From Apr 11-13, our group is participating in the inaugural Northeastern Regional Conference on Complex Systems (NERCCS) at Binghamton University, NY. Hugo Barbosa is presenting a contributed talk, while Surendra Hazarie is contributing a poster. Finally, Gourab Ghoshal is making a plenary presentation. The conference is being organized by the. The conference is being sponsored by the Center for Collective Dynamics of Complex Systems (CoCo) at Binghamton University.