Network Science Center
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The Network Science Center (NSC) is an academic institution at the United States Military Academy (USMA) in West Point, New York that provides education, research and subject matter expertise in the specialty areas of network science, social networks, and graph theory. Officially established on 1 April 2007, it operates as an inter-disciplinary research center of the USMA.
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[edit] History
In 2005, the National Research Council published a report entitled "Network Science." In this report, they stated "The U.S. Army depends on a broad array of interacting physical, informational, cognitive, and social networks. Nevertheless, fundamental understanding about these networks is primitive." In support of this report and the Defense Department's initiative known as Network-Centricity, it was proposed by the Academy's Department of Defense Fellow that both a curriculum and center would benefit future leaders of the Army. As a result, several faculty at the USMA from the departments of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, Behavioral Sciences and Leadership, Mathematical Sciences, and Systems Engineering decided to work collaboratively on network science research. The initial funding for the Center was provided by the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration (ASD/NII). A follow on research project, IkeNet, was funded by the U.S. Army Research Institute for the Behavioral and Social Sciences. Later, the project was expanded upon by David Alberts from the ASD/NII. In 2007, the Director of Army Research and Laboratory Management, John Parmentola, agreed to provide funding for a research at the USMA, under the supervision of the U.S. Army Research Organization. The Center was officially established on 1 April, 2007, shortly before the Second Army Network Science Workshop, held at West Point, NY. Colonel (retired) John James was appointed as the acting Director of the NSC.
[edit] Research and Analysis Products
In addition to providing network science education to cadets at the USMA, the NSC actively conducts research. Social Network Change Detection and the Network Probability Matrix were both products of NSC research. The NSC also publishes the Network Science Report, a semi-annual publication of network science research. Available in pdf here: http://www.netscience.usma.edu/NSW/Papers/Network_Science_Report_Vol1No1.pdf
[edit] Network Science Center Staff
Colonel (Retired) John James, Ph.D. {Acting Director}
Frederick I. Moxley, Ph.D. {Director of Research and Deputy Director}
Lieutenant Colonel John Graham, Ph.D. {Associate}
Major Ian McCulloh {Associate}
Robin Burk {Outreach Director and Administration}
[edit] References
Network Science Bulletin, USMA (2007) ISBN 978-1-934808-00-9
USMA Network Science Center website
[edit] Further reading
- McCulloh, I., Lospinoso, J. & Carley, K.M. (2007). Probability Mechanics in Communications Networks. In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Applied Mathematics of the World Science Engineering Academy and Society, Cairo, Egypt. 30-31 December 2007.
- Network Science, The National Academies Press (2005)ISBN-10: 0-309-10026-7
- Network Science Bulletin, USMA (2007) ISBN 978-1-934808-00-9
- The Structure and Dynamics of Networks Mark Newman, Albert-László Barabási, & Duncan J. Watts (The Princeton Press, 2006)ISBN 0-691-11357-2
