Keynote Speakers
Distinguished researchers sharing cutting-edge insights on urban networks, mobility, and complex systems
Gourab Ghoshal
Professor of Physics & Computer Science
University of Rochester, USA
Leading expert in urban systems and network science. His research explores how cities scale, evolve, and structure human mobility patterns, inequality, and social coordination. With landmark publications in Nature and Nature Communications on urban hierarchies, street network congestion, and urban morphology, his work has been featured in The New York Times, The Economist, and MIT Technology Review.
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Esteban Moro
Professor of Physics
Network Science Institute, Northeastern University, USA
Expert in computational social science, human dynamics, and urban mobility. His research explores collective intelligence, social networks, economic segregation, and food accessibility in cities. With publications in Nature Human Behavior, Nature Communications, and PNAS, his work has been featured in The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal.
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Jianxi Gao
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), USA
Leading expert in network resilience, complex systems, and urban infrastructure. His research develops theoretical frameworks to predict and prevent cascading failures in networked systems, with landmark applications to urban transport resilience under extreme floods, multiple metastable states in urban traffic, and human mobility during disasters. With publications in Nature, Nature Physics, Nature Sustainability, Nature Cities, and PNAS, and over 9,000 citations, his work has been recognized with an NSF CAREER Award and featured in major science outlets.
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