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Discovering the surroundings

2008-06-17T17:39:01Z

Kolbjorn: /* Plan */

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I'm especially interested in Nat. Parks and Nat. Monuments - they are just the best! I've an 'America the Beautiful' pass, which allows me (and the whole car I'm in) to visit each Park without fees. So if somebody is interested, just write it in here. I'd prefer White Sands, Petriefied Forest or Badlands. But I'm open for everything (how about Alaska? ;-)) - [[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]

Nish is planning on visiting White Sands, Carlsbad and perhaps the Grand Canyon (about 7 hours for the last one). I also could drive back up to Canyonlands if folks are interested. I'm told we have a full moon in two weeks, which is when I would like to visit White Sands. I'm guessing that makes the third weekend for the Grand Canyon... I have room for 4 more in my car, although it might be a little tight. Feel free to put your name here if you'd like to tag along.

I'd like to come with you to White Sands. I've been to the Grand Canyon, and the Carlsbad Caverns are pretty far away, so this things maybe not. -[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]

===White Sands===
Drivers (3):

Nish (+3), Justin (+3), Kolbjørn (+6)

Passengers (18):

Sonja, Giovanni, Molly, Dirk, Rob, Flávia, Antony, Jiang, Francois, Riley, Ana, Peter, Jean, Jeremie, Petr, Ruben, Paul, Soumya

Nish's car: Sonja, Petr, Ruben

Justin's car:

Kolbjørn's van:

Since the van Kolbjørn rented only seats an additional 6, we will need to rent one more car (or another van?).

If you're interested in going, add yourself to the list above (updating the number appropriately) by Wednesday evening at the latest.

==Plan==
Leave Friday afternoon after Mitch Waldrop's lecture. It is a 4.5 hour drive from Santa Fe to White Sands, meaning we should be in the Las Cruces area for dinner.

I have two cabins (all they have) reserved [http://www.roadrunnercampground.com/ here]. Each cabin sleeps 4 (however, some could presumably sleep on the floor). Regardless, we'll need at least one motel/hotel room in Alamogordo and I've booked two double rooms at the Motel 6. If someone has camping gear, I can also reserve a campsite (we'd obviously need to bring tents, etc) if folks want me to (and I can cancel one of the two hotel rooms (before Friday) if that is the case).

Given that summer temperatures in White Sands approach 100 degrees Fahrenheit, I think we should be sensible about hiking and the like. Maybe do the White Sands drive (8 miles one way) in the morning and one or two of the short trails. Then hang out in town or somewhere local during mid-day and return to White Sands for a few more hikes in the late afternoon and for sunset/moonrise. For those that would like to stay in the park during the day, we can split up by car or something.

Although I had mentioned going to Carlsbad Caverns, it's a 4 hour drive (through Texas! [TEXAS!!!! YEHAAAAAA!!!! :-) ([[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]])], so I'm unlikely to actually do it.

==Camping==
I'd go for a low budget solution and be happy to camp. Anyone else out there to share a campsite? Let know soon, as SFI stuff is donating gear if they know in advance. - Sonja

Discovering the surroundings

2008-06-16T06:15:26Z

Kolbjorn: /* Camping at White Sands?? */

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I'm especially interested in Nat. Parks and Nat. Monuments - they are just the best! I've an 'America the Beautiful' pass, which allows me (and the whole car I'm in) to visit each Park without fees. So if somebody is interested, just write it in here. I'd prefer White Sands, Petriefied Forest or Badlands. But I'm open for everything (how about Alaska? ;-)) - [[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]

Nish is planning on visiting White Sands, Carlsbad and perhaps the Grand Canyon (about 7 hours for the last one). I also could drive back up to Canyonlands if folks are interested. I'm told we have a full moon in two weeks, which is when I would like to visit White Sands. I'm guessing that makes the third weekend for the Grand Canyon... I have room for 4 more in my car, although it might be a little tight. Feel free to put your name here if you'd like to tag along.

I'd like to come with you to White Sands. I've been to the Grand Canyon, and the Carlsbad Caverns are pretty far away, so this things maybe not. -[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]

I'd be glad if I can go with you both to GC and WS. Thanks a lot, [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]
I'm in; let me know ! [[Jeremie |Jeremie]]
DEFINITELY DOWN W/ White Sands, Peter

I'm interested - Paul.

===White Sands===

I'd love to come and keep the space in your car, Nish.. :) -- [[sonotto|Sonja*]]

Interested in going there [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I'd love to go -[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

sounds good -[[User:Dirk|Dirk]]

Count me in for full moon+sand dune experience! [[Rob_Mills|Rob]]

Me too! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]

Definitely Interested! [[Opposite|Antony]]

I love it - [[Jiang_Wu |Jiang]]

I'm in. Since the drive is about 4 1/2 hours, I was hoping to stay overnight and do some more hiking in the morning. I was planning to sleep in my car, but if others are interested in staying overnight perhaps we can find a place to stay. - Justin Darkoch

I am interested as well - Francois

I'm in - Riley

I won't miss this one!!! Kolbjørn

I'm in too!! - Ana

=== Camping at White Sands?? ===

http://www.roadrunnercampground.com/

I'd do this - Sonja

Camping it is - Ana

They have small cabins too, fit four people and cost about 40 bucks. I'll probably go for that if someone feel like joining. - Kolbjørn

=== Motel White Sands===

http://www.alamogordo.com/tourism/lodging.html#hotel

Discovering the surroundings

2008-06-16T05:57:36Z

Kolbjorn: /* White Sands */

{{CSSS 2008 Santa Fe}}



I'm especially interested in Nat. Parks and Nat. Monuments - they are just the best! I've an 'America the Beautiful' pass, which allows me (and the whole car I'm in) to visit each Park without fees. So if somebody is interested, just write it in here. I'd prefer White Sands, Petriefied Forest or Badlands. But I'm open for everything (how about Alaska? ;-)) - [[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]

Nish is planning on visiting White Sands, Carlsbad and perhaps the Grand Canyon (about 7 hours for the last one). I also could drive back up to Canyonlands if folks are interested. I'm told we have a full moon in two weeks, which is when I would like to visit White Sands. I'm guessing that makes the third weekend for the Grand Canyon... I have room for 4 more in my car, although it might be a little tight. Feel free to put your name here if you'd like to tag along.

I'd like to come with you to White Sands. I've been to the Grand Canyon, and the Carlsbad Caverns are pretty far away, so this things maybe not. -[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]

I'd be glad if I can go with you both to GC and WS. Thanks a lot, [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]
I'm in; let me know ! [[Jeremie |Jeremie]]
DEFINITELY DOWN W/ White Sands, Peter

I'm interested - Paul.

===White Sands===

I'd love to come and keep the space in your car, Nish.. :) -- [[sonotto|Sonja*]]

Interested in going there [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I'd love to go -[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

sounds good -[[User:Dirk|Dirk]]

Count me in for full moon+sand dune experience! [[Rob_Mills|Rob]]

Me too! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]

Definitely Interested! [[Opposite|Antony]]

I love it - [[Jiang_Wu |Jiang]]

I'm in. Since the drive is about 4 1/2 hours, I was hoping to stay overnight and do some more hiking in the morning. I was planning to sleep in my car, but if others are interested in staying overnight perhaps we can find a place to stay. - Justin Darkoch

I am interested as well - Francois

I'm in - Riley

I won't miss this one!!! Kolbjørn

=== Camping at White Sands?? ===

http://www.roadrunnercampground.com/

I'd do this - Sonja

=== Motel White Sands===

http://www.alamogordo.com/tourism/lodging.html#hotel

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Tutorials

2008-06-09T04:49:43Z

Kolbjorn: /* Economics & Finance 101 */

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== The big opensource tutorial ==

=== Open Source research software ===

Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

Open (no pun intended...) your eyes to the wonderful world of FOSS -- Free and Open Source Software. While the distinction between Free and Open Source is a very interesting one (and highly contentious in the right crowds), for research purposes, we want to use the best tools for the job but some of us suffer from limited income, so I would like to talk about both. At the same time, FOSS is great to use for a non-economic reason: if you find bugs, or design extensions, you can fix them yourself (in OSS, at least) or at least report the problem back to a typically active community. Some potential tools to discuss/explore: R, Octave, Scilab, Gnuplot, perhaps some of the more useful languages in the field like Python and perhaps others I don't know as much about (a quick `apt-cache` on my Ubuntu Hardy install shows RasMol, ClustalW, SeaView, Achilles, complearn, EMBOSS, GENESIS, etc...)

- I would like to give a "Brazilian" contribution. Those who are interested in GIS&Cia could have a look at [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/gilberto/software.html Free and Open Source GIS Source].
[[Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I would be happy to contribute a little bit about freely available simulation environments like ns-2 (computer networks) and omnet++ (a generic DES) -- Laura

- For Python I can offer a tutorial (see below). Nish, do you have any experience with [http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage]? [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

All great ideas and I would love to have more of a "You know how to use this tool or you know of this tool, you talk about it" style of tutorial :)
Maybe we can do a general OSS tutorial/discussion and then transition to specific sub-topics in separate tutorials (Python, GIS, networks, etc)?
I've not used Sage, before, but I'm happy to take a look before the tutorial. Thanks for the info, Giovanni!

 
I'd like to learn more about open software. [[Holger_Keeler| Paul]]

Some subtopics that we'll cover:

==== R tutorial ====

I (''[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') know a little bit about R (basic stuff such as common plots and regression analysis) but would like to enhance my R skills. Does anybody have an interest in a R tutorial, too? Please edit this if there is more interest.

I am fairly familiar with R and could probably run a tutorial... what are you all interested in
learning? - Skyler
*I'd just like to get an understanding of some of it's practical uses. -Devin
*Do you familiar with running social network analysis package in R? I want to learn more about it. [[Jiang_Wu| Jiang]]

Interested folks
#[[Devin_Drown|Devin]]
#[[Mark_Rivera | Mark]]
#[[Jiang_Wu| Jiang]]
#[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]
#(Soumya)
#[[Riley_Crane]]
#[[Jeremie]]
#[[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

==== Python tutorial ====

I've (''also [[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') interest in a Python tutorial. Please edit this if there is more interest.

I can give a tutorial on python and on scipy/numpy. I can also talk about coding in general, as python is both a languange which is object oriented, imperative and functional (somehow). We can use the [http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html python tutorial] itself as a reference for the part about the language, and then move to the basic concepts of the duo [http://numpy.org numpy] / [http://scipy.org scipy], which form a powerful tool to manipulate n-dimensional arrays of numbers and also talk about [http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/ ipython] (the enhanced interactive shell) and the [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ pylab] interface, which gives a very nice environment for interactive programming and data analysis. Since pylab has been designed to mimic MATLAB's interface (the major plotting/statistical functions work as expected in both enviroments, which saves you a lot of time if you're used to MATLAB), I can also talk a bit about MATLAB, but being not a big fan of it, it would be better if somebody else stepped in to another tutorial on that.

Leave a mark if interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I'd be interested in this as well [[User: Mark | Mark]] 

I'm in. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

I'm in. [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

Yes please. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

Me too. [[Rory_Sayres]] [[User:Sayres|Sayres]] 23:55, 4 June 2008 (MDT)

I'd be interested in this as well [[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

I'm in [[Riley_Crane]]

Another one. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

== Neutral models in biology ==

Already met. Big thanks to Molly!

There is an interesting [http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4911 paper] by Cosma Shalizi of SFI about methodological problems in social sciences research in which he talks about the concept of neutral models in evolution models. I was wondering if any of the bio-people can give a tutorial on this topic as I am pretty interested in understanding the concept. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I would be very interested in learning about neutral networks too! - Skyler

== GIS / Spatial Analysis ==

Space Matters!! Geographical information system (GIS) is a computational system (hardware + database engine) that is designed to assemble, store, update, analyze, manipulate, and display geographically referenced information (data identified by their locations).

I'm thinking about introducing some basic GIS concepts and a free GIS software known as [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/~flavia/GIS/ Terraview]. We could also explore some spatial analysis techniques (this is the best part!) using Terraview and [http://www.geoda.uiuc.edu/downloadin.php GeoDa] (also free!).

Please edit here if you are interested or send me an email. [mailto:flafeitosa@gmail.com Flávia]

Update! It has been scheduled on Friday, June 13 from 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

I'm in [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]] 
I'd do this. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
let me know, I'm in, Sonja 
Me too. —[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 
Can not wait for this! Rio 
Me too. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Sounds like fun. If people are interested, I can bring some data sets to play around with. Alex

== Statistical Physics for Non-Physicists ==
Problem: Textbooks about this are written for physicists.
Solution: A Physicist (or mathematician) that would be so kind and spend few minutes (or maybe hours) to explain all that stuff to people like me(Petr):-)

[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]: Do you seek for a general introduction or something specific?

A crash course in Statistical Physics would be awesome. Let us know. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]]

I am interested too. (Soumya)

Me too. (Jean)

Interested! [[User:Meritxell|Meritxell]]

Interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

Ditto - Skyler

Me too. —[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 

Me three. [[User:RobMills|RobMills]]

I'd be willing to run such a tutorial. However, I would have to consult with some/all of the interested parties to find out what kind of statphys you want to learn about. There are a huge number of possible topics, one could start with basics like ensembles, or perhaps people are interested in master equation and other non-equilibrium techniques, or maybe critical phenomena is what people are interested in. I really do not know. (Orion)

Can you give us who are not physicists an introduction about a kind of special questions that you will think it from the viewpoint of physicists? Like complex network, dynamic, also something else, what is the most important measurement and dynamic process you want to observe? -[[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]

== Modern Logic and Reasoning ==
Like I mentioned in the 'ice-breaking', I could tell something about application of modern logic into human reasoning. It's a very board topic, and very new. Criticisms are welcome and needed. I would give some basic examples. On top of that, I would also say some development of logic, and how I found it useful in research, which might seem un-related to logic, esp. in social science. I am planning to give a 15 to 20 minutes presentation, UNLESS people want to hear more, in that case, please let me know.
QiQi

I'm interested! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Me too! [[kolbjorn|Kolbjørn]] 
Sign me up. — [[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
I'm interested too! (Flavia) 
I'm in! [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
I'm in too [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
Count me in - Skyler 
I'd be interested in this as well. [[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]
 Sounds great - i'll be there. [[User:RobMills|RobMills]]

Please remind by email or somhow.. and sign me up! [[User:sonotto|Sonja]]

I am in Qi, But where? Rio

Update! Time at June 10th, 03.15 p.m. - 03.35 p.m.
[[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

== Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments ==
How do you find "interesting" behavior when your computer model is too slow or the inputs are too many to try every possible combination? Using an Arctic sea ice simulator example, I will show you how modern statistical methods can help you explore your virtual world more efficiently. Check out this brief
[http://www.stat.sfu.ca/~dbingham/NICDS_CompExpt/research.html overview] or a more technical paper about
[http://www.schonlau.net/publication/jogo98.pdf global optimization]. Also see [http://www.gaussianprocess.org/ Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning] for a list of available resources. [[B%C3%A9la_Nagy|Béla]]

== Genomics / Central dogma overview ==
It seems like some of you might be interested in an overview of the central dogma of molecular biology to non-biologists. This could be an 1h tutorial on the major actors of gene expression: nucleus, chromosomes, chromatine, DNA, RNA (tRNA, mRNA), proteins, polymerases, ribosomes, transcription factors, and eventually a quick intro to small, non-coding RNAs as a bonus. Although being a bioinformatician by training, I'm happy to leave the way if a "hard core" biologist wants to do this tutorial (Molly ?). Edit if interested! Jean

I'd be happy to attend a tutorial in 'genomics for idiots' -- Laura

Me too. I am also interested in metagenomics if this is not too much of course. -- Francois

I'd like to go to a 'genomics for idiots' tutorial as well. -- [[Srideep_Musuavthy|srideep]]

Ok, so I'll prepare some slides. How about Monday 9th, 5p - 6p (location TBA) ? -- Jean

== Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning ==
I (Nish) could introduce some of the basic methods in AI/ML. If there is significant interest in the two fields separately, I could do two tutorials. Would probably focus on the higher level, rather than the nitty-gritty details, as well as applications of the methods to real problems. I'm not necessarily an expert, although have a fair amount of experience in the area, so I would prefer a more interactive session, where questions can be answered by everyone.

Sign me up. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]] 
I'm also interested. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]] 
Me too! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]

How about "AI/MI for dummies", Nish? I've been wondering about it.... Rio

sounds good [[Riley_Crane]]

== A Crash Course to Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory ==
Game theory is the study of interactive decision making. Classical game theory aims to develop a general theory to describe how rational agents interact strategically. In many cases humans lack the kind of infinite computational power and time assumed by classical game theory. In the early 1970s the biologist John Maynard Smith introduced evolutionary methods to the field, dispensing with the assumption of hyper-rationality while changing many of the concepts central to the field along the way. The result was evolutionary game theory. This new framework has been used to model the behavior of fundamentally non-rational players (such as viruses) as well as humans.

In this tutorial, I'd try to introduce the basic concepts in both of these fields, namely, the definition of a game, payoffs, the Nash equilibirum and evolutionarily stable strategies, the replicator dynamics. I'll briefly mention the three basic classes of two-strategy games represented by the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Snowdrift Game (sometimes called the Hawk-Dove game or Chicken), and the Stag Hunt Game. Depending on particular interests of the group, we could prove the Bishop-Cannings theorem and give a classification of all symmetric two-strategy games; or look at updating methods and spatial chaos; reputation and image scoring; rock-paper-scissors in biological systems; or evolutionary branching and specialization.

If there's something else you'd like to know about EGT, shoot me ([mailto:joshua.reyes@removeme.gmail.com Josh]) an email, and I'll see if I can dig up something I know on your topic. I'm not going to require any fancy mathematical background. If you've seen a 2×2 matrix before, great. Otherwise, it's not a big deal. We won't multiply them or calculate their eigenvalues. They'll just serve as a means for bookkeeping.

Note: Some of us are also thinking about setting up a [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Projects_%26_Working_Groups#Evolutionary_Game_Theory|working group]] as well. 
Update: The next meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, June 10 from 7–8pm in a location TBD.

=== Lecture Notes ===
Lecture 1. [[Media:EGT-01.pdf|Classical Game Theory]]

Please let me know about any typos, errors, or flat-out lies. Suggestions are good, too. Thanks.

*I'll sign up for this. Kolbjørn
*I'm interested too! (Flavia)
*I'll be there too. Kathleen
*I'm in. Jean
*I'm interested as well. Steve
*will be there at 3 [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]
*I'll be there, Petr
*Good stuff. I could also say a few things about [http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/EEP/AdaptiveDynamics.html adaptive dynamics], if there's interest. [[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]
*I'll be there. [[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]
*Count me in (Chris)
*I'm in. Tanja

== Resilience of social-ecological systems ==
The resilience perspective is increasingly used as an approach for understanding the dynamics of social–ecological systems. Essential for the resilience perspective is the recognition that living systems are not in equilibrium but rather in a domain of attraction.
Many dynamic systems, however, have multiple domains of attraction. Moreover, self-organizing processes can create or change the shape and depth of this domain of attraction. Within the resilience perspective, new pathways of sustainable development can be represented by crossing a threshold from a domain of attraction and/or by creating new domains. Resilience is a measure of how much change or disruption is required to transform a system from being maintained by one set of mutually reinforcing processes and structures to a different set of processes and structures.
If you are interested we (Mike and Dirk) can introduce you to some of the insights developed by the [http://www.resalliance.org/1.php resiliance alliance] and the challenges we face in understanding these kind of systems.

I am interested in this too. Richard

Very interested, any idea of when you will do it? [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm interested as well. Steve

I'm interested too. - Skyler

I think to contribute from my previous work on SES. Rio

== Introduction to classical control theory ==
I (Srideep) can offer a 'quick' tutorial on control theory/control systems. This is will be a simple introduction to the motivation, basic ideas, issues and jargon in the field. If you are interested, please let me know about your background in linear algebra, complex analysis and calculus. Depending on the background, I might spend more or less time introducing the field.

Ideally, if you know what eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix are, what a pole of a complex function is and how the solution of a linear differential equation looks like, you are ready to jump right into controls. If the words above don't mean much at all, then we can run a quick 'review' of what they mean intuitively.
you can sign up here or send me an email [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

Update! Lets plan on discussing this early next week. Will fix up a time by the end of this week. Liz bradley will be done with her introduction to dynamics and the eigenvalue, eigenvector tutorial will be done this friday. This will make my life easier! :-)

I'd be very interested in this tutorial. I think I'm basically OK on the prerequisites,
but I wouldn't be annoyed by a review. Perhaps Monday? -- Laura

I'm in too. I guess I should be ok on linear algebra, calculus and linear ODEs, but I don't know what the pole of a complex function is. Jean

I'm in. If we can start with 'pole' thing, that would be wonderful. - Masayoshi

Hi Srideep, please put me in this group. About my background on the subjects you asked; zero!!! Sorry. Rio

Definitely interested in this. - Jacob

I'm in. Paul

Looks cool. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

Me too! [[Rory_Sayres|Rory]]

== Topology/algebra ==
I (Srideep) will also be happy to talk about topology, introducing the concepts of point-set topology. The language of modern mathematics is enshrined in the concepts of point-set topology. I can also talk about group theory and introduce abstract algebra to those interested. In my opinion, it is the most powerful gateway into abstract thinking. sign here or email me [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

I'd be very interested in that. Jean

I'd be interested to see what you cover in the topology section. Algebra, however, is for the birds :) Paul

Srideep, can you do an introduction to category theory? Or would you be interested in co-organizing a tutorial with me? - Jacob

I'm very interested. Abby

Sounds like fun (Chris)

== Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find them? ==
I (Kolbjørn) can put together a brief and elementary introduction to eigenvalues and eigenvectors if anyone have an urge for this. Sign up or e-mail and we'll schedule something. [mailto:kolbjorn@chalmers.se Kolbjørn]

UPDATE 06062008: SLIDES

[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/images/e/e7/Linear_algebra_tutorial.pdf Tutorial slides]

UPDATE! Time: Friday June 6th, 01.00 p.m. - 03.00 p.m. If this collides with other stuff, please yell out! [[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

Yes please. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]]

I am also very interested [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm in as well [[ Mark_Rivera|Mark]]

Please - have always been kind of confusing to me. [[Jonathan_Zelner|Jon]]

Let me in - Masayoshi

I'm also interested! [[ Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I'll be there. -[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

I'm in as well. -[[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

Me too! '''Just to remind'''; I think Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory (Josh)will be started at 3 PM. Rio

== How your computer works ==

Nish and Laura can give a joint tutorial on 'how your computer works'. What happens when I type 'www.santafe.edu' in my browser? How does a web server at santafe.edu handle all those incoming requests? What happens when I use a WiFi access point? Basically, we'd be happy to take your questions about how your computer works and do our best to answer them - we're also happy to have other co-tutors.

Let us know if there's interest [mailto:lmfeeney@sics.se Laura], we'd probably schedule later next week, to not conflict with tutorials that focus on maths and other project prerequisites.

I would love this. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

== How your hardware works ==
Along the same lines as the computer tutorial, I've found myself discussing hardware with a number of folks. And why hardware matters from a massive parallelism perspective (which is quite common in the complex research areas I've encountered). If folks are interested, I can give a rough overview of the way hardware works in different types of computers and supercomputers (as much as I understand of it) as well as how to best leverage that knowledge.

Not sure how this differs from the the one above it, but def. interested (Chris)

== Computational Physics for Non-physicists or A small introduction into Applied Physics ==

I've seen that many people are interested in physics. I could give an introduction to "computational" physics - this means physics with a PC. Actually, it is very broad and gives some basics for simulations (interesting for all simulation-folks):

- What is a 'random number generator' and why should I know something about it?

- What are Master-equations?

- The Ising-model / Voter-model

- The Central Limit Theorem or why does it make sense to average over multiple runs of a simulation?

- ...

[[Ruben Kubiak|Ruben]]

I'm very interested [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

I'm in too. [[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]

[[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] is in.
Sounds great. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

Looking forward to it. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

==Information Theory==
An open discussion of Shannon information theory (would like some help in presenting this part clearly) and then some newer results from its application to cellular automata (and potentially other complex systems).

Interesting. I remember something from the master course I took. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
I'd love to participate. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]] 
I'm interested.[[Holger_Keeler|Paul]] 
I'm in. --[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]]

I'm in. --[[User:meritxell|Meritxell]]

FYI: Tom Carter is going to be talking about Information Theory a bit tomorrow from 2-3pm, not sure of a location yet, but its on the schedule.

==Cellular Automata==
CAs (particularly ECAs) are a very interested model of computation. How do 8 rules (ECA 110, e.g.) emulate a Turing Machine? Why is that interesting? What can we learn about what defines computation given CAs? Maybe we can also discuss some simple computational (Turing) theory.

I'd go to that twice. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

Sounds like fun. [[Christopher Vitale|Chris]]

==A little analytical tool-box: Non-linear dynamics, ODEs, PDEs...==
The [[David_Foster|Brothers]] [[Jacob_Foster|Foster]] would be happy to offer some tutorials on analytical methods. Depending on what Alfred Hubler covers, we can do some fraction of Strogatz (flows on the line & circle, bifurcations, maybe linear systems, index theorem, etc.), as well as offering a basic introduction to solving linear ODEs (no theorems, just techniques) and simple PDEs like the heat equation, with boundary conditions. Ideally this would come after Kolbjørn's eigen-stuff course, so we can just assume familiarity with that.

We've put a tentative time for our tutorial on the schedule: [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Schedule#Week_Three_-_FINANCE/ECONOMY|June 16 at 3:15pm]]. Let us know if this doesn't work out for some reason and we can try to change it.

These are fun topics! I never get enough of them! -- [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
Sounds great. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]] 
Interesting -- sure. [[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 
Very useful! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Need this.... Rio 
I'm in! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]
great! [[Riley_Crane]]

Brothers Foster rulez! I'll be there. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

==Linguistics==
Can someone (I don't know [[Peter_Graff|who]]) perhaps offer a tutorial on basic linguistics stuff? I am particularly interested in generative grammar and coverage of the Chomsky "Three Models" paper, but maybe there are more interesting topics to be discussed these days... -Jacob

I could easily do a Saussure/Pierce tutorial, along with how this has been applied from everything to kinship structure to film theory to table manners, but this is continental structural linguistics, very diff from the chomsky stuff. I think Peter Graff can do the chomsky stuff, though, perhaps we could work on this together (Chris)

Would love both tutorials. Esp. the kinship structure stuff (is this Andre Weil's algebra chapter on kinship, from Levi-Strauss I think?) -Jacob

I'd love to participate. -Tanja

==Fitting models to data==
A few people have asked me for a brief review of fitting models to data, but I'd like to know what methods interest you. I could start with least squares and progress to Bayesian approaches, maximum likelihood, and some more recent developments in methods for exploring space (GAs, particle filters, MCMC) with which I'm familiar. I'm by no means an expert in all these topics, so please add your name below if there's something you'd like to learn about (a particular method or method for a particular context) or teach. I feel like this tutorial would be most appropriate for the third or fourth week. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

I am really interested in this. (Soumya)

cool [[Riley_Crane]]

==Networks, Sign Systems, and the Mind==

So, as an outgrowth of the (continental) theory/philosophy working group, I've come up with two ideas for tutorial/discussion sessions on stuff people might be interested in, in which I'd likely throw some materials at the group, then see where discussion takes us. The first one would be on theories of language and the mind. Probably start off with the first real theory of language and the brain, Freud's topological theory, and then move to how this was absorbed into structuralist linguistics/semiotics in the 1950's (Saussure's theory of signifiers, Jakobsen on axes of discourse, paradigms/syntagms, metaphoric value transfer, and how this was applied to kinship structures, social institutions, etc.) From there we could look at how Jacques Lacan built upon this with his 'mathemic' algebraic notation for discourse analysis. We could then look at how networked theories of mind challenge both the Lacanian model and its American counterparts (Fodor's psychosemantics, for example), particularly in regard to connectionist architectures in artificial neural networks, and how this leads to more distributed notions of linguistic structure. These new paradigms can allow us to move beyond notions of discrete 'signs' existing somewhere in the brain to models based on research in microfeature maps, dynamic network synchronization, spreading activation, and feature vectores. When synthesized with Lacan's insights, and blended with some ideas from object-relations theory and by thinkers like Marvin Minsky and Gerald Edelman, its possible to come up with models that actually reflect the impact of complex systems theories. Likely wayy too much stuff to squeeze in, but certainly enough to get a conversation going, even if we don't get to half of it!

Anyone interested? (-Chris)

== Questions at the Intersection of Neuroscience and Complexity ==

Update! This tutorial is scheduled for 10:30 AM Wedenesday (June 11), in the small library on the upper floor of Petersen student center, just behind the main conference room.

Related to Chris' proposal above, but perhaps on the flip side, I'd be happy to give a tutorial / lead a discussion on issues where questions of complexity intersect with problems in neuroscience. I'll distinguish this topic from the idea above, in that I'll focus a bit more on bottom-up questions rather than purely theory-motivated questions. Neuroscience is a very large field, so I'll talk about some of the things I know, but encourage others to bring their own knowledge and curiosity.

I'll start with a short background on neuroanatomy of humans and other species. Then I'll do a survey of what's sometimes termed "systems neuroscience". This is the branch of neuroscience that asks about behavior roughly on the level of neural circuits -- but which often jumps up and down scales, and overlaps pretty significantly with ideas in "cognitive neuroscience" where the focus is on a lot of the interesting, higher-order behaviors unique to relatively few species. Then I'll go over a couple of papers which I think start on a road to using complex systems. Examples of what I might talk about would be:

* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17428910?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Kiani et al J. Neurophys 2007] '''Does the visual system naturally group objects into heirarchical categories?''' These authors tried to apply some dimensionality reduction techniques to neural data from monkey inferotemporal cortex. The ideas from Dr. Newman's lectures may be very appropriate here.
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17660812?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Assisi et al. Nature Neuroscience 2007] '''Sparseness in representation of odors'''. The Laurent lab has been combining high-quality experimental methods in the insect olfactory system with computational models (including network models) to look at how the insect system (and more recently the mammalian system) represent odors. The system presents a very interesting contrast to the visual system, in terms of the sparseness of representations at the early levels. There's some elegant circuitry mapped out here. '''BONUS QUESTION!''' I remember one of the questions they investigated earlier was how locusts transition from 'happy grasshopper' mode to 'Biblical swarm' mode. This has something to do with olfaction. This population behavior is probably a very intersting bifurcation; we can dig into what this reflects.
* [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18047414?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2.PEntrez.Pubmed.Pubmed_ResultsPanel.Pubmed_RVDocSum Machens and Brody, Neural Computation 2008]. [[http://www.molbio.princeton.edu/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=335 Carlos Brody]] does a lot of work on how neural circuits dynamics can allow for short term memory behavior. This includes comparing a perceived sensation to something you experienced a few seconds or minutes ago, and constructing an internal sense of how time elapses. His group uses tools like attractor networks to model this behavior.
* '''Walter Freeman's work'''. Freeman studies the mammalian visual system, but also has a background in talking about how neural circuits encode meaning. This will be an opportunity for me to go back and find some interesting results to discuss. We may also highlight the questions of information theory and oscillatory behavior in neural circuits, which covers researchers like Pascal Fries, John Huguenard, and David McCormick. I'll update this part with a more specific paper when I find a good one.

'''Timing?''' Right now I'll focus on Wednesday morning, June 11. Please let me know below if you're interested. If it's a small group we can meet in the small library next to the main room; this might encourage discussion. And of course, let me know if there's something within this area in which you're more or less interested.

Cheers, [[Rory_Sayres | Rory]]

I'll be there Wednesday AM. Teach me, oh wise Neuroscientist! [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

Hellsyeah. [[Christopher Vitale|Chris]]

==Network Economics and Value Theory==

So, for the third week of CSSS, I'm thinking of maybe doing a session on 'Network Economics and Value Theory' for whoever's interested. Likely start off with Marx's three levels of value (use, exchange, surplus), move to his theories on production, formulas for capital, commodity fetishism, sticky points of his famous 'labor theory of value,' then on to his analysis of modes of production, and his thesis on the falling rate of profit that was supposed to bring down capitalism (but which obviously didn't). From there we could discuss critiques/updates of this theory via the growth of Keynesianism/Stalinism/Neoliberalism, in order to get to David Harvey's new work on how neoliberal economies largely avoid demand crises by engineering carefully managed accumulation crises whose effects can be easily passed off to poorer nations using multi-national postwar institutions like the IMF/WTO. This leads to examples of how networked models can help us understand today's economic crises (for example, how evolutionary search models can help us understand the ways in which 'overleveraging' economies via 'market derivatives' can help funnel capital to hedge funds in rich countries). From there we could look at critiques of economic theories of value, particularly Deleuze and Guattari's notion of 'desiring-production' as that which links production of commodities to the production of consumers by the social unit of production, namely, the family, and how even this model needs to be rethought in terms of shifts in mass media. Other topics could include theories of network political activism, namely those of Hardt and Negri (Empire/Multitude) and Ernesto Laclau on social dislocations and crisis management via counterhegemonic blocs.

Anyone interested in any of this stuff, lemme know! (-Chris)

== Topological and Symbolic Dynamical Systems ==

I would like to address the perceived interest among [[Jacob_Foster|few]] of us here in topics relating to the topological dynamics and symbolic dynamics. I can talk a bit about ideas relating to the topological properties of dynamical systems and systems with very little structure to them (i.e., systems whose state spaces are merely a hausdorff space and a dynamic shift which is a continuous function). The symbolic dynamics part will deal with spaces of sequences of symbols and the dynamics being a shift map. I would like to wrap things up with a powerful tool - topological conjugacy - which allows us to define an 'equivalence' between two dynamical systems, one of which might be easier to understand and analyze. Ideally, this discussion will come after my topology tutorial, but I'll spend a few minutes describing formally and intuitively, the terms I use. Alternatively, we can form small discussion groups and chat about this over a cup of tea. [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]]

absolutely interested. [[Christopher Vitale|Chris]]

== Economics & Finance 101 ==
A 1 hour mini crash-course on the basic principles of Economics and Finance. The aim of this tutorial is -hopefully- to give a heads up for the upcoming Economics/Finance week for people who do not have a background in Economics.
I will introduce 3 simple models of microeconomics, macroeconomics and finance that can give an idea of what economists do. [[Carlos_Yepez|Carlos]]

'''Date and time:''' Friday June 13, 3:00-4:00pm.

'''Note:''' Reply to this page if you are interested in taking this tutorial.
*[[Devin_Drown|Devin]]
*[[Kolbjorn_Tunstrom|Kolbjørn]]

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Tutorials

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Kolbjorn:

{{CSSS 2008 Santa Fe}}



== The big opensource tutorial ==

=== Open Source research software ===

Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

Open (no pun intended...) your eyes to the wonderful world of FOSS -- Free and Open Source Software. While the distinction between Free and Open Source is a very interesting one (and highly contentious in the right crowds), for research purposes, we want to use the best tools for the job but some of us suffer from limited income, so I would like to talk about both. At the same time, FOSS is great to use for a non-economic reason: if you find bugs, or design extensions, you can fix them yourself (in OSS, at least) or at least report the problem back to a typically active community. Some potential tools to discuss/explore: R, Octave, Scilab, Gnuplot, perhaps some of the more useful languages in the field like Python and perhaps others I don't know as much about (a quick `apt-cache` on my Ubuntu Hardy install shows RasMol, ClustalW, SeaView, Achilles, complearn, EMBOSS, GENESIS, etc...)

- I would like to give a "Brazilian" contribution. Those who are interested in GIS&Cia could have a look at [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/gilberto/software.html Free and Open Source GIS Source].
[[Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I would be happy to contribute a little bit about freely available simulation environments like ns-2 (computer networks) and omnet++ (a generic DES) -- Laura

- For Python I can offer a tutorial (see below). Nish, do you have any experience with [http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage]? [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

All great ideas and I would love to have more of a "You know how to use this tool or you know of this tool, you talk about it" style of tutorial :)
Maybe we can do a general OSS tutorial/discussion and then transition to specific sub-topics in separate tutorials (Python, GIS, networks, etc)?
I've not used Sage, before, but I'm happy to take a look before the tutorial. Thanks for the info, Giovanni!

 
I'd like to learn more about open software. [[Holger_Keeler| Paul]]

=== R tutorial ===
Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

I (''[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') know a little bit about R (basic stuff such as common plots and regression analysis) but would like to enhance my R skills. Does anybody have an interest in a R tutorial, too? Please edit this if there is more interest.

I am fairly familiar with R and could probably run a tutorial... what are you all interested in
learning? - Skyler
*I'd just like to get an understanding of some of it's practical uses. -Devin
*Do you familiar with running social network analysis package in R? I want to learn more about it. [[Jiang_Wu| Jiang]]

Interested folks
#[[Devin_Drown|Devin]]
#[[Mark_Rivera | Mark]]
#[[Jiang_Wu| Jiang]]
#[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]
#(Soumya)
#[[Riley_Crane]]
#[[Jeremie]]
#[[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

=== Python tutorial ===

Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

I've (''also [[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') interest in a Python tutorial. Please edit this if there is more interest.

I can give a tutorial on python and on scipy/numpy. I can also talk about coding in general, as python is both a languange which is object oriented, imperative and functional (somehow). We can use the [http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html python tutorial] itself as a reference for the part about the language, and then move to the basic concepts of the duo [http://numpy.org numpy] / [http://scipy.org scipy], which form a powerful tool to manipulate n-dimensional arrays of numbers and also talk about [http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/ ipython] (the enhanced interactive shell) and the [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ pylab] interface, which gives a very nice environment for interactive programming and data analysis. Since pylab has been designed to mimic MATLAB's interface (the major plotting/statistical functions work as expected in both enviroments, which saves you a lot of time if you're used to MATLAB), I can also talk a bit about MATLAB, but being not a big fan of it, it would be better if somebody else stepped in to another tutorial on that.

Leave a mark if interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I'd be interested in this as well [[User: Mark | Mark]] 

I'm in. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

I'm in. [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

Yes please. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

Me too. [[Rory_Sayres]] [[User:Sayres|Sayres]] 23:55, 4 June 2008 (MDT)

I'd be interested in this as well [[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

I'm in [[Riley_Crane]]

Another one. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

== Neutral models in biology ==

Already met. Big thanks to Molly!

There is an interesting [http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4911 paper] by Cosma Shalizi of SFI about methodological problems in social sciences research in which he talks about the concept of neutral models in evolution models. I was wondering if any of the bio-people can give a tutorial on this topic as I am pretty interested in understanding the concept. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I would be very interested in learning about neutral networks too! - Skyler

== GIS / Spatial Analysis ==

Space Matters!! Geographical information system (GIS) is a computational system (hardware + database engine) that is designed to assemble, store, update, analyze, manipulate, and display geographically referenced information (data identified by their locations).

I'm thinking about introducing some basic GIS concepts and a free GIS software known as [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/~flavia/GIS/ Terraview]. We could also explore some spatial analysis techniques (this is the best part!) using Terraview and [http://www.geoda.uiuc.edu/downloadin.php GeoDa] (also free!).

Please edit here if you are interested or send me an email. [mailto:flafeitosa@gmail.com Flávia]

Update! It has been scheduled on Friday, June 13 from 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

I'm in [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]] 
I'd do this. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
let me know, I'm in, Sonja 
Me too. —[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 
Can not wait for this! Rio 
Me too. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Sounds like fun. If people are interested, I can bring some data sets to play around with. Alex

== Statistical Physics for Non-Physicists ==
Problem: Textbooks about this are written for physicists.
Solution: A Physicist (or mathematician) that would be so kind and spend few minutes (or maybe hours) to explain all that stuff to people like me(Petr):-)

[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]: Do you seek for a general introduction or something specific?

A crash course in Statistical Physics would be awesome. Let us know. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]]

I am interested too. (Soumya)

Me too. (Jean)

Interested! [[User:Meritxell|Meritxell]]

Interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

Ditto - Skyler

Me too. —[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 

Me three. [[User:RobMills|RobMills]]

I'd be willing to run such a tutorial. However, I would have to consult with some/all of the interested parties to find out what kind of statphys you want to learn about. There are a huge number of possible topics, one could start with basics like ensembles, or perhaps people are interested in master equation and other non-equilibrium techniques, or maybe critical phenomena is what people are interested in. I really do not know. (Orion)

Can you give us who are not physicists an introduction about a kind of special questions that you will think it from the viewpoint of physicists? Like complex network, dynamic, also something else, what is the most important measurement and dynamic process you want to observe? -[[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]

== Modern Logic and Reasoning ==
Like I mentioned in the 'ice-breaking', I could tell something about application of modern logic into human reasoning. It's a very board topic, and very new. Criticisms are welcome and needed. I would give some basic examples. On top of that, I would also say some development of logic, and how I found it useful in research, which might seem un-related to logic, esp. in social science. I am planning to give a 15 to 20 minutes presentation, UNLESS people want to hear more, in that case, please let me know.
QiQi

I'm interested! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Me too! [[kolbjorn|Kolbjørn]] 
Sign me up. — [[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
I'm interested too! (Flavia) 
I'm in! [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
I'm in too [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
Count me in - Skyler 
I'd be interested in this as well. [[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]
 Sounds great - i'll be there. [[User:RobMills|RobMills]]

Please remind by email or somhow.. and sign me up! [[User:sonotto|Sonja]]

I am in Qi, But where? Rio

Update! Time at June 10th, 03.15 p.m. - 03.35 p.m.
[[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

== Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments ==
How do you find "interesting" behavior when your computer model is too slow or the inputs are too many to try every possible combination? Using an Arctic sea ice simulator example, I will show you how modern statistical methods can help you explore your virtual world more efficiently. Check out this brief
[http://www.stat.sfu.ca/~dbingham/NICDS_CompExpt/research.html overview] or a more technical paper about
[http://www.schonlau.net/publication/jogo98.pdf global optimization]. Also see [http://www.gaussianprocess.org/ Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning] for a list of available resources. [[B%C3%A9la_Nagy|Béla]]

== Genomics / Central dogma overview ==
It seems like some of you might be interested in an overview of the central dogma of molecular biology to non-biologists. This could be an 1h tutorial on the major actors of gene expression: nucleus, chromosomes, chromatine, DNA, RNA (tRNA, mRNA), proteins, polymerases, ribosomes, transcription factors, and eventually a quick intro to small, non-coding RNAs as a bonus. Although being a bioinformatician by training, I'm happy to leave the way if a "hard core" biologist wants to do this tutorial (Molly ?). Edit if interested! Jean

I'd be happy to attend a tutorial in 'genomics for idiots' -- Laura

Me too. I am also interested in metagenomics if this is not too much of course. -- Francois

I'd like to go to a 'genomics for idiots' tutorial as well. -- [[Srideep_Musuavthy|srideep]]

Ok, so I'll prepare some slides. How about Monday 9th, 5p - 6p (location TBA) ? -- Jean

== Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning ==
I (Nish) could introduce some of the basic methods in AI/ML. If there is significant interest in the two fields separately, I could do two tutorials. Would probably focus on the higher level, rather than the nitty-gritty details, as well as applications of the methods to real problems. I'm not necessarily an expert, although have a fair amount of experience in the area, so I would prefer a more interactive session, where questions can be answered by everyone.

Sign me up. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]] 
I'm also interested. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]] 
Me too! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]

How about "AI/MI for dummies", Nish? I've been wondering about it.... Rio

sounds good [[Riley_Crane]]

== A Crash Course to Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory ==
Game theory is the study of interactive decision making. Classical game theory aims to develop a general theory to describe how rational agents interact strategically. In many cases humans lack the kind of infinite computational power and time assumed by classical game theory. In the early 1970s the biologist John Maynard Smith introduced evolutionary methods to the field, dispensing with the assumption of hyper-rationality while changing many of the concepts central to the field along the way. The result was evolutionary game theory. This new framework has been used to model the behavior of fundamentally non-rational players (such as viruses) as well as humans.

In this tutorial, I'd try to introduce the basic concepts in both of these fields, namely, the definition of a game, payoffs, the Nash equilibirum and evolutionarily stable strategies, the replicator dynamics. I'll briefly mention the three basic classes of two-strategy games represented by the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Snowdrift Game (sometimes called the Hawk-Dove game or Chicken), and the Stag Hunt Game. Depending on particular interests of the group, we could prove the Bishop-Cannings theorem and give a classification of all symmetric two-strategy games; or look at updating methods and spatial chaos; reputation and image scoring; rock-paper-scissors in biological systems; or evolutionary branching and specialization.

If there's something else you'd like to know about EGT, shoot me ([mailto:joshua.reyes@removeme.gmail.com Josh]) an email, and I'll see if I can dig up something I know on your topic. I'm not going to require any fancy mathematical background. If you've seen a 2×2 matrix before, great. Otherwise, it's not a big deal. We won't multiply them or calculate their eigenvalues. They'll just serve as a means for bookkeeping.

Update! Some of us are also thinking about setting up a [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Projects_%26_Working_Groups#Evolutionary_Game_Theory|working group]] as well.

 Update 2! This has been scheduled on Friday from 3 - 5, location TBD.

*I'll sign up for this. Kolbjørn
*I'm interested too! (Flavia)
*I'll be there too. Kathleen
*I'm in. Jean
*I'm interested as well. Steve
*will be there at 3 [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]
*I'll be there, Petr
*Good stuff. I could also say a few things about [http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/EEP/AdaptiveDynamics.html adaptive dynamics], if there's interest. [[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]
*I'll be there. [[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]
*Count me in (Chris)
*I'm in. Tanja

== Resilience of social-ecological systems ==
The resilience perspective is increasingly used as an approach for understanding the dynamics of social–ecological systems. Essential for the resilience perspective is the recognition that living systems are not in equilibrium but rather in a domain of attraction.
Many dynamic systems, however, have multiple domains of attraction. Moreover, self-organizing processes can create or change the shape and depth of this domain of attraction. Within the resilience perspective, new pathways of sustainable development can be represented by crossing a threshold from a domain of attraction and/or by creating new domains. Resilience is a measure of how much change or disruption is required to transform a system from being maintained by one set of mutually reinforcing processes and structures to a different set of processes and structures.
If you are interested we (Mike and Dirk) can introduce you to some of the insights developed by the [http://www.resalliance.org/1.php resiliance alliance] and the challenges we face in understanding these kind of systems.

I am interested in this too. Richard

Very interested, any idea of when you will do it? [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm interested as well. Steve

I'm interested too. - Skyler

I think to contribute from my previous work on SES. Rio

== Introduction to classical control theory ==
I (Srideep) can offer a 'quick' tutorial on control theory/control systems. This is will be a simple introduction to the motivation, basic ideas, issues and jargon in the field. If you are interested, please let me know about your background in linear algebra, complex analysis and calculus. Depending on the background, I might spend more or less time introducing the field.

Ideally, if you know what eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix are, what a pole of a complex function is and how the solution of a linear differential equation looks like, you are ready to jump right into controls. If the words above don't mean much at all, then we can run a quick 'review' of what they mean intuitively.
you can sign up here or send me an email [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

Update! Lets plan on discussing this early next week. Will fix up a time by the end of this week. Liz bradley will be done with her introduction to dynamics and the eigenvalue, eigenvector tutorial will be done this friday. This will make my life easier! :-)

I'd be very interested in this tutorial. I think I'm basically OK on the prerequisites,
but I wouldn't be annoyed by a review. Perhaps Monday? -- Laura

I'm in too. I guess I should be ok on linear algebra, calculus and linear ODEs, but I don't know what the pole of a complex function is. Jean

I'm in. If we can start with 'pole' thing, that would be wonderful. - Masayoshi

Hi Srideep, please put me in this group. About my background on the subjects you asked; zero!!! Sorry. Rio

Definitely interested in this. - Jacob

I'm in. Paul

Looks cool. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

Me too! [[Rory_Sayres|Rory]]

== Topology/algebra ==
I (Srideep) will also be happy to talk about topology, introducing the concepts of point-set topology. The language of modern mathematics is enshrined in the concepts of point-set topology. I can also talk about group theory and introduce abstract algebra to those interested. In my opinion, it is the most powerful gateway into abstract thinking. sign here or email me [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

I'd be very interested in that. Jean

I'd be interested to see what you cover in the topology section. Algebra, however, is for the birds :) Paul

Srideep, can you do an introduction to category theory? Or would you be interested in co-organizing a tutorial with me? - Jacob

I'm very interested. Abby

Sounds like fun (Chris)

== Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find them? ==
I (Kolbjørn) can put together a brief and elementary introduction to eigenvalues and eigenvectors if anyone have an urge for this. Sign up or e-mail and we'll schedule something. [mailto:kolbjorn@chalmers.se Kolbjørn]

UPDATE 06062008: SLIDES

[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/images/e/e7/Linear_algebra_tutorial.pdf Tutorial slides]

UPDATE! Time: Friday June 6th, 01.00 p.m. - 03.00 p.m. If this collides with other stuff, please yell out! [[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

Yes please. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]]

I am also very interested [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm in as well [[ Mark_Rivera|Mark]]

Please - have always been kind of confusing to me. [[Jonathan_Zelner|Jon]]

Let me in - Masayoshi

I'm also interested! [[ Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I'll be there. -[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

I'm in as well. -[[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

Me too! '''Just to remind'''; I think Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory (Josh)will be started at 3 PM. Rio

== How your computer works ==

Nish and Laura can give a joint tutorial on 'how your computer works'. What happens when I type 'www.santafe.edu' in my browser? How does a web server at santafe.edu handle all those incoming requests? What happens when I use a WiFi access point? Basically, we'd be happy to take your questions about how your computer works and do our best to answer them - we're also happy to have other co-tutors.

Let us know if there's interest [mailto:lmfeeney@sics.se Laura], we'd probably schedule later next week, to not conflict with tutorials that focus on maths and other project prerequisites.

I would love this. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

== How your hardware works ==
Along the same lines as the computer tutorial, I've found myself discussing hardware with a number of folks. And why hardware matters from a massive parallelism perspective (which is quite common in the complex research areas I've encountered). If folks are interested, I can give a rough overview of the way hardware works in different types of computers and supercomputers (as much as I understand of it) as well as how to best leverage that knowledge.

Not sure how this differs from the the one above it, but def. interested (Chris)

== Computational Physics for Non-physicists or A small introduction into Applied Physics ==

I've seen that many people are interested in physics. I could give an introduction to "computational" physics - this means physics with a PC. Actually, it is very broad and gives some basics for simulations (interesting for all simulation-folks):

- What is a 'random number generator' and why should I know something about it?

- What are Master-equations?

- The Ising-model / Voter-model

- The Central Limit Theorem or why does it make sense to average over multiple runs of a simulation?

- ...

[[Ruben Kubiak|Ruben]]

I'm very interested [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

I'm in too. [[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]

[[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] is in.
Sounds great. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

Looking forward to it. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

==Information Theory==
An open discussion of Shannon information theory (would like some help in presenting this part clearly) and then some newer results from its application to cellular automata (and potentially other complex systems).

Interesting. I remember something from the master course I took. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
I'd love to participate. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]] 
I'm interested.[[Holger_Keeler|Paul]] 
I'm in. --[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]]

I'm in. --[[User:meritxell|Meritxell]]

FYI: Tom Carter is going to be talking about Information Theory a bit tomorrow from 2-3pm, not sure of a location yet, but its on the schedule.

==Cellular Automata==
CAs (particularly ECAs) are a very interested model of computation. How do 8 rules (ECA 110, e.g.) emulate a Turing Machine? Why is that interesting? What can we learn about what defines computation given CAs? Maybe we can also discuss some simple computational (Turing) theory.

I'd go to that twice. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

==A little analytical tool-box: Non-linear dynamics, ODEs, PDEs...==
The [[David_Foster|Brothers]] [[Jacob_Foster|Foster]] would be happy to offer some tutorials on analytical methods. Depending on what Alfred Hubler covers, we can do some fraction of Strogatz (flows on the line & circle, bifurcations, maybe linear systems, index theorem, etc.), as well as offering a basic introduction to solving linear ODEs (no theorems, just techniques) and simple PDEs like the heat equation, with boundary conditions. Ideally this would come after Kolbjørn's eigen-stuff course, so we can just assume familiarity with that.

We've put a tentative time for our tutorial on the schedule: [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Schedule#Week_Three_-_FINANCE/ECONOMY|June 16 at 3:15pm]]. Let us know if this doesn't work out for some reason and we can try to change it.

These are fun topics! I never get enough of them! -- [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
Sounds great. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]] 
Interesting -- sure. [[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 
Very useful! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Need this.... Rio 
I'm in! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]
great! [[Riley_Crane]]

Brothers Foster rulez! I'll be there. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

==Linguistics==
Can someone (I don't know [[Peter_Graff|who]]) perhaps offer a tutorial on basic linguistics stuff? I am particularly interested in generative grammar and coverage of the Chomsky "Three Models" paper, but maybe there are more interesting topics to be discussed these days... -Jacob

I could easily do a Saussure/Pierce tutorial, along with how this has been applied from everything to kinship structure to film theory to table manners, but this is continental structural linguistics, very diff from the chomsky stuff. I think Peter Graff can do the chomsky stuff, though, perhaps we could work on this together (Chris)

Would love both tutorials. Esp. the kinship structure stuff (is this Andre Weil's algebra chapter on kinship, from Levi-Strauss I think?) -Jacob

I'd love to participate. -Tanja

==Fitting models to data==
A few people have asked me for a brief review of fitting models to data, but I'd like to know what methods interest you. I could start with least squares and progress to Bayesian approaches, maximum likelihood, and some more recent developments in methods for exploring space (GAs, particle filters, MCMC) with which I'm familiar. I'm by no means an expert in all these topics, so please add your name below if there's something you'd like to learn about (a particular method or method for a particular context) or teach. I feel like this tutorial would be most appropriate for the third or fourth week. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

I am really interested in this. (Soumya)

cool [[Riley_Crane]]

==Networks, Sign Systems, and the Mind==

So, as an outgrowth of the (continental) theory/philosophy working group, I've come up with two ideas for tutorial/discussion sessions on stuff people might be interested in, in which I'd likely throw some materials at the group, then see where discussion takes us. The first one would be on theories of language and the mind. Probably start off with the first real theory of language and the brain, Freud's topological theory, and then move to how this was absorbed into structuralist linguistics/semiotics in the 1950's (Saussure's theory of signifiers, Jakobsen on axes of discourse, paradigms/syntagms, metaphoric value transfer, and how this was applied to kinship structures, social institutions, etc.) From there we could look at how Jacques Lacan built upon this with his 'mathemic' algebraic notation for discourse analysis. We could then look at how networked theories of mind challenge both the Lacanian model and its American counterparts (Fodor's psychosemantics, for example), particularly in regard to connectionist architectures in artificial neural networks, and how this leads to more distributed notions of linguistic structure. These new paradigms can allow us to move beyond notions of discrete 'signs' existing somewhere in the brain to models based on research in microfeature maps, dynamic network synchronization, spreading activation, and feature vectores. When synthesized with Lacan's insights, and blended with some ideas from object-relations theory and by thinkers like Marvin Minsky and Gerald Edelman, its possible to come up with models that actually reflect the impact of complex systems theories. Likely wayy too much stuff to squeeze in, but certainly enough to get a conversation going, even if we don't get to half of it!

Anyone interested? (-Chris)

==Network Economics and Value Theory==

So, for the third week of CSSS, I'm thinking of maybe doing a session on 'Network Economics and Value Theory' for whoever's interested. Likely start off with Marx's three levels of value (use, exchange, surplus), move to his theories on production, formulas for capital, commodity fetishism, sticky points of his famous 'labor theory of value,' then on to his analysis of modes of production, and his thesis on the falling rate of profit that was supposed to bring down capitalism (but which obviously didn't). From there we could discuss critiques/updates of this theory via the growth of Keynesianism/Stalinism/Neoliberalism, in order to get to David Harvey's new work on how neoliberal economies largely avoid demand crises by engineering carefully managed accumulation crises whose effects can be easily passed off to poorer nations using multi-national postwar institutions like the IMF/WTO. This leads to examples of how networked models can help us understand today's economic crises (for example, how evolutionary search models can help us understand the ways in which 'overleveraging' economies via 'market derivatives' can help funnel capital to hedge funds in rich countries). From there we could look at critiques of economic theories of value, particularly Deleuze and Guattari's notion of 'desiring-production' as that which links production of commodities to the production of consumers by the social unit of production, namely, the family, and how even this model needs to be rethought in terms of shifts in mass media. Other topics could include theories of network political activism, namely those of Hardt and Negri (Empire/Multitude) and Ernesto Laclau on social dislocations and crisis management via counterhegemonic blocs.

Anyone interested in any of this stuff, lemme know! (-Chris)

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Tutorials

2008-06-06T20:30:17Z

Kolbjorn:

{{CSSS 2008 Santa Fe}}



== The big opensource tutorial ==

=== Open Source research software ===

Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

Open (no pun intended...) your eyes to the wonderful world of FOSS -- Free and Open Source Software. While the distinction between Free and Open Source is a very interesting one (and highly contentious in the right crowds), for research purposes, we want to use the best tools for the job but some of us suffer from limited income, so I would like to talk about both. At the same time, FOSS is great to use for a non-economic reason: if you find bugs, or design extensions, you can fix them yourself (in OSS, at least) or at least report the problem back to a typically active community. Some potential tools to discuss/explore: R, Octave, Scilab, Gnuplot, perhaps some of the more useful languages in the field like Python and perhaps others I don't know as much about (a quick `apt-cache` on my Ubuntu Hardy install shows RasMol, ClustalW, SeaView, Achilles, complearn, EMBOSS, GENESIS, etc...)

- I would like to give a "Brazilian" contribution. Those who are interested in GIS&Cia could have a look at [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/gilberto/software.html Free and Open Source GIS Source].
[[Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I would be happy to contribute a little bit about freely available simulation environments like ns-2 (computer networks) and omnet++ (a generic DES) -- Laura

- For Python I can offer a tutorial (see below). Nish, do you have any experience with [http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage]? [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

All great ideas and I would love to have more of a "You know how to use this tool or you know of this tool, you talk about it" style of tutorial :)
Maybe we can do a general OSS tutorial/discussion and then transition to specific sub-topics in separate tutorials (Python, GIS, networks, etc)?
I've not used Sage, before, but I'm happy to take a look before the tutorial. Thanks for the info, Giovanni!

 
I'd like to learn more about open software. [[Holger_Keeler| Paul]]

=== R tutorial ===
Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

I (''[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') know a little bit about R (basic stuff such as common plots and regression analysis) but would like to enhance my R skills. Does anybody have an interest in a R tutorial, too? Please edit this if there is more interest.

I am fairly familiar with R and could probably run a tutorial... what are you all interested in
learning? - Skyler
*I'd just like to get an understanding of some of it's practical uses. -Devin
*Do you familiar with running social network analysis package in R? I want to learn more about it. [[Jiang_Wu| Jiang]]

Interested folks
#[[Devin_Drown|Devin]]
#[[Mark_Rivera | Mark]]
#[[Jiang_Wu| Jiang]]
#[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]
#(Soumya)
#[[Riley_Crane]]
#[[Jeremie]]
#[[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

=== Python tutorial ===

Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

I've (''also [[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') interest in a Python tutorial. Please edit this if there is more interest.

I can give a tutorial on python and on scipy/numpy. I can also talk about coding in general, as python is both a languange which is object oriented, imperative and functional (somehow). We can use the [http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html python tutorial] itself as a reference for the part about the language, and then move to the basic concepts of the duo [http://numpy.org numpy] / [http://scipy.org scipy], which form a powerful tool to manipulate n-dimensional arrays of numbers and also talk about [http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/ ipython] (the enhanced interactive shell) and the [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ pylab] interface, which gives a very nice environment for interactive programming and data analysis. Since pylab has been designed to mimic MATLAB's interface (the major plotting/statistical functions work as expected in both enviroments, which saves you a lot of time if you're used to MATLAB), I can also talk a bit about MATLAB, but being not a big fan of it, it would be better if somebody else stepped in to another tutorial on that.

Leave a mark if interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I'd be interested in this as well [[User: Mark | Mark]] 

I'm in. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

I'm in. [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

Yes please. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

Me too. [[Rory_Sayres]] [[User:Sayres|Sayres]] 23:55, 4 June 2008 (MDT)

I'd be interested in this as well [[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

I'm in [[Riley_Crane]]

Another one. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

== Neutral models in biology ==

Already met. Big thanks to Molly!

There is an interesting [http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4911 paper] by Cosma Shalizi of SFI about methodological problems in social sciences research in which he talks about the concept of neutral models in evolution models. I was wondering if any of the bio-people can give a tutorial on this topic as I am pretty interested in understanding the concept. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I would be very interested in learning about neutral networks too! - Skyler

== GIS / Spatial Analysis ==

Space Matters!! Geographical information system (GIS) is a computational system (hardware + database engine) that is designed to assemble, store, update, analyze, manipulate, and display geographically referenced information (data identified by their locations).

I'm thinking about introducing some basic GIS concepts and a free GIS software known as [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/~flavia/GIS/ Terraview]. We could also explore some spatial analysis techniques (this is the best part!) using Terraview and [http://www.geoda.uiuc.edu/downloadin.php GeoDa] (also free!).

Please edit here if you are interested or send me an email. [mailto:flafeitosa@gmail.com Flávia]

Update! It has been scheduled on Friday, June 13 from 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

I'm in [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]] 
I'd do this. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
let me know, I'm in, Sonja 
Me too. —[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 
Can not wait for this! Rio 
Me too. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Sounds like fun. If people are interested, I can bring some data sets to play around with. Alex

== Statistical Physics for Non-Physicists ==
Problem: Textbooks about this are written for physicists.
Solution: A Physicist (or mathematician) that would be so kind and spend few minutes (or maybe hours) to explain all that stuff to people like me(Petr):-)

[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]: Do you seek for a general introduction or something specific?

A crash course in Statistical Physics would be awesome. Let us know. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]]

I am interested too. (Soumya)

Me too. (Jean)

Interested! [[User:Meritxell|Meritxell]]

Interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

Ditto - Skyler

Me too. —[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 

Me three. [[User:RobMills|RobMills]]

I'd be willing to run such a tutorial. However, I would have to consult with some/all of the interested parties to find out what kind of statphys you want to learn about. There are a huge number of possible topics, one could start with basics like ensembles, or perhaps people are interested in master equation and other non-equilibrium techniques, or maybe critical phenomena is what people are interested in. I really do not know. (Orion)

Can you give us who are not physicists an introduction about a kind of special questions that you will think it from the viewpoint of physicists? Like complex network, dynamic, also something else, what is the most important measurement and dynamic process you want to observe? -[[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]

== Modern Logic and Reasoning ==
Like I mentioned in the 'ice-breaking', I could tell something about application of modern logic into human reasoning. It's a very board topic, and very new. Criticisms are welcome and needed. I would give some basic examples. On top of that, I would also say some development of logic, and how I found it useful in research, which might seem un-related to logic, esp. in social science. I am planning to give a 15 to 20 minutes presentation, UNLESS people want to hear more, in that case, please let me know.
QiQi

I'm interested! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Me too! [[kolbjorn|Kolbjørn]] 
Sign me up. — [[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
I'm interested too! (Flavia) 
I'm in! [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
I'm in too [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
Count me in - Skyler 
I'd be interested in this as well. [[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]
 Sounds great - i'll be there. [[User:RobMills|RobMills]]

Please remind by email or somhow.. and sign me up! [[User:sonotto|Sonja]]

I am in Qi, But where? Rio

Update! Time at June 10th, 03.15 p.m. - 03.35 p.m.
[[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

== Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments ==
How do you find "interesting" behavior when your computer model is too slow or the inputs are too many to try every possible combination? Using an Arctic sea ice simulator example, I will show you how modern statistical methods can help you explore your virtual world more efficiently. Check out this brief
[http://www.stat.sfu.ca/~dbingham/NICDS_CompExpt/research.html overview] or a more technical paper about
[http://www.schonlau.net/publication/jogo98.pdf global optimization]. Also see [http://www.gaussianprocess.org/ Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning] for a list of available resources. [[B%C3%A9la_Nagy|Béla]]

== Genomics / Central dogma overview ==
It seems like some of you might be interested in an overview of the central dogma of molecular biology to non-biologists. This could be an 1h tutorial on the major actors of gene expression: nucleus, chromosomes, chromatine, DNA, RNA (tRNA, mRNA), proteins, polymerases, ribosomes, transcription factors, and eventually a quick intro to small, non-coding RNAs as a bonus. Although being a bioinformatician by training, I'm happy to leave the way if a "hard core" biologist wants to do this tutorial (Molly ?). Edit if interested! Jean

I'd be happy to attend a tutorial in 'genomics for idiots' -- Laura

Me too. I am also interested in metagenomics if this is not too much of course. -- Francois

I'd like to go to a 'genomics for idiots' tutorial as well. -- [[Srideep_Musuavthy|srideep]]

Ok, so I'll prepare some slides. How about Monday 9th, 5p - 6p (location TBA) ? -- Jean

== Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning ==
I (Nish) could introduce some of the basic methods in AI/ML. If there is significant interest in the two fields separately, I could do two tutorials. Would probably focus on the higher level, rather than the nitty-gritty details, as well as applications of the methods to real problems. I'm not necessarily an expert, although have a fair amount of experience in the area, so I would prefer a more interactive session, where questions can be answered by everyone.

Sign me up. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]] 
I'm also interested. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]] 
Me too! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]

How about "AI/MI for dummies", Nish? I've been wondering about it.... Rio

sounds good [[Riley_Crane]]

== A Crash Course to Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory ==
Game theory is the study of interactive decision making. Classical game theory aims to develop a general theory to describe how rational agents interact strategically. In many cases humans lack the kind of infinite computational power and time assumed by classical game theory. In the early 1970s the biologist John Maynard Smith introduced evolutionary methods to the field, dispensing with the assumption of hyper-rationality while changing many of the concepts central to the field along the way. The result was evolutionary game theory. This new framework has been used to model the behavior of fundamentally non-rational players (such as viruses) as well as humans.

In this tutorial, I'd try to introduce the basic concepts in both of these fields, namely, the definition of a game, payoffs, the Nash equilibirum and evolutionarily stable strategies, the replicator dynamics. I'll briefly mention the three basic classes of two-strategy games represented by the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Snowdrift Game (sometimes called the Hawk-Dove game or Chicken), and the Stag Hunt Game. Depending on particular interests of the group, we could prove the Bishop-Cannings theorem and give a classification of all symmetric two-strategy games; or look at updating methods and spatial chaos; reputation and image scoring; rock-paper-scissors in biological systems; or evolutionary branching and specialization.

If there's something else you'd like to know about EGT, shoot me ([mailto:joshua.reyes@removeme.gmail.com Josh]) an email, and I'll see if I can dig up something I know on your topic. I'm not going to require any fancy mathematical background. If you've seen a 2×2 matrix before, great. Otherwise, it's not a big deal. We won't multiply them or calculate their eigenvalues. They'll just serve as a means for bookkeeping.

Update! Some of us are also thinking about setting up a [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Projects_%26_Working_Groups#Evolutionary_Game_Theory|working group]] as well.

 Update 2! This has been scheduled on Friday from 3 - 5, location TBD.

*I'll sign up for this. Kolbjørn
*I'm interested too! (Flavia)
*I'll be there too. Kathleen
*I'm in. Jean
*I'm interested as well. Steve
*will be there at 3 [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]
*I'll be there, Petr
*Good stuff. I could also say a few things about [http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/EEP/AdaptiveDynamics.html adaptive dynamics], if there's interest. [[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]
*I'll be there. [[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]
*Count me in (Chris)
*I'm in. Tanja

== Resilience of social-ecological systems ==
The resilience perspective is increasingly used as an approach for understanding the dynamics of social–ecological systems. Essential for the resilience perspective is the recognition that living systems are not in equilibrium but rather in a domain of attraction.
Many dynamic systems, however, have multiple domains of attraction. Moreover, self-organizing processes can create or change the shape and depth of this domain of attraction. Within the resilience perspective, new pathways of sustainable development can be represented by crossing a threshold from a domain of attraction and/or by creating new domains. Resilience is a measure of how much change or disruption is required to transform a system from being maintained by one set of mutually reinforcing processes and structures to a different set of processes and structures.
If you are interested we (Mike and Dirk) can introduce you to some of the insights developed by the [http://www.resalliance.org/1.php resiliance alliance] and the challenges we face in understanding these kind of systems.

I am interested in this too. Richard

Very interested, any idea of when you will do it? [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm interested as well. Steve

I'm interested too. - Skyler

I think to contribute from my previous work on SES. Rio

== Introduction to classical control theory ==
I (Srideep) can offer a 'quick' tutorial on control theory/control systems. This is will be a simple introduction to the motivation, basic ideas, issues and jargon in the field. If you are interested, please let me know about your background in linear algebra, complex analysis and calculus. Depending on the background, I might spend more or less time introducing the field.

Ideally, if you know what eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix are, what a pole of a complex function is and how the solution of a linear differential equation looks like, you are ready to jump right into controls. If the words above don't mean much at all, then we can run a quick 'review' of what they mean intuitively.
you can sign up here or send me an email [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

Update! Lets plan on discussing this early next week. Will fix up a time by the end of this week. Liz bradley will be done with her introduction to dynamics and the eigenvalue, eigenvector tutorial will be done this friday. This will make my life easier! :-)

I'd be very interested in this tutorial. I think I'm basically OK on the prerequisites,
but I wouldn't be annoyed by a review. Perhaps Monday? -- Laura

I'm in too. I guess I should be ok on linear algebra, calculus and linear ODEs, but I don't know what the pole of a complex function is. Jean

I'm in. If we can start with 'pole' thing, that would be wonderful. - Masayoshi

Hi Srideep, please put me in this group. About my background on the subjects you asked; zero!!! Sorry. Rio

Definitely interested in this. - Jacob

I'm in. Paul

Looks cool. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

Me too! [[Rory_Sayres|Rory]]

== Topology/algebra ==
I (Srideep) will also be happy to talk about topology, introducing the concepts of point-set topology. The language of modern mathematics is enshrined in the concepts of point-set topology. I can also talk about group theory and introduce abstract algebra to those interested. In my opinion, it is the most powerful gateway into abstract thinking. sign here or email me [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

I'd be very interested in that. Jean

I'd be interested to see what you cover in the topology section. Algebra, however, is for the birds :) Paul

Srideep, can you do an introduction to category theory? Or would you be interested in co-organizing a tutorial with me? - Jacob

I'm very interested. Abby

Sounds like fun (Chris)

== Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find them? ==
I (Kolbjørn) can put together a brief and elementary introduction to eigenvalues and eigenvectors if anyone have an urge for this. Sign up or e-mail and we'll schedule something. [mailto:kolbjorn@chalmers.se Kolbjørn]

UPDATE 06062008: SLIDES

[[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/images/e/e7/Linear_algebra_tutorial.pdf Tutorial slides]]

UPDATE! Time: Friday June 6th, 01.00 p.m. - 03.00 p.m. If this collides with other stuff, please yell out! [[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

Yes please. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]]

I am also very interested [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm in as well [[ Mark_Rivera|Mark]]

Please - have always been kind of confusing to me. [[Jonathan_Zelner|Jon]]

Let me in - Masayoshi

I'm also interested! [[ Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I'll be there. -[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

I'm in as well. -[[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

Me too! '''Just to remind'''; I think Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory (Josh)will be started at 3 PM. Rio

== How your computer works ==

Nish and Laura can give a joint tutorial on 'how your computer works'. What happens when I type 'www.santafe.edu' in my browser? How does a web server at santafe.edu handle all those incoming requests? What happens when I use a WiFi access point? Basically, we'd be happy to take your questions about how your computer works and do our best to answer them - we're also happy to have other co-tutors.

Let us know if there's interest [mailto:lmfeeney@sics.se Laura], we'd probably schedule later next week, to not conflict with tutorials that focus on maths and other project prerequisites.

I would love this. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

== How your hardware works ==
Along the same lines as the computer tutorial, I've found myself discussing hardware with a number of folks. And why hardware matters from a massive parallelism perspective (which is quite common in the complex research areas I've encountered). If folks are interested, I can give a rough overview of the way hardware works in different types of computers and supercomputers (as much as I understand of it) as well as how to best leverage that knowledge.

Not sure how this differs from the the one above it, but def. interested (Chris)

== Computational Physics for Non-physicists or A small introduction into Applied Physics ==

I've seen that many people are interested in physics. I could give an introduction to "computational" physics - this means physics with a PC. Actually, it is very broad and gives some basics for simulations (interesting for all simulation-folks):

- What is a 'random number generator' and why should I know something about it?

- What are Master-equations?

- The Ising-model / Voter-model

- The Central Limit Theorem or why does it make sense to average over multiple runs of a simulation?

- ...

[[Ruben Kubiak|Ruben]]

I'm very interested [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

I'm in too. [[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]

[[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] is in.
Sounds great. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

Looking forward to it. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

==Information Theory==
An open discussion of Shannon information theory (would like some help in presenting this part clearly) and then some newer results from its application to cellular automata (and potentially other complex systems).

Interesting. I remember something from the master course I took. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
I'd love to participate. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]] 
I'm interested.[[Holger_Keeler|Paul]] 
I'm in. --[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]]

I'm in. --[[User:meritxell|Meritxell]]

FYI: Tom Carter is going to be talking about Information Theory a bit tomorrow from 2-3pm, not sure of a location yet, but its on the schedule.

==Cellular Automata==
CAs (particularly ECAs) are a very interested model of computation. How do 8 rules (ECA 110, e.g.) emulate a Turing Machine? Why is that interesting? What can we learn about what defines computation given CAs? Maybe we can also discuss some simple computational (Turing) theory.

I'd go to that twice. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

==A little analytical tool-box: Non-linear dynamics, ODEs, PDEs...==
The [[David_Foster|Brothers]] [[Jacob_Foster|Foster]] would be happy to offer some tutorials on analytical methods. Depending on what Alfred Hubler covers, we can do some fraction of Strogatz (flows on the line & circle, bifurcations, maybe linear systems, index theorem, etc.), as well as offering a basic introduction to solving linear ODEs (no theorems, just techniques) and simple PDEs like the heat equation, with boundary conditions. Ideally this would come after Kolbjørn's eigen-stuff course, so we can just assume familiarity with that.

We've put a tentative time for our tutorial on the schedule: [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Schedule#Week_Three_-_FINANCE/ECONOMY|June 16 at 3:15pm]]. Let us know if this doesn't work out for some reason and we can try to change it.

These are fun topics! I never get enough of them! -- [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
Sounds great. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]] 
Interesting -- sure. [[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 
Very useful! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Need this.... Rio 
I'm in! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]
great! [[Riley_Crane]]

Brothers Foster rulez! I'll be there. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

==Linguistics==
Can someone (I don't know [[Peter_Graff|who]]) perhaps offer a tutorial on basic linguistics stuff? I am particularly interested in generative grammar and coverage of the Chomsky "Three Models" paper, but maybe there are more interesting topics to be discussed these days... -Jacob

I could easily do a Saussure/Pierce tutorial, along with how this has been applied from everything to kinship structure to film theory to table manners, but this is continental structural linguistics, very diff from the chomsky stuff. I think Peter Graff can do the chomsky stuff, though, perhaps we could work on this together (Chris)

Would love both tutorials. Esp. the kinship structure stuff (is this Andre Weil's algebra chapter on kinship, from Levi-Strauss I think?) -Jacob

I'd love to participate. -Tanja

==Fitting models to data==
A few people have asked me for a brief review of fitting models to data, but I'd like to know what methods interest you. I could start with least squares and progress to Bayesian approaches, maximum likelihood, and some more recent developments in methods for exploring space (GAs, particle filters, MCMC) with which I'm familiar. I'm by no means an expert in all these topics, so please add your name below if there's something you'd like to learn about (a particular method or method for a particular context) or teach. I feel like this tutorial would be most appropriate for the third or fourth week. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

I am really interested in this. (Soumya)

cool [[Riley_Crane]]

==Networks, Sign Systems, and the Mind==

So, as an outgrowth of the (continental) theory/philosophy working group, I've come up with two ideas for tutorial/discussion sessions on stuff people might be interested in, in which I'd likely throw some materials at the group, then see where discussion takes us. The first one would be on theories of language and the mind. Probably start off with the first real theory of language and the brain, Freud's topological theory, and then move to how this was absorbed into structuralist linguistics/semiotics in the 1950's (Saussure's theory of signifiers, Jakobsen on axes of discourse, paradigms/syntagms, metaphoric value transfer, and how this was applied to kinship structures, social institutions, etc.) From there we could look at how Jacques Lacan built upon this with his 'mathemic' algebraic notation for discourse analysis. We could then look at how networked theories of mind challenge both the Lacanian model and its American counterparts (Fodor's psychosemantics, for example), particularly in regard to connectionist architectures in artificial neural networks, and how this leads to more distributed notions of linguistic structure. These new paradigms can allow us to move beyond notions of discrete 'signs' existing somewhere in the brain to models based on research in microfeature maps, dynamic network synchronization, spreading activation, and feature vectores. When synthesized with Lacan's insights, and blended with some ideas from object-relations theory and by thinkers like Marvin Minsky and Gerald Edelman, its possible to come up with models that actually reflect the impact of complex systems theories. Likely wayy too much stuff to squeeze in, but certainly enough to get a conversation going, even if we don't get to half of it!

Anyone interested? (-Chris)

==Network Economics and Value Theory==

So, for the third week of CSSS, I'm thinking of maybe doing a session on 'Network Economics and Value Theory' for whoever's interested. Likely start off with Marx's three levels of value (use, exchange, surplus), move to his theories on production, formulas for capital, commodity fetishism, sticky points of his famous 'labor theory of value,' then on to his analysis of modes of production, and his thesis on the falling rate of profit that was supposed to bring down capitalism (but which obviously didn't). From there we could discuss critiques/updates of this theory via the growth of Keynesianism/Stalinism/Neoliberalism, in order to get to David Harvey's new work on how neoliberal economies largely avoid demand crises by engineering carefully managed accumulation crises whose effects can be easily passed off to poorer nations using multi-national postwar institutions like the IMF/WTO. This leads to examples of how networked models can help us understand today's economic crises (for example, how evolutionary search models can help us understand the ways in which 'overleveraging' economies via 'market derivatives' can help funnel capital to hedge funds in rich countries). From there we could look at critiques of economic theories of value, particularly Deleuze and Guattari's notion of 'desiring-production' as that which links production of commodities to the production of consumers by the social unit of production, namely, the family, and how even this model needs to be rethought in terms of shifts in mass media. Other topics could include theories of network political activism, namely those of Hardt and Negri (Empire/Multitude) and Ernesto Laclau on social dislocations and crisis management via counterhegemonic blocs.

Anyone interested in any of this stuff, lemme know! (-Chris)

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Tutorials

2008-06-06T20:27:23Z

Kolbjorn: /* Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find them? */

{{CSSS 2008 Santa Fe}}



== The big opensource tutorial ==

=== Open Source research software ===

Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

Open (no pun intended...) your eyes to the wonderful world of FOSS -- Free and Open Source Software. While the distinction between Free and Open Source is a very interesting one (and highly contentious in the right crowds), for research purposes, we want to use the best tools for the job but some of us suffer from limited income, so I would like to talk about both. At the same time, FOSS is great to use for a non-economic reason: if you find bugs, or design extensions, you can fix them yourself (in OSS, at least) or at least report the problem back to a typically active community. Some potential tools to discuss/explore: R, Octave, Scilab, Gnuplot, perhaps some of the more useful languages in the field like Python and perhaps others I don't know as much about (a quick `apt-cache` on my Ubuntu Hardy install shows RasMol, ClustalW, SeaView, Achilles, complearn, EMBOSS, GENESIS, etc...)

- I would like to give a "Brazilian" contribution. Those who are interested in GIS&Cia could have a look at [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/gilberto/software.html Free and Open Source GIS Source].
[[Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I would be happy to contribute a little bit about freely available simulation environments like ns-2 (computer networks) and omnet++ (a generic DES) -- Laura

- For Python I can offer a tutorial (see below). Nish, do you have any experience with [http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage]? [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

All great ideas and I would love to have more of a "You know how to use this tool or you know of this tool, you talk about it" style of tutorial :)
Maybe we can do a general OSS tutorial/discussion and then transition to specific sub-topics in separate tutorials (Python, GIS, networks, etc)?
I've not used Sage, before, but I'm happy to take a look before the tutorial. Thanks for the info, Giovanni!

 
I'd like to learn more about open software. [[Holger_Keeler| Paul]]

=== R tutorial ===
Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

I (''[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') know a little bit about R (basic stuff such as common plots and regression analysis) but would like to enhance my R skills. Does anybody have an interest in a R tutorial, too? Please edit this if there is more interest.

I am fairly familiar with R and could probably run a tutorial... what are you all interested in
learning? - Skyler
*I'd just like to get an understanding of some of it's practical uses. -Devin
*Do you familiar with running social network analysis package in R? I want to learn more about it. [[Jiang_Wu| Jiang]]

Interested folks
#[[Devin_Drown|Devin]]
#[[Mark_Rivera | Mark]]
#[[Jiang_Wu| Jiang]]
#[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]
#(Soumya)
#[[Riley_Crane]]
#[[Jeremie]]
#[[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

=== Python tutorial ===

Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

I've (''also [[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') interest in a Python tutorial. Please edit this if there is more interest.

I can give a tutorial on python and on scipy/numpy. I can also talk about coding in general, as python is both a languange which is object oriented, imperative and functional (somehow). We can use the [http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html python tutorial] itself as a reference for the part about the language, and then move to the basic concepts of the duo [http://numpy.org numpy] / [http://scipy.org scipy], which form a powerful tool to manipulate n-dimensional arrays of numbers and also talk about [http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/ ipython] (the enhanced interactive shell) and the [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ pylab] interface, which gives a very nice environment for interactive programming and data analysis. Since pylab has been designed to mimic MATLAB's interface (the major plotting/statistical functions work as expected in both enviroments, which saves you a lot of time if you're used to MATLAB), I can also talk a bit about MATLAB, but being not a big fan of it, it would be better if somebody else stepped in to another tutorial on that.

Leave a mark if interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I'd be interested in this as well [[User: Mark | Mark]] 

I'm in. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

I'm in. [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

Yes please. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

Me too. [[Rory_Sayres]] [[User:Sayres|Sayres]] 23:55, 4 June 2008 (MDT)

I'd be interested in this as well [[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

I'm in [[Riley_Crane]]

Another one. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

== Neutral models in biology ==

Already met. Big thanks to Molly!

There is an interesting [http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4911 paper] by Cosma Shalizi of SFI about methodological problems in social sciences research in which he talks about the concept of neutral models in evolution models. I was wondering if any of the bio-people can give a tutorial on this topic as I am pretty interested in understanding the concept. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I would be very interested in learning about neutral networks too! - Skyler

== GIS / Spatial Analysis ==

Space Matters!! Geographical information system (GIS) is a computational system (hardware + database engine) that is designed to assemble, store, update, analyze, manipulate, and display geographically referenced information (data identified by their locations).

I'm thinking about introducing some basic GIS concepts and a free GIS software known as [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/~flavia/GIS/ Terraview]. We could also explore some spatial analysis techniques (this is the best part!) using Terraview and [http://www.geoda.uiuc.edu/downloadin.php GeoDa] (also free!).

Please edit here if you are interested or send me an email. [mailto:flafeitosa@gmail.com Flávia]

Update! It has been scheduled on Friday, June 13 from 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

I'm in [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]] 
I'd do this. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
let me know, I'm in, Sonja 
Me too. —[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 
Can not wait for this! Rio 
Me too. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Sounds like fun. If people are interested, I can bring some data sets to play around with. Alex

== Statistical Physics for Non-Physicists ==
Problem: Textbooks about this are written for physicists.
Solution: A Physicist (or mathematician) that would be so kind and spend few minutes (or maybe hours) to explain all that stuff to people like me(Petr):-)

[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]: Do you seek for a general introduction or something specific?

A crash course in Statistical Physics would be awesome. Let us know. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]]

I am interested too. (Soumya)

Me too. (Jean)

Interested! [[User:Meritxell|Meritxell]]

Interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

Ditto - Skyler

Me too. —[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 

Me three. [[User:RobMills|RobMills]]

I'd be willing to run such a tutorial. However, I would have to consult with some/all of the interested parties to find out what kind of statphys you want to learn about. There are a huge number of possible topics, one could start with basics like ensembles, or perhaps people are interested in master equation and other non-equilibrium techniques, or maybe critical phenomena is what people are interested in. I really do not know. (Orion)

Can you give us who are not physicists an introduction about a kind of special questions that you will think it from the viewpoint of physicists? Like complex network, dynamic, also something else, what is the most important measurement and dynamic process you want to observe? -[[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]

== Modern Logic and Reasoning ==
Like I mentioned in the 'ice-breaking', I could tell something about application of modern logic into human reasoning. It's a very board topic, and very new. Criticisms are welcome and needed. I would give some basic examples. On top of that, I would also say some development of logic, and how I found it useful in research, which might seem un-related to logic, esp. in social science. I am planning to give a 15 to 20 minutes presentation, UNLESS people want to hear more, in that case, please let me know.
QiQi

I'm interested! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Me too! [[kolbjorn|Kolbjørn]] 
Sign me up. — [[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
I'm interested too! (Flavia) 
I'm in! [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
I'm in too [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
Count me in - Skyler 
I'd be interested in this as well. [[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]
 Sounds great - i'll be there. [[User:RobMills|RobMills]]

Please remind by email or somhow.. and sign me up! [[User:sonotto|Sonja]]

I am in Qi, But where? Rio

Update! Time at June 10th, 03.15 p.m. - 03.35 p.m.
[[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

== Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments ==
How do you find "interesting" behavior when your computer model is too slow or the inputs are too many to try every possible combination? Using an Arctic sea ice simulator example, I will show you how modern statistical methods can help you explore your virtual world more efficiently. Check out this brief
[http://www.stat.sfu.ca/~dbingham/NICDS_CompExpt/research.html overview] or a more technical paper about
[http://www.schonlau.net/publication/jogo98.pdf global optimization]. Also see [http://www.gaussianprocess.org/ Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning] for a list of available resources. [[B%C3%A9la_Nagy|Béla]]

== Genomics / Central dogma overview ==
It seems like some of you might be interested in an overview of the central dogma of molecular biology to non-biologists. This could be an 1h tutorial on the major actors of gene expression: nucleus, chromosomes, chromatine, DNA, RNA (tRNA, mRNA), proteins, polymerases, ribosomes, transcription factors, and eventually a quick intro to small, non-coding RNAs as a bonus. Although being a bioinformatician by training, I'm happy to leave the way if a "hard core" biologist wants to do this tutorial (Molly ?). Edit if interested! Jean

I'd be happy to attend a tutorial in 'genomics for idiots' -- Laura

Me too. I am also interested in metagenomics if this is not too much of course. -- Francois

I'd like to go to a 'genomics for idiots' tutorial as well. -- [[Srideep_Musuavthy|srideep]]

Ok, so I'll prepare some slides. How about Monday 9th, 5p - 6p (location TBA) ? -- Jean

== Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning ==
I (Nish) could introduce some of the basic methods in AI/ML. If there is significant interest in the two fields separately, I could do two tutorials. Would probably focus on the higher level, rather than the nitty-gritty details, as well as applications of the methods to real problems. I'm not necessarily an expert, although have a fair amount of experience in the area, so I would prefer a more interactive session, where questions can be answered by everyone.

Sign me up. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]] 
I'm also interested. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]] 
Me too! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]

How about "AI/MI for dummies", Nish? I've been wondering about it.... Rio

sounds good [[Riley_Crane]]

== A Crash Course to Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory ==
Game theory is the study of interactive decision making. Classical game theory aims to develop a general theory to describe how rational agents interact strategically. In many cases humans lack the kind of infinite computational power and time assumed by classical game theory. In the early 1970s the biologist John Maynard Smith introduced evolutionary methods to the field, dispensing with the assumption of hyper-rationality while changing many of the concepts central to the field along the way. The result was evolutionary game theory. This new framework has been used to model the behavior of fundamentally non-rational players (such as viruses) as well as humans.

In this tutorial, I'd try to introduce the basic concepts in both of these fields, namely, the definition of a game, payoffs, the Nash equilibirum and evolutionarily stable strategies, the replicator dynamics. I'll briefly mention the three basic classes of two-strategy games represented by the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Snowdrift Game (sometimes called the Hawk-Dove game or Chicken), and the Stag Hunt Game. Depending on particular interests of the group, we could prove the Bishop-Cannings theorem and give a classification of all symmetric two-strategy games; or look at updating methods and spatial chaos; reputation and image scoring; rock-paper-scissors in biological systems; or evolutionary branching and specialization.

If there's something else you'd like to know about EGT, shoot me ([mailto:joshua.reyes@removeme.gmail.com Josh]) an email, and I'll see if I can dig up something I know on your topic. I'm not going to require any fancy mathematical background. If you've seen a 2×2 matrix before, great. Otherwise, it's not a big deal. We won't multiply them or calculate their eigenvalues. They'll just serve as a means for bookkeeping.

Update! Some of us are also thinking about setting up a [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Projects_%26_Working_Groups#Evolutionary_Game_Theory|working group]] as well.

 Update 2! This has been scheduled on Friday from 3 - 5, location TBD.

*I'll sign up for this. Kolbjørn
*I'm interested too! (Flavia)
*I'll be there too. Kathleen
*I'm in. Jean
*I'm interested as well. Steve
*will be there at 3 [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]
*I'll be there, Petr
*Good stuff. I could also say a few things about [http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/EEP/AdaptiveDynamics.html adaptive dynamics], if there's interest. [[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]
*I'll be there. [[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]
*Count me in (Chris)
*I'm in. Tanja

== Resilience of social-ecological systems ==
The resilience perspective is increasingly used as an approach for understanding the dynamics of social–ecological systems. Essential for the resilience perspective is the recognition that living systems are not in equilibrium but rather in a domain of attraction.
Many dynamic systems, however, have multiple domains of attraction. Moreover, self-organizing processes can create or change the shape and depth of this domain of attraction. Within the resilience perspective, new pathways of sustainable development can be represented by crossing a threshold from a domain of attraction and/or by creating new domains. Resilience is a measure of how much change or disruption is required to transform a system from being maintained by one set of mutually reinforcing processes and structures to a different set of processes and structures.
If you are interested we (Mike and Dirk) can introduce you to some of the insights developed by the [http://www.resalliance.org/1.php resiliance alliance] and the challenges we face in understanding these kind of systems.

I am interested in this too. Richard

Very interested, any idea of when you will do it? [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm interested as well. Steve

I'm interested too. - Skyler

I think to contribute from my previous work on SES. Rio

== Introduction to classical control theory ==
I (Srideep) can offer a 'quick' tutorial on control theory/control systems. This is will be a simple introduction to the motivation, basic ideas, issues and jargon in the field. If you are interested, please let me know about your background in linear algebra, complex analysis and calculus. Depending on the background, I might spend more or less time introducing the field.

Ideally, if you know what eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix are, what a pole of a complex function is and how the solution of a linear differential equation looks like, you are ready to jump right into controls. If the words above don't mean much at all, then we can run a quick 'review' of what they mean intuitively.
you can sign up here or send me an email [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

Update! Lets plan on discussing this early next week. Will fix up a time by the end of this week. Liz bradley will be done with her introduction to dynamics and the eigenvalue, eigenvector tutorial will be done this friday. This will make my life easier! :-)

I'd be very interested in this tutorial. I think I'm basically OK on the prerequisites,
but I wouldn't be annoyed by a review. Perhaps Monday? -- Laura

I'm in too. I guess I should be ok on linear algebra, calculus and linear ODEs, but I don't know what the pole of a complex function is. Jean

I'm in. If we can start with 'pole' thing, that would be wonderful. - Masayoshi

Hi Srideep, please put me in this group. About my background on the subjects you asked; zero!!! Sorry. Rio

Definitely interested in this. - Jacob

I'm in. Paul

Looks cool. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

Me too! [[Rory_Sayres|Rory]]

== Topology/algebra ==
I (Srideep) will also be happy to talk about topology, introducing the concepts of point-set topology. The language of modern mathematics is enshrined in the concepts of point-set topology. I can also talk about group theory and introduce abstract algebra to those interested. In my opinion, it is the most powerful gateway into abstract thinking. sign here or email me [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

I'd be very interested in that. Jean

I'd be interested to see what you cover in the topology section. Algebra, however, is for the birds :) Paul

Srideep, can you do an introduction to category theory? Or would you be interested in co-organizing a tutorial with me? - Jacob

I'm very interested. Abby

Sounds like fun (Chris)

== Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find them? ==
I (Kolbjørn) can put together a brief and elementary introduction to eigenvalues and eigenvectors if anyone have an urge for this. Sign up or e-mail and we'll schedule something. [mailto:kolbjorn@chalmers.se Kolbjørn]

UPDATE 06062008: SLIDES

[[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/images/e/e7/Linear_algebra_tutorial.pdf|Tutorial slides]]

UPDATE! Time: Friday June 6th, 01.00 p.m. - 03.00 p.m. If this collides with other stuff, please yell out! [[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

Yes please. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]]

I am also very interested [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm in as well [[ Mark_Rivera|Mark]]

Please - have always been kind of confusing to me. [[Jonathan_Zelner|Jon]]

Let me in - Masayoshi

I'm also interested! [[ Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I'll be there. -[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

I'm in as well. -[[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

Me too! '''Just to remind'''; I think Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory (Josh)will be started at 3 PM. Rio

== How your computer works ==

Nish and Laura can give a joint tutorial on 'how your computer works'. What happens when I type 'www.santafe.edu' in my browser? How does a web server at santafe.edu handle all those incoming requests? What happens when I use a WiFi access point? Basically, we'd be happy to take your questions about how your computer works and do our best to answer them - we're also happy to have other co-tutors.

Let us know if there's interest [mailto:lmfeeney@sics.se Laura], we'd probably schedule later next week, to not conflict with tutorials that focus on maths and other project prerequisites.

I would love this. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

== How your hardware works ==
Along the same lines as the computer tutorial, I've found myself discussing hardware with a number of folks. And why hardware matters from a massive parallelism perspective (which is quite common in the complex research areas I've encountered). If folks are interested, I can give a rough overview of the way hardware works in different types of computers and supercomputers (as much as I understand of it) as well as how to best leverage that knowledge.

Not sure how this differs from the the one above it, but def. interested (Chris)

== Computational Physics for Non-physicists or A small introduction into Applied Physics ==

I've seen that many people are interested in physics. I could give an introduction to "computational" physics - this means physics with a PC. Actually, it is very broad and gives some basics for simulations (interesting for all simulation-folks):

- What is a 'random number generator' and why should I know something about it?

- What are Master-equations?

- The Ising-model / Voter-model

- The Central Limit Theorem or why does it make sense to average over multiple runs of a simulation?

- ...

[[Ruben Kubiak|Ruben]]

I'm very interested [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

I'm in too. [[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]

[[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] is in.
Sounds great. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

Looking forward to it. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

==Information Theory==
An open discussion of Shannon information theory (would like some help in presenting this part clearly) and then some newer results from its application to cellular automata (and potentially other complex systems).

Interesting. I remember something from the master course I took. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
I'd love to participate. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]] 
I'm interested.[[Holger_Keeler|Paul]] 
I'm in. --[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]]

I'm in. --[[User:meritxell|Meritxell]]

FYI: Tom Carter is going to be talking about Information Theory a bit tomorrow from 2-3pm, not sure of a location yet, but its on the schedule.

==Cellular Automata==
CAs (particularly ECAs) are a very interested model of computation. How do 8 rules (ECA 110, e.g.) emulate a Turing Machine? Why is that interesting? What can we learn about what defines computation given CAs? Maybe we can also discuss some simple computational (Turing) theory.

I'd go to that twice. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

==A little analytical tool-box: Non-linear dynamics, ODEs, PDEs...==
The [[David_Foster|Brothers]] [[Jacob_Foster|Foster]] would be happy to offer some tutorials on analytical methods. Depending on what Alfred Hubler covers, we can do some fraction of Strogatz (flows on the line & circle, bifurcations, maybe linear systems, index theorem, etc.), as well as offering a basic introduction to solving linear ODEs (no theorems, just techniques) and simple PDEs like the heat equation, with boundary conditions. Ideally this would come after Kolbjørn's eigen-stuff course, so we can just assume familiarity with that.

We've put a tentative time for our tutorial on the schedule: [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Schedule#Week_Three_-_FINANCE/ECONOMY|June 16 at 3:15pm]]. Let us know if this doesn't work out for some reason and we can try to change it.

These are fun topics! I never get enough of them! -- [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
Sounds great. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]] 
Interesting -- sure. [[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 
Very useful! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Need this.... Rio 
I'm in! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]
great! [[Riley_Crane]]

Brothers Foster rulez! I'll be there. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

==Linguistics==
Can someone (I don't know [[Peter_Graff|who]]) perhaps offer a tutorial on basic linguistics stuff? I am particularly interested in generative grammar and coverage of the Chomsky "Three Models" paper, but maybe there are more interesting topics to be discussed these days... -Jacob

I could easily do a Saussure/Pierce tutorial, along with how this has been applied from everything to kinship structure to film theory to table manners, but this is continental structural linguistics, very diff from the chomsky stuff. I think Peter Graff can do the chomsky stuff, though, perhaps we could work on this together (Chris)

Would love both tutorials. Esp. the kinship structure stuff (is this Andre Weil's algebra chapter on kinship, from Levi-Strauss I think?) -Jacob

I'd love to participate. -Tanja

==Fitting models to data==
A few people have asked me for a brief review of fitting models to data, but I'd like to know what methods interest you. I could start with least squares and progress to Bayesian approaches, maximum likelihood, and some more recent developments in methods for exploring space (GAs, particle filters, MCMC) with which I'm familiar. I'm by no means an expert in all these topics, so please add your name below if there's something you'd like to learn about (a particular method or method for a particular context) or teach. I feel like this tutorial would be most appropriate for the third or fourth week. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

I am really interested in this. (Soumya)

cool [[Riley_Crane]]

==Networks, Sign Systems, and the Mind==

So, as an outgrowth of the (continental) theory/philosophy working group, I've come up with two ideas for tutorial/discussion sessions on stuff people might be interested in, in which I'd likely throw some materials at the group, then see where discussion takes us. The first one would be on theories of language and the mind. Probably start off with the first real theory of language and the brain, Freud's topological theory, and then move to how this was absorbed into structuralist linguistics/semiotics in the 1950's (Saussure's theory of signifiers, Jakobsen on axes of discourse, paradigms/syntagms, metaphoric value transfer, and how this was applied to kinship structures, social institutions, etc.) From there we could look at how Jacques Lacan built upon this with his 'mathemic' algebraic notation for discourse analysis. We could then look at how networked theories of mind challenge both the Lacanian model and its American counterparts (Fodor's psychosemantics, for example), particularly in regard to connectionist architectures in artificial neural networks, and how this leads to more distributed notions of linguistic structure. These new paradigms can allow us to move beyond notions of discrete 'signs' existing somewhere in the brain to models based on research in microfeature maps, dynamic network synchronization, spreading activation, and feature vectores. When synthesized with Lacan's insights, and blended with some ideas from object-relations theory and by thinkers like Marvin Minsky and Gerald Edelman, its possible to come up with models that actually reflect the impact of complex systems theories. Likely wayy too much stuff to squeeze in, but certainly enough to get a conversation going, even if we don't get to half of it!

Anyone interested? (-Chris)

==Network Economics and Value Theory==

So, for the third week of CSSS, I'm thinking of maybe doing a session on 'Network Economics and Value Theory' for whoever's interested. Likely start off with Marx's three levels of value (use, exchange, surplus), move to his theories on production, formulas for capital, commodity fetishism, sticky points of his famous 'labor theory of value,' then on to his analysis of modes of production, and his thesis on the falling rate of profit that was supposed to bring down capitalism (but which obviously didn't). From there we could discuss critiques/updates of this theory via the growth of Keynesianism/Stalinism/Neoliberalism, in order to get to David Harvey's new work on how neoliberal economies largely avoid demand crises by engineering carefully managed accumulation crises whose effects can be easily passed off to poorer nations using multi-national postwar institutions like the IMF/WTO. This leads to examples of how networked models can help us understand today's economic crises (for example, how evolutionary search models can help us understand the ways in which 'overleveraging' economies via 'market derivatives' can help funnel capital to hedge funds in rich countries). From there we could look at critiques of economic theories of value, particularly Deleuze and Guattari's notion of 'desiring-production' as that which links production of commodities to the production of consumers by the social unit of production, namely, the family, and how even this model needs to be rethought in terms of shifts in mass media. Other topics could include theories of network political activism, namely those of Hardt and Negri (Empire/Multitude) and Ernesto Laclau on social dislocations and crisis management via counterhegemonic blocs.

Anyone interested in any of this stuff, lemme know! (-Chris)

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Tutorials

2008-06-06T20:22:46Z

Kolbjorn: /* Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find them? */

{{CSSS 2008 Santa Fe}}



== The big opensource tutorial ==

=== Open Source research software ===

Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

Open (no pun intended...) your eyes to the wonderful world of FOSS -- Free and Open Source Software. While the distinction between Free and Open Source is a very interesting one (and highly contentious in the right crowds), for research purposes, we want to use the best tools for the job but some of us suffer from limited income, so I would like to talk about both. At the same time, FOSS is great to use for a non-economic reason: if you find bugs, or design extensions, you can fix them yourself (in OSS, at least) or at least report the problem back to a typically active community. Some potential tools to discuss/explore: R, Octave, Scilab, Gnuplot, perhaps some of the more useful languages in the field like Python and perhaps others I don't know as much about (a quick `apt-cache` on my Ubuntu Hardy install shows RasMol, ClustalW, SeaView, Achilles, complearn, EMBOSS, GENESIS, etc...)

- I would like to give a "Brazilian" contribution. Those who are interested in GIS&Cia could have a look at [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/gilberto/software.html Free and Open Source GIS Source].
[[Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I would be happy to contribute a little bit about freely available simulation environments like ns-2 (computer networks) and omnet++ (a generic DES) -- Laura

- For Python I can offer a tutorial (see below). Nish, do you have any experience with [http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage]? [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

All great ideas and I would love to have more of a "You know how to use this tool or you know of this tool, you talk about it" style of tutorial :)
Maybe we can do a general OSS tutorial/discussion and then transition to specific sub-topics in separate tutorials (Python, GIS, networks, etc)?
I've not used Sage, before, but I'm happy to take a look before the tutorial. Thanks for the info, Giovanni!

 
I'd like to learn more about open software. [[Holger_Keeler| Paul]]

=== R tutorial ===
Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

I (''[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') know a little bit about R (basic stuff such as common plots and regression analysis) but would like to enhance my R skills. Does anybody have an interest in a R tutorial, too? Please edit this if there is more interest.

I am fairly familiar with R and could probably run a tutorial... what are you all interested in
learning? - Skyler
*I'd just like to get an understanding of some of it's practical uses. -Devin
*Do you familiar with running social network analysis package in R? I want to learn more about it. [[Jiang_Wu| Jiang]]

Interested folks
#[[Devin_Drown|Devin]]
#[[Mark_Rivera | Mark]]
#[[Jiang_Wu| Jiang]]
#[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]
#(Soumya)
#[[Riley_Crane]]
#[[Jeremie]]
#[[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

=== Python tutorial ===

Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

I've (''also [[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') interest in a Python tutorial. Please edit this if there is more interest.

I can give a tutorial on python and on scipy/numpy. I can also talk about coding in general, as python is both a languange which is object oriented, imperative and functional (somehow). We can use the [http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html python tutorial] itself as a reference for the part about the language, and then move to the basic concepts of the duo [http://numpy.org numpy] / [http://scipy.org scipy], which form a powerful tool to manipulate n-dimensional arrays of numbers and also talk about [http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/ ipython] (the enhanced interactive shell) and the [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ pylab] interface, which gives a very nice environment for interactive programming and data analysis. Since pylab has been designed to mimic MATLAB's interface (the major plotting/statistical functions work as expected in both enviroments, which saves you a lot of time if you're used to MATLAB), I can also talk a bit about MATLAB, but being not a big fan of it, it would be better if somebody else stepped in to another tutorial on that.

Leave a mark if interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I'd be interested in this as well [[User: Mark | Mark]] 

I'm in. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

I'm in. [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

Yes please. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

Me too. [[Rory_Sayres]] [[User:Sayres|Sayres]] 23:55, 4 June 2008 (MDT)

I'd be interested in this as well [[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

I'm in [[Riley_Crane]]

Another one. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

== Neutral models in biology ==

Already met. Big thanks to Molly!

There is an interesting [http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4911 paper] by Cosma Shalizi of SFI about methodological problems in social sciences research in which he talks about the concept of neutral models in evolution models. I was wondering if any of the bio-people can give a tutorial on this topic as I am pretty interested in understanding the concept. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I would be very interested in learning about neutral networks too! - Skyler

== GIS / Spatial Analysis ==

Space Matters!! Geographical information system (GIS) is a computational system (hardware + database engine) that is designed to assemble, store, update, analyze, manipulate, and display geographically referenced information (data identified by their locations).

I'm thinking about introducing some basic GIS concepts and a free GIS software known as [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/~flavia/GIS/ Terraview]. We could also explore some spatial analysis techniques (this is the best part!) using Terraview and [http://www.geoda.uiuc.edu/downloadin.php GeoDa] (also free!).

Please edit here if you are interested or send me an email. [mailto:flafeitosa@gmail.com Flávia]

Update! It has been scheduled on Friday, June 13 from 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

I'm in [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]] 
I'd do this. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
let me know, I'm in, Sonja 
Me too. —[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 
Can not wait for this! Rio 
Me too. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Sounds like fun. If people are interested, I can bring some data sets to play around with. Alex

== Statistical Physics for Non-Physicists ==
Problem: Textbooks about this are written for physicists.
Solution: A Physicist (or mathematician) that would be so kind and spend few minutes (or maybe hours) to explain all that stuff to people like me(Petr):-)

[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]: Do you seek for a general introduction or something specific?

A crash course in Statistical Physics would be awesome. Let us know. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]]

I am interested too. (Soumya)

Me too. (Jean)

Interested! [[User:Meritxell|Meritxell]]

Interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

Ditto - Skyler

Me too. —[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 

Me three. [[User:RobMills|RobMills]]

I'd be willing to run such a tutorial. However, I would have to consult with some/all of the interested parties to find out what kind of statphys you want to learn about. There are a huge number of possible topics, one could start with basics like ensembles, or perhaps people are interested in master equation and other non-equilibrium techniques, or maybe critical phenomena is what people are interested in. I really do not know. (Orion)

Can you give us who are not physicists an introduction about a kind of special questions that you will think it from the viewpoint of physicists? Like complex network, dynamic, also something else, what is the most important measurement and dynamic process you want to observe? -[[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]

== Modern Logic and Reasoning ==
Like I mentioned in the 'ice-breaking', I could tell something about application of modern logic into human reasoning. It's a very board topic, and very new. Criticisms are welcome and needed. I would give some basic examples. On top of that, I would also say some development of logic, and how I found it useful in research, which might seem un-related to logic, esp. in social science. I am planning to give a 15 to 20 minutes presentation, UNLESS people want to hear more, in that case, please let me know.
QiQi

I'm interested! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Me too! [[kolbjorn|Kolbjørn]] 
Sign me up. — [[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
I'm interested too! (Flavia) 
I'm in! [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
I'm in too [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
Count me in - Skyler 
I'd be interested in this as well. [[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]
 Sounds great - i'll be there. [[User:RobMills|RobMills]]

Please remind by email or somhow.. and sign me up! [[User:sonotto|Sonja]]

I am in Qi, But where? Rio

Update! Time at June 10th, 03.15 p.m. - 03.35 p.m.
[[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

== Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments ==
How do you find "interesting" behavior when your computer model is too slow or the inputs are too many to try every possible combination? Using an Arctic sea ice simulator example, I will show you how modern statistical methods can help you explore your virtual world more efficiently. Check out this brief
[http://www.stat.sfu.ca/~dbingham/NICDS_CompExpt/research.html overview] or a more technical paper about
[http://www.schonlau.net/publication/jogo98.pdf global optimization]. Also see [http://www.gaussianprocess.org/ Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning] for a list of available resources. [[B%C3%A9la_Nagy|Béla]]

== Genomics / Central dogma overview ==
It seems like some of you might be interested in an overview of the central dogma of molecular biology to non-biologists. This could be an 1h tutorial on the major actors of gene expression: nucleus, chromosomes, chromatine, DNA, RNA (tRNA, mRNA), proteins, polymerases, ribosomes, transcription factors, and eventually a quick intro to small, non-coding RNAs as a bonus. Although being a bioinformatician by training, I'm happy to leave the way if a "hard core" biologist wants to do this tutorial (Molly ?). Edit if interested! Jean

I'd be happy to attend a tutorial in 'genomics for idiots' -- Laura

Me too. I am also interested in metagenomics if this is not too much of course. -- Francois

I'd like to go to a 'genomics for idiots' tutorial as well. -- [[Srideep_Musuavthy|srideep]]

Ok, so I'll prepare some slides. How about Monday 9th, 5p - 6p (location TBA) ? -- Jean

== Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning ==
I (Nish) could introduce some of the basic methods in AI/ML. If there is significant interest in the two fields separately, I could do two tutorials. Would probably focus on the higher level, rather than the nitty-gritty details, as well as applications of the methods to real problems. I'm not necessarily an expert, although have a fair amount of experience in the area, so I would prefer a more interactive session, where questions can be answered by everyone.

Sign me up. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]] 
I'm also interested. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]] 
Me too! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]

How about "AI/MI for dummies", Nish? I've been wondering about it.... Rio

sounds good [[Riley_Crane]]

== A Crash Course to Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory ==
Game theory is the study of interactive decision making. Classical game theory aims to develop a general theory to describe how rational agents interact strategically. In many cases humans lack the kind of infinite computational power and time assumed by classical game theory. In the early 1970s the biologist John Maynard Smith introduced evolutionary methods to the field, dispensing with the assumption of hyper-rationality while changing many of the concepts central to the field along the way. The result was evolutionary game theory. This new framework has been used to model the behavior of fundamentally non-rational players (such as viruses) as well as humans.

In this tutorial, I'd try to introduce the basic concepts in both of these fields, namely, the definition of a game, payoffs, the Nash equilibirum and evolutionarily stable strategies, the replicator dynamics. I'll briefly mention the three basic classes of two-strategy games represented by the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Snowdrift Game (sometimes called the Hawk-Dove game or Chicken), and the Stag Hunt Game. Depending on particular interests of the group, we could prove the Bishop-Cannings theorem and give a classification of all symmetric two-strategy games; or look at updating methods and spatial chaos; reputation and image scoring; rock-paper-scissors in biological systems; or evolutionary branching and specialization.

If there's something else you'd like to know about EGT, shoot me ([mailto:joshua.reyes@removeme.gmail.com Josh]) an email, and I'll see if I can dig up something I know on your topic. I'm not going to require any fancy mathematical background. If you've seen a 2×2 matrix before, great. Otherwise, it's not a big deal. We won't multiply them or calculate their eigenvalues. They'll just serve as a means for bookkeeping.

Update! Some of us are also thinking about setting up a [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Projects_%26_Working_Groups#Evolutionary_Game_Theory|working group]] as well.

 Update 2! This has been scheduled on Friday from 3 - 5, location TBD.

*I'll sign up for this. Kolbjørn
*I'm interested too! (Flavia)
*I'll be there too. Kathleen
*I'm in. Jean
*I'm interested as well. Steve
*will be there at 3 [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]
*I'll be there, Petr
*Good stuff. I could also say a few things about [http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/EEP/AdaptiveDynamics.html adaptive dynamics], if there's interest. [[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]
*I'll be there. [[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]
*Count me in (Chris)
*I'm in. Tanja

== Resilience of social-ecological systems ==
The resilience perspective is increasingly used as an approach for understanding the dynamics of social–ecological systems. Essential for the resilience perspective is the recognition that living systems are not in equilibrium but rather in a domain of attraction.
Many dynamic systems, however, have multiple domains of attraction. Moreover, self-organizing processes can create or change the shape and depth of this domain of attraction. Within the resilience perspective, new pathways of sustainable development can be represented by crossing a threshold from a domain of attraction and/or by creating new domains. Resilience is a measure of how much change or disruption is required to transform a system from being maintained by one set of mutually reinforcing processes and structures to a different set of processes and structures.
If you are interested we (Mike and Dirk) can introduce you to some of the insights developed by the [http://www.resalliance.org/1.php resiliance alliance] and the challenges we face in understanding these kind of systems.

I am interested in this too. Richard

Very interested, any idea of when you will do it? [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm interested as well. Steve

I'm interested too. - Skyler

I think to contribute from my previous work on SES. Rio

== Introduction to classical control theory ==
I (Srideep) can offer a 'quick' tutorial on control theory/control systems. This is will be a simple introduction to the motivation, basic ideas, issues and jargon in the field. If you are interested, please let me know about your background in linear algebra, complex analysis and calculus. Depending on the background, I might spend more or less time introducing the field.

Ideally, if you know what eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix are, what a pole of a complex function is and how the solution of a linear differential equation looks like, you are ready to jump right into controls. If the words above don't mean much at all, then we can run a quick 'review' of what they mean intuitively.
you can sign up here or send me an email [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

Update! Lets plan on discussing this early next week. Will fix up a time by the end of this week. Liz bradley will be done with her introduction to dynamics and the eigenvalue, eigenvector tutorial will be done this friday. This will make my life easier! :-)

I'd be very interested in this tutorial. I think I'm basically OK on the prerequisites,
but I wouldn't be annoyed by a review. Perhaps Monday? -- Laura

I'm in too. I guess I should be ok on linear algebra, calculus and linear ODEs, but I don't know what the pole of a complex function is. Jean

I'm in. If we can start with 'pole' thing, that would be wonderful. - Masayoshi

Hi Srideep, please put me in this group. About my background on the subjects you asked; zero!!! Sorry. Rio

Definitely interested in this. - Jacob

I'm in. Paul

Looks cool. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

Me too! [[Rory_Sayres|Rory]]

== Topology/algebra ==
I (Srideep) will also be happy to talk about topology, introducing the concepts of point-set topology. The language of modern mathematics is enshrined in the concepts of point-set topology. I can also talk about group theory and introduce abstract algebra to those interested. In my opinion, it is the most powerful gateway into abstract thinking. sign here or email me [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

I'd be very interested in that. Jean

I'd be interested to see what you cover in the topology section. Algebra, however, is for the birds :) Paul

Srideep, can you do an introduction to category theory? Or would you be interested in co-organizing a tutorial with me? - Jacob

I'm very interested. Abby

Sounds like fun (Chris)

== Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find them? ==
I (Kolbjørn) can put together a brief and elementary introduction to eigenvalues and eigenvectors if anyone have an urge for this. Sign up or e-mail and we'll schedule something. [mailto:kolbjorn@chalmers.se Kolbjørn]

[[Linear_algebra_tutorial.pdf|Tutorial slides]]

UPDATE! Time: Friday June 6th, 01.00 p.m. - 03.00 p.m. If this collides with other stuff, please yell out! [[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

Yes please. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]]

I am also very interested [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm in as well [[ Mark_Rivera|Mark]]

Please - have always been kind of confusing to me. [[Jonathan_Zelner|Jon]]

Let me in - Masayoshi

I'm also interested! [[ Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I'll be there. -[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

I'm in as well. -[[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

Me too! '''Just to remind'''; I think Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory (Josh)will be started at 3 PM. Rio

== How your computer works ==

Nish and Laura can give a joint tutorial on 'how your computer works'. What happens when I type 'www.santafe.edu' in my browser? How does a web server at santafe.edu handle all those incoming requests? What happens when I use a WiFi access point? Basically, we'd be happy to take your questions about how your computer works and do our best to answer them - we're also happy to have other co-tutors.

Let us know if there's interest [mailto:lmfeeney@sics.se Laura], we'd probably schedule later next week, to not conflict with tutorials that focus on maths and other project prerequisites.

I would love this. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

== How your hardware works ==
Along the same lines as the computer tutorial, I've found myself discussing hardware with a number of folks. And why hardware matters from a massive parallelism perspective (which is quite common in the complex research areas I've encountered). If folks are interested, I can give a rough overview of the way hardware works in different types of computers and supercomputers (as much as I understand of it) as well as how to best leverage that knowledge.

Not sure how this differs from the the one above it, but def. interested (Chris)

== Computational Physics for Non-physicists or A small introduction into Applied Physics ==

I've seen that many people are interested in physics. I could give an introduction to "computational" physics - this means physics with a PC. Actually, it is very broad and gives some basics for simulations (interesting for all simulation-folks):

- What is a 'random number generator' and why should I know something about it?

- What are Master-equations?

- The Ising-model / Voter-model

- The Central Limit Theorem or why does it make sense to average over multiple runs of a simulation?

- ...

[[Ruben Kubiak|Ruben]]

I'm very interested [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

I'm in too. [[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]

[[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] is in.
Sounds great. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

Looking forward to it. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

==Information Theory==
An open discussion of Shannon information theory (would like some help in presenting this part clearly) and then some newer results from its application to cellular automata (and potentially other complex systems).

Interesting. I remember something from the master course I took. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
I'd love to participate. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]] 
I'm interested.[[Holger_Keeler|Paul]] 
I'm in. --[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]]

I'm in. --[[User:meritxell|Meritxell]]

FYI: Tom Carter is going to be talking about Information Theory a bit tomorrow from 2-3pm, not sure of a location yet, but its on the schedule.

==Cellular Automata==
CAs (particularly ECAs) are a very interested model of computation. How do 8 rules (ECA 110, e.g.) emulate a Turing Machine? Why is that interesting? What can we learn about what defines computation given CAs? Maybe we can also discuss some simple computational (Turing) theory.

I'd go to that twice. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

==A little analytical tool-box: Non-linear dynamics, ODEs, PDEs...==
The [[David_Foster|Brothers]] [[Jacob_Foster|Foster]] would be happy to offer some tutorials on analytical methods. Depending on what Alfred Hubler covers, we can do some fraction of Strogatz (flows on the line & circle, bifurcations, maybe linear systems, index theorem, etc.), as well as offering a basic introduction to solving linear ODEs (no theorems, just techniques) and simple PDEs like the heat equation, with boundary conditions. Ideally this would come after Kolbjørn's eigen-stuff course, so we can just assume familiarity with that.

We've put a tentative time for our tutorial on the schedule: [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Schedule#Week_Three_-_FINANCE/ECONOMY|June 16 at 3:15pm]]. Let us know if this doesn't work out for some reason and we can try to change it.

These are fun topics! I never get enough of them! -- [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
Sounds great. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]] 
Interesting -- sure. [[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 
Very useful! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Need this.... Rio 
I'm in! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]
great! [[Riley_Crane]]

Brothers Foster rulez! I'll be there. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

==Linguistics==
Can someone (I don't know [[Peter_Graff|who]]) perhaps offer a tutorial on basic linguistics stuff? I am particularly interested in generative grammar and coverage of the Chomsky "Three Models" paper, but maybe there are more interesting topics to be discussed these days... -Jacob

I could easily do a Saussure/Pierce tutorial, along with how this has been applied from everything to kinship structure to film theory to table manners, but this is continental structural linguistics, very diff from the chomsky stuff. I think Peter Graff can do the chomsky stuff, though, perhaps we could work on this together (Chris)

Would love both tutorials. Esp. the kinship structure stuff (is this Andre Weil's algebra chapter on kinship, from Levi-Strauss I think?) -Jacob

I'd love to participate. -Tanja

==Fitting models to data==
A few people have asked me for a brief review of fitting models to data, but I'd like to know what methods interest you. I could start with least squares and progress to Bayesian approaches, maximum likelihood, and some more recent developments in methods for exploring space (GAs, particle filters, MCMC) with which I'm familiar. I'm by no means an expert in all these topics, so please add your name below if there's something you'd like to learn about (a particular method or method for a particular context) or teach. I feel like this tutorial would be most appropriate for the third or fourth week. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

I am really interested in this. (Soumya)

cool [[Riley_Crane]]

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Tutorials

2008-06-06T20:21:21Z

Kolbjorn: /* Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find them? */

{{CSSS 2008 Santa Fe}}



== The big opensource tutorial ==

=== Open Source research software ===

Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

Open (no pun intended...) your eyes to the wonderful world of FOSS -- Free and Open Source Software. While the distinction between Free and Open Source is a very interesting one (and highly contentious in the right crowds), for research purposes, we want to use the best tools for the job but some of us suffer from limited income, so I would like to talk about both. At the same time, FOSS is great to use for a non-economic reason: if you find bugs, or design extensions, you can fix them yourself (in OSS, at least) or at least report the problem back to a typically active community. Some potential tools to discuss/explore: R, Octave, Scilab, Gnuplot, perhaps some of the more useful languages in the field like Python and perhaps others I don't know as much about (a quick `apt-cache` on my Ubuntu Hardy install shows RasMol, ClustalW, SeaView, Achilles, complearn, EMBOSS, GENESIS, etc...)

- I would like to give a "Brazilian" contribution. Those who are interested in GIS&Cia could have a look at [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/gilberto/software.html Free and Open Source GIS Source].
[[Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I would be happy to contribute a little bit about freely available simulation environments like ns-2 (computer networks) and omnet++ (a generic DES) -- Laura

- For Python I can offer a tutorial (see below). Nish, do you have any experience with [http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage]? [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

All great ideas and I would love to have more of a "You know how to use this tool or you know of this tool, you talk about it" style of tutorial :)
Maybe we can do a general OSS tutorial/discussion and then transition to specific sub-topics in separate tutorials (Python, GIS, networks, etc)?
I've not used Sage, before, but I'm happy to take a look before the tutorial. Thanks for the info, Giovanni!

 
I'd like to learn more about open software. [[Holger_Keeler| Paul]]

=== R tutorial ===
Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

I (''[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') know a little bit about R (basic stuff such as common plots and regression analysis) but would like to enhance my R skills. Does anybody have an interest in a R tutorial, too? Please edit this if there is more interest.

I am fairly familiar with R and could probably run a tutorial... what are you all interested in
learning? - Skyler
*I'd just like to get an understanding of some of it's practical uses. -Devin
*Do you familiar with running social network analysis package in R? I want to learn more about it. [[Jiang_Wu| Jiang]]

Interested folks
#[[Devin_Drown|Devin]]
#[[Mark_Rivera | Mark]]
#[[Jiang_Wu| Jiang]]
#[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]
#(Soumya)
#[[Riley_Crane]]
#[[Jeremie]]
#[[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

=== Python tutorial ===

Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

I've (''also [[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') interest in a Python tutorial. Please edit this if there is more interest.

I can give a tutorial on python and on scipy/numpy. I can also talk about coding in general, as python is both a languange which is object oriented, imperative and functional (somehow). We can use the [http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html python tutorial] itself as a reference for the part about the language, and then move to the basic concepts of the duo [http://numpy.org numpy] / [http://scipy.org scipy], which form a powerful tool to manipulate n-dimensional arrays of numbers and also talk about [http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/ ipython] (the enhanced interactive shell) and the [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ pylab] interface, which gives a very nice environment for interactive programming and data analysis. Since pylab has been designed to mimic MATLAB's interface (the major plotting/statistical functions work as expected in both enviroments, which saves you a lot of time if you're used to MATLAB), I can also talk a bit about MATLAB, but being not a big fan of it, it would be better if somebody else stepped in to another tutorial on that.

Leave a mark if interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I'd be interested in this as well [[User: Mark | Mark]] 

I'm in. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

I'm in. [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

Yes please. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

Me too. [[Rory_Sayres]] [[User:Sayres|Sayres]] 23:55, 4 June 2008 (MDT)

I'd be interested in this as well [[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

I'm in [[Riley_Crane]]

Another one. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

== Neutral models in biology ==

Already met. Big thanks to Molly!

There is an interesting [http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4911 paper] by Cosma Shalizi of SFI about methodological problems in social sciences research in which he talks about the concept of neutral models in evolution models. I was wondering if any of the bio-people can give a tutorial on this topic as I am pretty interested in understanding the concept. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I would be very interested in learning about neutral networks too! - Skyler

== GIS / Spatial Analysis ==

Space Matters!! Geographical information system (GIS) is a computational system (hardware + database engine) that is designed to assemble, store, update, analyze, manipulate, and display geographically referenced information (data identified by their locations).

I'm thinking about introducing some basic GIS concepts and a free GIS software known as [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/~flavia/GIS/ Terraview]. We could also explore some spatial analysis techniques (this is the best part!) using Terraview and [http://www.geoda.uiuc.edu/downloadin.php GeoDa] (also free!).

Please edit here if you are interested or send me an email. [mailto:flafeitosa@gmail.com Flávia]

Update! It has been scheduled on Friday, June 13 from 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

I'm in [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]] 
I'd do this. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
let me know, I'm in, Sonja 
Me too. —[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 
Can not wait for this! Rio 
Me too. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Sounds like fun. If people are interested, I can bring some data sets to play around with. Alex

== Statistical Physics for Non-Physicists ==
Problem: Textbooks about this are written for physicists.
Solution: A Physicist (or mathematician) that would be so kind and spend few minutes (or maybe hours) to explain all that stuff to people like me(Petr):-)

[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]: Do you seek for a general introduction or something specific?

A crash course in Statistical Physics would be awesome. Let us know. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]]

I am interested too. (Soumya)

Me too. (Jean)

Interested! [[User:Meritxell|Meritxell]]

Interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

Ditto - Skyler

Me too. —[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 

Me three. [[User:RobMills|RobMills]]

I'd be willing to run such a tutorial. However, I would have to consult with some/all of the interested parties to find out what kind of statphys you want to learn about. There are a huge number of possible topics, one could start with basics like ensembles, or perhaps people are interested in master equation and other non-equilibrium techniques, or maybe critical phenomena is what people are interested in. I really do not know. (Orion)

Can you give us who are not physicists an introduction about a kind of special questions that you will think it from the viewpoint of physicists? Like complex network, dynamic, also something else, what is the most important measurement and dynamic process you want to observe? -[[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]

== Modern Logic and Reasoning ==
Like I mentioned in the 'ice-breaking', I could tell something about application of modern logic into human reasoning. It's a very board topic, and very new. Criticisms are welcome and needed. I would give some basic examples. On top of that, I would also say some development of logic, and how I found it useful in research, which might seem un-related to logic, esp. in social science. I am planning to give a 15 to 20 minutes presentation, UNLESS people want to hear more, in that case, please let me know.
QiQi

I'm interested! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Me too! [[kolbjorn|Kolbjørn]] 
Sign me up. — [[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
I'm interested too! (Flavia) 
I'm in! [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
I'm in too [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
Count me in - Skyler 
I'd be interested in this as well. [[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]
 Sounds great - i'll be there. [[User:RobMills|RobMills]]

Please remind by email or somhow.. and sign me up! [[User:sonotto|Sonja]]

I am in Qi, But where? Rio

Update! Time at June 10th, 03.15 p.m. - 03.35 p.m.
[[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

== Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments ==
How do you find "interesting" behavior when your computer model is too slow or the inputs are too many to try every possible combination? Using an Arctic sea ice simulator example, I will show you how modern statistical methods can help you explore your virtual world more efficiently. Check out this brief
[http://www.stat.sfu.ca/~dbingham/NICDS_CompExpt/research.html overview] or a more technical paper about
[http://www.schonlau.net/publication/jogo98.pdf global optimization]. Also see [http://www.gaussianprocess.org/ Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning] for a list of available resources. [[B%C3%A9la_Nagy|Béla]]

== Genomics / Central dogma overview ==
It seems like some of you might be interested in an overview of the central dogma of molecular biology to non-biologists. This could be an 1h tutorial on the major actors of gene expression: nucleus, chromosomes, chromatine, DNA, RNA (tRNA, mRNA), proteins, polymerases, ribosomes, transcription factors, and eventually a quick intro to small, non-coding RNAs as a bonus. Although being a bioinformatician by training, I'm happy to leave the way if a "hard core" biologist wants to do this tutorial (Molly ?). Edit if interested! Jean

I'd be happy to attend a tutorial in 'genomics for idiots' -- Laura

Me too. I am also interested in metagenomics if this is not too much of course. -- Francois

I'd like to go to a 'genomics for idiots' tutorial as well. -- [[Srideep_Musuavthy|srideep]]

Ok, so I'll prepare some slides. How about Monday 9th, 5p - 6p (location TBA) ? -- Jean

== Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning ==
I (Nish) could introduce some of the basic methods in AI/ML. If there is significant interest in the two fields separately, I could do two tutorials. Would probably focus on the higher level, rather than the nitty-gritty details, as well as applications of the methods to real problems. I'm not necessarily an expert, although have a fair amount of experience in the area, so I would prefer a more interactive session, where questions can be answered by everyone.

Sign me up. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]] 
I'm also interested. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]] 
Me too! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]

How about "AI/MI for dummies", Nish? I've been wondering about it.... Rio

sounds good [[Riley_Crane]]

== A Crash Course to Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory ==
Game theory is the study of interactive decision making. Classical game theory aims to develop a general theory to describe how rational agents interact strategically. In many cases humans lack the kind of infinite computational power and time assumed by classical game theory. In the early 1970s the biologist John Maynard Smith introduced evolutionary methods to the field, dispensing with the assumption of hyper-rationality while changing many of the concepts central to the field along the way. The result was evolutionary game theory. This new framework has been used to model the behavior of fundamentally non-rational players (such as viruses) as well as humans.

In this tutorial, I'd try to introduce the basic concepts in both of these fields, namely, the definition of a game, payoffs, the Nash equilibirum and evolutionarily stable strategies, the replicator dynamics. I'll briefly mention the three basic classes of two-strategy games represented by the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Snowdrift Game (sometimes called the Hawk-Dove game or Chicken), and the Stag Hunt Game. Depending on particular interests of the group, we could prove the Bishop-Cannings theorem and give a classification of all symmetric two-strategy games; or look at updating methods and spatial chaos; reputation and image scoring; rock-paper-scissors in biological systems; or evolutionary branching and specialization.

If there's something else you'd like to know about EGT, shoot me ([mailto:joshua.reyes@removeme.gmail.com Josh]) an email, and I'll see if I can dig up something I know on your topic. I'm not going to require any fancy mathematical background. If you've seen a 2×2 matrix before, great. Otherwise, it's not a big deal. We won't multiply them or calculate their eigenvalues. They'll just serve as a means for bookkeeping.

Update! Some of us are also thinking about setting up a [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Projects_%26_Working_Groups#Evolutionary_Game_Theory|working group]] as well.

 Update 2! This has been scheduled on Friday from 3 - 5, location TBD.

*I'll sign up for this. Kolbjørn
*I'm interested too! (Flavia)
*I'll be there too. Kathleen
*I'm in. Jean
*I'm interested as well. Steve
*will be there at 3 [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]
*I'll be there, Petr
*Good stuff. I could also say a few things about [http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/EEP/AdaptiveDynamics.html adaptive dynamics], if there's interest. [[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]
*I'll be there. [[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]
*Count me in (Chris)
*I'm in. Tanja

== Resilience of social-ecological systems ==
The resilience perspective is increasingly used as an approach for understanding the dynamics of social–ecological systems. Essential for the resilience perspective is the recognition that living systems are not in equilibrium but rather in a domain of attraction.
Many dynamic systems, however, have multiple domains of attraction. Moreover, self-organizing processes can create or change the shape and depth of this domain of attraction. Within the resilience perspective, new pathways of sustainable development can be represented by crossing a threshold from a domain of attraction and/or by creating new domains. Resilience is a measure of how much change or disruption is required to transform a system from being maintained by one set of mutually reinforcing processes and structures to a different set of processes and structures.
If you are interested we (Mike and Dirk) can introduce you to some of the insights developed by the [http://www.resalliance.org/1.php resiliance alliance] and the challenges we face in understanding these kind of systems.

I am interested in this too. Richard

Very interested, any idea of when you will do it? [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm interested as well. Steve

I'm interested too. - Skyler

I think to contribute from my previous work on SES. Rio

== Introduction to classical control theory ==
I (Srideep) can offer a 'quick' tutorial on control theory/control systems. This is will be a simple introduction to the motivation, basic ideas, issues and jargon in the field. If you are interested, please let me know about your background in linear algebra, complex analysis and calculus. Depending on the background, I might spend more or less time introducing the field.

Ideally, if you know what eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix are, what a pole of a complex function is and how the solution of a linear differential equation looks like, you are ready to jump right into controls. If the words above don't mean much at all, then we can run a quick 'review' of what they mean intuitively.
you can sign up here or send me an email [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

Update! Lets plan on discussing this early next week. Will fix up a time by the end of this week. Liz bradley will be done with her introduction to dynamics and the eigenvalue, eigenvector tutorial will be done this friday. This will make my life easier! :-)

I'd be very interested in this tutorial. I think I'm basically OK on the prerequisites,
but I wouldn't be annoyed by a review. Perhaps Monday? -- Laura

I'm in too. I guess I should be ok on linear algebra, calculus and linear ODEs, but I don't know what the pole of a complex function is. Jean

I'm in. If we can start with 'pole' thing, that would be wonderful. - Masayoshi

Hi Srideep, please put me in this group. About my background on the subjects you asked; zero!!! Sorry. Rio

Definitely interested in this. - Jacob

I'm in. Paul

Looks cool. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

Me too! [[Rory_Sayres|Rory]]

== Topology/algebra ==
I (Srideep) will also be happy to talk about topology, introducing the concepts of point-set topology. The language of modern mathematics is enshrined in the concepts of point-set topology. I can also talk about group theory and introduce abstract algebra to those interested. In my opinion, it is the most powerful gateway into abstract thinking. sign here or email me [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

I'd be very interested in that. Jean

I'd be interested to see what you cover in the topology section. Algebra, however, is for the birds :) Paul

Srideep, can you do an introduction to category theory? Or would you be interested in co-organizing a tutorial with me? - Jacob

I'm very interested. Abby

Sounds like fun (Chris)

== Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find them? ==
I (Kolbjørn) can put together a brief and elementary introduction to eigenvalues and eigenvectors if anyone have an urge for this. Sign up or e-mail and we'll schedule something. [mailto:kolbjorn@chalmers.se Kolbjørn]

[[Linear_algebra_tutorial.pdf/Tutorial slides]]

UPDATE! Time: Friday June 6th, 01.00 p.m. - 03.00 p.m. If this collides with other stuff, please yell out! [[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

Yes please. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]]

I am also very interested [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm in as well [[ Mark_Rivera|Mark]]

Please - have always been kind of confusing to me. [[Jonathan_Zelner|Jon]]

Let me in - Masayoshi

I'm also interested! [[ Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I'll be there. -[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

I'm in as well. -[[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

Me too! '''Just to remind'''; I think Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory (Josh)will be started at 3 PM. Rio

== How your computer works ==

Nish and Laura can give a joint tutorial on 'how your computer works'. What happens when I type 'www.santafe.edu' in my browser? How does a web server at santafe.edu handle all those incoming requests? What happens when I use a WiFi access point? Basically, we'd be happy to take your questions about how your computer works and do our best to answer them - we're also happy to have other co-tutors.

Let us know if there's interest [mailto:lmfeeney@sics.se Laura], we'd probably schedule later next week, to not conflict with tutorials that focus on maths and other project prerequisites.

I would love this. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

== How your hardware works ==
Along the same lines as the computer tutorial, I've found myself discussing hardware with a number of folks. And why hardware matters from a massive parallelism perspective (which is quite common in the complex research areas I've encountered). If folks are interested, I can give a rough overview of the way hardware works in different types of computers and supercomputers (as much as I understand of it) as well as how to best leverage that knowledge.

Not sure how this differs from the the one above it, but def. interested (Chris)

== Computational Physics for Non-physicists or A small introduction into Applied Physics ==

I've seen that many people are interested in physics. I could give an introduction to "computational" physics - this means physics with a PC. Actually, it is very broad and gives some basics for simulations (interesting for all simulation-folks):

- What is a 'random number generator' and why should I know something about it?

- What are Master-equations?

- The Ising-model / Voter-model

- The Central Limit Theorem or why does it make sense to average over multiple runs of a simulation?

- ...

[[Ruben Kubiak|Ruben]]

I'm very interested [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

I'm in too. [[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]

[[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] is in.
Sounds great. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

Looking forward to it. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

==Information Theory==
An open discussion of Shannon information theory (would like some help in presenting this part clearly) and then some newer results from its application to cellular automata (and potentially other complex systems).

Interesting. I remember something from the master course I took. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
I'd love to participate. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]] 
I'm interested.[[Holger_Keeler|Paul]] 
I'm in. --[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]]

I'm in. --[[User:meritxell|Meritxell]]

FYI: Tom Carter is going to be talking about Information Theory a bit tomorrow from 2-3pm, not sure of a location yet, but its on the schedule.

==Cellular Automata==
CAs (particularly ECAs) are a very interested model of computation. How do 8 rules (ECA 110, e.g.) emulate a Turing Machine? Why is that interesting? What can we learn about what defines computation given CAs? Maybe we can also discuss some simple computational (Turing) theory.

I'd go to that twice. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

==A little analytical tool-box: Non-linear dynamics, ODEs, PDEs...==
The [[David_Foster|Brothers]] [[Jacob_Foster|Foster]] would be happy to offer some tutorials on analytical methods. Depending on what Alfred Hubler covers, we can do some fraction of Strogatz (flows on the line & circle, bifurcations, maybe linear systems, index theorem, etc.), as well as offering a basic introduction to solving linear ODEs (no theorems, just techniques) and simple PDEs like the heat equation, with boundary conditions. Ideally this would come after Kolbjørn's eigen-stuff course, so we can just assume familiarity with that.

We've put a tentative time for our tutorial on the schedule: [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Schedule#Week_Three_-_FINANCE/ECONOMY|June 16 at 3:15pm]]. Let us know if this doesn't work out for some reason and we can try to change it.

These are fun topics! I never get enough of them! -- [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
Sounds great. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]] 
Interesting -- sure. [[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 
Very useful! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Need this.... Rio 
I'm in! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]
great! [[Riley_Crane]]

Brothers Foster rulez! I'll be there. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

==Linguistics==
Can someone (I don't know [[Peter_Graff|who]]) perhaps offer a tutorial on basic linguistics stuff? I am particularly interested in generative grammar and coverage of the Chomsky "Three Models" paper, but maybe there are more interesting topics to be discussed these days... -Jacob

I could easily do a Saussure/Pierce tutorial, along with how this has been applied from everything to kinship structure to film theory to table manners, but this is continental structural linguistics, very diff from the chomsky stuff. I think Peter Graff can do the chomsky stuff, though, perhaps we could work on this together (Chris)

Would love both tutorials. Esp. the kinship structure stuff (is this Andre Weil's algebra chapter on kinship, from Levi-Strauss I think?) -Jacob

I'd love to participate. -Tanja

==Fitting models to data==
A few people have asked me for a brief review of fitting models to data, but I'd like to know what methods interest you. I could start with least squares and progress to Bayesian approaches, maximum likelihood, and some more recent developments in methods for exploring space (GAs, particle filters, MCMC) with which I'm familiar. I'm by no means an expert in all these topics, so please add your name below if there's something you'd like to learn about (a particular method or method for a particular context) or teach. I feel like this tutorial would be most appropriate for the third or fourth week. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

I am really interested in this. (Soumya)

cool [[Riley_Crane]]

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Tutorials

2008-06-06T20:20:24Z

Kolbjorn: /* Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find them? */

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== The big opensource tutorial ==

=== Open Source research software ===

Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

Open (no pun intended...) your eyes to the wonderful world of FOSS -- Free and Open Source Software. While the distinction between Free and Open Source is a very interesting one (and highly contentious in the right crowds), for research purposes, we want to use the best tools for the job but some of us suffer from limited income, so I would like to talk about both. At the same time, FOSS is great to use for a non-economic reason: if you find bugs, or design extensions, you can fix them yourself (in OSS, at least) or at least report the problem back to a typically active community. Some potential tools to discuss/explore: R, Octave, Scilab, Gnuplot, perhaps some of the more useful languages in the field like Python and perhaps others I don't know as much about (a quick `apt-cache` on my Ubuntu Hardy install shows RasMol, ClustalW, SeaView, Achilles, complearn, EMBOSS, GENESIS, etc...)

- I would like to give a "Brazilian" contribution. Those who are interested in GIS&Cia could have a look at [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/gilberto/software.html Free and Open Source GIS Source].
[[Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I would be happy to contribute a little bit about freely available simulation environments like ns-2 (computer networks) and omnet++ (a generic DES) -- Laura

- For Python I can offer a tutorial (see below). Nish, do you have any experience with [http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage]? [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

All great ideas and I would love to have more of a "You know how to use this tool or you know of this tool, you talk about it" style of tutorial :)
Maybe we can do a general OSS tutorial/discussion and then transition to specific sub-topics in separate tutorials (Python, GIS, networks, etc)?
I've not used Sage, before, but I'm happy to take a look before the tutorial. Thanks for the info, Giovanni!

 
I'd like to learn more about open software. [[Holger_Keeler| Paul]]

=== R tutorial ===
Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

I (''[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') know a little bit about R (basic stuff such as common plots and regression analysis) but would like to enhance my R skills. Does anybody have an interest in a R tutorial, too? Please edit this if there is more interest.

I am fairly familiar with R and could probably run a tutorial... what are you all interested in
learning? - Skyler
*I'd just like to get an understanding of some of it's practical uses. -Devin
*Do you familiar with running social network analysis package in R? I want to learn more about it. [[Jiang_Wu| Jiang]]

Interested folks
#[[Devin_Drown|Devin]]
#[[Mark_Rivera | Mark]]
#[[Jiang_Wu| Jiang]]
#[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]
#(Soumya)
#[[Riley_Crane]]
#[[Jeremie]]
#[[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

=== Python tutorial ===

Update! [[Opensource software tutorial|Tutorial]] scheduled on Monday 9 from 7:00p

I've (''also [[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') interest in a Python tutorial. Please edit this if there is more interest.

I can give a tutorial on python and on scipy/numpy. I can also talk about coding in general, as python is both a languange which is object oriented, imperative and functional (somehow). We can use the [http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html python tutorial] itself as a reference for the part about the language, and then move to the basic concepts of the duo [http://numpy.org numpy] / [http://scipy.org scipy], which form a powerful tool to manipulate n-dimensional arrays of numbers and also talk about [http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/ ipython] (the enhanced interactive shell) and the [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ pylab] interface, which gives a very nice environment for interactive programming and data analysis. Since pylab has been designed to mimic MATLAB's interface (the major plotting/statistical functions work as expected in both enviroments, which saves you a lot of time if you're used to MATLAB), I can also talk a bit about MATLAB, but being not a big fan of it, it would be better if somebody else stepped in to another tutorial on that.

Leave a mark if interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I'd be interested in this as well [[User: Mark | Mark]] 

I'm in. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

I'm in. [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

Yes please. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

Me too. [[Rory_Sayres]] [[User:Sayres|Sayres]] 23:55, 4 June 2008 (MDT)

I'd be interested in this as well [[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

I'm in [[Riley_Crane]]

Another one. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

== Neutral models in biology ==

Already met. Big thanks to Molly!

There is an interesting [http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4911 paper] by Cosma Shalizi of SFI about methodological problems in social sciences research in which he talks about the concept of neutral models in evolution models. I was wondering if any of the bio-people can give a tutorial on this topic as I am pretty interested in understanding the concept. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I would be very interested in learning about neutral networks too! - Skyler

== GIS / Spatial Analysis ==

Space Matters!! Geographical information system (GIS) is a computational system (hardware + database engine) that is designed to assemble, store, update, analyze, manipulate, and display geographically referenced information (data identified by their locations).

I'm thinking about introducing some basic GIS concepts and a free GIS software known as [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/~flavia/GIS/ Terraview]. We could also explore some spatial analysis techniques (this is the best part!) using Terraview and [http://www.geoda.uiuc.edu/downloadin.php GeoDa] (also free!).

Please edit here if you are interested or send me an email. [mailto:flafeitosa@gmail.com Flávia]

Update! It has been scheduled on Friday, June 13 from 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

I'm in [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]] 
I'd do this. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
let me know, I'm in, Sonja 
Me too. —[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 
Can not wait for this! Rio 
Me too. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Sounds like fun. If people are interested, I can bring some data sets to play around with. Alex

== Statistical Physics for Non-Physicists ==
Problem: Textbooks about this are written for physicists.
Solution: A Physicist (or mathematician) that would be so kind and spend few minutes (or maybe hours) to explain all that stuff to people like me(Petr):-)

[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]: Do you seek for a general introduction or something specific?

A crash course in Statistical Physics would be awesome. Let us know. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]]

I am interested too. (Soumya)

Me too. (Jean)

Interested! [[User:Meritxell|Meritxell]]

Interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

Ditto - Skyler

Me too. —[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 

Me three. [[User:RobMills|RobMills]]

I'd be willing to run such a tutorial. However, I would have to consult with some/all of the interested parties to find out what kind of statphys you want to learn about. There are a huge number of possible topics, one could start with basics like ensembles, or perhaps people are interested in master equation and other non-equilibrium techniques, or maybe critical phenomena is what people are interested in. I really do not know. (Orion)

Can you give us who are not physicists an introduction about a kind of special questions that you will think it from the viewpoint of physicists? Like complex network, dynamic, also something else, what is the most important measurement and dynamic process you want to observe? -[[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]

== Modern Logic and Reasoning ==
Like I mentioned in the 'ice-breaking', I could tell something about application of modern logic into human reasoning. It's a very board topic, and very new. Criticisms are welcome and needed. I would give some basic examples. On top of that, I would also say some development of logic, and how I found it useful in research, which might seem un-related to logic, esp. in social science. I am planning to give a 15 to 20 minutes presentation, UNLESS people want to hear more, in that case, please let me know.
QiQi

I'm interested! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Me too! [[kolbjorn|Kolbjørn]] 
Sign me up. — [[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
I'm interested too! (Flavia) 
I'm in! [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
I'm in too [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
Count me in - Skyler 
I'd be interested in this as well. [[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]
 Sounds great - i'll be there. [[User:RobMills|RobMills]]

Please remind by email or somhow.. and sign me up! [[User:sonotto|Sonja]]

I am in Qi, But where? Rio

Update! Time at June 10th, 03.15 p.m. - 03.35 p.m.
[[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

== Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments ==
How do you find "interesting" behavior when your computer model is too slow or the inputs are too many to try every possible combination? Using an Arctic sea ice simulator example, I will show you how modern statistical methods can help you explore your virtual world more efficiently. Check out this brief
[http://www.stat.sfu.ca/~dbingham/NICDS_CompExpt/research.html overview] or a more technical paper about
[http://www.schonlau.net/publication/jogo98.pdf global optimization]. Also see [http://www.gaussianprocess.org/ Gaussian Processes for Machine Learning] for a list of available resources. [[B%C3%A9la_Nagy|Béla]]

== Genomics / Central dogma overview ==
It seems like some of you might be interested in an overview of the central dogma of molecular biology to non-biologists. This could be an 1h tutorial on the major actors of gene expression: nucleus, chromosomes, chromatine, DNA, RNA (tRNA, mRNA), proteins, polymerases, ribosomes, transcription factors, and eventually a quick intro to small, non-coding RNAs as a bonus. Although being a bioinformatician by training, I'm happy to leave the way if a "hard core" biologist wants to do this tutorial (Molly ?). Edit if interested! Jean

I'd be happy to attend a tutorial in 'genomics for idiots' -- Laura

Me too. I am also interested in metagenomics if this is not too much of course. -- Francois

I'd like to go to a 'genomics for idiots' tutorial as well. -- [[Srideep_Musuavthy|srideep]]

Ok, so I'll prepare some slides. How about Monday 9th, 5p - 6p (location TBA) ? -- Jean

== Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning ==
I (Nish) could introduce some of the basic methods in AI/ML. If there is significant interest in the two fields separately, I could do two tutorials. Would probably focus on the higher level, rather than the nitty-gritty details, as well as applications of the methods to real problems. I'm not necessarily an expert, although have a fair amount of experience in the area, so I would prefer a more interactive session, where questions can be answered by everyone.

Sign me up. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]] 
I'm also interested. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]] 
Me too! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]

How about "AI/MI for dummies", Nish? I've been wondering about it.... Rio

sounds good [[Riley_Crane]]

== A Crash Course to Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory ==
Game theory is the study of interactive decision making. Classical game theory aims to develop a general theory to describe how rational agents interact strategically. In many cases humans lack the kind of infinite computational power and time assumed by classical game theory. In the early 1970s the biologist John Maynard Smith introduced evolutionary methods to the field, dispensing with the assumption of hyper-rationality while changing many of the concepts central to the field along the way. The result was evolutionary game theory. This new framework has been used to model the behavior of fundamentally non-rational players (such as viruses) as well as humans.

In this tutorial, I'd try to introduce the basic concepts in both of these fields, namely, the definition of a game, payoffs, the Nash equilibirum and evolutionarily stable strategies, the replicator dynamics. I'll briefly mention the three basic classes of two-strategy games represented by the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Snowdrift Game (sometimes called the Hawk-Dove game or Chicken), and the Stag Hunt Game. Depending on particular interests of the group, we could prove the Bishop-Cannings theorem and give a classification of all symmetric two-strategy games; or look at updating methods and spatial chaos; reputation and image scoring; rock-paper-scissors in biological systems; or evolutionary branching and specialization.

If there's something else you'd like to know about EGT, shoot me ([mailto:joshua.reyes@removeme.gmail.com Josh]) an email, and I'll see if I can dig up something I know on your topic. I'm not going to require any fancy mathematical background. If you've seen a 2×2 matrix before, great. Otherwise, it's not a big deal. We won't multiply them or calculate their eigenvalues. They'll just serve as a means for bookkeeping.

Update! Some of us are also thinking about setting up a [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Projects_%26_Working_Groups#Evolutionary_Game_Theory|working group]] as well.

 Update 2! This has been scheduled on Friday from 3 - 5, location TBD.

*I'll sign up for this. Kolbjørn
*I'm interested too! (Flavia)
*I'll be there too. Kathleen
*I'm in. Jean
*I'm interested as well. Steve
*will be there at 3 [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]
*I'll be there, Petr
*Good stuff. I could also say a few things about [http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Research/EEP/AdaptiveDynamics.html adaptive dynamics], if there's interest. [[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]
*I'll be there. [[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]
*Count me in (Chris)
*I'm in. Tanja

== Resilience of social-ecological systems ==
The resilience perspective is increasingly used as an approach for understanding the dynamics of social–ecological systems. Essential for the resilience perspective is the recognition that living systems are not in equilibrium but rather in a domain of attraction.
Many dynamic systems, however, have multiple domains of attraction. Moreover, self-organizing processes can create or change the shape and depth of this domain of attraction. Within the resilience perspective, new pathways of sustainable development can be represented by crossing a threshold from a domain of attraction and/or by creating new domains. Resilience is a measure of how much change or disruption is required to transform a system from being maintained by one set of mutually reinforcing processes and structures to a different set of processes and structures.
If you are interested we (Mike and Dirk) can introduce you to some of the insights developed by the [http://www.resalliance.org/1.php resiliance alliance] and the challenges we face in understanding these kind of systems.

I am interested in this too. Richard

Very interested, any idea of when you will do it? [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm interested as well. Steve

I'm interested too. - Skyler

I think to contribute from my previous work on SES. Rio

== Introduction to classical control theory ==
I (Srideep) can offer a 'quick' tutorial on control theory/control systems. This is will be a simple introduction to the motivation, basic ideas, issues and jargon in the field. If you are interested, please let me know about your background in linear algebra, complex analysis and calculus. Depending on the background, I might spend more or less time introducing the field.

Ideally, if you know what eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix are, what a pole of a complex function is and how the solution of a linear differential equation looks like, you are ready to jump right into controls. If the words above don't mean much at all, then we can run a quick 'review' of what they mean intuitively.
you can sign up here or send me an email [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

Update! Lets plan on discussing this early next week. Will fix up a time by the end of this week. Liz bradley will be done with her introduction to dynamics and the eigenvalue, eigenvector tutorial will be done this friday. This will make my life easier! :-)

I'd be very interested in this tutorial. I think I'm basically OK on the prerequisites,
but I wouldn't be annoyed by a review. Perhaps Monday? -- Laura

I'm in too. I guess I should be ok on linear algebra, calculus and linear ODEs, but I don't know what the pole of a complex function is. Jean

I'm in. If we can start with 'pole' thing, that would be wonderful. - Masayoshi

Hi Srideep, please put me in this group. About my background on the subjects you asked; zero!!! Sorry. Rio

Definitely interested in this. - Jacob

I'm in. Paul

Looks cool. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

Me too! [[Rory_Sayres|Rory]]

== Topology/algebra ==
I (Srideep) will also be happy to talk about topology, introducing the concepts of point-set topology. The language of modern mathematics is enshrined in the concepts of point-set topology. I can also talk about group theory and introduce abstract algebra to those interested. In my opinion, it is the most powerful gateway into abstract thinking. sign here or email me [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

I'd be very interested in that. Jean

I'd be interested to see what you cover in the topology section. Algebra, however, is for the birds :) Paul

Srideep, can you do an introduction to category theory? Or would you be interested in co-organizing a tutorial with me? - Jacob

I'm very interested. Abby

Sounds like fun (Chris)

== Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find them? ==
I (Kolbjørn) can put together a brief and elementary introduction to eigenvalues and eigenvectors if anyone have an urge for this. Sign up or e-mail and we'll schedule something. [mailto:kolbjorn@chalmers.se Kolbjørn]

[[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/images/e/e7/Linear_algebra_tutorial.pdf]]

UPDATE! Time: Friday June 6th, 01.00 p.m. - 03.00 p.m. If this collides with other stuff, please yell out! [[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

Yes please. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]]

I am also very interested [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm in as well [[ Mark_Rivera|Mark]]

Please - have always been kind of confusing to me. [[Jonathan_Zelner|Jon]]

Let me in - Masayoshi

I'm also interested! [[ Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I'll be there. -[[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

I'm in as well. -[[Tanja_Gesell|Tanja]]

Me too! '''Just to remind'''; I think Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory (Josh)will be started at 3 PM. Rio

== How your computer works ==

Nish and Laura can give a joint tutorial on 'how your computer works'. What happens when I type 'www.santafe.edu' in my browser? How does a web server at santafe.edu handle all those incoming requests? What happens when I use a WiFi access point? Basically, we'd be happy to take your questions about how your computer works and do our best to answer them - we're also happy to have other co-tutors.

Let us know if there's interest [mailto:lmfeeney@sics.se Laura], we'd probably schedule later next week, to not conflict with tutorials that focus on maths and other project prerequisites.

I would love this. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

== How your hardware works ==
Along the same lines as the computer tutorial, I've found myself discussing hardware with a number of folks. And why hardware matters from a massive parallelism perspective (which is quite common in the complex research areas I've encountered). If folks are interested, I can give a rough overview of the way hardware works in different types of computers and supercomputers (as much as I understand of it) as well as how to best leverage that knowledge.

Not sure how this differs from the the one above it, but def. interested (Chris)

== Computational Physics for Non-physicists or A small introduction into Applied Physics ==

I've seen that many people are interested in physics. I could give an introduction to "computational" physics - this means physics with a PC. Actually, it is very broad and gives some basics for simulations (interesting for all simulation-folks):

- What is a 'random number generator' and why should I know something about it?

- What are Master-equations?

- The Ising-model / Voter-model

- The Central Limit Theorem or why does it make sense to average over multiple runs of a simulation?

- ...

[[Ruben Kubiak|Ruben]]

I'm very interested [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

I'm in too. [[Jiang_Wu|Jiang]]

[[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] is in.
Sounds great. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]]

Looking forward to it. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

==Information Theory==
An open discussion of Shannon information theory (would like some help in presenting this part clearly) and then some newer results from its application to cellular automata (and potentially other complex systems).

Interesting. I remember something from the master course I took. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
I'd love to participate. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]] 
I'm interested.[[Holger_Keeler|Paul]] 
I'm in. --[[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]]

I'm in. --[[User:meritxell|Meritxell]]

FYI: Tom Carter is going to be talking about Information Theory a bit tomorrow from 2-3pm, not sure of a location yet, but its on the schedule.

==Cellular Automata==
CAs (particularly ECAs) are a very interested model of computation. How do 8 rules (ECA 110, e.g.) emulate a Turing Machine? Why is that interesting? What can we learn about what defines computation given CAs? Maybe we can also discuss some simple computational (Turing) theory.

I'd go to that twice. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

==A little analytical tool-box: Non-linear dynamics, ODEs, PDEs...==
The [[David_Foster|Brothers]] [[Jacob_Foster|Foster]] would be happy to offer some tutorials on analytical methods. Depending on what Alfred Hubler covers, we can do some fraction of Strogatz (flows on the line & circle, bifurcations, maybe linear systems, index theorem, etc.), as well as offering a basic introduction to solving linear ODEs (no theorems, just techniques) and simple PDEs like the heat equation, with boundary conditions. Ideally this would come after Kolbjørn's eigen-stuff course, so we can just assume familiarity with that.

We've put a tentative time for our tutorial on the schedule: [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Schedule#Week_Three_-_FINANCE/ECONOMY|June 16 at 3:15pm]]. Let us know if this doesn't work out for some reason and we can try to change it.

These are fun topics! I never get enough of them! -- [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
Sounds great. [[Molly_Rorick|Molly]] 
Interesting -- sure. [[User:Lfriedl|Lisa]] 
Very useful! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Need this.... Rio 
I'm in! [[Flavia_Feitosa|Flávia]]
great! [[Riley_Crane]]

Brothers Foster rulez! I'll be there. [[Petr Svarc|Petr]]

==Linguistics==
Can someone (I don't know [[Peter_Graff|who]]) perhaps offer a tutorial on basic linguistics stuff? I am particularly interested in generative grammar and coverage of the Chomsky "Three Models" paper, but maybe there are more interesting topics to be discussed these days... -Jacob

I could easily do a Saussure/Pierce tutorial, along with how this has been applied from everything to kinship structure to film theory to table manners, but this is continental structural linguistics, very diff from the chomsky stuff. I think Peter Graff can do the chomsky stuff, though, perhaps we could work on this together (Chris)

Would love both tutorials. Esp. the kinship structure stuff (is this Andre Weil's algebra chapter on kinship, from Levi-Strauss I think?) -Jacob

I'd love to participate. -Tanja

==Fitting models to data==
A few people have asked me for a brief review of fitting models to data, but I'd like to know what methods interest you. I could start with least squares and progress to Bayesian approaches, maximum likelihood, and some more recent developments in methods for exploring space (GAs, particle filters, MCMC) with which I'm familiar. I'm by no means an expert in all these topics, so please add your name below if there's something you'd like to learn about (a particular method or method for a particular context) or teach. I feel like this tutorial would be most appropriate for the third or fourth week. -[[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]]

I am really interested in this. (Soumya)

cool [[Riley_Crane]]

File:Linear algebra tutorial.pdf

2008-06-06T20:17:04Z

Kolbjorn:

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-After Hours

2008-06-06T18:21:43Z

Kolbjorn: /* Hiking Activities */

{{CSSS 2008 Santa Fe}}



=Scheduled Fun=

==Near Future==
=== Board Games ===
Let's get more people this time. Suggest a time if you're got the interest.

==Wednesday June 11==
=== Albuquerque Isotopes Baseball Game ===
Any interest in going to see an Albuquerque Isotopes baseball game? Next Wednesday June 11 might be a good day since I don't think there are any after hours events scheduled. Game time is 7pm so we could leave after class and easily make it on time. Looks like tickets are $9 and $11 (plus $3 online fee).

List your name if you want to attend. Let me know by Sunday and I'll buy the tickets.
http://www.albuquerquebaseball.com/

Justin Darkoch

Please count me in - Mauricio

I'll come, too. Also, I can drive as the minivan fits 6 people. - Cathy

in for the isotopes [[walter_zesk|Walt]]

==Post-CSSS==

=Activities and Interests=

== Discovering the surroundings ==
Interested in discovering the surroundings? The meaning of "surrounding" is scale-free - this could be just Los Alamos but maybe also as far as the Grand Canyon. Are you interested? Got some ideas? Go [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php?title=Discovering_the_surroundings here] and write it down.

==Hiking Activities==

UPDATE FOR SATURDAY HIKE

We are now 25 people joining the hike. We have 3 cars available and have hired two vans. That means there should be still room for some more. I can drive one of the rentals, but need one more driver.

I suggest:

We leave from the parking lot at 10.00am. Then we drive to Los Alamos and spend a little time there, museum for the interested, and finish off with lunch. (Also try to schedule dinner with som proper dinner place).

Meet in Bandelier at 01.00pm. (If someone are late, they can join here). Hike until sometime in the evening. There are many routes, so there is some choice of freedom.

Meet at parking lot at 06.00pm and head off for dinner.

Hopefully, Finish the night in the hot springs (bring towels and swim clothes, or go nude).

Ok. This is just a tentative plan. We'll improvise as we go along. Feel free to be suggestive.

Spread the words as not everyone are linked up to the net.

Kolbjørn

-------------

Thanks Kolbjørn! Sounds a great pick.
This Saturday would be great as most CSSSers are fired up and ready to go. I will post a message on our Facebook group for Saturday as well.

Carlos

SUGGESTION FOR A FULL HIKING DAY:

- Start with a long hike in the Bandelier National Park. It is faboulous for slow walking and talking.
- Continue with Bradbury Science museum in Los Alamos and a short Los Alamos sightseeing.
- Dinner in Los Alamos.
- A night dip and some cold beers in the magnificent hot springs.

Anyone interested in going away this weekend, saturday perhaps? It would be good to know if we have enough people with cars interested. Otherwise we need to check out rental cars. Please notify your interest at Doodle:

http://www.doodle.ch/4iswyn5xr6ve9s2b

Here are links:

http://www.nps.gov/band/
http://www.lanl.gov/museum/
http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=XFA024-024

Kolbjørn

-----------

Hola CSSS'ers,

Let's get together and explore the beauty and wilderness of Santa Fe's mountains!

Start by joining our Facebook group:

CSSS'08 Hiking Group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17254991462

Hasta la vista!
Carlos

I've always wanted to see the Native American cliff dwellings. There are ruins near Santa Fe! http://www.nmsu.edu/~redtt/Resources/html/Cliff%20Dwellings.html

==Opera==
Wayne continues his tireless effort to get a group in to a rehearsal; probably Tuesday, June 24. It would be late (9pm - midnight) and during "crunch time", but on the other hand definitely worth it, so we just need to plan ahead a bit. In the interim, [http://santafeopera.org/commprograms/onehouropera.php this] looks adorable, and might be an option for next weekend.

== Santa Fe Complex (Downtown in the Railyard) ==
When you are downtown, feel free to use the new Santa Fe Complex as a home away from St. John's. SFComplex is a non-profit dedicated to applied complexity, urban planning and computational art. We have a large 4000 square foot common space in the railyard where the train locomotives used to be repaired. In the space are projection screens and broadband access. Use the space for CSSS projects, film screenings, ad-hoc lectures or meeting others in Santa Fe in the Applied Complexity space. Or, just play some music and hang out into the wee hours. The address is 632 Agua Fria. More info at http://www.sfcomplex.org. Want to know more, contact Stephen Guerin at (505)577-5828 or Owen Densmore (505)570-0168.

==Get A Bike (for the month)==
Get a bicycle to ride around while in Santa Fe from a bike collective place called [http://chainbreakercollective.org/ Chain Breaker]. Their website is under maintenance right now, but [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=92732509 here's] some info on them.

==Board Games==
I’ve seen a couple of other folks have interests in playing board games. It would be fun to get folks together to play some evenings. I’m always up for learning a new game and meeting other players. I’m going to bring a few that are small and compact enough to travel. Maybe others can bring some too? Cheers, Devin

I started a list so we know what will be in Santa Fe. Add to the list if you'll bring it with you. [[Board Game List]]

==Ultimate Frisbee==
I (Nish) brought a disc and cones to play some Ultimate on the weekends (or after class). I'm happy to just throw around as well. Ultimate is, or can be, super casual and a lot of fun. Grab me some time if you want to throw (I always have a disc nearby) or if you're interested in playing a game (no prior experience necessary).

Hi Nish! I just checked this ultimate frisbee on youtube. Kinda cool game!!! I think it should be played here in the morning--it will be too windy after the class.... Rio

==Local Music==
I love live music, especially folk/bluegrass. I did some quick searching and there are a few shows I think I will go to this month in Santa Fe:

June 7, 1PM: [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=20756842 Sharon Gilchrist] at Cowgirl

June 20, evening: [http://www.caneraising.com/index.html Raising Cane]

Those are just the two I've found, I'm up for whatever

==Spa/Resort==
[http://www.tenthousandwaves.com/ Ten Thousand Waves] is very close to St. John's. Any interest?

Definitely. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]]

==*Cough* *Cough* Drinking==
Well, let's be honest, we all drink :) To facilitate the great discussions that occur with the act of imbibing, I'm volunteering to be our "Beer Baron". I will drive to Albertson's every day or two and pick up beer and any booze folks want me to. Please indicate your preferences. Every night, starting around 9pm, you will find folks in the Lower Commons (near the muse dorms) hanging out, drinking, playing (Swiffer) pool and Foos(pool)ball. I'm told the Upper Commons have pool cues and foosballs we may want to "steal" at night. Stop by whenever you would like and chip in a few bucks to help keep my costs down :)

Update: Unfortunately, I was warned Wednesday evening by a St. John's student that keeping beer in the fridge in
the Lower Commons may result in said beer being stolen. So most of the beer is being stored in my room (Polyhymnia
15). I will try and move it to the fridge each evening between 8 and 9PM, if I'm on campus. Sorry for the
inconvenience.

[[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

==Basketball==

A few of us have started what we hope is a bi-weekly (or more!) game of basketball. So far we've been playing between the end of classes and dinner (4:45 to 5:30ish), but this is mutable. I will update this page as soon as we have specific plans to play again. Email me ([[David Foster]]) if you have any questions. My email address is on my page. If your question is "I am not very good", the answer is: "Neither are we."

I'm down for some hoops action (that time at Duke has to be good for something), let me know when you guys are playing - Justin

=Old/Completed fun=

==Early Arrivals==
==Wednesday June 4==
=== Board Game evening (around 8pm) ===
Location: [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Image:Cr_map.JPG Common Room] (ground floor) #37 on the [http://conferenceservices.sjcsf.edu/map.htm map]

Organizer: [[Devin_Drown|Devin]]

Looks like Wednesday might be the first unscheduled evening, so let’s meet up! Interested folks should bring any games they have or just show up ready to play. Let's see if we can take over the Common Room (lower floor) in the lower dorm area. I really enjoy teaching new players and I’ve brought along several that take only minutes to learn, so come join even if you’re just looking for a way to pass some time. Also, I brought several games that can accommodate a large number of people (up to 8 people).

Tuesday 4:30 Lab Signup

2008-06-05T21:05:26Z

Kolbjorn:

# Flávia Feitosa
# Kathleen Sprouffske
# Kolbjørn Tunstrøm

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule

2008-06-04T17:27:15Z

Kolbjorn: /* Week One: MODELING/NONLINEAR DYNAMICS */

{{CSSS 2008 Santa Fe}}



== Week One: MODELING/NONLINEAR DYNAMICS ==

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|- align="center"
| TIME
| ACTIVITY

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Sunday, June 1
|-
|5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
|Welcome Reception & Buffet Dinner @ St. Johns

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Monday, June 2
|-
|
|All events at St. Johns
|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Opening Remarks: [[Geoffrey West/Dan Rockmore]]
|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break
|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics I: [[Liz Bradley]]
|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch
|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Agent-based Modeling: [[Stephen Guerin/Owen Densmore]]
|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break
|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Student introductions & breaking the ice
|-
|7:30 p.m.
| Special Event: Liz Bradley/David Capps - [http://www.santafe.edu/events/abstract/1226 Con/cantation Chaotic Variations]
|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Tuesday, June 3
|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Networks I: [[Mark Newman]]
|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics II: [[Liz Bradley]]

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Modeling in the Social Sciences I: [[Josh Epstein]]

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics III: [[Liz Bradley]]

|-
|7:00 pm - 9:00/9:30 p.m.
|Downtown for evening - one drink coupon at Coyote Cafe - shuttles back and forth

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
|
| Wednesday, June 4

|-
|
|All events at SFI

|-
|12:30 p.m. -1:45 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Networks II: [[Mark Newman]]

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
|Tea with SFI community

|-
|3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
|Social Sciences Modeling II: [[Josh Epstein]]

|-
|8 p.m. - ?
|Board Game evening in the [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Image:Cr_map.JPG Lower Common Room]

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
|
| Thursday, June 5

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics IV: [[Liz Bradley]]

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Networks III: [[Mark Newman]]

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Social Sciences/Modeling III: [[Josh Epstein]]

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics (in action!): [[Alfred Hubler]]

|-
|7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
|[[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Tutorials#Introduction_to_the_Design_and_Analysis_of_Computer_Experiments| Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments]]: [[B%C3%A9la_Nagy|Béla Nagy]]

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Friday, June 6

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Evolution I: [[David Krakauer]]

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Networks IV: [[Mark Newman]]

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics Lab - w/Alfred Hubler [[Friday 1:00 Lab Signup|signup]]

Eigenvalues tutorial

|-
|3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics Lab - w/Alfred Hubler [[Friday 3:00 Lab Signup|signup]]

Evolutionary Game Theory Tutorial ([[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Tutorials#A_Crash_Course_to_Classical_and_Evolutionary_Game_Theory|more info]])

|-
|5:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m.
|Flamenco Theme Party! @ SFI

|}

== Week Two - Ecology/Evolution/Molecular Biology/Disordered Systems ==

{| width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|- align="center"
| TIME
| ACTIVITY

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Monday, June 9

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|MCMC and Complex Systems: [[Aaron Clauset]]

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Foodwebs I: Jennifer Dunne

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Foodwebs II: Neo Martinez

|-
|7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
| Tutorial: [[ Matlab tutorial ]]

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Tuesday, June 10

|-
|9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Food Webs III: Jennifer Dunne

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Food Webs IV: Neo Martinez

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Rule-based modeling for biomolecular systems I: Jean Krivine

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Logic Tutorial, focused on human reasoning (20 mins)
|-
|4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics Lab - Alfred Hubler [[Tuesday 4:30 Lab Signup|signup]]

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Wednesday, June 11

|-
|
|All afternoon events at SFI

|-
|12:30 p.m. -1:45 p.m.
|Lunch (at SFI)

|-
|2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Carnot, Chemistry, and Computation: D. Eric Smith

|-
|3:00 p.m.
|Tea with SFI community

|-
|3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
|Rule-based modeling for biomolecular systems II: Jean Krivine

|-
|7 p.m. - ?
|Albuquerque Isotopes baseball game

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Thursday, June 12

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Rule-based modeling for biomolecular systems III: Jean Krivine

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Complex Systems I: Dan Stein

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Group Dynamics I: Iain Couzin

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Group Dynamics II: Iain Couzin

|-
|7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
|Pizza Party @ St. Johns

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Friday, June 13

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Complex Systems II: Dan Stein

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Complex Systems III: Dan Stein

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|}

== Week Three - FINANCE/ECONOMY ==

{| width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|- align="center"
| TIME
| ACTIVITY

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Monday, June 16

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Finance/Economics I: [[D._Eric_Smith]]

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Statistical Learning/Markets/Complex Systems I: [[Greg_Leibon]]

|-
|12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Herding Behaviors: Willamien Kets

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Tuesday, June 17

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
| Prehistoric Finance: Daniel Hruschka

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Statistical Learning/Markets/Complex Systems II: [[Greg_Leibon]]

|-
|12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Statistical Learning/Markets/Complex Systems III: [[Greg_Leibon]]

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Cellular Networks and Robustness I: Andreas Wagner

|-
|7:00 p.m.
|The Motivation and Creation of "NUMB3RS:" Julie Hebert (writer, director, consulting producer) and David Zucker (co-executive producer)

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Wednesday, June 18

|-
|9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
|Cellular Networks and Robustness II: Andreas Wagner

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Econophysics I: Doyne Farmer

|-
|12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Thursday, June 19

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Econophysics II: [[J. Doyne Farmer]]

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Climate and Diet I: Gidon Eshel

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Evolutionary Computing I: Melanie Mitchell

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Evolutionary Computing II: Melanie Mitchell

|-
|7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
|Pizza Party @ St. Johns

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Friday, June 20 - All Day at SFI 

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Evolutionary Computing III: Melanie Mitchell

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Climate and Diet II: Gidon Eshel

|-
|12:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
| Lunch (@ SFI)

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m
| Communicating Complexity: Mitch Waldrop

|}

== Week Four ==

{| width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|- align="center"
| TIME
| ACTIVITY

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Monday, June 23

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Social Sciences/Modeling II: Scott E. Page

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Computational Complexity: Cris Moore

|-
|12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|OPEN

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Tuesday, June 24

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Social Sciences/Modeling II: Scott E. Page

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Quantum Computing: Cris Moore

|-
|12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Wednesday, June 25

|-
|
|All events at SFI

|-
|
|CSSS@20: Continuity and Novelty

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
|Trans-disciplinarity and complexity - What makes SFI unique?: David Krakauer

|-
|10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|The diffusion of statistical physics reasoning into complex phenomena: D. Eric Smith

|-
|11:00 a.m. - 11:45 p.m.
|Experimental and Empirical Data: Jessica Flack

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
|The evolution of computational concepts and methods at SFI: Stephanie Forrest

|-
|2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Changing visions of society: From the many-body problem to sustainability: Luis Bettencourt

|-
|3:15 p.m.
|Tea with SFI community

|-
|4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
|The influence of SFI on the academic/business/intellectual landscape

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Thursday, June 26

|-
|9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
|

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|OPEN

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Friday, June 27: FINAL POSTER DAY

|-
|5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
|Farewell Party! Academy Awards Theme!

|}

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule

2008-06-04T17:26:27Z

Kolbjorn: /* Week One: MODELING/NONLINEAR DYNAMICS */

{{CSSS 2008 Santa Fe}}



== Week One: MODELING/NONLINEAR DYNAMICS ==

{| width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|- align="center"
| TIME
| ACTIVITY

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Sunday, June 1
|-
|5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
|Welcome Reception & Buffet Dinner @ St. Johns

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Monday, June 2
|-
|
|All events at St. Johns
|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Opening Remarks: [[Geoffrey West/Dan Rockmore]]
|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break
|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics I: [[Liz Bradley]]
|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch
|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Agent-based Modeling: [[Stephen Guerin/Owen Densmore]]
|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break
|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Student introductions & breaking the ice
|-
|7:30 p.m.
| Special Event: Liz Bradley/David Capps - [http://www.santafe.edu/events/abstract/1226 Con/cantation Chaotic Variations]
|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Tuesday, June 3
|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Networks I: [[Mark Newman]]
|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics II: [[Liz Bradley]]

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Modeling in the Social Sciences I: [[Josh Epstein]]

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics III: [[Liz Bradley]]

|-
|7:00 pm - 9:00/9:30 p.m.
|Downtown for evening - one drink coupon at Coyote Cafe - shuttles back and forth

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
|
| Wednesday, June 4

|-
|
|All events at SFI

|-
|12:30 p.m. -1:45 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Networks II: [[Mark Newman]]

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
|Tea with SFI community

|-
|3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
|Social Sciences Modeling II: [[Josh Epstein]]

|-
|8 p.m. - ?
|Board Game evening in the [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Image:Cr_map.JPG Lower Common Room]

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
|
| Thursday, June 5

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics IV: [[Liz Bradley]]

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Networks III: [[Mark Newman]]

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Social Sciences/Modeling III: [[Josh Epstein]]

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics (in action!): [[Alfred Hubler]]

|-
|7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
|[[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Tutorials#Introduction_to_the_Design_and_Analysis_of_Computer_Experiments| Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments]]: [[B%C3%A9la_Nagy|Béla Nagy]]

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Friday, June 6

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Evolution I: [[David Krakauer]]

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Networks IV: [[Mark Newman]]

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics Lab - w/Alfred Hubler [[Friday 1:00 Lab Signup|signup]]

|Eigenvalues tutorial

|-
|3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics Lab - w/Alfred Hubler [[Friday 3:00 Lab Signup|signup]]

Evolutionary Game Theory Tutorial ([[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Tutorials#A_Crash_Course_to_Classical_and_Evolutionary_Game_Theory|more info]])

|-
|5:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m.
|Flamenco Theme Party! @ SFI

|}

== Week Two - Ecology/Evolution/Molecular Biology/Disordered Systems ==

{| width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|- align="center"
| TIME
| ACTIVITY

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Monday, June 9

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|MCMC and Complex Systems: [[Aaron Clauset]]

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Foodwebs I: Jennifer Dunne

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Foodwebs II: Neo Martinez

|-
|7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
| Tutorial: [[ Matlab tutorial ]]

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Tuesday, June 10

|-
|9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Food Webs III: Jennifer Dunne

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Food Webs IV: Neo Martinez

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Rule-based modeling for biomolecular systems I: Jean Krivine

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Logic Tutorial, focused on human reasoning (20 mins)
|-
|4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
|Nonlinear Dynamics Lab - Alfred Hubler [[Tuesday 4:30 Lab Signup|signup]]

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Wednesday, June 11

|-
|
|All afternoon events at SFI

|-
|12:30 p.m. -1:45 p.m.
|Lunch (at SFI)

|-
|2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Carnot, Chemistry, and Computation: D. Eric Smith

|-
|3:00 p.m.
|Tea with SFI community

|-
|3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
|Rule-based modeling for biomolecular systems II: Jean Krivine

|-
|7 p.m. - ?
|Albuquerque Isotopes baseball game

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Thursday, June 12

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Rule-based modeling for biomolecular systems III: Jean Krivine

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Complex Systems I: Dan Stein

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Group Dynamics I: Iain Couzin

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Group Dynamics II: Iain Couzin

|-
|7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
|Pizza Party @ St. Johns

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Friday, June 13

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Complex Systems II: Dan Stein

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Complex Systems III: Dan Stein

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|}

== Week Three - FINANCE/ECONOMY ==

{| width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|- align="center"
| TIME
| ACTIVITY

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Monday, June 16

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Finance/Economics I: [[D._Eric_Smith]]

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Statistical Learning/Markets/Complex Systems I: [[Greg_Leibon]]

|-
|12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Herding Behaviors: Willamien Kets

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Tuesday, June 17

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
| Prehistoric Finance: Daniel Hruschka

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Statistical Learning/Markets/Complex Systems II: [[Greg_Leibon]]

|-
|12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Statistical Learning/Markets/Complex Systems III: [[Greg_Leibon]]

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Cellular Networks and Robustness I: Andreas Wagner

|-
|7:00 p.m.
|The Motivation and Creation of "NUMB3RS:" Julie Hebert (writer, director, consulting producer) and David Zucker (co-executive producer)

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Wednesday, June 18

|-
|9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.
|Cellular Networks and Robustness II: Andreas Wagner

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Econophysics I: Doyne Farmer

|-
|12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Thursday, June 19

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Econophysics II: [[J. Doyne Farmer]]

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Climate and Diet I: Gidon Eshel

|-
|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|Evolutionary Computing I: Melanie Mitchell

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|Evolutionary Computing II: Melanie Mitchell

|-
|7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
|Pizza Party @ St. Johns

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Friday, June 20 - All Day at SFI 

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Evolutionary Computing III: Melanie Mitchell

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Climate and Diet II: Gidon Eshel

|-
|12:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
| Lunch (@ SFI)

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m
| Communicating Complexity: Mitch Waldrop

|}

== Week Four ==

{| width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="4"
|- align="center"
| TIME
| ACTIVITY

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Monday, June 23

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Social Sciences/Modeling II: Scott E. Page

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Computational Complexity: Cris Moore

|-
|12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|OPEN

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Tuesday, June 24

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
|Social Sciences/Modeling II: Scott E. Page

|-
|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

|-
|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|Quantum Computing: Cris Moore

|-
|12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

|-
|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
|

|-
|2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Break

|-
|3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
|

|- bgcolor="#aaaaaa" align="center"
| 
| Wednesday, June 25

|-
|
|All events at SFI

|-
|
|CSSS@20: Continuity and Novelty

|-
|9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.
|Trans-disciplinarity and complexity - What makes SFI unique?: David Krakauer

|-
|10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|The diffusion of statistical physics reasoning into complex phenomena: D. Eric Smith

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|11:00 a.m. - 11:45 p.m.
|Experimental and Empirical Data: Jessica Flack

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|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

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|1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m.
|The evolution of computational concepts and methods at SFI: Stephanie Forrest

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|2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.
|Changing visions of society: From the many-body problem to sustainability: Luis Bettencourt

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|3:15 p.m.
|Tea with SFI community

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|4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
|The influence of SFI on the academic/business/intellectual landscape

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| Thursday, June 26

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|9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
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|10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
|Break

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|10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
|OPEN

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|12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
|Lunch

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|1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
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| Friday, June 27: FINAL POSTER DAY

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|5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
|Farewell Party! Academy Awards Theme!

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CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule

2008-06-04T17:25:13Z

Kolbjorn: /* Week One: MODELING/NONLINEAR DYNAMICS */

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Tutorials

2008-06-04T17:22:38Z

Kolbjorn: /* Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find them? */

{{CSSS 2008 Santa Fe}}



== Open Source research software ==

Open (no pun intended...) your eyes to the wonderful world of FOSS -- Free and Open Source Software. While the distinction between Free and Open Source is a very interesting one (and highly contentious in the right crowds), for research purposes, we want to use the best tools for the job but some of us suffer from limited income, so I would like to talk about both. At the same time, FOSS is great to use for a non-economic reason: if you find bugs, or design extensions, you can fix them yourself (in OSS, at least) or at least report the problem back to a typically active community. Some potential tools to discuss/explore: R, Octave, Scilab, Gnuplot, perhaps some of the more useful languages in the field like Python and perhaps others I don't know as much about (a quick `apt-cache` on my Ubuntu Hardy install shows RasMol, ClustalW, SeaView, Achilles, complearn, EMBOSS, GENESIS, etc...)

- I would like to give a "Brazilian" contribution. Those who are interested in GIS&Cia could have a look at [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/gilberto/software.html Free and Open Source GIS Source].
[[Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I would be happy to contribute a little bit about freely available simulation environments like ns-2 (computer networks) and omnet++ (a generic DES) -- Laura

- For Python I can offer a tutorial (see below). Nish, do you have any experience with [http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage]? [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

All great ideas and I would love to have more of a "You know how to use this tool or you know of this tool, you talk about it" style of tutorial :)
Maybe we can do a general OSS tutorial/discussion and then transition to specific sub-topics in separate tutorials (Python, GIS, networks, etc)?
I've not used Sage, before, but I'm happy to take a look before the tutorial. Thanks for the info, Giovanni!

== R tutorial ==
I (''[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') know a little bit about R (basic stuff such as common plots and regression analysis) but would like to enhance my R skills. Does anybody have an interest in a R tutorial, too? Please edit this if there is more interest.

Would be interested in learning about this as well. -[[Devin_Drown|Devin]]

I would be interested as well. [[Mark_Rivera | Mark]]

I am fairly familiar with R and could probably run a tutorial... what are you all interested in learn? - Skyler

== Python tutorial ==
I've (''also [[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') interest in a Python tutorial. Please edit this if there is more interest.

I can give a tutorial on python and on scipy/numpy. I can also talk about coding in general, as python is both a languange which is object oriented, imperative and functional (somehow). We can use the [http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html python tutorial] itself as a reference for the part about the language, and then move to the basic concepts of the duo [http://numpy.org numpy] / [http://scipy.org scipy], which form a powerful tool to manipulate n-dimensional arrays of numbers and also talk about [http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/ ipython] (the enhanced interactive shell) and the [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ pylab] interface, which gives a very nice environment for interactive programming and data analysis. Since pylab has been designed to mimic MATLAB's interface (the major plotting/statistical functions work as expected in both enviroments, which saves you a lot of time if you're used to MATLAB), I can also talk a bit about MATLAB, but being not a big fan of it, it would be better if somebody else stepped in to another tutorial on that.

Leave a mark if interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I'd be interested in this as well [[User: Mark | Mark]] 
I'm in. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]
I'm in. [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

== Neutral models in biology ==
There is an interesting [http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4911 paper] by Cosma Shalizi of SFI about methodological problems in social sciences research in which he talks about the concept of neutral models in evolution models. I was wondering if any of the bio-people can give a tutorial on this topic as I am pretty interested in understanding the concept. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I would be very interested in learning about neutral networks too! - Skyler

== GIS / Spatial Analysis ==

Space Matters!! Geographical information system (GIS) is a computational system (hardware + database engine) that is designed to assemble, store, update, analyze, manipulate, and display geographically referenced information (data identified by their locations).

I'm thinking about introducing some basic GIS concepts and a free GIS software known as [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/~flavia/GIS/ Terraview]. We could also explore some spatial analysis techniques (this is the best part!) using Terraview and [http://www.geoda.uiuc.edu/downloadin.php GeoDa] (also free!).

Please edit here if you are interested or send me an email. [mailto:flafeitosa@gmail.com Flávia]

I'm in [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]] 
I'd do this. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

== Statistical Physics for Non-Physicists ==
Problem: Textbooks about this are written for physicists.
Solution: A Physicist (or mathematician) that would be so kind and spend few minutes (or maybe hours) to explain all that stuff to people like me(Petr):-)

[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]: Do you seek for a general introduction or something specific?

A crash course in Statistical Physics would be awesome. Let us know. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]]

I am interested too. (Soumya)

Me too. (Jean)

Interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

Ditto - Skyler

I'd be willing to run such a tutorial. However, I would have to consult with some/all of the interested parties to find out what kind of statphys you want to learn about. There are a huge number of possible topics, one could start with basics like ensembles, or perhaps people are interested in master equation and other non-equilibrium techniques, or maybe critical phenomena is what people are interested in. I really do not know. (Orion)

== Modern Logic and Reasoning ==
Like I mentioned in the 'ice-breaking', I could tell something about application of modern logic into human reasoning. It's a very board topic, and very new. Criticisms are welcome and needed. I would give some basic examples. On top of that, I would also say some development of logic, and how I found it useful in research, which might seem un-related to logic, esp. in social science. I am planning to give a 15 to 20 minutes presentation, UNLESS people want to hear more, in that case, please let me know.
QiQi

I'm interested! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Me too! [[kolbjorn|Kolbjørn]] 
Sign me up. — [[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
I'm interested too! (Flavia) 
I'm in! [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
I'm in too [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
Count me in - Skyler

Update! Time at June 10th, 03.15 p.m. - 03.35 p.m.
[[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

== Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments ==
How do you find "interesting" behavior when your computer model is too slow or the inputs are too many to try every possible combination? Using an Arctic sea ice simulator example, I will show you how modern statistical methods can help you explore your virtual world more efficiently. Check out this brief
[http://www.stat.sfu.ca/~dbingham/NICDS_CompExpt/research.html overview] or a more technical paper about
[http://www.schonlau.net/publication/jogo98.pdf global optimization].
Time permitting we could also touch on some of the statistical concepts involved, e.g. cross-validation, maximum likelihood estimation, or Bayesian statistics.
[[B%C3%A9la_Nagy|Béla]]

== Genomics / Central dogma overview ==
It seems like some of you might be interested in an overview of the central dogma of molecular biology to non-biologists. This could be an 1h tutorial on the major actors of gene expression: nucleus, chromosomes, chromatine, DNA, RNA (tRNA, mRNA), proteins, polymerases, ribosomes, transcription factors, and eventually a quick intro to small, non-coding RNAs as a bonus. Although being a bioinformatician by training, I'm happy to leave the way if a "hard core" biologist wants to do this tutorial (Molly ?). Edit if interested! Jean

I'd be happy to attend a tutorial in 'genomics for idiots' -- Laura

Me too. I am also interested in metagenomics if this is not too much of course. -- Francois

== Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning ==
I (Nish) could introduce some of the basic methods in AI/ML. If there is significant interest in the two fields separately, I could do two tutorials. Would probably focus on the higher level, rather than the nitty-gritty details, as well as applications of the methods to real problems. I'm not necessarily an expert, although have a fair amount of experience in the area, so I would prefer a more interactive session, where questions can be answered by everyone.

Sign me up. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]]

== A Crash Course to Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory ==
Game theory is the study of interactive decision making. Classical game theory aims to develop a general theory to describe how rational agents interact strategically. In many cases humans lack the kind of infinite computational power and time assumed by classical game theory. In the early 1970s the biologist John Maynard Smith introduced evolutionary methods to the field, dispensing with the assumption of hyper-rationality while changing many of the concepts central to the field along the way. The result was evolutionary game theory. This new framework has been used to model the behavior of fundamentally non-rational players (such as viruses) as well as humans.

In this tutorial, I'd try to introduce the basic concepts in both of these fields, namely, the definition of a game, payoffs, the Nash equilibirum and evolutionarily stable strategies, the replicator dynamics. I'll briefly mention the three basic classes of two-strategy games represented by the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Snowdrift Game (sometimes called the Hawk-Dove game or Chicken), and the Stag Hunt Game. Depending on particular interests of the group, we could prove the Bishop-Cannings theorem and give a classification of all symmetric two-strategy games; or look at updating methods and spatial chaos; reputation and image scoring; rock-paper-scissors in biological systems; or evolutionary branching and specialization.

If there's something else you'd like to know about EGT, shoot me ([mailto:joshua.reyes@removeme.gmail.com Josh]) an email, and I'll see if I can dig up something I know on your topic. I'm not going to require any fancy mathematical background. If you've seen a 2×2 matrix before, great. Otherwise, it's not a big deal. We won't multiply them or calculate their eigenvalues. They'll just serve as a means for bookkeeping.

Update! Some of us are also thinking about setting up a [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Projects_%26_Working_Groups#Evolutionary_Game_Theory|working group]] as well.

 Update 2! This has been scheduled on Friday from 3 - 5, location TBD.

*I'll sign up for this. Kolbjørn
*I'm interested too! (Flavia)
*I'll be there too. Kathleen
*I'm in. Jean
*I'm interested as well. Steve
*will be there at 3 [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]
*I'll be there, Petr

== Resilience of social-ecological systems ==
The resilience perspective is increasingly used as an approach for understanding the dynamics of social–ecological systems. Essential for the resilience perspective is the recognition that living systems are not in equilibrium but rather in a domain of attraction.
Many dynamic systems, however, have multiple domains of attraction. Moreover, self-organizing processes can create or change the shape and depth of this domain of attraction. Within the resilience perspective, new pathways of sustainable development can be represented by crossing a threshold from a domain of attraction and/or by creating new domains. Resilience is a measure of how much change or disruption is required to transform a system from being maintained by one set of mutually reinforcing processes and structures to a different set of processes and structures.
If you are interested we (Mike and Dirk) can introduce you to some of the insights developed by the [http://www.resalliance.org/1.php resiliance alliance] and the challenges we face in understanding these kind of systems.

I am interested in this too. Richard

Very interested, any idea of when you will do it? [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm interested as well. Steve

I'm interested too. - Skyler

== Introduction to classical control theory ==
I (Srideep) can offer a 'quick' tutorial on control theory/control systems. This is will be a simple introduction to the motivation, basic ideas, issues and jargon in the field. If you are interested, please let me know about your background in linear algebra, complex analysis and calculus. Depending on the background, I might spend more or less time introducing the field.

Ideally, if you know what eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix are, what a pole of a complex function is and how the solution of a linear differential equation looks like, you are ready to jump right into controls. If the words above don't mean much at all, then we can run a quick 'review' of what they mean intuitively.
you can sign up here or send me an email [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

I'd be very interested in this tutorial. I think I'm basically OK on the prerequisites,
but I wouldn't be annoyed by a review. Perhaps Monday? -- Laura

I'm in too. I guess I should be ok on linear algebra, calculus and linear ODEs, but I don't know what the pole of a complex function is. Jean

I'm in. If we can start with 'pole' thing, that would be wonderful. - Masayoshi

Hi Srideep, please put me in this group. About my background on the subjects you asked; zero!!! Sorry. Rio

Definitely interested in this. - Jacob

== Topology/algebra ==
I (Srideep) will also be happy to talk about topology, introducing the concepts of point-set topology. The language of modern mathematics is enshrined in the concepts of point-set topology. I can also talk about group theory and introduce abstract algebra to those interested. In my opinion, it is the most powerful gateway into abstract thinking. sign here or email me [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

I'd be very interested in that. Jean

I'd be interested to see what you cover in the topology section. Algebra, however, is for the birds :) Paul

Srideep, can you do an introduction to category theory? Or would you be interested in co-organizing a tutorial with me? - Jacob

== Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find them? ==
I (Kolbjørn) can put together a brief and elementary introduction to eigenvalues and eigenvectors if anyone have an urge for this. Sign up or e-mail and we'll schedule something. [mailto:kolbjorn@chalmers.se Kolbjørn]

UPDATE! Time: Friday June 6th, 01.00 p.m. - 03.00 p.m. If this collides with other stuff, please yell out! [[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

Yes please. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]]

I am also very interested [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm in as well [[ Mark_Rivera|Mark]]

Please - have always been kind of confusing to me. [[Jonathan_Zelner|Jon]]

== How your computer works ==

Nish and Laura can give a joint tutorial on 'how your computer works'. What happens when I type 'www.santafe.edu' in my browser? How does a web server at santafe.edu handle all those incoming requests? What happens when I use a WiFi access point? Basically, we'd be happy to take your questions about how your computer works and do our best to answer them - we're also happy to have other co-tutors.

Let us know if there's interest [mailto:lmfeeney@sics.se Laura], we'd probably schedule later next week, to not conflict with tutorials that focus on maths and other project prerequisites.

== How your hardware works ==
Along the same lines as the computer tutorial, I've found myself discussing hardware with a number of folks. And why hardware matters from a massive parallelism perspective (which is quite common in the complex research areas I've encountered). If folks are interested, I can give a rough overview of the way hardware works in different types of computers and supercomputers (as much as I understand of it) as well as how to best leverage that knowledge.

== Computational Physics for Non-physicists or A small introduction into Applied Physics ==

I've seen that many people are interested in physics. I could give an introduction to "computational" physics - this means physics with a PC. Actually, it is very broad and gives some basics for simulations (interesting for all simulation-folks):

- What is a 'random number generator' and why should I know something about it?

- What are Master-equations?

- The Ising-model / Voter-model

- The Central Limit Theorem or why does it make sense to average over multiple runs of a simulation?

- ...

[[Ruben Kubiak|Ruben]]

I'm very interested [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

==Information Theory==
An open discussion of Shannon information theory (would like some help in presenting this part clearly) and then some newer results from its application to cellular automata (and potentially other complex systems).

==Cellular Automata==
CAs (particularly ECAs) are a very interested model of computation. How do 8 rules (ECA 110, e.g.) emulate a Turing Machine? Why is that interesting? What can we learn about what defines computation given CAs? Maybe we can also discuss some simple computational (Turing) theory.

==A little analytical tool-box: Non-linear dynamics, ODEs, PDEs...==
The [[David_Foster|brothers]] [[Jacob_Foster|Foster]] would be happy to offer some tutorials on analytical methods. Depending on what Alfred Hubler covers, we can do some fraction of Strogatz (flows on the line & circle, bifurcations, maybe linear systems, index theorem, etc.), as well as offering a basic introduction to solving linear ODEs (no theorems, just techniques) and simple PDEs like the heat equation, with boundary conditions. Ideally this would come after Kolbjørn's eigen-stuff course, so we can just assume familiarity with that.

==Linguistics==
Can someone (I don't know [[Peter_Graff|who]]) perhaps offer a tutorial on basic linguistics stuff? I am particularly interested in generative grammar and coverage of the Chomsky "Three Models" paper, but maybe there are more interesting topics to be discussed these days... -Jacob

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Tutorials

2008-06-04T17:21:50Z

Kolbjorn: /* Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find them? */

{{CSSS 2008 Santa Fe}}



== Open Source research software ==

Open (no pun intended...) your eyes to the wonderful world of FOSS -- Free and Open Source Software. While the distinction between Free and Open Source is a very interesting one (and highly contentious in the right crowds), for research purposes, we want to use the best tools for the job but some of us suffer from limited income, so I would like to talk about both. At the same time, FOSS is great to use for a non-economic reason: if you find bugs, or design extensions, you can fix them yourself (in OSS, at least) or at least report the problem back to a typically active community. Some potential tools to discuss/explore: R, Octave, Scilab, Gnuplot, perhaps some of the more useful languages in the field like Python and perhaps others I don't know as much about (a quick `apt-cache` on my Ubuntu Hardy install shows RasMol, ClustalW, SeaView, Achilles, complearn, EMBOSS, GENESIS, etc...)

- I would like to give a "Brazilian" contribution. Those who are interested in GIS&Cia could have a look at [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/gilberto/software.html Free and Open Source GIS Source].
[[Flavia_Feitosa|Flavia]]

I would be happy to contribute a little bit about freely available simulation environments like ns-2 (computer networks) and omnet++ (a generic DES) -- Laura

- For Python I can offer a tutorial (see below). Nish, do you have any experience with [http://www.sagemath.org/ Sage]? [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

All great ideas and I would love to have more of a "You know how to use this tool or you know of this tool, you talk about it" style of tutorial :)
Maybe we can do a general OSS tutorial/discussion and then transition to specific sub-topics in separate tutorials (Python, GIS, networks, etc)?
I've not used Sage, before, but I'm happy to take a look before the tutorial. Thanks for the info, Giovanni!

== R tutorial ==
I (''[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') know a little bit about R (basic stuff such as common plots and regression analysis) but would like to enhance my R skills. Does anybody have an interest in a R tutorial, too? Please edit this if there is more interest.

Would be interested in learning about this as well. -[[Devin_Drown|Devin]]

I would be interested as well. [[Mark_Rivera | Mark]]

I am fairly familiar with R and could probably run a tutorial... what are you all interested in learn? - Skyler

== Python tutorial ==
I've (''also [[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]'') interest in a Python tutorial. Please edit this if there is more interest.

I can give a tutorial on python and on scipy/numpy. I can also talk about coding in general, as python is both a languange which is object oriented, imperative and functional (somehow). We can use the [http://docs.python.org/tut/tut.html python tutorial] itself as a reference for the part about the language, and then move to the basic concepts of the duo [http://numpy.org numpy] / [http://scipy.org scipy], which form a powerful tool to manipulate n-dimensional arrays of numbers and also talk about [http://ipython.scipy.org/moin/ ipython] (the enhanced interactive shell) and the [http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/ pylab] interface, which gives a very nice environment for interactive programming and data analysis. Since pylab has been designed to mimic MATLAB's interface (the major plotting/statistical functions work as expected in both enviroments, which saves you a lot of time if you're used to MATLAB), I can also talk a bit about MATLAB, but being not a big fan of it, it would be better if somebody else stepped in to another tutorial on that.

Leave a mark if interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I'd be interested in this as well [[User: Mark | Mark]] 
I'm in. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]
I'm in. [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

== Neutral models in biology ==
There is an interesting [http://arxiv.org/abs/0710.4911 paper] by Cosma Shalizi of SFI about methodological problems in social sciences research in which he talks about the concept of neutral models in evolution models. I was wondering if any of the bio-people can give a tutorial on this topic as I am pretty interested in understanding the concept. [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

I would be very interested in learning about neutral networks too! - Skyler

== GIS / Spatial Analysis ==

Space Matters!! Geographical information system (GIS) is a computational system (hardware + database engine) that is designed to assemble, store, update, analyze, manipulate, and display geographically referenced information (data identified by their locations).

I'm thinking about introducing some basic GIS concepts and a free GIS software known as [http://www.dpi.inpe.br/~flavia/GIS/ Terraview]. We could also explore some spatial analysis techniques (this is the best part!) using Terraview and [http://www.geoda.uiuc.edu/downloadin.php GeoDa] (also free!).

Please edit here if you are interested or send me an email. [mailto:flafeitosa@gmail.com Flávia]

I'm in [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]] 
I'd do this. —[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

== Statistical Physics for Non-Physicists ==
Problem: Textbooks about this are written for physicists.
Solution: A Physicist (or mathematician) that would be so kind and spend few minutes (or maybe hours) to explain all that stuff to people like me(Petr):-)

[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]: Do you seek for a general introduction or something specific?

A crash course in Statistical Physics would be awesome. Let us know. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]]

I am interested too. (Soumya)

Me too. (Jean)

Interested! [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]]

Ditto - Skyler

I'd be willing to run such a tutorial. However, I would have to consult with some/all of the interested parties to find out what kind of statphys you want to learn about. There are a huge number of possible topics, one could start with basics like ensembles, or perhaps people are interested in master equation and other non-equilibrium techniques, or maybe critical phenomena is what people are interested in. I really do not know. (Orion)

== Modern Logic and Reasoning ==
Like I mentioned in the 'ice-breaking', I could tell something about application of modern logic into human reasoning. It's a very board topic, and very new. Criticisms are welcome and needed. I would give some basic examples. On top of that, I would also say some development of logic, and how I found it useful in research, which might seem un-related to logic, esp. in social science. I am planning to give a 15 to 20 minutes presentation, UNLESS people want to hear more, in that case, please let me know.
QiQi

I'm interested! [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]] 
Me too! [[kolbjorn|Kolbjørn]] 
Sign me up. — [[User:Jreyes|Josh]] 
I'm interested too! (Flavia) 
I'm in! [[Srideep_Musuvathy|srideep]] 
I'm in too [[User:Giovanni|Giovanni]] 
Count me in - Skyler

Update! Time at June 10th, 03.15 p.m. - 03.35 p.m.
[[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

== Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments ==
How do you find "interesting" behavior when your computer model is too slow or the inputs are too many to try every possible combination? Using an Arctic sea ice simulator example, I will show you how modern statistical methods can help you explore your virtual world more efficiently. Check out this brief
[http://www.stat.sfu.ca/~dbingham/NICDS_CompExpt/research.html overview] or a more technical paper about
[http://www.schonlau.net/publication/jogo98.pdf global optimization].
Time permitting we could also touch on some of the statistical concepts involved, e.g. cross-validation, maximum likelihood estimation, or Bayesian statistics.
[[B%C3%A9la_Nagy|Béla]]

== Genomics / Central dogma overview ==
It seems like some of you might be interested in an overview of the central dogma of molecular biology to non-biologists. This could be an 1h tutorial on the major actors of gene expression: nucleus, chromosomes, chromatine, DNA, RNA (tRNA, mRNA), proteins, polymerases, ribosomes, transcription factors, and eventually a quick intro to small, non-coding RNAs as a bonus. Although being a bioinformatician by training, I'm happy to leave the way if a "hard core" biologist wants to do this tutorial (Molly ?). Edit if interested! Jean

I'd be happy to attend a tutorial in 'genomics for idiots' -- Laura

Me too. I am also interested in metagenomics if this is not too much of course. -- Francois

== Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning ==
I (Nish) could introduce some of the basic methods in AI/ML. If there is significant interest in the two fields separately, I could do two tutorials. Would probably focus on the higher level, rather than the nitty-gritty details, as well as applications of the methods to real problems. I'm not necessarily an expert, although have a fair amount of experience in the area, so I would prefer a more interactive session, where questions can be answered by everyone.

Sign me up. — [[User:cyepez|Carlos]]

== A Crash Course to Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory ==
Game theory is the study of interactive decision making. Classical game theory aims to develop a general theory to describe how rational agents interact strategically. In many cases humans lack the kind of infinite computational power and time assumed by classical game theory. In the early 1970s the biologist John Maynard Smith introduced evolutionary methods to the field, dispensing with the assumption of hyper-rationality while changing many of the concepts central to the field along the way. The result was evolutionary game theory. This new framework has been used to model the behavior of fundamentally non-rational players (such as viruses) as well as humans.

In this tutorial, I'd try to introduce the basic concepts in both of these fields, namely, the definition of a game, payoffs, the Nash equilibirum and evolutionarily stable strategies, the replicator dynamics. I'll briefly mention the three basic classes of two-strategy games represented by the Prisoner's Dilemma, the Snowdrift Game (sometimes called the Hawk-Dove game or Chicken), and the Stag Hunt Game. Depending on particular interests of the group, we could prove the Bishop-Cannings theorem and give a classification of all symmetric two-strategy games; or look at updating methods and spatial chaos; reputation and image scoring; rock-paper-scissors in biological systems; or evolutionary branching and specialization.

If there's something else you'd like to know about EGT, shoot me ([mailto:joshua.reyes@removeme.gmail.com Josh]) an email, and I'll see if I can dig up something I know on your topic. I'm not going to require any fancy mathematical background. If you've seen a 2×2 matrix before, great. Otherwise, it's not a big deal. We won't multiply them or calculate their eigenvalues. They'll just serve as a means for bookkeeping.

Update! Some of us are also thinking about setting up a [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Projects_%26_Working_Groups#Evolutionary_Game_Theory|working group]] as well.

 Update 2! This has been scheduled on Friday from 3 - 5, location TBD.

*I'll sign up for this. Kolbjørn
*I'm interested too! (Flavia)
*I'll be there too. Kathleen
*I'm in. Jean
*I'm interested as well. Steve
*will be there at 3 [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]
*I'll be there, Petr

== Resilience of social-ecological systems ==
The resilience perspective is increasingly used as an approach for understanding the dynamics of social–ecological systems. Essential for the resilience perspective is the recognition that living systems are not in equilibrium but rather in a domain of attraction.
Many dynamic systems, however, have multiple domains of attraction. Moreover, self-organizing processes can create or change the shape and depth of this domain of attraction. Within the resilience perspective, new pathways of sustainable development can be represented by crossing a threshold from a domain of attraction and/or by creating new domains. Resilience is a measure of how much change or disruption is required to transform a system from being maintained by one set of mutually reinforcing processes and structures to a different set of processes and structures.
If you are interested we (Mike and Dirk) can introduce you to some of the insights developed by the [http://www.resalliance.org/1.php resiliance alliance] and the challenges we face in understanding these kind of systems.

I am interested in this too. Richard

Very interested, any idea of when you will do it? [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm interested as well. Steve

I'm interested too. - Skyler

== Introduction to classical control theory ==
I (Srideep) can offer a 'quick' tutorial on control theory/control systems. This is will be a simple introduction to the motivation, basic ideas, issues and jargon in the field. If you are interested, please let me know about your background in linear algebra, complex analysis and calculus. Depending on the background, I might spend more or less time introducing the field.

Ideally, if you know what eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a matrix are, what a pole of a complex function is and how the solution of a linear differential equation looks like, you are ready to jump right into controls. If the words above don't mean much at all, then we can run a quick 'review' of what they mean intuitively.
you can sign up here or send me an email [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

I'd be very interested in this tutorial. I think I'm basically OK on the prerequisites,
but I wouldn't be annoyed by a review. Perhaps Monday? -- Laura

I'm in too. I guess I should be ok on linear algebra, calculus and linear ODEs, but I don't know what the pole of a complex function is. Jean

I'm in. If we can start with 'pole' thing, that would be wonderful. - Masayoshi

Hi Srideep, please put me in this group. About my background on the subjects you asked; zero!!! Sorry. Rio

Definitely interested in this. - Jacob

== Topology/algebra ==
I (Srideep) will also be happy to talk about topology, introducing the concepts of point-set topology. The language of modern mathematics is enshrined in the concepts of point-set topology. I can also talk about group theory and introduce abstract algebra to those interested. In my opinion, it is the most powerful gateway into abstract thinking. sign here or email me [mailto:srideep.musuvathy@gmail.com srideep]

I'd be very interested in that. Jean

I'd be interested to see what you cover in the topology section. Algebra, however, is for the birds :) Paul

Srideep, can you do an introduction to category theory? Or would you be interested in co-organizing a tutorial with me? - Jacob

== Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find them? ==
I (Kolbjørn) can put together a brief and elementary introduction to eigenvalues and eigenvectors if anyone have an urge for this. Sign up or e-mail and we'll schedule something. [mailto:kolbjorn@chalmers.se Kolbjørn]

UPDATE! Time: Friday June 6th, 01.00 p.m. - 03.00 p.m.
[[CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule]]

Yes please. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]]

I am also very interested [[Walter_Zesk|Walt]]

I'm in as well [[ Mark_Rivera|Mark]]

Please - have always been kind of confusing to me. [[Jonathan_Zelner|Jon]]

== How your computer works ==

Nish and Laura can give a joint tutorial on 'how your computer works'. What happens when I type 'www.santafe.edu' in my browser? How does a web server at santafe.edu handle all those incoming requests? What happens when I use a WiFi access point? Basically, we'd be happy to take your questions about how your computer works and do our best to answer them - we're also happy to have other co-tutors.

Let us know if there's interest [mailto:lmfeeney@sics.se Laura], we'd probably schedule later next week, to not conflict with tutorials that focus on maths and other project prerequisites.

== How your hardware works ==
Along the same lines as the computer tutorial, I've found myself discussing hardware with a number of folks. And why hardware matters from a massive parallelism perspective (which is quite common in the complex research areas I've encountered). If folks are interested, I can give a rough overview of the way hardware works in different types of computers and supercomputers (as much as I understand of it) as well as how to best leverage that knowledge.

== Computational Physics for Non-physicists or A small introduction into Applied Physics ==

I've seen that many people are interested in physics. I could give an introduction to "computational" physics - this means physics with a PC. Actually, it is very broad and gives some basics for simulations (interesting for all simulation-folks):

- What is a 'random number generator' and why should I know something about it?

- What are Master-equations?

- The Ising-model / Voter-model

- The Central Limit Theorem or why does it make sense to average over multiple runs of a simulation?

- ...

[[Ruben Kubiak|Ruben]]

I'm very interested [[Nish_Aravamudan|Nish]]

==Information Theory==
An open discussion of Shannon information theory (would like some help in presenting this part clearly) and then some newer results from its application to cellular automata (and potentially other complex systems).

==Cellular Automata==
CAs (particularly ECAs) are a very interested model of computation. How do 8 rules (ECA 110, e.g.) emulate a Turing Machine? Why is that interesting? What can we learn about what defines computation given CAs? Maybe we can also discuss some simple computational (Turing) theory.

==A little analytical tool-box: Non-linear dynamics, ODEs, PDEs...==
The [[David_Foster|brothers]] [[Jacob_Foster|Foster]] would be happy to offer some tutorials on analytical methods. Depending on what Alfred Hubler covers, we can do some fraction of Strogatz (flows on the line & circle, bifurcations, maybe linear systems, index theorem, etc.), as well as offering a basic introduction to solving linear ODEs (no theorems, just techniques) and simple PDEs like the heat equation, with boundary conditions. Ideally this would come after Kolbjørn's eigen-stuff course, so we can just assume familiarity with that.

==Linguistics==
Can someone (I don't know [[Peter_Graff|who]]) perhaps offer a tutorial on basic linguistics stuff? I am particularly interested in generative grammar and coverage of the Chomsky "Three Models" paper, but maybe there are more interesting topics to be discussed these days... -Jacob

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Projects & Working Groups

2008-06-04T16:38:02Z

Kolbjorn: /* BrainStorming Projects */

{{CSSS 2008 Santa Fe}}



== Potential Projects ==

=== Antagonistic interspecific interactions ===
After chatting with several people about host-parasite systems and hearing some of the comments at the icebreaker, I want to see if others are interested in potential projects in this area. As a way of getting some brain storming started, I’ve just typed up some topics (these include ideas I’ve heard from others here at Santa Fe) to see if there is critical mass and an interesting question.

Topics (no particular order)
*Impact of immune system on host-parasite (/pathogen) interaction
*'''Impact of heterogeneous hosts''': ([[Sarah_Cobey|Sarah]] writes:) Most ecological models of consumer-resource interactions assume that all consumers "view" resources the same way, i.e., each resource has only one possible phenotype. For a host-pathogen system, this means that all hosts agree on which strains are identical and which are different, since all hosts are targeting the same antigenic sites (epitopes) of the pathogen in their immune response. When pathogen strains compete in this environment, a broad range of cool dynamics result ([http://www.scienceonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/280/5365/912 Gupta et al., Science, 1998]), depending on the strength of cross-immunity. There is evidence that hosts do not mount identical immune responses when challenged with the same strain of pathogen. In other words, a pathogen's phenotype is a function of the host. How does heterogeneity in hosts' immune responses--this multiplicity of phenotypes--affect competition among pathogens? These could be important results for the field. I'm thinking of doing some simple nonlinear dynamical analysis that builds on the framework in the Gupta paper. This problem seems broadly extensible to antagonistic interactions more generally, but I can't think of specific biological examples. Anyone interested? (Talk to me or post here!)
**Seems like you could add some details of host genetics and then make up a matrix that describes the fitness dependences of the pathogens for each host genotype. -Devin
**Interesting paper by [http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/104/18/7711 Recker et al (2008)] that could be interesting to discuss on this track as well. -Devin
*Infectious diseases: epidemic outbreaks vs. endemic steady states
*Direct vs. vector transmission of parasites/pathogens
*Non-genetic transmission of disease resistance
*Effects of pathogen competition on epidemic outbreaks
*Spatial heterogeneity of transmission of parasites

'''Interested?''' Please add ideas that you find interesting or would like to explore more (or just your name).

-[[Devin_Drown|Devin]]

Epidemiology in general. -[[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]

=== Biological Levels / Phenotypes Discussion ===
We have a number of folks here either interested in or studying biology at various levels. I am interested in talking about ways in which it makes sense integrate different levels of biological knowledge into a representation of a system. For example, how might microRNA predictions be combined with gene expression networks (or proteomics or SNPs) to lead to a phenotype.

I am also interested in questions of how phenotypes are defined. Within an organ state (e.g., disease or not) for example, a phenotype might be defined as a gene expression pattern, a growth rate, a panel of microsatellite lengths, or functionally by in vivo or ex vivo capabilities to self-renew, etc. If what we are trying to understand is a larger question of disease or functionality, which phenotypes are interesting and useful (and possible!) to use?

I think these questions can be approached from a variety of ways. Off the top of my head, perhaps multi-scaled modeling or examining the system as a multi-level evolutionary system... I'm sure there are many others.

If you are interested, add your name and we can set up a time / place to talk about these and related questions. Also, please add anything you might want to include in a discussion!!

[[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]]

=== Something in Neuroscience ===
I (Nish) would really like to do some more intensive, deep research in Neuroscience (Computational being my perspective). While I am fascinated by neurological and behavioral diseases, I would be open to any kind of neuroscientific problem. Anyone else?

=== Asymetric co-evolution in space/time ===
[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Dirk_van_Apeldoorn I] would be interested studing dynamic networks that have different rates and/or distributions. You could think of a ecological interaction example of parasites that are distributed by wind and have a lifspan of a few weeks, and plants that are spatially contstraint and have an annual lifespan. Or a social-ecological example of people managing a certain natural resource.

Dirk

I think there may be interesting connections between this problem and one of communication networks with different rates of data transmission and transceiver availability. So I would be intersted in discussing this; alternatively I would be happy to learn more about biology... -- Laura

=== Evolving skepticism ===
I'd like to do anything relating to the introduction of misinformation into a system, but one concrete suggestion is looking at how one might evolve a skeptical response to defend against being "defrauded" (this could be in a social science or biological system).

Abby

=== if you can't grow '''Collapse''', you haven't explained it ===
Gared Diamond describes a five point framework for collapse of societies.
These points are:

-resilience of the environment to human caused damage

-climate change

-hostile neighbours

-friendly neighbours

-society's response to its problems

My proposal is to test these points in an agent based setup. we could for example use the parameter sweep etc.

If you are interested, add your name and we can set up a time / place to talk about these and related questions.

[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Dirk_van_Apeldoorn Dirk]

I am also very interested in this [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Richard_Streeter Richard]

Could we adapt this and include an urban perspective? [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Flavia_Feitosa Flávia]

Everybody needs his physicist. :-) - [[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]

I'm interested in this project as well. [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Steve_Hall Steve]

I am interested!
[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/John_Pang John]

=== Let's make networks secure ===

I'm interested in making 'secure' networks with bound resources (like it is normal in reality). This is a very general questions and has many oppurtunities. For example:

- I have an epidemic and not enough vaccine - who should be vaccinated, who not?

- Terrorist try to smuggle a bomb into the land of Oz. Which flights between which airports should be especially watched to minimize this risk?

- How can we try to secure the internet with special anti-virus hubs? Is it possible to stop the epidemic of computer-viruses by special 'antibody' servers?

This just came to my mind and if anybody has other good ideas or wants to comment this - please feel free.

- [[Ruben_Kubiak|Ruben]]

=== Network Security Concepts Inspired by Biological and Social Systems ===
Ruben – Was about to post this when I saw your entry. Sounds like we might have some overlap in our ideas…

One area that I am interested in for a project is applying concepts from biological and social systems to the area of computer network security. This is a broad topic and I am hoping to generate some discussion that might lead to a more well-defined research area.

In the biological area, for example, there have been recent developments in Artificial Immune Systems which borrow techniques from the immune system that enable virus detection and elimination in a self-organized and distributed manner. In particular, Stephanie Forest here at SFI has done work in this area. (see http://www.cs.unm.edu/~forrest/ , http://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/0804/0804.1266.pdf) Other interesting research has been done by John Doyle at Caltech in which he compared the “robust yet fragile” organization structures of computer and biological networks (see pages 96-111 http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~doyle/GENSIPS/GENSIPS.pdf , http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~doyle/CmplxNets/)

In the social science area, I have been thinking about trust relationships and how they could apply to computer network security. Trust relationships are well established in computer networks for public key certificates. However, to my knowledge, there is no way to look at the “trust” of pieces of data in a network. Data is often scanned as it enters a network but is not tracked once it is inside to ensure that it behaves properly. This leaves many networks “hard on the outside, but soft and gooey on the inside.” One idea might be to leverage trust/reference concepts in social networks (e.g., eBay, citation networks, Amazon referrals, social websites, etc.) to construct a framework for “trusting” data throughout its lifetime in a network. For example, the more frequently that a piece of data is used effectively by an application might increase its trust. Also see http://www.mindswap.org/papers/Trust.pdf

Please list your name if you have any interest in this topic. Thanks.

Justin Darkoch

=== Incorporating Data into Agent-Based Models ===
The rise of the "omics" fields of biology (e.g., DNA data in genomics, protein data in proteomics, etc) have resulted in a bewildering mass of data. I'm interested in exploring how these data can be incorporated into agent-based modeling strategies. Perhaps the data-mining folks have similar issues?

Perhaps this is a naive question and someone already knows about an instance where this has been successfully accomplished. If so, please forward it along to me!

In any case, I'd like to do anything from just talking about this problem to creating a simple agent-based model that uses publicly-available data. For example, a simple model of bacterial or yeast growth could be coupled with gene expression data from the cell cycle. I'd be very happy to explore any other systems folks are interested in as well.

[[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]]

- I understand nothing about biology, but I'm always dealing with empirical data and the challenge of incorporating it to agent-based models. So, maybe we can talk a bit about it. ([http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Flavia_Feitosa Flavia])

=== A Dance Evolution ===

I'm interested in trying to take Liz Bradly's alphabet dancer (that we saw Monday evening) and seeing if anything interesting/aesthetic could be done in a context where a set of such modeled dancers evolve their choice of movement (and perhaps their location/orientation) based on what their neighbors are doing.

My first thought was to analyze how the timing of the selected movement relates to the selected movements of their neighbors.

I'm thinking the primary work would be done in Netlogo. But I've noticed that Maya can be downloaded for a free 30 day trial period so the result could hopefully be visualized in 3D.

If you're interested leave your name below: [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Steve_Hall Steve]

== Working Groups ==
=== Evolutionary Game Theory ===
A few of us were thinking that there wouldn't be enough time to discuss enough topics in EGT in a [[CSSS_2008_Santa_Fe-Tutorials#A_Crash_Course_to_Classical_and_Evolutionary_Game_Theory|single tutorial]], so I decided to post an offer for a working group that could meet fairly regularly to read and discuss papers from the field, suggest new topics, and possible projects. So far we've thought about looking at evolutionary branching models (in, say, a colony of yeast that produces an enzyme that can be shared by all individuals of the colony) and extending them from one population to two.

Please let me know if you'd be interested in joining. Feel free to add your name and topics you'd like to discuss. 
—-[[User:Jreyes|Josh]]

 Update! This has been scheduled on Friday from 3 - 5, location TBD.

*I'm interested! Actually, I know nothing about the topic, but I think that it could help me in my research. There is an interesting article about segregation and game theory [[Media:Zhang2004.pdf|(Zhang2004)]]. Maybe this could serve as inspiration for a project. (Flavia)
*I'm interested too. [[Kathleen_Sprouffske|Kathleen]]

=== Viral Modelling ===
I (Jeremie) propose to set up a workshop on viral modelling (biomathematics, epidemiology, virus kinetics, evolution, networks...). The idea would be that anyone could prepare a short and general introduction to its research area.
Please let me know if you'd be interested in joining. Feel free to add your name and topics you'd like to discuss.

== BrainStorming Projects ==

=== Peter ===

Emergence of language in an agent-based model

=== Giovanni ===

"Evolving" interactions in M.A.S.

=== Riley ===

Prediction in cultural markets

=== Abby ===

Misinformation

=== Antony ===

Time-horizon of political institutions for managing global environmental goods

=== Mark ===

Social network data/evolution of networks

=== Skyler ===

Networks plus application of biological methods

=== Qiqi ===

Public goods gam, group cooperation, social network

=== Tanja ===

Structure definitions

=== Jon ===

- Epidemic models of depression/anxiety
- Inference of stochastic models

=== Rio ===

Social-ecological system -> Resilience institutions

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Projects & Working Groups

2008-06-04T16:35:57Z

Kolbjorn:

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Tutorials

2008-06-03T20:32:57Z

Kolbjorn: /* Eigenvalues - what are they and how to find they? */

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Tutorials

2008-06-03T20:32:39Z

Kolbjorn:

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Tutorials

2008-06-03T20:29:12Z

Kolbjorn: /* Modern Logic and Reasoning */

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Tutorials

2008-06-03T20:28:16Z

Kolbjorn: /* Modern Logic and Reasoning */

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Tutorials

2008-06-03T20:27:56Z

Kolbjorn: /* Modern Logic and Reasoning */

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Tutorials

2008-06-03T20:26:27Z

Kolbjorn: /* A Crash Course to Classical and Evolutionary Game Theory */

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-After Hours

2008-06-03T16:54:55Z

Kolbjorn: /* Hiking Activities */

{{CSSS 2008 Santa Fe}}



=Scheduled Fun=

==Wednesday June 4==
=== Board Game evening (around 8pm) ===
Location: TBA (recommend one here)

Organizer: [[Devin_Drown|Devin]]

Looks like Wednesday might be the first unscheduled evening, so let’s meet up! Interested folks should bring any games they have or just show up ready to play. I’m trying to find a good spot, so look for details later. I really enjoy teaching new players and I’ve brought along several that take only minutes to learn, so come join even if you’re just looking for a way to pass some time. Also, I brought several games that can accommodate a large number of people (up to 8 people).

==Post-CSSS==

=Activities and Interests=

== Discovering the surroundings ==
Interested in discovering the surroundings? The meaning of "surrounding" is scale-free - this could be just Los Alamos but maybe also as far as the Grand Canyon. Are you interested? Got some ideas? Go [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php?title=Discovering_the_surroundings here] and write it down.

==Hiking Activities==

SUGGESTION FOR A FULL HIKING DAY:

- Start with a long hike in the Bandelier National Park. It is faboulous for slow walking and talking.
- Continue with Bradbury Science museum in Los Alamos and a short Los Alamos sightseeing.
- Dinner in Los Alamos.
- A night dip and some cold beers in the magnificent hot springs.

Anyone interested in going away this weekend, saturday perhaps? It would be good to know if we have enough people with cars interested. Otherwise we need to check out rental cars. Please notify your interest at Doodle:

http://www.doodle.ch/4iswyn5xr6ve9s2b

Here are links:

http://www.nps.gov/band/
http://www.lanl.gov/museum/
http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=XFA024-024

Kolbjørn

-----------

Hola CSSS'ers,

Let's get together and explore the beauty and wilderness of Santa Fe's mountains!

Start by joining our Facebook group:

CSSS'08 Hiking Group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17254991462

Hasta la vista!
Carlos

I've always wanted to see the Native American cliff dwellings. There are ruins near Santa Fe! http://www.nmsu.edu/~redtt/Resources/html/Cliff%20Dwellings.html

==Opera==

== Santa Fe Complex (Downtown in the Railyard) ==
When you are downtown, feel free to use the new Santa Fe Complex as a home away from St. John's. SFComplex is a non-profit dedicated to applied complexity, urban planning and computational art. We have a large 4000 square foot common space in the railyard where the train locomotives used to be repaired. In the space are projection screens and broadband access. Use the space for CSSS projects, film screenings, ad-hoc lectures or meeting others in Santa Fe in the Applied Complexity space. Or, just play some music and hang out into the wee hours. The address is 632 Agua Fria. More info at http://www.sfcomplex.org. Want to know more, contact Stephen Guerin at (505)577-5828 or Owen Densmore (505)570-0168.

==Get A Bike (for the month)==
Get a bicycle to ride around while in Santa Fe from a bike collective place called [http://chainbreakercollective.org/ Chain Breaker]. Their website is under maintenance right now, but [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=92732509 here's] some info on them.

==Board Games==
I’ve seen a couple of other folks have interests in playing board games. It would be fun to get folks together to play some evenings. I’m always up for learning a new game and meeting other players. I’m going to bring a few that are small and compact enough to travel. Maybe others can bring some too? Cheers, Devin

I started a list so we know what will be in Santa Fe. Add to the list if you'll bring it with you. [[Board Game List]]

==Ultimate Frisbee==
I (Nish) brought a disc and cones to play some Ultimate on the weekends (or after class). I'm happy to just throw around as well. Ultimate is, or can be, super casual and a lot of fun. Grab me some time if you want to throw (I always have a disc nearby) or if you're interested in playing a game (no prior experience necessary).

==Local Music==
I love live music, especially folk/bluegrass. I did some quick searching and there are a few shows I think I will go to this month in Santa Fe:

June 7, 1PM: [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=20756842 Sharon Gilchrist] at Cowgirl
June 20, evening: [http://www.caneraising.com/index.html Raising Cane]

Those are just the two I've found, I'm up for whatever

=Old/Completed fun=

==Early Arrivals==

CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-After Hours

2008-06-03T16:29:47Z

Kolbjorn: /* Hiking Activities */

{{CSSS 2008 Santa Fe}}



=Scheduled Fun=

==Wednesday June 4==
=== Board Game evening (around 8pm) ===
Location: TBA (recommend one here)

Organizer: [[Devin_Drown|Devin]]

Looks like Wednesday might be the first unscheduled evening, so let’s meet up! Interested folks should bring any games they have or just show up ready to play. I’m trying to find a good spot, so look for details later. I really enjoy teaching new players and I’ve brought along several that take only minutes to learn, so come join even if you’re just looking for a way to pass some time. Also, I brought several games that can accommodate a large number of people (up to 8 people).

==Post-CSSS==

=Activities and Interests=

== Discovering the surroundings ==
Interested in discovering the surroundings? The meaning of "surrounding" is scale-free - this could be just Los Alamos but maybe also as far as the Grand Canyon. Are you interested? Got some ideas? Go [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php?title=Discovering_the_surroundings here] and write it down.

==Hiking Activities==

Suggestion for a full hiking day:

- Start with a long hike in the Bandelier National Park. It is faboulous for slow walking and talking.
- Continue with Bradbury Science museum in Los Alamos and a short Los Alamos sightseeing.
- Dinner in Los Alamos.
- A night dip and some cold beers in the magnificent hot springs.

Anyone interested in going away this weekend, saturday perhaps? It would be good to know if we have enough people with cars interested. Otherwise we need to check out rental cars.

Here are links:

http://www.nps.gov/band/
http://www.lanl.gov/museum/
http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=XFA024-024

Kolbjørn

Hola CSSS'ers,

Let's get together and explore the beauty and wilderness of Santa Fe's mountains!

Start by joining our Facebook group:

CSSS'08 Hiking Group
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=17254991462

Hasta la vista!
Carlos

I've always wanted to see the Native American cliff dwellings. There are ruins near Santa Fe! http://www.nmsu.edu/~redtt/Resources/html/Cliff%20Dwellings.html

==Opera==

== Santa Fe Complex (Downtown in the Railyard) ==
When you are downtown, feel free to use the new Santa Fe Complex as a home away from St. John's. SFComplex is a non-profit dedicated to applied complexity, urban planning and computational art. We have a large 4000 square foot common space in the railyard where the train locomotives used to be repaired. In the space are projection screens and broadband access. Use the space for CSSS projects, film screenings, ad-hoc lectures or meeting others in Santa Fe in the Applied Complexity space. Or, just play some music and hang out into the wee hours. The address is 632 Agua Fria. More info at http://www.sfcomplex.org. Want to know more, contact Stephen Guerin at (505)577-5828 or Owen Densmore (505)570-0168.

==Get A Bike (for the month)==
Get a bicycle to ride around while in Santa Fe from a bike collective place called [http://chainbreakercollective.org/ Chain Breaker]. Their website is under maintenance right now, but [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=92732509 here's] some info on them.

==Board Games==
I’ve seen a couple of other folks have interests in playing board games. It would be fun to get folks together to play some evenings. I’m always up for learning a new game and meeting other players. I’m going to bring a few that are small and compact enough to travel. Maybe others can bring some too? Cheers, Devin

I started a list so we know what will be in Santa Fe. Add to the list if you'll bring it with you. [[Board Game List]]

==Ultimate Frisbee==
I (Nish) brought a disc and cones to play some Ultimate on the weekends (or after class). I'm happy to just throw around as well. Ultimate is, or can be, super casual and a lot of fun. Grab me some time if you want to throw (I always have a disc nearby) or if you're interested in playing a game (no prior experience necessary).

==Local Music==
I love live music, especially folk/bluegrass. I did some quick searching and there are a few shows I think I will go to this month in Santa Fe:

June 7, 1PM: [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=20756842 Sharon Gilchrist] at Cowgirl
June 20, evening: [http://www.caneraising.com/index.html Raising Cane]

Those are just the two I've found, I'm up for whatever

=Old/Completed fun=

==Early Arrivals==

Kolbjorn Tunstrom

2008-05-19T14:17:02Z

Kolbjorn:

[[Image:Kolbjorn.JPG]]

I'm a third year Ph.D. student at the Complex Systems Group at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Having done my master thesis at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (back in 2001), I look forward to getting back to this magnificent landscape once again.

'''1. What are your main interests?'''

In a popular sense, I want to make the world simpler than it is. If that is vague, a more technical wording is easily provided: My work is centered on developing coarse-graining techniques for use in simulation of (bio-)molecular systems. In the real world, many systems span large length and time scales. A simple example is a red blood cell, where the smallest scales can be represented by the size of a water molecule (~1 nanometer) and the collision time between the molecules (~1 picosecond). In the other end is the size of the whole cell (~1 micrometer) and its lifetime (~120 days). Due to these differences in time and length scales, the computational resources needed to simulate such a system in full detail, using Newton's laws of motion, become overwhelmingly large. In practice this means that what systems can be studied are strictly limited by spatial and temporal resolution. The development of coarse-graining techniques is therefore a necessity to increase the range of systems available to computer study.

'''2. What sorts of expertise can you bring to the group?'''

I believe I can contribute on the technical side: Simulation techniques and numerical techniques, use of mathematical software, mathematical modeling and solving differential equations. But even though my work is highly technical, I'm tending towards having a birds eye view of stuff, and enjoy that role in a project.

'''3. What do you hope to get out of the CSSS?'''

I hope to broaden my knowledge about Complex Systems in general, and in particular to get acquainted with what is going on with Complex Systems methodology applied to social systems.

'''4. Do you have any possible projects in mind for the CSSS?'''

Not at the moment. (But I guess I would enjoy the opportunity to explore tracks outside my daily work and perhaps participate in a project related to Social Science.)

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2008-05-19T14:14:37Z

Kolbjorn:

Kolbjorn Tunstrom

2008-05-19T14:02:45Z

Kolbjorn:

I'm a third year Ph.D. student at the Complex Systems Group at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Having done my master thesis at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (back in 2001), I look forward to getting back to this magnificent landscape once again.

'''1. What are your main interests?'''

In a popular sense, I want to make the world simpler than it is. If that is vague, a more technical wording is easily provided: My work is centered on developing coarse-graining techniques for use in simulation of (bio-)molecular systems. In the real world, many systems span large length and time scales. A simple example is a red blood cell, where the smallest scales can be represented by the size of a water molecule (~1 nanometer) and the collision time between the molecules (~1 picosecond). In the other end is the size of the whole cell (~1 micrometer) and its lifetime (~120 days). Due to these differences in time and length scales, the computational resources needed to simulate such a system in full detail, using Newton's laws of motion, become overwhelmingly large. In practice this means that what systems can be studied are strictly limited by spatial and temporal resolution. The development of coarse-graining techniques is therefore a necessity to increase the range of systems available to computer study.

'''2. What sorts of expertise can you bring to the group?'''

I believe I can contribute on the technical side: Simulation techniques and numerical techniques, use of mathematical software, mathematical modeling and solving differential equations. But even though my work is highly technical, I'm tending towards having a birds eye view of stuff, and enjoy that role in a project.

'''3. What do you hope to get out of the CSSS?'''

I hope to broaden my knowledge about Complex Systems in general, and in particular to get acquainted with what is going on with Complex Systems methodology applied to social systems.

'''4. Do you have any possible projects in mind for the CSSS?'''

Not at the moment. (But I guess I would enjoy the opportunity to explore tracks outside my daily work and perhaps participate in a project related to Social Science.)

Kolbjorn Tunstrom

2008-05-19T14:02:23Z

Kolbjorn:

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I'm a third year Ph.D. student at the Complex Systems Group at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden. Having done my master thesis at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (back in 2001), I look forward to getting back to this magnificent landscape once again.

'''1. What are your main interests?'''

In a popular sense, I want to make the world simpler than it is. If that is vague, a more technical wording is easily provided: My work is centered on developing coarse-graining techniques for use in simulation of (bio-)molecular systems. In the real world, many systems span large length and time scales. A simple example is a red blood cell, where the smallest scales can be represented by the size of a water molecule (~1 nanometer) and the collision time between the molecules (~1 picosecond). In the other end is the size of the whole cell (~1 micrometer) and its lifetime (~120 days). Due to these differences in time and length scales, the computational resources needed to simulate such a system in full detail, using Newton's laws of motion, become overwhelmingly large. In practice this means that what systems can be studied are strictly limited by spatial and temporal resolution. The development of coarse-graining techniques is therefore a necessity to increase the range of systems available to computer study.

'''2. What sorts of expertise can you bring to the group?'''

I believe I can contribute on the technical side: Simulation techniques and numerical techniques, use of mathematical software, mathematical modeling and solving differential equations. But even though my work is highly technical, I'm tending towards having a birds eye view of stuff, and enjoy that role in a project.

'''3. What do you hope to get out of the CSSS?'''

I hope to broaden my knowledge about Complex Systems in general, and in particular to get acquainted with what is going on with Complex Systems methodology applied to social systems.

'''4. Do you have any possible projects in mind for the CSSS?'''

Not at the moment. (But I guess I would enjoy the opportunity to explore tracks outside my daily work and perhaps participate in a project related to Social Science.)

Kolbjorn Tunstrom

2008-05-19T13:57:56Z

Kolbjorn: