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CSSS 2010 Santa Fe-After Hours

2010-06-15T19:12:05Z

Amsnyder:

{{CSSS 2010 Santa Fe}}

==Soccer==

Lets play soccer today (11/6) at 15:30 ***COMPLETE***

==Aaron Clauset's Lecture==

SFI Omidyar fellow Aaron Clauset will be presenting a talk entitled "[http://www.santafe.edu/gevent/detail/public/103/ The Future of Terrorism]" next Wednesday at 7:00pm. [[Sign Up for Aaron's Lecture | Please Sign Up]] if you'd like to attend so that we have an idea of how to organize transportation.

==Soccer Field==

If anyone would like to use of the soccer field, please contact [mailto:jp@santafe.edu John Paul] so he can put a request in with conference services. We're not the only event on campus, and St. John's may need to use the field from time to time for other events.

==Squash/Tennis==

Some of you expressed interest in playing Squash and/or Tennis (Mark, Ingrid, Michael,..?). Let's update this section if concrete plans emerge. Also if anyone has information on how/when to use the courts, please post it here.
* Given the fact that I have only black soles, squash is not an option, but tennis would be [[User:Ligtvoet|Ligtvoet]]
* I am interested in playing tennis with anyone, on any day. The hours of the gym are here: http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/campuslife/SF/gym.shtml and I suspect that we can borrow rackets/balls and use the courts during those times. Maybe morning would be a good time, before it gets too hot? ([[Megan Olsen]])

==World Cup Viewing==

It's really more Before Hours, but here in Santa Fe two of the recurring broadcast times for World Cup games are 5:00 AM and 7:30 AM. Is there interest in getting together, either somewhere on campus or--if we're lucky enough--at a local venue to catch a few of the more interesting games before coming to lectures?

*([[Roberta Sinatra]]) Yes, I am very interested. As an Italian, I cannot miss matches of Italy! ;)
*([[Ana Hocevar]]) I guess I might be up for that as well. Especially for the USA vs. Slovenia match. I do count on all non-US participants to root for Slovenia, of course...
* ([[Roberta Sinatra]]) Someone interested in watching the Italy vs Paraguay match, on Monday (June 14th), at 12.30 pm (half after noon, to avoid confusion - 20.30 in South Africa)?
*([[Joseph Gran]]) Definitely going to watch as much of this as possible. Does the tv in the game room get the games?
*([[Kang Zhao]]) Very interested in watching some games!

== Hiking ==
There is a whole list of participants who want to hike & climb...

A quick look at the Let's Go guidebook already shows the following options:
* Santa Fe Baldy 8-9hrs hike
* Pecos Wilderness
* Bandelier National Monument - check
* Santa Fe National Forest, Los Alamos - which also has some historic significance = check

I would like very much to hike Santa Fe Baldy. It is a 7 mile journey from the parking lot to the peak with an elevation gain of about 3000ft. Various websites recommend getting off the peak before 2pm to avoid afternoon thunderstorms. This implies (assuming 4hrs to the top and an hour lunch) that we need to start hiking around 8am, which in turn means leaving SJC at about 7:15am (or earlier)! I understand this is a serious commitment, so is there any interest in doing this hike with me?? If so I will acquire a trail map and directions to the trail-head parking lot and any other information that will be useful. Here is a description of the hike -> http://www.santafe.com/articles/climbing-santa-fe-baldy/ ([[Joseph Gran]])

== Music ==
Some participants will have musical instruments with them. Join the CSSS house band!

== Concerts ==

=== iron maiden/Dream Theater ===

Anyone would like to go to the [http://www.livenation.com/edp/eventId/419345 Iron Maiden/Dream Theater] concert on June 16 at night, in Albuquerque? Talk to [[Lucas Antiqueira]] if you want company, or if you have any idea on how to come back to Santa Fe late at night.

== SF complex gigs ==

* [http://sfcomplex.org/?m=20100613&cat=11 "off the rails" dance party] this weekend (12th/13th)
* [http://sfcomplex.org/2010/05/steven-miller-in-concert steve miller in concert] on the 11th
* [http://sfcomplex.org/2010/06/mapping-the-complex-a-demonstration-of-ambient-computing that ambient computing show] they mentioned is on the 17th-19th

plus, for bonus geek eyecandy points, the SIGGRAPH show
* [http://sfcomplex.org/2010/06/siggraph-party SIGGRAPH party] this saturday the 12th

== Flamenco ==

Just noticed that there is a flamenco festival in Albequerque. Could be fun ???

*[[Erika Fille Legara]]: I'd love to go! When's this?

== Horseback Trail Riding ==
A few people have come to me to talk horses, and are interested in going on a trail ride if possible. I have a car and could transpot 3 other people. If anyone is interested I can call some places and ask about possible group rates. [[Anne Johnson]]
Hey Anne - if you have any spots left in your car - I would be keen to come [[Ingrid van Putten]]
I haven't gone in years but would love to go. If its the first weekend I would have a vehicle as well. [[Kim Lewis]]
Yes, Ingrid, there's room. Let's talk Friday and decide on a time. Here's a link to one possibility: [http://www.brokensaddle.com/rates.html Broken Saddle Riding Co] [[Anne Johnson]].

There are openings for 4 or 5 riders for Sunday morning or Thursday evening. There is a $35 cancellation fee per person, so I don't want to confirm a resservation until I hear back from everyone interested in going. We need to supply height, weight, and skill level for each rider. There is a weight limit of 200 lbs.
I can try to reserve for Sunday morning (June 13), but they will need all information by 8 tonight (Saturday June 12). If that doesn't work out, we can reserve a Thursday (June 17) evening ride at 6 for either 1 or 2 hours ($55/$80 per person cash, add $5 for credit card). No shorts or sandals, sneakers are OK. About a 40 minute commute from Santa Fe Plaza area. Please email me (amjohnson9@cox.net) your height, weight, and skill level and which rides (either/or) you would commit to going on. We could also look into next weekend. Thanks!

1. Anne Johnson

2. Susanne Shultz

3. Ingrid van Putten (I'd like to go on thursday evening if that would suit...)

4.

5.

== Farmers Markets ==

The [http://www.santafefarmersmarket.com/ Santa Fe Farmers' Market] is Open Every Tuesday and Saturday in the Santa Fe Railyard! 7am-Noon.

It would be cool to go before the Bandelier etc. hike ([[Borys Wrobel]]).

I would like to go this Saturday (June 12)! I have 5 seats in my car, please sign up if you'd like to come! We will eat breakfast at 7:30, and then plan to leave for the farmer's market at 8 in order to be back to leave for hiking at 10.

Andrew's car: 
1.[[Andrew Banooni]] 
2.[[Borys Wrobel]] 
3.[[Bruno Abrahao]] 
4.[[Oana Carja]] yay,sounds lovely! 
5. [[Megan Olsen]] How exciting!! 

[[Borys Wrobel]]: Yes, it was great fun, thanks Andrew! If someone wants to go next week: there's parking close by (underground) for $1/day, you get to taste a lot of stuff (including weird Native American tea, which we pretty much decided is much better w/o sugar), and there was an artist's market across the street.

== Trains! ==

The [http://www.cumbrestoltec.com/ Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad] is one of the longest and most beautiful sections of narrow gauge rail in the US. It is a bit of a hike away, so some car rental might be necessary but it would be awesome!

* exciting! would like to hear more details on what this field trip may be like. [[Anna Pechenkina]]

== Rodeo! ==
There'll be a [http://www.rodeodesantafe.org/ rodeo] in Santa Fe June 23-26, the tickets for Saturday Matinee (10 am) are $10. That's more like 'after CSSS' than 'after hours', but maybe someone will be intererested in going? ([[Borys Wrobel]])).

== VLA ==
Anyone interested in taking a trip to the [http://www.nrao.edu/index.php/learn/vlavc VLA]? ([[Gavin Fay]])

I'm interested. I have a car that can hold 3 additional people. [[Anne Johnson]]
* Would love to join, need transportation [[Anna Pechenkina]]
* I would also like to go. [[Micael Ehn]]

Ok - talking with Anne and Borys on Friday, I think we decided to aim for next Saturday (the 19th). We'll try and see if we can get a guided tour at such short notice, but plan on going regardless. ([[Gavin Fay]])

Saturday, the 19th sounds perfect! Anyone else with a car?? [[Anna Pechenkina]]
* Count me in. [[Ana Hocevar]]

[[VLA signup]]

== Board Games ==
I happen to have a nice collection of fun and fairly quick strategic board games. I've talked to a few people who seem interested in getting together from time to time to play some games and unwind. If you think you'd be interested, send me an email or just come up and say hi. I'm thinking our first gathering may be Sunday evening. The games are very easy to learn (so don't be intimidated) and they all exhibit complex behavior (sorry, couldn't resist). Think of it as a fun way to meet people in a new, enjoyable context. [[Drew Levin]]

We should also get people together to play Mafia! It's kind of a card game, and lots of fun. We were thinking Friday night after the SFI reception could be a good time! [[Megan Olsen]]

I'd be interested in this [[Micael Ehn]]

Board games! always fun. Perhaps one of our projects should have been on the effects of being able to use proper nouns in Scrabble. :) ([[Gavin Fay]])

I'm interested [[Michael Szell]]

Games tonight (sunday) in the coffee shop. Late notice but come on by if you're interested. I'll be around... and Andrew brought games too! [[Drew Levin]]

I think I'll just start bringing a few games over to the coffee shop each evening. If you want to play a game, come by and see who's around. There seems to usually be enough people nearby that starting a game should be fairly easy. If you're interested in a longer game, or want to make sure people are around, let me know and we'll work on organizing something more formal. [[Drew Levin]]

== White Water Rafting ==
We are organising a rafting trip down the Class IV Taos box next Sunday the 20th. The Taos box is meant to be very exciting, but still suitable for first time rafters. So far it is my husband and I, but if anyone else wants to join, you're more than welcome. A couple of caveats: 1) it is EXPENSIVE (~$120) and 2) it is all day (which may interfere with projects. However, if this doesn't put you off, please let me know! [[Susanne Shultz]]
* I'd love to go! [[Micael Ehn]]
* CLass IV eh? [[User:Ligtvoet|Andreas]]

==Sandia Peak Tramway==
The longest tram in the world is only an hour away from us. The tram takes you up to the top of Sandia Peak (elevation 10,378ft, 3,163m) where there are various hiking trails and scenic viewpoints. The tram operates until 9pm everyday of the week and costs $20 per person. Anybody interested in going? How about next Friday evening (or any other time), we could eat dinner at the Mexican restaurant (Sandiago) in the tram lobby. link-> http://www.sandiapeak.com/ ([[Joseph Gran]])

==Bandelier Hike / Valles Caldera / Los Alamos ***COMPLETE***==

Tom, JP and others are planning a field trip to [http://www.nps.gov/band/ Bandelier National Monument] for Saturday June 12. [[Bandelier Trip 2010| Please sign up]] so we know how many people are going.

We'll depart the parking circle at <strike> 8:00 </strike>10:00 am, head up to Bandelier to do some hiking <strike>before it gets really hot</strike> when it's really hot, then head up to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valles_Caldera Valles Caldera] and Jemez Caldera in the early afternoon. A trip to the [http://www.lanl.gov/museum/ Bradbury Museum] in Los Alamos will finish the sightseeing, and then maybe dinner in Santa Fe?

==El Farol Field Trip***COMPLETE***==

A few people were interested in "making a pilgrimage" to El Farol. Any takers?

I think it would be fun to do after the SFI day on Wednesday. Let's plan ~ 6:00, depart by walking from SFI? It's about a mile and a half. ([[jp]])

* Did I miss this? If so, there should be another one. It's not really a valid homage to the paper if there are not iterated plays! ([[Lynette Shaw]])

==Art Museums==

I have two tickets to the Georgie O'Keefe Museum in town and two more to the Harwood Museum in Taos (which is a great little museum). Let me know if you'd like them. ([[Alison Snyder]])

Sign Up for Aaron's Lecture

2010-06-11T03:31:12Z

Amsnyder:

Sign up here if you'd like to attend Aaron Clauset's lecture.

Once we have a rough idea of how many would like to attend, we'll either organize our own transportation or rent a few shuttles.

1. [[John Paul]]

2. I'll be there, but I won't need transportation. [[Thomson McFarland]]

3. Also attending, but will not need transportation [[Kim Lewis]]

4. [[Oana Carja]]

5. I am interested and need transportation. [[Kang Zhao]]

6. Bruno Abrahao - attending and need trasportation

7. Me too, need transportation...[[Yixian Song]]

8. Will not need transportation [[Rajani R. Shenoy]]

9. Will not need transportation either! [[Zoe Henscheid]]

10. Can provide transportation for 4 other people. [[Andrew Banooni]]

11. Need transportation [[Megan Olsen]]

12. [[Alison Snyder]]

CSSS 2010 Santa Fe-Blog

2010-06-09T02:37:10Z

Amsnyder: /* Other remarks */

{{CSSS 2010 Santa Fe}}

Use this page as an informal forum to share your opinion and discuss anything at CSSS'10.

!Pictures:
* June 6: Mixer on the terrace and the beautiful sunset:
http://picasaweb.google.com/worldmeetsbogdan/SantaFeDay0#slideshow/5479884534414655074
please email bstate@stanford.edu if you'd like a full-size copy of any picture!

* [[Michael Szell]]: Some people asked me about the URL of my online game. Here it is: http://www.pardus.at - Enjoy! :) (The tutorial may some time to complete..)

* June 7 ([[Ana Hocevar]]): So I know my official day of contribution on the blog is not until tomorrow, but I wanted to share this with those who are interested. When I get inspired by someone giving a good talk, I have a tendency to write down some of the statements I find encouraging or funny and so on. So here are my favorite quotes from the first day of lectures (and I hope the lecturers don't mind this):

"If there is one thing you should learn at the summer school, it's to speak up." -Dan Rockmore

"Science is a social thing." - Dan Rockmore

"You start with a beautiful idea and end up with reality." - Dan Rockmore

"Commit to taking advantage of this opportunity." -Dan Rockmore

"Let it all marinade up there." -Dan Rockmore

"And wear sunscreen." -Ginger Richardson

[[Dan Rockmore]]: Here is a link to the NYR piece I mentioned today
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2010/jun/24/other-side-science/
Good to meet you all and looking fwd to a great CSSS.

==Monday June 7==
Maria Opazo 

===Alison Snyder ===

I thought it might be interesting to give my perspective on today as a journalist and writer. What I starred and underlined in my notebook, what stuck in my head and why.

First as a journalist…

Schooling Fish

I’m familiar with some of Iain’s research – the beautiful images and descriptions of phenomena that many curious people outside the sciences have seen and thought about lends itself to visual storytelling -- but today was the first time I heard him discuss his fish work. In particular, I’m going to follow what he’s looking at in terms of how individuals influence others in the group and the (preliminary?) finding that some individuals consistently influence the group. Because it is unpublished, I’ll check in with him periodically to discuss in more detail and see how the research is progressing as well as whether and when he might expect to publish the research.

Moiré-ing

Have you ever seen someone on TV who's striped shirt competed with the gravity of what they were saying? In TV production we pay editors large amounts of money for hours of work to fix moiré-ing so the term “numerical moiré-ing” caught my attention.

Chaotic Mixing

Liz mentioned her CU colleague who described clams that open up to exploit chaotic mixing to mix up their gametes. The counterintuitive idea of systems not only embracing chaos but exploiting it, is a provocative theme to explore in a general audience story. To most people, chaos is something to be avoided.

Ideas that got my attention as a writer…

Gas Gauges and Indelible Images

In opening her lecture, Liz used the metaphor of her old car’s gas gauge to illustrate non-linearity. The gauge stayed on full then plunged when the tank was near empty rather than dropping as the gas level dropped. While it was a brief aside about a concept that is very easily understandable to a scientist, it might not be to a non-scientist. To someone who has never heard of or thought about non-linearity, they will understand it the first time they hear this metaphor and they’ll remember it. Even if they forget what the gas needle was illustrating, they can back track. Non-linearity becomes an indelible idea.

As a writer, the metaphor also reminded me of the power of a simple idea in telling a story. One of the most difficult tasks is parsing the scale of what a story is about. Sometimes the most meaningful way to tell a story about the Empire State building is to describe one of the bricks.

In other words, today was full of lots of ideas about research to follow and reminders about how to effectively communicate even the most basic of ideas and the power of doing just that.

Looking forward to tomorrow…

===Kyla Dahlin===

My notes from today are mostly graphs, equations, and Dan's quoted quote about "what if biologists had tried to develop a theory of gravity." I'd love to see a debate between the math/physics/universality camp and the biology/ecology/sociology/everything is different camp. Seems like an interesting tension within Complex Systems folks.

So far the self-organization into project groups seems to be going well, and I'm sure it will evolve over time. Tonight a few of us talked about the pressure to collaborate being somewhat foreign - so much of PhD work is so solitary. I'm sure the sociologists would love to track the networks that are forming, the different players, and our final results.

And I think we all are trying to maintain a balance of fun, thinking, working, and staying level in a world with constantly flowing coffee.

===Lucas Antiqueira===

Some first impressions:

This first day of lectures was really nice. I was exposed to subjects I'm not quite familiar with, lectures were excellent and inspiring, projects started to evolve. The process of getting to know people continued, there are so many brilliant minds here.

The summer school is a dream coming true for me. I've been in Santa Fe for only a few days, and I can definitely tell that these days are among the most gratifying in my academic life. And things have just begun!

Many thanks for the SFI/St.John's staff for the support! Not to mention the food, which is excellent by the way!

==Tuesday June 8==
Andrew Banooni 

===Andreas Ligtvoet===
====Liz====
====Peter====
====Iain====
====Tom====
* How much to put in a model? Not too much, says Tom. However, what good is a model that shows a Bolzman distribution? His answer is that this is a natural law in other words, you will never make an economy where the Bolzman distribution does not exist. It is even worse if you allow people to invest.
**In the state of Ilinois, Pi was legally defined as 3.
**Stochastics from στοχαστικός, from στοχάζομαι ‘aim at a target, guess’, from στόχος ‘an aim, a guess’.
**Mention power law and get published!

===Xin Wang===
The topics today are involved in nonlinear dynamics, complex networks and collective behaviors. I am very interested in those topics before this summer school, and through lectures I get the deeper understanding about those three areas.

But what impresses me most is that the students here are very active and it is different from the situation in China. In the meantime, I enjoy the joy of communicating with people from different backgrounds and getting cross-field collaboration.

===Ana Hocevar===

I am not a blog person really, I've never written a blog before, but I guess CSSS is also a great opportunity for trying out new things unrelated to science. So, here I go.

As many others, I can't get over how amazing Iain Couzin's talks were. I am very impressed and greatly inspired. Usually attending physics conferences that left me wondering what it was that I was missing, Iain I think made me realize I prefer systems that include things with eyes and wings. Or perhaps gills? Amazing work in my opinion, really.

I should also thank Liz Bradley for giving incredibly clear lectures on nonlinear dynamics. From the courses I had on chaos, I wouldn't imagine such an intuitive presentation of the topic is possible. It certainly isn't easy, so: Liz, you rock!

I haven't been enjoying only the lectures, though. Dancing to no music with Andrew, listening to Jonathan playing the violin, stimulating discussions over lunch or breakfast, great food (we even have ice-cream!) and so much more...

So with such great company, such cool science and so many wonderful things still ahead of us, I can only say I am very grateful to be here.

===Other remarks===
Some people may be interested in the http://decoi.collectivae.net/ Design Of Collective Intelligence series - those are 1 week long versions of what SFI is trying to do, but mainly focused at multi agent systems.

Also interesting, and this is even a longer shot, is http://www.nextgenerationinfrastructures.eu/academy if you are interested in (physical) networks and infrastructures.

Here is an article about the spread of contagion in a social network written for a general audience, as an example of science journalism:

"Infectious Personalities", The Economist, May 13, 2010. http://www.economist.com/node/16103882

AS

==Wednesday June 9==
Ingrid van Putten 
Thomas Maillart 
Vessela Daskalova 
Kasia Samson 

==Thursday June 10==
Anna Pechenkina 
Chaitayna Gokhale 
Jing Li 
Griff Rees 

==Friday June 11==
Kang Zhao 
Florian Sabou 
Roberta Sinatra 
Bogdan State 

==(Saturday June 12)==
==(Sunday June 13)==

==Monday June 14==
Andrew Hein 
Tracey McDole 
Sergey Melnik 
Erik Van den Broecke 

==Tuesday June 15==
Drew Levin 
Leif Karlstrom 
Mark Laidre 
Borys Wrobel 
==Wednesday June 16==
Joseph Gran 
Micael Ehn 
Damian Blasi 
Daniel Jones 

==Thursday June 17==
Yixian Song 
Sam Scarpino 
Giovanni Petri 
Michael Szell 

==Friday June 18==
Sandra Bennun 
Susanne Shultz 
Lynette Shaw 
Sarah Wise 
==(Saturday June 19)==
==(Sunday June 20)==

==Monday June 21==
Dan MacKinlay 
Megan Olsen 
Vanessa Weinberger 
Jonathan Cannon 

==Tuesday June 22==
Erika Legara 
Gavin Fay 
Bruno Abrahao 
Zhiyuan Song 

==Wednesday June 23==
Julie Granka 
Nick Foti 
Felix Hol 
Oana Carja 
==Thursday June 24==

==Friday June 25==

CSSS 2010 Santa Fe-Blog

2010-06-08T04:29:27Z

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Alison Snyder

2010-06-06T03:55:00Z

Amsnyder: New page: I’m a scientist turned journalist who covers science, technology, and health in print, on television and on stage. My writing has appeared in ''The Daily Beast'', ''Scientific American''...

I’m a scientist turned journalist who covers science, technology, and health in print, on television and on stage. My writing has appeared in ''The Daily Beast'', ''Scientific American'', ''Scientific American MIND'', and ''The Scientist''. (I have a side gig writing obituaries for ''The Lancet''. Hopefully that remains irrelevant to all of you for a long time!) I graduated from MIT with a degree in chemical engineering and studied botany at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand. After earning a masters degree in science journalism from NYU, I worked as an associate producer for the PBS science series ''NOVA scienceNOW'', then as a producer for the ''World Science Festival'' and now for ''The Daily Beast''. [[image:p7310001.jpg|300px|thumb]]

I live in Astoria, NY and Bucks County, Pennsylvania, where I garden, rock climb, ski and try to play the banjo. The picture sums up my existence.

===What do I bring?===

Experience unraveling and communicating complex scientific ideas and stories in various mediums (print, television, live). And a rusty knowledge of linear algebra and differential equations.

===What do I hope to get from CSSS?===

I hope to gain a deeper understanding of what you are all working on so that I may effectively and accurately communicate research in the field to a wide audience and they too can gain a deeper understanding of the research being done to tackle some of the biggest scientific and social problems of our time.

===Project Idea===
Thinking...

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