direction targeting complex systems we intend to invite also contributions from well-known researchers who will not have the opportunity to join us at the MECO 45 meeting in Cluj-Napoca. Submission of contributions to this special issue is encouraged for all participants of the MECO 45 conference.
If the reqired number of proceedings articles are submitted, after review process they will be published in a special issue of the Entropy open access journal.
Terms and Conditions
There is no registration fee for the MECO45 online conference.
By completing the registration form the person accepts that his/her personal data will be further processed by the web system of the Conference in order to allow organization of the Conference, registration and operation of the Conference website.
Organizers are allowed to process the following personal data of participants: first name, family name, address of residence, e-mail, phone number, correspondence address. The personal data will be protected with respect to unauthorized access.
Social events
In the breaks between the talks: short cultural and historical events related to Transylvania.
Mo, September 14th
16:00 Csaba T.-Szabó (University of Sibiu, Romania)
Transylvania: historical confluences and cultural heritage in Central-East Europe
Tue, September 15th
12:00 Róbert Oláh-Gál (Sapientia, Hungarian University of Transylvania, Romania) and Zoltán Néda (Babeș-Bolyai University, Romania)
The mathematical heritage of János Bolyai
- Creating a new world out of nothing -
Wed, September 16th
16:00 Viktória Adrienn Barazsuly (Eszterházy Károly University, Hungary; Korzo Association, Romania)
Mesmerized by light and colour: the Nagybánya (Baia Mare) Artists’ Colony
Suggested films and videos made in or about Transilvania worth seeing, accessible online:
- Bahrtalo! (comedy, 1h 20min, 2008, dir.: Róbert Lakatos)
- Tales from the Golden Age (Amintiri din epoca de aur) (comedy, history, 2h 35min, several short films, 2009, dir.: Cristian Mungiu)
- Kedves zenekar: Lement a nap (folk music from Transylvania)
- Visszhang Choir and Chamber Orchestra: Sounds&Lights (performance)
- Visszhang Choir: The Lake Isle (quarantine performance)
Partners
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