The workshop on Complex Networks and Statistical Mechanics was successfully held in CSRC, 19‐20 June 2013. The workshop was organized by Professor Leihan Tang from CSRC, Professor Changsong Zhou from HKBU, and Professor Tao Zhou from UESTC. Academician Shigang Chen was invited to give a review presentation of the current trends of brain science. More than 30 researchers and students participated the workshop.

The workshop covered a broad range of frontier research topics in complex networks and statistical mechanics, such as data characterization of complex networks, models and behavior of network dynamics, network organization and analytic approaches. Of particular interest is the analysis and modeling of experimental time series for the brain. The participants enjoyed the 12 talks during the workshop and free discussion at the end.