The 5th National Conference on Complex Networks was held at Qingdao University from October 15 to October 18, 2009. The conference will conduct extensive academic exchanges on theoretical and applied research related to complex networks, and invite well-known experts at home and abroad to give invited reports.

The scope of the conference is as follows:

Models, characteristics and theoretical advances of complex networks

Optimal structure and routing for the next-generation Internet and the World Wide Web

The evolution of complex networks and the exploration of new protocols for complex dynamic network search

Structure, function, and dynamics of complex networks

Statistical physics research on cyberphysics and the efficiency of information communication on networks

Biological Networks and Systems Biology

Statistical physical methods for complex networks

Traffic flow and propagation on transportation networks and complex networks

Complex networks and wireless communications and sensor networks

Economic and social networks

Research on complex networks and complex systems