The XVI International Conference on Network Analysis

The XVI International Conference on Network Analysis will take place on May 13-14 in Nizhny Novgorod in mixed format. 

The conference is organized by the Laboratory of Algorithms and Technologies for Networks Analysis of the Higher School of Economics, and
 the Laboratory of Advanced Combinatorics and Network Applications 

of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology. 

The purpose of this conference is to bring together scientists and engineers from industry, government, and universities to exchange knowledge 

and results in a broad range of topics relevant to the theory and practice of network analysis. Topics of the Conference also include algorithms on networks, 

discrete optimization and applications. Contributions are also sought that address the reliability of complex networks, software, theory, methodology and applications. 

The conference follows previous conferences 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025.

Address: Nizhny Novgorod, Rodionova Street 136, room 401.

The conference talks are organized  by invitations (plenary and invited talks) and by selection of submitted abstracts (regular talks).

Plenary and invited speakers are internationally recognized experts in different fields of computer science and network analysis.

Registration will be open for participants with and without talks.

Program 

Program

Confirmed invited (plenary) speakers:

Stefano Boccaletti, CNR - Institute for Complex Systems, Italy
The six degrees of separation: science or a myth?

Michael Khachay, Krasovskii Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ekaterinburg, Russia
Polynomial time approximation within constant factors for the Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem and related problems

Yury Kochetov, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk, Russia
The Vehicle Routing Problems: Results and Perspective

Panos Pardalos, University of Florida and lab LATNA HSE University
A New Frontier: From a Single Network to a Network of Networks

Marcello Pelillo, Ca' Foscari University of Venice & ZJNU (FIEEE, FIAPR, FAAIA), Venice, Italy
Revealing Structure in Large Graphs Using Szemerédi’s Regularity Lemma

Angelo Sifaleras, School of Information Sciences,  University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece
Optimization Challenges in Manufacturing-as-a-Service Ecosystems

Yuzhuo Qiu, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China
Multi-Depot Drone Routing for Emergency Medical Supplies Delivery: A Logic Based Benders Decomposition Approach

Alexander Veremyev, independent researcher
The Most Central Walks: Where to Go to Reach the Most Neighbors

Registration and Deadlines

Registration with talk up to April 30, 2026

Registration without talk up to May 10, 2026

Paper Submission

Selected papers from the conference will be considered for publication in a special issue of Springer Nature Operations Research Forum (ORFO, Scopus Q2): 
https://link.springer.com/journal/43069

Conference chair

Panos M. Pardalos, University of Florida, USA and LATNA, NRU HSE

Program Committee 

Fuad Aleskerov, NRU HSE

Dmitry Gribanov,  NRU HSE and MIPT 

Valery Kalyagin, NRU HSE

Yury Kochetov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk

Alexander Koldanov, NRU HSE

Daria Maltseva, NRU HSE, Laboratory of Applied Network Research

Dmitriy Malyshev, NRU HSE

Oleg Prokopyev, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Andrey Raigorodskii, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Moscow State University

Sergey Sidorov, Saratov State University

Nikolay Zolotykh, Lobachevsky State University, Nizhny Novgorod

Andrey Savchenko, NRU HSE  and SBER AI

Organizing Committee

Panos M. Pardalos, University of Florida, USA

Andrey Raigorodskii, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), Russia

Valery Kalyagin, NRU HSE, Russia

Khaidar Abdullin, NRU HSE, Russia

Timur Medvedev, NRU HSE, Russia