Call for Abstracts | NERCCS 2026

Ninth Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems. March 11 - 13, 2026. Rochester, NY (& Online).

Posted Dec 28, 2025

By Amahury J. L. Díaz

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General Info

NERCCS 2026: The Ninth Northeast Regional Conference on Complex Systems will follow the success of the previous NERCCS conferences to promote the emerging venue of interdisciplinary scholarly exchange for complex systems researchers in the Northeast U.S. region (and beyond) to share their research outcomes through presentations and online publications, network with their peers, and promote interdisciplinary collaboration and the growth of the research community.

NERCCS will particularly focus on facilitating the professional growth of early career faculty, postdocs, and students in the region who will likely play a leading role in the field of complex systems science and engineering in the coming years.

The 2026 conference will be held primarily in person at the University of Rochester, with an online participation option via Zoom.

Call For Submissions

We call for submissions for oral and poster presentations on a wide variety of complex systems research. Relevant topics include (but are not limited to):

Theoretical foundations of complex systems
Nonlinear dynamics and chaos
Systems theory, information theory, and systems science
Game theory, decision theory, and socio-economical applications
Self-organization, pattern formation, and collective behavior
Structure and dynamics of complex networks
Sustainability and adaptability of complex systems
Bio-inspired systems, machine learning, and evolutionary computation
Data-driven approaches to complex systems
Applications to the humanities, art, and literature
Historical and philosophical aspects of complex systems
Complex systems and education

Submission Guidelines

Submissions should be made as a single PDF file via the Google Form submission system, in extended abstract format (1 page, including one figure).

The full-paper publication option will also be available in the post-conference special issue in Northeast Journal of Complex Systems (NEJCS) (free of charge). Interested authors can contact the Publication Chairs (Georgi Georgiev and Bernard Ricca).

Best Oral Presentation / Best Poster Awards: NERCCS 2026 will offer the Best Oral Presentation and Best Poster Awards. The winner will be selected from accepted talks and posters by the judge panel, which will be recognized with a certificate at the conference.