A Network of Networks

Complex systems often make more sense once we map the relationships inside them. Bnaya Gross, a Fulbright postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Complex Network Research at Northwestern University, explores the transformative applications of network science in fields ranging from infrastructure to medicine, by studying the interactions between networks ("a network of networks"). Listeners will learn how interdependent networks provide a framework for understanding cascading failures, such as power outages, and how these insights transfer to physical systems like superconducting materials and biological networks.

Guest

Bnaya Gross: Dr. Bnaya Gross is a Fulbright Postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Complex Network Research at Northeastern University. His current research focuses on Network Medicine approach to aging. We will discuss his previous work on applying the interdependent networks paradigm in physical systems for which he won the Amos de Shalit Prize for an outstanding PhD Thesis from the Israel Physical Society.