Dear Colleagues,

a session entitled Networks and Big Data in Economics, Finance, and Social Systems will take place during the AMASES Annual Conference, which will be held in Naples on September 13-15, 2018 (http://amases2018.uniparthenope.it/ ).

The special session mainly focuses on the emerging multidisciplinary study of the interconnections in finance and social science, which brings with it the necessity to deal with the growing amount of data available. Theoretical and empirical papers are welcome. Topics include but are not limited to: - contagion in social, economic and financial networks - network modeling of financial time-series - big data approach to financial, economic, and social modeling

It is a great pleasure to invite you to submit an extended abstract. To be considered for the session, please submit your abstract by specifying the session code (BD) in the file name (BD-[surname of author who will present the paper].pdf). Please refer to the official web page of the conference for further details on the submission.

Important dates: May 30, 2018: deadline for abstract submission June 11, 2018: notification of acceptance June 18, 2018: early registration July 2, 2018: late registration

For information, please contact:

Fabrizio Lillo (fabrizio.lillo@unibo.it) Michele Tumminello (michele.tumminello@unipa.it) Pietro Vassallo (pietro.vassallo01@unipa.it)

We are looking forward to meeting you in Naples.

Best regards

Fabrizio Lillo, Michele Tumminello and Pietro Vassallo

---------------------------------------- Fabrizio Lillo Dipartimento di Matematica Università di Bologna ITALY

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