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Simulating Self-Organised Fractals

2006-06-18T14:12:12Z

Jos:

== Abstract ==

The experiment of Hubler in which an electrical current is applied to a set of wheel bearings in a thin layer of oil shows self-organised fractal patterns, first in their search for contact to the ground electrode and then in their optimization of minimum resistance in the distribution of the wheel bearings. Computer simulations exist that simulate more or less the resulting fractals, albeit with different resulting distributions of end points etc. than the natural experiment, but these simulations do not show the original search patterns. We are trying, in Matlab, to build a simulation that shows both.

== Participants ==

[[Spandan Tiwari|Spandan]], [[Johan Elkink|Jos]]

Simulating Self-Organised Fractals

2006-06-18T14:09:50Z

Jos:

Group Pages

2006-06-18T14:06:05Z

Jos:

*[[David-Fabrice-Javier Group]] Study of network generation

*[[WikiPeer Group]] Study of two reputation voting models

*[[Biological regulatory networks group]] Study of biological regulatory networks with stochastic boolean models

*[[RNAnet]] a RNA based toy model for regulatory networks

*[[Time-Delayed Embedding project]] aimed at learning the method and applying it to interesting datasets.

*[[Social Networks and Dynamic Analysis:]] using event-data to model conflict and cooperation networks.

*[[Power-laws, Conflict and Cooperation:]] using event-data to investigate whether conflict and cooperation events follow a power-law distribution.

*[[World Order and Stability:]] applying foodweb dynamics to model stability in a uni-polar versus a multi-polar world order.

*[[Negative Event Driven Ethnic Migration]] : An agent-based model of ethnic migration from negative events. Built with Schelling Dynamics in simultaneous spatial and social network structures.

*[[Diffusion of "Culture" in a Network with Multiple Types of Ties:]] An analysis of how rules governing the formation and breaking of ties propagates in a network with two different types of ties associated with different rules.

*[[Dynamics of Online Tagging]]

*[[An Optimization Algorithm Based on the Small-World Phenomenon]] :Inspired by the efficient search mechanisms of small-world phenomena, we will construct an optimization algorithm based on the combination of local and long-range search.

*[[Community Structure in Small-world and Scale-free Networks]]:Detecting the community structure in Watts and Strogatz’s small-world network and Barabàsi’s scale-free network.

*[[An Agent-based Model of the Spread of Social Norms]]

*[[Artificial Regulatory Networks and the Evolution of Neural Networks]]

*[[Games and networks]]: An evolutionary model inspired by animal groups

*[[Simulating Self-Organised Fractals]]: An attempt to build a computer simulation of Hubler's first experiment.

CSSS 2006 Santa Fe-Participants

2006-06-10T19:29:13Z

Jos:

{{CSSS 2006--Santa Fe}}
[[Katharine Anderson]] 
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

[[Sandra Arndt]] 
Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands

[[Stefan Braunewell]] 
University of Bremen, Germany

[[William Burnside]] 
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM

[[Mike Butters]] 
Nativis, San Diego, CA

[[Juan Calderon]] 
Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia

[[Fabrice Cavarretta]] - Calliope 13 
INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France 
Tel: +33 6 09 59 46 74 
Email: fabrice(dot)cavarretta@insead.edu 
IM: MSN: fabrice@cavarretta.com ICQ: 230455 AIM/Yahoo: fcaspam Skype: fcavarretta 
Web: [http://ot.cavarretta.com ot.cavarretta.com] 

[[Brian Chapados]] 
The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA

[[Basit Chaudhry]] 
UCLA/RAND, Los Angeles, CA

[[Arturo Chavoya]] 
Universite de Toulouse I, France

[[Adrian de Froment]] 
Princeton University, NJ

[[Matina Donaldson]] 
University of Washington, Seattle, WA

[[Haifeng Du]] 
Morrison Institute for Population and Resource Studies, Stanford, CA

[[Johan Elkink]] 
Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland 
All details can be found here: [http://jaeweb.cantr.net]

[[Dietrich Falkenthal]] 
MITRE

[[Sebastian Fallert]] 
University of Cambridge, UK

[[Anna Fedor]] 
Eötvös Lorán University of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary

[[Alessandro Gagliardi]] - Calliope 22 
Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 
Tel: 917.805.9797 
Email: alessandro [at] gagliardi [dot] name 
AIM: soleklypse

[[Sam Garg]] 
Stanford University, Stanford, CA

[[Harry Halpin]] 
University of Edinburgh, Scotland

[[Douglas Hoskins]] 
Boeing, Seattle, WA

[[Izzat Jarudi]] 
Yale University, New Haven, CT

[[Elham Kashefi]] 
Institute for Quantum Computing, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

[[Nikhil Kaza]] 
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, IL

[[Heinz Koeppl]] 
University of California, Berkeley, CA

[[Cornelia Kreutzer]] 
University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland

[[Lukas Kroc]] 
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

[[Jonathan Lafky]] 
University of Pittsburgh, PA

[[Elizabeth Leicht]] 
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

[[Tamas Makany]] 
University of Southampton, Hampshire, UK

[[Michael Makowsky]] 
George Mason University, Falls Church, VA

[[Christopher Marton]] 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

[[Greg McInerny]] 
University of Leeds/The Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Banchory, Leeds, UK

[[Patrick Meier]] 
The Fletcher School, Medford, MA

[[Charlie Messina]] 
Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Johnston, IA

[[Javier Muñoz García]] 
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Leganés, Madrid, Spain

[[Andreea Munteanu]] 
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

[[Christoph Neugebauer]] 
University of Cambridge, UK

[[Paul Newton]] 
Boeing, Seattle, WA

[[Linsey O'Brien]] 
MITRE, Bedford, MA

[[Michael Raghib Moreno]] 
Princeton University, NJ

[[Valentin Robu]] 
CWI, Dutch Research Center for Mathematics and Computer Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

[[David Rojas]] 
NASA, Hampton, VA

[[Akiko Satake]] 
Princeton University, NJ

[[David Schaefer]] 
University of Arizona, Scottsdale, AZ

[[Susanne Schindler]] 
Max Planck Institute, Leipzig, Germany

[[Jie Shao]] 
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

[[Hana Shepherd]] 
Princeton University, NJ

[[Tetsuya Shoji]] 
Toyota Motor Corporation, Japan

[[Andrew Stout]] 
U. Massachusetts - Amherst, Sunderland, MA

[[Andrea Tanzer]] 
University of Vienna, Austria

[[Jorge Tavares]] 
University of Coimbra, Portugal

[[Marko Thaler]] 
University of Ljubljana, Slovenia

[[Brian Tivnan]] 
MITRE, McLean, VA

[[Spandan Tiwari]] 
University of Missouri-Rolla Rolla, MI

[[Maria Vivien Visaya]] 
Kyoto University, Japan

[[Jack Waddell]] 
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

[[Saskia Werners]] 
Wageningen University and Research Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

[[Ryan Woodard]] 
British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK

SFSS 2006 After Hours

2006-06-09T04:36:14Z

Jos:

{{CSSS 2006 Santa Fe}}
Please keep a roughly chronological order, delete postings after the activity is finished, and post dates and times.

==Climbing trip==
June 8th (Thursday) leaving at 7pm and 8pm.
*A trip to the local climbing gym.
*See the forum posting for more details.

==Shopping & Dining trip==
June 8th (Thursday) leaving at 7pm Van Drop off outside Peterson
Center
*A trip to Trader Joe's, <TBD>
*Dinner at <Group choice>, possibly The Red Enchilada
*POC: Linsey O'Brien [4 free spaces]

==Hiking/Old Ones Ruins Sightseeing trip==
June 11th (Sunday) leaving at 8 AM from Van Drop off
*A trip to [http://www.nps.gov/band/ Bandolier National Monument] ($12/car, good for 1 week, transferable) with possible extension to [http://www.nps.gov/chcu/ Chaco Canyon] ($8/car/week)
*POC: Linsey O'Brien [4 free spaces]

==Hiking locally==
June 11th (Sunday) starting right from the college. Further details will follow. Plan is to have a decent one-day hike.

==Other trips==

* June 18th (Sunday) - [http://www.vla.nrao.edu VLA] & [http://www.nps.gov/whsa/home.htm White Sands]. See Forum thread.
* June 24th (Saturday) - Taos & Corn Dance Festival (suggested trip)

CSSS 2006 Santa Fe-Schedule

2006-06-07T23:04:01Z

Jos:

{{CSSS 2006--Santa Fe}}
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="450"
|+
|-
! !! Week One (June 4-10) Emphasis on biology
|-
!valign="top" |
| '''Sunday, June 4'''
|-
!valign="top" | 12-6 pm
| Registration
|-
!valign="top" | 6-8 pm
| Welcome reception and buffet dinner
|-
!
| '''Monday, June 5'''
|-
! 9-9:30 am
| Welcome-Geoffrey West, President of SFI
|-
! 9:30-9:35 am
| Greeting-Michael Peters, President of St. John's College
|-
! 9:35-10:30 am
| Introduction and overview of the program-Dan Rockmore
|-
! 10:30 - 10:45 am
| BREAK
|-
! 10:45 - 12 pm
| Introduction to nonlinear dynamics I-Elizabeth Bradley
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Dynamics models of viral infections in humans I-Alan Perelson
|-
! 3 - 5 pm
| Student introductions/tutorial organization
|-
!
| '''Tuesday, June 6'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Introduction to nonlinear dynamics II-Bradley
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Dynamic models of viral infectors in humans II-Perelson
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Dynamics of complex systems I-Alfred Hubler
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| RNA I-Peter Stadler
|-
! 4:30 - 5 pm
| Introduction to Santa Fe
|-
! 5:15 - 6 pm
| Introduction to Matlab-Jack Waddell
|-
!
| '''Wednesday, June 7'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Introduction to nonlinear dynamics III-Bradley
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| RNA II-Stadler
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Dynamics of complex systems II-Alfred Hubler
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Biological networks I-Andreas Wagner
|-
! 7:00 pm
| Agent-based modeling- Owen Densmore and Stephen Guerin, with refreshments
|-
!
| '''Thursday, June 8'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Introduction to nonlinear dynamics IV-Bradley
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| RNA III-Stadler
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Dynamics of complex systems III-Hubler
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Biological networks II- Wagner
|-
! 4:30 - 5:15
| Theories and models-Tom Carter
|-
!
| '''Friday, June 9'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Dynamics of complex systems IV-Hubler
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Coalescence- Jon Wilkins
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Student group session
Markov Chain Monte Carlo tutorial-Lukas Kroc
|-
! 3 - 5 pm
| Student group session
|-
! 5:30 pm
| Barbeque at the Santa Fe Institute
|-
|}

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="450"
|+
|-
! !! Week Two (June 10-16) Emphasis on ecology
|-
!
| '''Monday, June 12'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Information theory I-Tom Carter
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Network structure and dynamics I-Mark Newman
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Student group session
Noise-induced transitions-Andreea Munteanu
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Student group session
|-
! 7:00 pm
| Tee-shirt design contest
|-
!
| '''Tuesday, June 13'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Information theory II-Carter
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Network structure and dynamics II-Newman
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Food webs I-Jennifer Dunne
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Climate Change I-Gidon Eshel
|-
!
| '''Wednesday, June 14'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Food webs II-Dunne
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Network structure and dynamics III-Newman
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Climate Change II-Eshel
|-
! 5:30 - 8:00 pm
| Pizza Party, Junior Commons Room and Balcony
|-
!
| '''Thursday, June 15'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Food webs III-Neo Martinez
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Introduction to complexity-Cris Moore
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Climate Change III-Eshel
|-
! 3 - 5 pm
| Student tutorials/problem sessions
|-
!
| '''Friday, June 16'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Food webs IV- Martinez
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Climate Change IV-Eshel
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
|}

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="450"
|+
|-
! !! Week Three (June 17-23) Emphasis on social science and arts
|-
!
| '''Monday, June 19'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Genetic algorithms/simulation I-Melanie Mitchell
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Machine learning I-John Lafferty
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Social dynamics/communication I-Jessica Flack
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Why are epidemics so unpredictable?-Duncan Watts
|-
!
| '''Tuesday, June 20'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Genetic algorithms/simulation II-Mitchell
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Machine learning II -Lafferty
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Social dynamics/communication II-Flack
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Process detection I: Modeling processes-George Cybenko
|-
!
| '''Wednesday, June 21'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Genetic algorithms/simulation III-Mitchell
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Machine learning III-Lafferty
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Stylometry-Dan Rockmore
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Process detection II: Algorithms for detecting multiple processes-Cybenko
|-
! 7:00 pm
| Movie night, Great Hall
|-
!
| '''Thursday, June 22'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| TBA- Larry Polansky
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Computational modeling in the social sciences I-John Miller
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| TBA-Eric Smith
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Process detection III: Applications-Cybenko
|-
!
| '''Friday, June 23'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| TBA-Polansky
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Computational modeling in the social sciences II-John Miller
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
|}

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="450"
|+
|-
! !! Week Four (June 24-30) Emphasis on neuroscience and quantum computing
|-
!
| '''Monday, June 26'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Neuroscience and complex systems I-Tony Bell
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Computational neuroscience I-Bruno Olshausen
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 pm
| Student project work
|-
!
| '''Tuesday, June 27'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Neurocience and complex systems II-Bell
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Quantum information I-Carlton Caves
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Computational neuroscience II-Olshausen
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Computational neuroscience III-Rob De Ruyler
|-
! 5:30 - 8:00 pm
| Pizza Party, Junior Commons Room and Balcony
|-
!
| '''Wednesday, June 28'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Neuroscience and complex systems III-Bell
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Quantum information II-Caves
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Computational neuroscience IV-Olshausen
|-
! 3 - 5 pm
| Student project work
|-
!
| '''Thursday, June 29'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Computational neuroscience V-De Ruyter
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Quantum information III-Cris Moore
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 pm
| Student presentations
|-
!
| '''Friday, June 30'''
|-
! 9-11:45 am
| Student presentations
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 5 pm
| Student presentations
|-
! 6:00 pm
| Poster session and final banquet (Santa Fe Institute)
|-
|}

CSSS 2006 Santa Fe-Schedule

2006-06-07T22:56:30Z

Jos:

{{CSSS 2006--Santa Fe}}
{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="450"
|+
|-
! !! Week One (June 4-10) Emphasis on biology
|-
!valign="top" |
| '''Sunday, June 4'''
|-
!valign="top" | 12-6 pm
| Registration
|-
!valign="top" | 6-8 pm
| Welcome reception and buffet dinner
|-
!
| '''Monday, June 5'''
|-
! 9-9:30 am
| Welcome-Geoffrey West, President of SFI
|-
! 9:30-9:35 am
| Greeting-Michael Peters, President of St. John's College
|-
! 9:35-10:30 am
| Introduction and overview of the program-Dan Rockmore
|-
! 10:30 - 10:45 am
| BREAK
|-
! 10:45 - 12 pm
| Introduction to nonlinear dynamics I-Elizabeth Bradley
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Dynamics models of viral infections in humans I-Alan Perelson
|-
! 3 - 5 pm
| Student introductions/tutorial organization
|-
!
| '''Tuesday, June 6'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Introduction to nonlinear dynamics II-Bradley
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Dynamic models of viral infectors in humans II-Perelson
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Dynamics of complex systems I-Alfred Hubler
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| RNA I-Peter Stadler
|-
! 4:30 - 5 pm
| Introduction to Santa Fe
|-
! 5:15 - 6 pm
| Introduction to Matlab-Jack Waddell
|-
!
| '''Wednesday, June 7'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Introduction to nonlinear dynamics III-Bradley
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| RNA II-Stadler
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Dynamics of complex systems II-Alfred Hubler
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Biological networks I-Andreas Wagner
|-
! 7:00 pm
| Agent-based modeling- Owen Densmore and Stephen Guerin, with refreshments
|-
!
| '''Thursday, June 8'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Introduction to nonlinear dynamics IV-Bradley
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| RNA III-Stadler
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Dynamics of complex systems III-Hubler
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Biological networks II- Wagner
|-
! 4:30
| Theories and models
|-
!
| '''Friday, June 9'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Dynamics of complex systems IV-Hubler
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Coalescence- Jon Wilkins
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Student group session
Markov Chain Monte Carlo tutorial-Lukas Kroc
|-
! 3 - 5 pm
| Student group session
|-
! 5:30 pm
| Barbeque at the Santa Fe Institute
|-
|}

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="450"
|+
|-
! !! Week Two (June 10-16) Emphasis on ecology
|-
!
| '''Monday, June 12'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Information theory I-Tom Carter
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Network structure and dynamics I-Mark Newman
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Student group session
Noise-induced transitions-Andreea Munteanu
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Student group session
|-
! 7:00 pm
| Tee-shirt design contest
|-
!
| '''Tuesday, June 13'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Information theory II-Carter
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Network structure and dynamics II-Newman
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Food webs I-Jennifer Dunne
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Climate Change I-Gidon Eshel
|-
!
| '''Wednesday, June 14'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Food webs II-Dunne
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Network structure and dynamics III-Newman
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Climate Change II-Eshel
|-
! 5:30 - 8:00 pm
| Pizza Party, Junior Commons Room and Balcony
|-
!
| '''Thursday, June 15'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Food webs III-Neo Martinez
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Introduction to complexity-Cris Moore
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Climate Change III-Eshel
|-
! 3 - 5 pm
| Student tutorials/problem sessions
|-
!
| '''Friday, June 16'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Food webs IV- Martinez
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Climate Change IV-Eshel
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
|}

{| border="1" cellpadding="2" width="450"
|+
|-
! !! Week Three (June 17-23) Emphasis on social science and arts
|-
!
| '''Monday, June 19'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Genetic algorithms/simulation I-Melanie Mitchell
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Machine learning I-John Lafferty
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Social dynamics/communication I-Jessica Flack
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Why are epidemics so unpredictable?-Duncan Watts
|-
!
| '''Tuesday, June 20'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Genetic algorithms/simulation II-Mitchell
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Machine learning II -Lafferty
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Social dynamics/communication II-Flack
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Process detection I: Modeling processes-George Cybenko
|-
!
| '''Wednesday, June 21'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| Genetic algorithms/simulation III-Mitchell
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Machine learning III-Lafferty
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Stylometry-Dan Rockmore
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Process detection II: Algorithms for detecting multiple processes-Cybenko
|-
! 7:00 pm
| Movie night, Great Hall
|-
!
| '''Thursday, June 22'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| TBA- Larry Polansky
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Computational modeling in the social sciences I-John Miller
|-
! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
|-
! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| TBA-Eric Smith
|-
! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Process detection III: Applications-Cybenko
|-
!
| '''Friday, June 23'''
|-
! 9-10:15 am
| TBA-Polansky
|-
! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
|-
! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Computational modeling in the social sciences II-John Miller
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! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
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! !! Week Four (June 24-30) Emphasis on neuroscience and quantum computing
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| '''Monday, June 26'''
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! 9-10:15 am
| Neuroscience and complex systems I-Tony Bell
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! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
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! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Computational neuroscience I-Bruno Olshausen
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! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
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! 1:30 pm
| Student project work
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!
| '''Tuesday, June 27'''
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! 9-10:15 am
| Neurocience and complex systems II-Bell
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! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
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! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Quantum information I-Carlton Caves
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! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
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! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Computational neuroscience II-Olshausen
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! 3 - 4:15 pm
| Computational neuroscience III-Rob De Ruyler
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! 5:30 - 8:00 pm
| Pizza Party, Junior Commons Room and Balcony
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!
| '''Wednesday, June 28'''
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! 9-10:15 am
| Neuroscience and complex systems III-Bell
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! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
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! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Quantum information II-Caves
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! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
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! 1:30 - 2:45 pm
| Computational neuroscience IV-Olshausen
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! 3 - 5 pm
| Student project work
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!
| '''Thursday, June 29'''
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! 9-10:15 am
| Computational neuroscience V-De Ruyter
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! 10:15 - 10:30
| BREAK
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! 10:30 - 11:45 am
| Quantum information III-Cris Moore
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! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
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! 1:30 pm
| Student presentations
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!
| '''Friday, June 30'''
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! 9-11:45 am
| Student presentations
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! 12- 1:30 pm
| Lunch
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! 1:30 - 5 pm
| Student presentations
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! 6:00 pm
| Poster session and final banquet (Santa Fe Institute)
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Johan Elkink

2006-05-17T22:10:10Z

Jos:

Johan (Jos) Elkink is a PhD student in political science at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. He works on the diffusion and clustering of democracy and is especially interested in the application and validation of agent-based modeling in the social sciences and social science research methods in general.

[http://jaeweb.cantr.net/ Personal website]

In answer to the questions sent to us:

''1. What topics do you have some expertise in and would you be willing to help others learn them?''

Since my training has been mostly in more conventional social science research and quantitative methods, my prime expertise would be statistical analysis, while my long time hobby has generated substantial expertise in computer programming - in both areas more specifically trained participants will probably be present, though :).

''2. What do you want to learn?''

My prime interest in political science is in research methods and I am most interested in learning the many different ways one can approach a research problem in a complex, dynamic system. I am more interested in the approach and methods than in the substantive elements of the course. I also have a specific interest in the empirical validity of models based on dynamic systems, but this will probably not be a key focus during the summer school itself.

''3. Do you have any projects that would benefit from interdisciplinary approach?''

My main project thus far within complex systems is an agent-based simulation of individual actors in processes of democratic diffusion. Although there are clear interdisciplinary influences to the model, including cascades and cellular automata, these influences are probably still rather limited, and the research is primarily still a social science project. With my focus in my future career on methodology, however, I am still very interested in more interdisciplinary insights.

''4. Do you have any ideas for what sort of project you would like to attack this summer?''

To be really honest: no, not really. I don't have any specific project I would like to focus on and had intended to go with an open mind to the summer school and see what appeals the most. I do have particular interests in social sciences and in artificial intelligence, however.

''5. What's your favorite "big problem"?''

When is the model we have just an interesting model, and when can we with relative certainty say that a model actually describes the real world. In other words: my prime 'big problem' concerns questions concerning the empirical validity of models.

''6. If you were given the opportunity to see where we were in one hundred years with respect to progress on one problem/subject, what would it be?''

Artificial intelligence, especially the extent to which computers can analyse textual information 'intelligently'.

Johan Elkink

2006-03-16T10:29:17Z

Jos: