The USMA Network Science Workshop

 22-24 October 2007

 Sponsored by the Army Research Office and the National Science Foundation

 United States Military Academy, West Point, New York
United Stated Military Academy Network Science Center

http://www.netscience.usma.edu/
   
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Welcome to the 2nd West Point Network Science Workshop.  The workshop is held at the historic United States Military Academy at West Point, located one hour north of New York City on the banks of the Hudson River.  Please select a link to the left for more information about the workshop.

The workshop is being sponsored by the US Army Research Office (ARO) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The workshop is held at the historic United States Military Academy at West Point, located one hour north of New York City on the banks of the Hudson River. Please select a link to the left for more information about the workshop. The 2007 USMA-ARO Network Science Workshop will encourage participants to explore what is meant by Network Science. We will devote the opening Panel Session to discussing the definition of Network Science and the areas of interest from the point of view of several different disciplines. We will have plenary speakers discuss scientific results and user r epresentatives state the needed capabilities. Four tracks will explore Network Science tools, theory, policy, and modeling. A final panel session will summarize results from the four tracks.

Confirmed Speakers

  • MON Lunch Plenary Presentation:  Dr. Ben Cole, National Security Agency

  • MON Opening Address:  Dr. David Alberts, Director of Research, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks & Information Integration
  • MON Dinner Plenary Presentation:  Maj Gen Rajczak (Deputy Director, Joint Capability Development, USJFCOM)
  • MON Dinner Entertainment:  Pipes and Drums of the United States Military Academy. 
  • TUE  Lunch Plenary Presentation:  Dr. Linton Wells, National Defense University (Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (ASD/NII))
  • TUE  Dinner Plenary Presentation:  USMA cadet research team briefs

 

Workshop News:

  • This workshop is by invitation only.  All attendees should have received an invitation email.  If you did not receive the welcoming email, please email Dr. John James at john.james@usma.edu.  

 
   

The October 2007 USMA Network Science Workshop will explore Network Science as in interdisciplinary endeavor involving a number of traditional disciplines.   The theme explores the challenges in unifying these diverse disciplines, and will attempt to stimulate new thought by engaging people from different disciplines and exposing them to similar problems in other fields.