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CSSS 2009 Santa Fe-Final Papers

2009-08-28T21:04:10Z

Anoble: /* Approaches to Panarchy */

{{CSSS 2009 Santa Fe}}

===The Effect of Gossip on Social Networks===
'''Summary''': In this project we look at the effects of the spread of gossip (defined as information passed between two individuals A and B about an individual C who is not present) on social network structure.

'''By''' ([http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Modeling_gossip_networks Group Page]): [[Allison Shaw]], [[Chang Yu]], [[Dave Brooks|David Brooks]], [[Milena Tsvetkova]], [[Roozbeh Daneshvar]]

* [[Media:Gossip.pdf|Final Paper]]

===Deconstructing CSSS09 Social Network===
'''Summary''': CSSS09 is a group of people interested in complex systems who are randomly chosen to attend the one month summer school. The international and interdisciplinary group spends four weeks together learning, discussing and working on projects related to complex systems. We are analyzing the social interaction of this network and the network change over time.

'''By''' ([[CSSS 09 Social Network|Group Page]]):
[[Margreth Keiler]], [[Murad Mithani]], [[Roozbeh Daneshvar]], [[Wendy Ham]]

* [[Media:Network_CSSS_2009.pdf|Final Paper]]

===Analyzing Contagion in Heterogeneous Networks===
'''Summary''': Using the real-life data for the flu shots "contagion", and generating an agent based model, the project intends to analyze contagion in a network in which all the nodes have various levels of threshold for changing. The project intends to investigate if the thresholds are various, can that lead to new behaviors in group level? Also includes an analytical analysis and investigation of dynamics of disease spreading in view of immunity-wise classification of regions/clusters.

'''By''':
[[Roozbeh Daneshvar]], [[Lara Danilova-Burdess]], [[Karen Simpson]], [[Jeremy Barofsky]], [[Varsha Kulkarni]]

* [[Media:Contagion_in_Heterogeneous_Networks.pdf|Final Paper]]

===The Effect of Disaggregation on Infection Spreading in a social network: 'More' may not be 'Merrier'===
'''Summary''': This project analyzes the dynamics of infection spreading in the disaggregated framework of a social network using prevalence data for different countries.

'''By''':
[[Varsha Kulkarni]]

* [[Media: Disaggregation_effect_paper.pdf|Final Paper]]

===Mom made me do it: Division of labor via maternal effects===
'''Summary''': We explore an alternative to cooperation for the evolution of division of labor (maternal manipulation) by means of an individual-based model.

'''By''':
[[Mauricio Gonzalez-Forero]], [[Mareen Hofmann]]

* [[Media: manipulation_19_08_2009.pdf|Final Paper]]

===Foraging on the Move===
'''Summary''':In this project we develop a model for organisms that forage in groups while migrating (e.g. caribou, wildebeest), to understand how individuals should balance foraging and flocking behaviors.

'''By''' ([http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Foraging_on_the_move Group Page]): [[Allison Shaw]], [[Andrew Berdahl]], [[Kathrine Behrman|Kate Behrman]], [[Liliana Salvador]], [[Steven Lade]]

* [[Media:Foraging.pdf|Final Paper]]

===Approaches to Panarchy===
'''Summary''': Panarchy refers to a nested set of interacting dynamical systems, each one cycling over a hierarchy of scales in time and space. This concept provides a framework for thinking about complex systems in ecology, economics, sociology, etc. We consider novel examples and applications of panarchy.

'''By''': [[Barbara Bauer]], [[Andrew Noble]], [[Damian Winters]]

* [[Media:WaterWheel.pdf|Final Paper2]]

CSSS 2009 Santa Fe-Final Papers

2009-08-28T21:03:48Z

Anoble: /* Approaches to Panarchy */

{{CSSS 2009 Santa Fe}}

===The Effect of Gossip on Social Networks===
'''Summary''': In this project we look at the effects of the spread of gossip (defined as information passed between two individuals A and B about an individual C who is not present) on social network structure.

'''By''' ([http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Modeling_gossip_networks Group Page]): [[Allison Shaw]], [[Chang Yu]], [[Dave Brooks|David Brooks]], [[Milena Tsvetkova]], [[Roozbeh Daneshvar]]

* [[Media:Gossip.pdf|Final Paper]]

===Deconstructing CSSS09 Social Network===
'''Summary''': CSSS09 is a group of people interested in complex systems who are randomly chosen to attend the one month summer school. The international and interdisciplinary group spends four weeks together learning, discussing and working on projects related to complex systems. We are analyzing the social interaction of this network and the network change over time.

'''By''' ([[CSSS 09 Social Network|Group Page]]):
[[Margreth Keiler]], [[Murad Mithani]], [[Roozbeh Daneshvar]], [[Wendy Ham]]

* [[Media:Network_CSSS_2009.pdf|Final Paper]]

===Analyzing Contagion in Heterogeneous Networks===
'''Summary''': Using the real-life data for the flu shots "contagion", and generating an agent based model, the project intends to analyze contagion in a network in which all the nodes have various levels of threshold for changing. The project intends to investigate if the thresholds are various, can that lead to new behaviors in group level? Also includes an analytical analysis and investigation of dynamics of disease spreading in view of immunity-wise classification of regions/clusters.

'''By''':
[[Roozbeh Daneshvar]], [[Lara Danilova-Burdess]], [[Karen Simpson]], [[Jeremy Barofsky]], [[Varsha Kulkarni]]

* [[Media:Contagion_in_Heterogeneous_Networks.pdf|Final Paper]]

===The Effect of Disaggregation on Infection Spreading in a social network: 'More' may not be 'Merrier'===
'''Summary''': This project analyzes the dynamics of infection spreading in the disaggregated framework of a social network using prevalence data for different countries.

'''By''':
[[Varsha Kulkarni]]

* [[Media: Disaggregation_effect_paper.pdf|Final Paper]]

===Mom made me do it: Division of labor via maternal effects===
'''Summary''': We explore an alternative to cooperation for the evolution of division of labor (maternal manipulation) by means of an individual-based model.

'''By''':
[[Mauricio Gonzalez-Forero]], [[Mareen Hofmann]]

* [[Media: manipulation_19_08_2009.pdf|Final Paper]]

===Foraging on the Move===
'''Summary''':In this project we develop a model for organisms that forage in groups while migrating (e.g. caribou, wildebeest), to understand how individuals should balance foraging and flocking behaviors.

'''By''' ([http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Foraging_on_the_move Group Page]): [[Allison Shaw]], [[Andrew Berdahl]], [[Kathrine Behrman|Kate Behrman]], [[Liliana Salvador]], [[Steven Lade]]

* [[Media:Foraging.pdf|Final Paper]]

===Approaches to Panarchy===
'''Summary''': Panarchy refers to a nested set of interacting dynamical systems, each one cycling over a hierarchy of scales in time and space. This concept provides a framework for thinking about complex systems in ecology, economics, sociology, etc. We consider novel examples and applications of panarchy.

'''By''': [[Barbara Bauer]], [[Andrew Noble]], [[Damien Winters]]

* [[Media:WaterWheel.pdf|Final Paper2]]

File:WaterWheel.pdf

2009-08-28T21:01:41Z

Anoble:

CSSS 2009 Santa Fe-Final Papers

2009-08-28T20:54:58Z

Anoble:

{{CSSS 2009 Santa Fe}}

===The Effect of Gossip on Social Networks===
'''Summary''': In this project we look at the effects of the spread of gossip (defined as information passed between two individuals A and B about an individual C who is not present) on social network structure.

'''By''' ([http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Modeling_gossip_networks Group Page]): [[Allison Shaw]], [[Chang Yu]], [[Dave Brooks|David Brooks]], [[Milena Tsvetkova]], [[Roozbeh Daneshvar]]

* [[Media:Gossip.pdf|Final Paper]]

===Deconstructing CSSS09 Social Network===
'''Summary''': CSSS09 is a group of people interested in complex systems who are randomly chosen to attend the one month summer school. The international and interdisciplinary group spends four weeks together learning, discussing and working on projects related to complex systems. We are analyzing the social interaction of this network and the network change over time.

'''By''' ([[CSSS 09 Social Network|Group Page]]):
[[Margreth Keiler]], [[Murad Mithani]], [[Roozbeh Daneshvar]], [[Wendy Ham]]

* [[Media:Network_CSSS_2009.pdf|Final Paper]]

===Analyzing Contagion in Heterogeneous Networks===
'''Summary''': Using the real-life data for the flu shots "contagion", and generating an agent based model, the project intends to analyze contagion in a network in which all the nodes have various levels of threshold for changing. The project intends to investigate if the thresholds are various, can that lead to new behaviors in group level? Also includes an analytical analysis and investigation of dynamics of disease spreading in view of immunity-wise classification of regions/clusters.

'''By''':
[[Roozbeh Daneshvar]], [[Lara Danilova-Burdess]], [[Karen Simpson]], [[Jeremy Barofsky]], [[Varsha Kulkarni]]

* [[Media:Contagion_in_Heterogeneous_Networks.pdf|Final Paper]]

===The Effect of Disaggregation on Infection Spreading in a social network: 'More' may not be 'Merrier'===
'''Summary''': This project analyzes the dynamics of infection spreading in the disaggregated framework of a social network using prevalence data for different countries.

'''By''':
[[Varsha Kulkarni]]

* [[Media: Disaggregation_effect_paper.pdf|Final Paper]]

===Mom made me do it: Division of labor via maternal effects===
'''Summary''': We explore an alternative to cooperation for the evolution of division of labor (maternal manipulation) by means of an individual-based model.

'''By''':
[[Mauricio Gonzalez-Forero]], [[Mareen Hofmann]]

* [[Media: manipulation_19_08_2009.pdf|Final Paper]]

===Foraging on the Move===
'''Summary''':In this project we develop a model for organisms that forage in groups while migrating (e.g. caribou, wildebeest), to understand how individuals should balance foraging and flocking behaviors.

'''By''' ([http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Foraging_on_the_move Group Page]): [[Allison Shaw]], [[Andrew Berdahl]], [[Kathrine Behrman|Kate Behrman]], [[Liliana Salvador]], [[Steven Lade]]

* [[Media:Foraging.pdf|Final Paper]]

===Approaches to Panarchy===
'''Summary''': Panarchy refers to a nested set of interacting dynamical systems, each one cycling over a hierarchy of scales in time and space. This concept provides a framework for thinking about complex systems in ecology, economics, sociology, etc. We consider novel examples and applications of panarchy.

'''By''': [[Barbara Bauer]], [[Andrew Noble]], [[Damien Winter]]

* [[Media:WaterWheel.pdf|Final Paper2]]

CSSS 2009 Santa Fe-Tutorials

2009-06-12T14:29:26Z

Anoble: /* Mathematical modeling in ecology */

{{CSSS 2009 Santa Fe}}

Feel free to organize your own tutorials. 
Post tutorial schedules here.

'''For ease of scheduling, please make amendments to the schedule'''

Also, a [[tutorial outline page]] wouldn't be bad.

== [[Information theory leading on to Maximum Entropy (and maybe maximum entropy production)]] ==
[[Steven Lade]]: Well, nobody responded to my request so perhaps I'll do it myself :) I learnt a little at another summer school, so maybe I'm the best qualified, I was just hoping I wasn't. :)

Maximum entropy comes out of information theory (which I'm not expert in, so if there's someone knowledgeable to help me there, that would be great). It states simply that the most likely state of a system is the one which maximises its (information-theoretic) entropy. The entropy of statistical mechanics comes naturally from it: indeed, stat mech can be viewed as a subset of information theory from this perspective. But you can apply it to any sort of system, not just physics. It's the closest thing to a 'theory of complex systems' that I've seen!

Tentative time: 7PM, Monday June 15. Add your name if interested.

* I am interested and will happily wear the skeptic hat: essentially if the entropy is sensitive to your parametrization, it loses much of its meaning. I think this is why some people (such as Amari) like to do "coordinate-free statistics". -Gustavo Lacerda

* I'm no expert, but I do have information theory basics under my belt... and more importantly, I happen to have some introductory info. theo. latex slides for a talk I recently gave. So I can offer help with the background, and then sit back & listen to the higher level, post-Shannon applications :) -[[Rosemary Braun]]
** On edit: I just noticed Lucas & Roozbeh requested an info theo tutorial -- shall we just roll it all together? -[[Rosemary Braun]]

*[[Lucas Lacasa]] Great, I'm in. Steve, with the Max-ent stuff you mean Jaynes? I've seen Jaynes formalism two or three times but never saw the difference with a merely Lagrange multiplier optimization, so great to hear about that. Rosemary, I would also be glad to learn some information theory stuff. I know the ultra-basics (Shannon entropy, mutual information, and not much more...).

[[Angela Onslow]]: I'd like to come along to this

[[Roozbeh Daneshvar]]: FYI, We have ABM tutorial on Monday, June 15th starting at 04:30 PM. I assume that it is finished by 07:00 PM.

[[Kate Behrman]]: I also do not claim to be an expert, but have gone over a lot of the theory that is commonly used in biology. I would like to know what physicists think. Count me in!

[[Steven Lade]]: Rosemary, would be great if you could start with information theory. Lucas, yes I do mean Jaynes. Lagrange multiplier optimisation is really all that happens, so maybe it is all the same -- I confess I don't know much stat mech either! This session is going to be very much everyone contributing I think. And sounds like you may know more than me, Kate.

[[Allison Shaw]]: I'd like to come -- I've had the basics of information theory, but could definitely use a refresher and I'd love to learn the more advanced stuff.

[[watson]]: Sounds great. I know nothing about entropy maximization (other than the basic statement of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_law_of_thermodynamics 2nd law of thermodynamics]). But I would be glad to help out Rosemary with explaining some info theory stuff... Rosemary, perhaps we can chat before Monday. I'm thinking: entropy, conditional entropy, mutual information and possibly some topics beyond.

[[Elliot Martin]]: There are some differences between maximum entropy in thermodynamics, and what Jaynes does. I would be happy to help out if you want, but I just know a little bit about this stuff.

[[Massimo Mastrangeli]]: I am definitely not an expert, anyway I had several bits of information theory throughout time, so I'd like to wrap it up somehow. I'll join you.

Lara Danilova-Burdess Count me in

== [[MATLAB / Mathematica]] ==
[[Steven Lade]]: Hiro, I will happily give a tutorial on the basics of these languages (but only the basics, I don't use any of the fancy bits). Anyone here know if the labs here run MATLAB/Mathematica?

If there is anyone else interested (leave your name) I'll arrange a time, otherwise I'll talk directly with you Hiro.

[[Karen Simpson]]: I would also like a tutorial on MATLAB. I know some things about it, but never really learned the basics so it takes me a long time to do things. The computer labs should be equipped with MATLAB. I also have a fairly updated version on my laptop.

[[Lucas Lacasa]]I'm also interested! Also know some basics but I usually program in Fortran so I'd love to learn it.

Steven, many thanks! I think that the computers in the lab have MATLAB. If not, we can access it through my school's server as long as the internet connection is stable. [[Hirotoshi Yoshioka]]/lakiaypayaska

[[Brian Hollar]] I'm also very interested! I've never used these languages, but have some basic knowledge of Java, NetLogo, and FORTRAN. I'd appreciate the help and would love to learn.

[[Milena Tsvetkova]] Count me in! Steve, what is a good time for you?

[[Wei Ni]]: Hi ppl. Could I join in? I know MATLAB and I would like to further polish my MATLAB skills. Meanwhile I want to learn Mathematica.

Thanks for coordinating the tutorial and for 'setting up' the facilities, Steve and Lucas.

[[Chang Yu]]:Hello,I'm here! Thank you guys for this tutorial.I'm a kid in MATLAB and very courious about it.I know M is a giant in Mathematics,Statistic Analysis,Images and Genetic Algorithm and really want to learn more about that.By the way, I have the installation of Matlab 7.0 and I'll take it in my flash drive.If you have updated version, that would be better.

[[Steven Lade]]: Too late for this week I think, and next week is pretty full, so let's aim for 7PM Monday June 22.

[[Elliot Martin]]: I would be happy to help out with the MATLAB tutorial if you want. I don't use any of the fancy packages either though.

[[Marek Kwiatkowski]]: Excellent tutorial idea, I'll be there.

[[Margreth Keiler]]: I would like to join. I've never used these languages but I would like to get an idea.

== [[Statistical physics: applications to complex systems]] ==
[[Lucas Lacasa]]:Statistical physics is a rather huge field, so I'm thinking on building a tutorial that focus on some specific topics related to complexity science in a chat-like level, namely:

- Fundamentals of statistical mechanics: ensembles, partition function and associated thermodynamic quantities (free energy, entropy) and some other basic stuff.

- Critical phenomena: Phase transitions in physical, social, and algorithmic systems. Self-organized criticality as the counterpart of a critical phase transition. Relation between phase transitions and local bifurcations of dynamical systems.

- Monte Carlo simulations, ergodic theorem

- Specific example gathering all of the above: Ising model

- Other related topics that you may like to listen to

Maybe we could schedule it for next week, something like next wednesday (17) at 7pm? (provided that no PRIORITY things such as basketball or soccer games are scheduled). If anyone else is interested please leave your name. Depending on the 'audience' we can fix one place or another...

*[[Steven Lade]] Fantastic, I'm in. But there is the 'Music on the Hill' 6-8pm Wednesdays. Is 8pm getting too late for 'work'? Or I miss an hour of the music. (Tuesday and thursdays there's the nonlinear dynamics labs)

*[[Lucas Lacasa]] You're right. What about friday 19 after lunch?

*[[Roozbeh Daneshvar]] I'd like to join this one.

*[[Corinne Teeter]] I'd also like to come.

*[[Barbara Bauer]] I'm interested too.

*[[Hirotoshi Yoshioka]]: I'd like to come.

*[[Gustavo Lacerda]]: I'm interested.

*[[Allison Shaw]]: I'd like to join as well.

*[[watson]]: maybe you guys should rope [[Andrew Berdahl]] into this as well. sounds like he could have something to add...

*[[Elliot Martin]]: I could talk a bit about self organized criticality, and a bit about some mean field theory if you want some company

*[[Jacopo Tagliabue]]: I'm interested, especially if tutorial includes a for-dummies part.

*[[Massimo Mastrangeli]]: I will join you!

Lara Danilova-Burdess Excellent. I'd like to come.

*[[Mareen Hofmann]]: Super! I'm in as well.

*[[Margreth Keiler]]: I'm interested, and join the for-dummies part ;-)

== [[Mathematical modeling in ecology]] ==
If we want to do this before the talks next week, Monday evening?

*[[Barbara Bauer]] whoah, I wish i had an overview on the whole field...
But a subset of this are food webs: recommended readings for the next week's talks of Jennifer Dunne & Neo Martinez are
Berlow et al. 2009 Simple predictions of interaction strengths in complex food webs
and
Dunne et al. 2008 Compilation and network analysis of Cambrian food webs
(i can send both if you're interested). This is the latest and probably best of their research agenda, so we could discuss them, and Sasha & me could talk about different approaches/remaining big unsolved questions of community ecology. It would be cool if it'd happen before the talks (this would enable better questions and discussion during the talks), but looking at our schedule, there's not much chance for this...

About other ecol.modeling:
I guess I could give a general introduction to it, which will probably be biased towards the stuff i actually know something about- ODE-based modeling, networks and probably adaptive dynamics. For the sake of complexity, I can tell you on what fields they use other types of models (e.g. individual-based or spatial distribution models), but i don't know too much about the details of these.

*[[Caroline Farrior]] I agree an overview of the whole field is difficult. I would be willing to take part in this discussion and talk about the kinds of work I do with forest models and models I have seen done in many other areas of Ecology. There a lot of different kinds of models in Ecology which all have their own goals and utilities in combination with data and ideas. I would be very happy to listen to and perhaps contribute to such a discussion.

*[[Roozbeh Daneshvar]] I'd like to join. I do not have much background in this area and any amount of review before the relevant classes is highly appreciated.

*[[Marek Kwiatkowski]] I would be interested in learning about this too.

*[[Andrew Noble]] This all sounds great. I'd be happy to lead a brief overview of stochastic process models in community ecology (focusing on Hubbell's neutral theory of biodiversity). How about next Wednesday at 7pm? I'd like to attend the MaxEnt workshop Monday evening, and there are conflicts with Hubler's nonlinear workshops on Tuesday and Thursday.

== Tutorial requests! ==
Either a formal 'lecture' or a casual 'chat' is fine!
* Time series analysis (requested by Steve Lade)
* Maximum entropy / Maximum entropy production (requested by Steve Lade)
* Mathematical modelling in ecology (requested by Steve Lade)
* Some physics stuff: statistical mechanics; mean field theory; self-organized criticality and phase transitions; Ising model and the like (requested by Mareen Hofmann and Roozbeh Daneshvar)
** [[Lucas Lacasa]] I can talk you about phase transitions, Ising model, SOC and general stat phys...
** [[Steven Lade]] I'd like to hear about this too; can you schedule a tutorial?
* Evolutionary game theory (requested by Mareen Hofmann and Roozbeh Daneshvar)
* Ergodic theory (requested by Roozbeh Daneshvar)
* Information theory (requested by Roozbeh Daneshvar and Lucas Lacasa)
* Spectral graph theory (requested by Lucas Lacasa)
* Spin glass theory: Replica method (requested by Lucas Lacasa)

*If somebody can give a tutorial on Matlab and/or Mathematica, that would be nice. I'm also interested in the difference between the two programs (e.g., what each program is good at). Thanks in advance! Hiro/lakiaypayaska

*Fitting high dimensional data with functions--is there such thing as 4D maximum likelihood estimation (MLE)? Also how to tell if two 'blobs' of high dimensional data are statistically the same or different.[[Corinne Teeter]]
** The MLE is defined for any parameter vector, i.e. any number of dimensions. Finding it is a different story, and can be hard if the objective is not convex. The fully non-parametric ("assumption-free") way to do this is a two-sample test. For 1D data, you could use something like the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolmogorov-Smirnov_test#Two-sample_Kolmogorov.E2.80.93Smirnov_test Kolmogorov-Smirnov test] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cram%C3%A9r%E2%80%93von-Mises_criterion#Cram.C3.A9r-von-Mises_test_.28two_samples.29 Cramer-von Mises criterion]. Essentially you are stuffing the points from sample 2 into bins defined by the points from sample 1 (or vice-versa): the null hypothesis is that the bins are filled uniformly. You want to find a generalization of this into higher dimensions. I imagine that textbooks on spatial statistics would have this information.
UPDATE: I think you could use Voronoi cells as your bins, and this works in any number of dimensions! -[[Gustavo Lacerda]]

*Bayesian inference. Maximum likelihood estimation. (requested by Steve Lade)
** I'd be happy to give a "casual chat" on this. [[Gustavo Lacerda]]

* I'd like to learn about normal modes and the Lagrangian and/or Hamiltonian formulation of classical mechanics. -[[Gustavo Lacerda]] **I would be glad to discuss this with you. You might also be interested in how these deterministic systems give rise to randomness [[Nathan Hodas]]

* I'd like to learn some beyond-the-basic econometrics and data analysis, possibly focusing on how to build models in social sciences. Anyone? -[[Jacopo Tagliabue]] and [[Roozbeh Daneshvar]]

* I'd love to get introduced to game theory ([[Massimo Mastrangeli]] and [[Roozbeh Daneshvar]])

* Anyone can tell me about graph grammars? ([[Massimo Mastrangeli]])

CSSS 2009 Santa Fe-After Hours

2009-06-12T03:36:13Z

Anoble: /* Hiking Plans */

{{CSSS 2009 Santa Fe}}
'''Please make an attempt to post plans to the schedule'''

== Hiking ==
I'm excited by the excellent hiking and backpacking available around Santa Fe! For now, if you're interested in some hiking put down your name, previous experience and equipment you will be bringing (for those interested in overnight hiking). Later, we can use this page to arrange specific plans -- although if you have some ideas or intentions already, please put them down. [[User:SteveLade|SteveLade]] 03:28, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

- [[Steven Lade]]. Experience: many multi-day hikes ("backpacks"?) in Australia. Equipment: probably 2-man tent and my sleeping bag. Won't fit my stove I think. I enjoy strenuous hikes but am no masochist.

- [[Daniel Wuellner]]. Experience: several backpacking trips (2-5 days) in Wisconsin and California. Equipment: 2-person tent, stove, water filter. I'll also have a car (seats 4). I like strenuous day hikes and easy-moderate overnight trips.

- [[Casey Helgeson]]. I did a three month hike on the Florida National Trail in 2000, but very little since then. I won't be equipped for overnight camping, but would love to do some day hikes.

- [[watson]]. I've done many backpacking trips over the last decade and a half or so in various parts of the country. I brought camping supplies including a 2-human tent and a stove. Observing beauty is my main objective when hiking, whether the trail is difficult or not. Strenuous is a good substitute sometimes.

=== Hiking Plans ===
* Tentative plan for Atalaya Mountain, Saturday. Trail starts at the parking lot here at St John's! Meet after breakfast at 9AM? Trail is 7 miles return, 2000ft elevation gain, I've seen no recommended times but I'd expect we'd return mid-afternoon. Good views back over Santa Fe. Trail easy at start but steep towards end. Should be a nice warm up before moving onto more difficult hikes. You'll need walking shoes, lunch, water (I suggest 3L), hat, sunscreen, rain jacket and a sweater just in case. Add your name if you're interested, but watch this space for confirmation (or alternative hikes -- did you buy that book Margreth?). Interested people: Steve Lade, Milena (POSSIBLY CHANGING TO SUNDAY TO MAKE ROOM FOR A BANDELIER TRIP ON SAT)
[[Mahyar Malekpour]]: If this hike is rescheduled for Sunday, I'm in.

[[Margreth Keiler]]: Steve your were faster buying this book ;-)but I would like to have a look. Yes, I would like to this hike, Sunday would be great. I suggest to make a stop on the Saturday to get water and food, because on Sunday there is only a brunch starting at 10.30.

[[Steven Lade]]: I might skip the hike and go into Santa Fe instead. But you're welcome to borrow my book and do the hike yourself, Margreth.

*[http://www.nps.gov/band Bandelier National Monument] day trip *this* Saturday (13th). I'm thinking a stop at the museum, hike the short trail to the cave sites, and then do a longer hike to a backcountry ruin (e.g., [http://www.nps.gov/band/planyourvisit/yapashi-pueblo.htm Yapeshi Pueblo]). Also, I have a friend who, for his dissertation, incorporated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resilience_(ecology) ecological resilience] theory into a time-series analysis of the archaeological settlements there...I could get a summary of his research, which could make for interesting and potentially relevant discussion during our visit to the sites. It takes about 1.5 hours to drive there. I can comfortably take one other person in my truck, and uncomfortably two people. Interested peops: Randy Haas
**this was originally scheduled for the following weekend, but I've moved it up to the 13th by suggestion
**Things you'll need: a ride, walking shoes, ~3L water, food, a warm coat or sweater (it's good to have a mix of warm and cool-weather clothes because the weather can change rapidly here).
**There's a cafe at the visitors center where we can get lunch or dinner. I'll see if the diner here can provide us with to-go lunches. Otherwise, we can plan on making a grocery store stop on the way out.
**Things you may want to bring: a hat, sun screen, a rain coat, camera....
[[Mahyar Malekpour]]: Count me in. I have a car and room for three.

[[Steven Lade]]: I'd like to come, and hereby claim a car space!

[[Margreth Keiler]]: I'd like to join as well and I have no car.

[[Angela Onslow]]: I'd like to come too, shot gun a car space if there's still one going!

[[Allison Shaw]]: I'd like to go as well, if there is still space in a car.

[[Karen Simpson]] I'd love to go too, if possible!!

[[Lara Danilova-Burdess]]: Count me in.

[[Guimei Zhu]]: love to go:), claim a car space:)

[[Chang Yu]]: Count me in.(∩_∩)

[[Roozbeh Daneshvar]]: I am in (I do not have car).

[[Andrew Noble]]: I'm in. I have a car and can seat five total.

**Updates:
***We'll depart at 9AM leaving from Peterson Hall.
***Count on being gone all day, although if several people wish to leave early, we may be able to arrange for one of the vehicles to have an earlier return.

'''[[Bandelier Trip Sign Up]]'''

==Sports==

===St. John's Facilities===
Please let John Paul know if you want to schedule court (basketball/volleyball) or field (soccer/football/rugby) games in advance. We need to get approval from conference services to make sure there are no *other* events going on.

===Soccer===

Mahyar would like to start up a soccer game, Tuesday 6/9, 7:00 on the St. John's soccer field. We'll bring the ball. You bring the game. [[Mahyar Malekpour]]

[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Roozbeh_Daneshvar Roozbeh]: I will play.

[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Marek_Kwiatkowski Marek]: So will I. If anyone has size 8 (Eur 42) or similar sport shoes to lend, I'd be very grateful.

[[Randy Haas|Randy Haas]]: I'm in.

[[Mahyar Malekpour]]: Wow, great turn out for our first game. Here is the situation for our next games, the field is used on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 5pm - 8pm. That leaves us with Mondays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Update: We'll be playing our next soccer game on Friday (June 12, 2009) afternoon, 3:00pm - 5:00pm and decide for the next game afterwards.

Here is suggestion for our future soccer games.
* Please bring a white and a dark (not gray) shirt to the games for team segregation.

===Basketball===

We just started doing some sort of static simulation of what it's usually called "basketball". We plan to play on a somewhat regular basis after the afternoon lecture: the more we are, the better it is. [[Jacopo Tagliabue]]

===Climbing/Bouldering===

I brought shoes and a harness. Don't know the area yet. [[watson]]

[[Liliana Salvador]] Me too. I found a rock climbing gym 2.5 miles away from the college: http://www.sfccenter.qwestoffice.net/. However, I prefer to go outside...still looking for places!

===Squash===

The gym has two squash courts, and I have extra squash racquets I am happy to loan out. Please add your name or contact me if you would like to partake. [[Nathan Hodas]]

[[Elliot Martin]]: Me and Andrew also have our raquets here, and they told us at the gym that they have extra balls and raquets for those who don't have their own

[[Roozbeh Daneshvar]]: I'd like to join. I prefer everyday after the 04:30 PM.

[[Gustavo Lacerda]]: I am interested.

I am also like to join in, please do inform me if you girls and guys set down the time. i have just do yoga for one year.I also like bely danceing very much, it is helpful for you to loose your weight on your belly or stomach, also a good relax of your shoulder and tight of your hip. i just have one belly dance song on my hand, does anyone also have others?

===Yoga===
There were some people interested in doing yoga. I am not terribly good, but would love to join a group. [[Alexander Mikheyev]]

[[watson]]: Also totally into this. Mornings slightly preferred. I've practiced some [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anusara_Yoga Anusara] and have a very simple/short routine I do most mornings which I'd be happy to share.

I am sure I will do some yoga, I have been looking at the websites of some of the local studios. My ankle is bothering me a bit, so I will probably wait a couple days and then go check one out. I was thinking of trying the bikram place first although I am not too picky. http://www.bikramyoga-santafe.com/schedule.html. Bikram is hot yoga for those who don't know. Looks to be $10 for drop in students, 1.5 hour classes, supposed to be for any level. Corinne.

[[Erin Taylor]]: I'm interested in the Bikram yoga - let me know when you plan to go. Also, I brought a great yoga DVD by Bryan Kest [http://www.amazon.com/Bryan-Kest-Power-Complete-Collection/dp/B0001WTWYC/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1244598801&sr=8-1] which is Ashtanga style. I often do this in the mornings, it takes about 1 hour. The TVs in the common rooms don't seem to work but I can set it up on my laptop or someone else's, mine will require a power outlet however. For anyone interested, any thoughts on a suitable location?

[[Mareen Hofmann]]: I'd like to go and try out some local yoga studios. I haven't practiced Bikram Yoga yet, but I'd definitely give it a try. I also found an Anusara Yoga studio (which is what I do in Berlin) and we could go there as well: http://www.spandaramayoga.com/about.html.

[[Milena Tsvetkova]]: I do classical Ashtanga [http://www.kpjayi.org/method.html]. Since it is a set sequence, I don't need to go to a studio, although it is always much more fun. If anyone is interested in trying it out, let me know.

[[Karen Simpson]] I would love to do some Bikram yoga!! And $10 is not bad for a 1.5 hour workout. Can we plan on going this week?

[[Lucas Lacasa]] I think I've done like 4 yoga sessions in my entire life but I would love to practice some (if that doesn't mean waking up at 5 am...). If someone is good enough to teach me, I would be more than glad to learn! I've seen some mats in the gym (by the basketball court). Maybe we could organize some morning yoga on a regular basis?

[[Gustavo Lacerda]]: I'm interested. I'd suggest we set up a time to follow Watson / Erin's DVD. As for location: if nothing else, I think there are some covered outdoor areas just uphill of the Peterson Center.

[[Guimei Zhu]] i am in, please do inform me if you girls and guys set down the time. i have just praticed it for one year. I am really fascinated in Belly Dancing. It is really helpful for you to loose your weight in your belly and stomach, and good for you to relax your shoulder, tight your hip. I bring the belly dance skirt and also one song of it, anyone has others good song to share?

[[Elliot Martin]]: I have done some Bikram yoga and would definitely be up for it. I haven't done any Anusara, but I have heard some good things and would be happy to give it a go

==Music==

===Music on the Hill™ 2009===
St. John's College Athletic Field
Wednesday evenings, 6-8 p.m.

This is something going on every Wednesday, for those who are interested in a bit of relaxing high culture.[[John Paul]]

Yes. Saw a posted add for this. Free every week. This (first) week looks to be featuring Brazilian Jazz! [[watson]]

===Music in Santa Fe===

Haven't done the legwork yet to see whats brewing down in the city, but I'd love to go hear some acoustic sounds or rock out to some electronic beats (SF has a vibrant scene I'm told). [[watson]]

[[Angela Onslow]]: If you do hear of anywhere playing this sort of stuff I'd also be interested, if anyone fancies listening to some blues then I'd like to check out WilLee's blues bar at some point hopefully and also I really want to watch some flamenco, have found one venue in town but still requires a little more research as to cost, if anyone's interested though let me know and we can pick a good evening to go!

[[John Paul]]: WilLee's is now defunct, unfortunately. There's a replacement bar named Corazon at the same location but they don't have the music WilLee's used to.

Salsa and Flamenco is at El Farol on Canyon Road. Thursday evenings and the weekends.

Electronica and such is Tuesdays at the Cowgirl Hall of Fame. There's also odd assorted events at The Lodge on weekends. www.deeprogressions.com is the New Mexico DJ and electronica website, and has schedules.

==Games==

I brought Set, Backgammon and Cards. I'm particularly interested in getting a game of Set going soon. Anywhere between 2 and 10 people can play. If you haven't played yet, its all about pattern matching. Its addictive and I'd be happy to indoctrinate you. [[watson]]

Also I love the group game [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_(game) Mafia/Werewolf/Assassin] and would be down to instigate a game. Its fun to play with anywhere between 8 and 20 people. [[watson]]

[[Roozbeh Daneshvar]]: I'd like to play backgammon. Please contact me if you have some free time.

Poker anyone? I have cards. [[Wendy]]

[[Gustavo Lacerda]]: I like poker. Mafia could be fun.

[[Liliana Salvador]]: I am in for any game.

[[Elliot Martin]]: I brought bang which is pretty much like mafia from what I hear. I would be interested in playing anything though

[[Rosemary Braun]] I am *SO IN* for Mafia & hence highly intrigued by Bang. Likewise Set. (Am kicking myself now for not having brought Illuminati :( Is there any interest in a leisurely game of Diplomacy?)

==Visiting Santa Fe==

===Santa Fe downtown on Friday June 19th===

[[Roozbeh Daneshvar]]: Let's set a draft plan to visit Santa Fe downtown on Friday June 19th and visit some museums. In case we go to SFI again, we can re-schedule.

===Santa Fe Complex===
[[Stephen Guerin]] has extended an invite to anybody who might be interested in giving a "[[http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=define:brown+bag&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8| Brown Bag]]" lecture at the [[www.sfcomplex.org|Santa Fe Complex. Email Stephen_at_SFComplex_dot- org if you'd like to. The crowd is extremely receptive to any number of advanced concepts, and the opportunity to practice lecturing in a friendly, responsive environment is something that doesn't come around often.

==Trips Beyond Santa Fe==

absolutely i am in:)
=== Rafting ===
Some interest has been expressed in whitewater rafting trips.

[http://www.kokopelliraft.com| Kokopelli Rafting] offers morning, afternoon and all day (even two day camping) excursions.

[[watson]]: Interested. Particularly since someone said it had been raining a bunch.

[[Wendy]]: Interested in day trips

[[Jacopo Tagliabue]]: I am in!

[[Brian Hollar]]: Count me in!

[[Lucas Lacasa]]: Absolutely in.

[[Milena Tsvetkova]]: I'd be interested in a half-day trip.

[[Liliana Salvador]]: Definitely in!

[[Guimei Zhu]]: absolutely i am in!

[[Massimo Mastrangeli]]: I am in, surely!

=== Telluride Bluegrass Festival ===

Some of us are interested in going to [http://www.bluegrass.com/telluride/ Telluride Bluegrass Festival] in the weekend of 20, 21 June. It's a 6-hour drive, and we probably need a hotel reservation in order to park in Telluride at all. [[Gustavo Lacerda]]

If interested, add your name and car status: Gustavo (no car)

[[Angela Onslow]]: I'm interested in this, I also have no car though, would be good if we could work in the "moon hike" that Dan suggested which I think was also in Colorado but I forget where!

== After Santa Fe ==
At this stage, after the summer school I expect to have a week off before my next appointment at UC Davis. If you have some time off and are interested in some hiking or other outdoor activities around Santa Fe, or between SF and Davis, please let me know. [[User:SteveLade|SteveLade]] 03:28, 25 May 2009 (UTC)

[[Angela Onslow]]: I'm also going to be around for a week after CSSS and was thinking about exploring more of New Mexico, possibly checking out the Grand Canyon or hanging out in California for a bit, probably either LA, Santa Cruz or San Fran (if I can get that far!) where some of my friends are living. Haven't made any firm plans yet though so am open to suggestions!!

== Finished and Archived ==

=== Pre-Program ===
Anyone coming early to Santa Fe? You can coordinate contacts and meeting here:

Yes. [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Sean_Brocklebank Sean] has arrived early. Text me on 202-713-4282 if you'll be around.

Alfred Hubler's Nonlinear Dynamics Lab

2009-06-12T03:30:15Z

Anoble: /* Wednesday June 17, 8:30 a.m. */

{{CSSS 2009 Santa Fe}}

Alfred will be hosting a lab where students get to play around with a few concepts from nonlinearity and complexity science.

Class size is limited to 15 students.

===Tuesday June 16, 7:00 p.m.===
1 [[Erin Taylor]] 
2 [[Roozbeh Daneshvar]] 
3 [[Allison Shaw]] 
4 [[Matt_McMahon]] 
5 [[Nathan Hodas]] 
6 [[Steven Lade]] 
7 [[Daniel Wuellner]] 
8 [[Karen Simpson]] 
9 [[Mauricio Gonzalez-Forero]] 
10 [[Margreth Keiler]] 
11 [[Chang Yu]] 
12 [[Hirotoshi Yoshioka]] 
13 [[Joslyn Barnhart]] 
14 [[Massimo Mastrangeli]] 
15 [[Varsha Kulkarni]] 

===Wednesday June 17, 8:30 a.m.===
1 [[Rosemary Braun]] 
2 [[Liliana Salvador]] 
3 [[Michael Schultz]] 
4 [[Dave Brooks]] 
5 [[Jacopo Tagliabue]] 
6 [[Lucas Lacasa]] 
7 [[Mareen Hofmann]] 
8 [[Guimei Zhu]] 
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===Thursday June 18 7:00 p.m.===
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3 Martin Schmidt 
4 [[Casey Helgeson]] 
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Andrew Noble

2009-05-27T21:30:57Z

Anoble:

[[Image:Andrew.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Kayaking through a lock on the canal running through Seneca Falls, NY.]]

Hey everybody. I'm certainly looking forward to meeting all of you. CSSS sounds like an exciting opportunity for an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.

After completing my doctorate in particle physics, I started postdocing in ecology. It's fun to leave reductionism behind and embrace complexity. I expect CSSS will provide a broad overview of approaches to complex systems across the disciplines. I hope to leave with a toolbox of modeling techniques relevant to ecology.

Project ideas: I would like to continue some research on applications of "sloppy modeling" (Brown and Sethna, 2003) to food webs. I also have an interest in the possibility of adapting lattice models from statistical mechanics to macroecology (Volkov, Banavar, and Maritan, 2004).

I am currently a postdoc in [http://keittlab.biosci.utexas.edu/node/2/ Tim Keitt's lab] at UT. In August, I'll move to [http://www.biology.umd.edu/faganlab/people/index.html Bill Fagan's lab] at UMD.

Feel free to contact me, andrewenoble at gmail.com. Click here for [http://keittlab.biosci.utexas.edu/~anoble/ my website].

Andrew Noble

2009-04-19T19:58:01Z

Anoble:

[[Image:Andrew.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Kayaking through a lock on the canal running through Seneca Falls, NY.]]

Hey everybody. I'm certainly looking forward to meeting all of you. CSSS sounds like an exciting opportunity for an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.

After completing my doctorate in particle physics, I started postdocing in ecology. It's fun to leave reductionism behind and embrace complexity. I have a broad interest in the applications of methods in modern theoretical physics to ecological questions.

I am currently a postdoc in [http://keittlab.biosci.utexas.edu/node/2/ Tim Keitt's lab] at UT. In August, I'll move to [http://www.biology.umd.edu/faganlab/people/index.html Bill Fagan's lab] at UMD.

Feel free to contact me, andrewenoble at gmail.com. Click here for [http://keittlab.biosci.utexas.edu/~anoble/ my website].

Andrew Noble

2009-04-19T19:57:08Z

Anoble:

[[Image:Andrew.jpg]]

Hey everybody. I'm certainly looking forward to meeting all of you. CSSS sounds like an exciting opportunity for an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.

After completing my doctorate in particle physics, I started postdocing in ecology. It's fun to leave reductionism behind and embrace complexity. I have a broad interest in the applications of methods in modern theoretical physics to ecological questions.

I am currently a postdoc in [http://keittlab.biosci.utexas.edu/node/2/ Tim Keitt's lab] at UT. In August, I'll move to [http://www.biology.umd.edu/faganlab/people/index.html Bill Fagan's lab] at UMD.

Feel free to contact me, andrewenoble at gmail.com. Click here for [http://keittlab.biosci.utexas.edu/~anoble/ my website].

Andrew Noble

2009-04-19T19:55:28Z

Anoble:

[[Andrew.jpg]]

Hey everybody. I'm certainly looking forward to meeting all of you. CSSS sounds like an exciting opportunity for an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.

After completing my doctorate in particle physics, I started postdocing in ecology. It's fun to leave reductionism behind and embrace complexity. I have a broad interest in the applications of methods in modern theoretical physics to ecological questions.

I am currently a postdoc in [http://keittlab.biosci.utexas.edu/node/2/ Tim Keitt's lab] at UT. In August, I'll move to [http://www.biology.umd.edu/faganlab/people/index.html Bill Fagan's lab] at UMD.

Feel free to contact me, andrewenoble at gmail.com. Click here for [http://keittlab.biosci.utexas.edu/~anoble/ my website].

Andrew Noble

2009-04-19T19:54:33Z

Anoble:

[[Andrew.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Kayaking through a lock on the canal running through Seneca Falls, NY.]]

Hey everybody. I'm certainly looking forward to meeting all of you. CSSS sounds like an exciting opportunity for an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.

After completing my doctorate in particle physics, I started postdocing in ecology. It's fun to leave reductionism behind and embrace complexity. I have a broad interest in the applications of methods in modern theoretical physics to ecological questions.

I am currently a postdoc in [http://keittlab.biosci.utexas.edu/node/2/ Tim Keitt's lab] at UT. In August, I'll move to [http://www.biology.umd.edu/faganlab/people/index.html Bill Fagan's lab] at UMD.

Feel free to contact me, andrewenoble at gmail.com. Click here for [http://keittlab.biosci.utexas.edu/~anoble/ my website].

Andrew Noble

2009-04-19T19:50:58Z

Anoble:

Hey everybody. I'm certainly looking forward to meeting all of you. CSSS sounds like an exciting opportunity for an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.

After completing my doctorate in particle physics, I started postdocing in ecology. It's fun to leave reductionism behind and embrace complexity. I have a broad interest in the applications of methods in modern theoretical physics to ecological questions.

I am currently a postdoc in [http://keittlab.biosci.utexas.edu/node/2/ Tim Keitt's lab] at UT. In August, I'll move to [http://www.biology.umd.edu/faganlab/people/index.html Bill Fagan's lab] at UMD.

Feel free to contact me, andrewenoble at gmail.com. Click here for [http://keittlab.biosci.utexas.edu/~anoble/ my website].

Andrew Noble

2009-04-19T19:50:04Z

Anoble: New page: Hey everybody. I'm certainly looking forward to meeting all of you. CSSS sounds like an exciting opportunity for an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas. After completing my doctorate ...

Hey everybody. I'm certainly looking forward to meeting all of you. CSSS sounds like an exciting opportunity for an interdisciplinary exchange of ideas.

After completing my doctorate in particle physics, I started postdocing in ecology. It's fun to leave reductionism behind and embrace complexity. I have a broad interest in the applications of methods in modern theoretical physics to ecological questions.

I am currently a postdoc in [http://keittlab.biosci.utexas.edu/node/2/ Tim Keitt's lab] at UT. In August, I'll move to [http://www.biology.umd.edu/faganlab/people/index.html/ Bill Fagan's lab] at UMD.

Feel free to contact me, andrewenoble at gmail.com. Click here for [http://keittlab.biosci.utexas.edu/~anoble/ my website].

File:Andrew.jpg

2009-04-19T19:37:56Z

Anoble:

[[andrew.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Kayaking through the lock at Seneca Falls, NY.]]

File:Andrew.jpg

2009-04-19T19:34:57Z

Anoble: Kayaking through the lock at Seneca Falls, NY.

Kayaking through the lock at Seneca Falls, NY.