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CSSS 2007 Santa Fe-Final Papers

2007-08-16T11:26:47Z

Pauldwyer:

{{CSSS 2007 Santa Fe}}

[[media: NormsModel.pdf | A new approach to modeling social institutions using artificial neural networks ]] by Simon, Andy, Paul H., Liz, and Rafal.

[[media: PDwyerDiversityIdeaMarkets.pdf | The Emergence of Cognitive Diversity in Idea Markets ]] by Paul D.

File:PDwyerDiversityIdeaMarkets.pdf

2007-08-16T11:24:08Z

Pauldwyer: Idea markets are contexts where ideas compete for attention and people to embrace them. They are near ubiquitous in the form of religions, political parties, securities markets and the blogosphere to name a few. Most idea markets are also communities wher

Idea markets are contexts where ideas compete for attention and people to embrace them. They are near ubiquitous in the form of religions, political parties, securities markets and the blogosphere to name a few. Most idea markets are also communities where members alternate between being idea consumers and producers. They are thus centers for collaborative knowledge creation. Recent research extols the value of diverse perspectives among the members of such groups, however these groups tend to form based on commonality of idea preference, a basis that is thought to limit diversity. This study investigates whether ideal levels of cognitive diversity can emerge in such groups. It finds that general popularity among idea markets draws together people with diverse perspectives, causing ideal levels of cognitive diversity to emerge.

CSSS 2007 Santa Fe-After Hours

2007-06-22T13:27:15Z

Pauldwyer:

{{CSSS 2007 Santa Fe}}

==Anyone for Bridge?==
* I realise this may be betraying my inner geek a little too much, but I was just wondering if anyone at the school was interested in getting together for a bit of just-for-fun bridge? If enough people are interested, then maybe we could organise a regular evening while we're here. It's a great game and should appeal to all complexity students! (9 out of 10 Grandmothers can't be wrong......!) Any takers, just get in touch with me! [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Kernuack Hannah]]
You are a geek. I like playing 500. I would be up for learning Bridge if people are patient. [Ryan]

Have to admit that I played some bridge a loooong time ago... forgotten most about it by now though. But I'm willing to give it a shot (hope for your own sake that you're better in bridge than in pool Hannah ;D) [Johan]

its time to face facts: we all are geeks (you too have been tainted with this brush ryan!) and should be wallowing in it. can this session be titled "everything you ever wanted to know about bridge but were too afraid to ask?" if so, I am in [dan]

I'm sure I can manage to articulate the basics to a willing audience ;o) Hannah

- should we try for a further "refinement" on sunday evening? cheese and port?? [dan]

I know I missed the boat on the first night but I would like to learn this rule-filled game properly. I've played a couple of times many years ago so perhaps some cheese and port will jog my memory [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Alex_Healing Alex]]

==Foosball tournament==
Not sure how many foosers we have out there, but it could be a fun thing to do one-on-one or doubles. Email me if you're interested. [[Vikas Shah]]

==Thursday, June 21==
===Birthday and Cultural Night===
'All set' for the Cultural Night at 8:30 pm in the Great Hall ! BE there !

The 50th birthday ( Golden JUBILEE _!!! ) of one of the CSSS'ers is falling on June 21. Guess who ?
Any ideas about a birthday cake, etc ?
: How about we celebrate at "Cowgirls" w/ a cake, music, food and drink. --[[User:Luciano Oviedo|Luciano Oviedo]] 21:57, 10 June 2007 (MDT)
Let us celebrate it as Cultural Night in the Great Hall ( songs, etc from various parts of the world ) from 8:30 pm to 10 pm.

~~ If anyone wants wine for the event, you can go to SFI before 3PM today (June 21st) to pick some up. Please see Zach in the FSL

===Ultimate at 6:30===
Frisbee on the soccer fields.

==Friday, June 22 - People with children!==
We have a reservation for 10 people, 6PM, at Cowgirl - out back in the "kiddie corral". So - the adults get to drink a beer and enjoy a meal in peace, while the kids wear themselves out climbing on the play structure. So far, Brian, Mollie, & Rhonda will be there with kids/ spouses in tow. And if you didn't bring anyone less than 4 feet tall to Santa Fe, you are still welcome to join us - but talk to Mollie so we make sure there are enough seats/ tables!

== Saturday, June 23==
[http://rodeodesantafe.org/ santa fe rodeo], 7pm

* note: the seats in the car for this event are now fully booked.

Anyone else (including someone with a car) want to go? [[Joseph_Lizier]]

==june 23/24 - Overnight Hike==

Andrew - not sure where to go yet, but it would be fun.

I have a one man tent, would be willing to purchase a 2-man tent if there were others interested in heading out.

I don't think I can go that weekend, but I have a tent that'll fit two people comfortably that I'm happy to lend to anyone who wants to go. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/James_Battin James]]

yeah I could be keen - I haven't got any gear though (aside from boots, pack and water-resistant jacket). will talk turkey during week, dan

perhaps we could find a place to rent tents for the night? -mike

Very likely interested. Plans for a location? Have tent, sleeping bag, boots, car. I have a book of day hikes, but no good topographic maps for overnight camping. -Ben

I have good (35,000:1) topo maps of santa fe/los alamos area & mountain sports (i think this is the right name) in town rents tents (but not s-bags). how about we round table this say mon 17th/tues 18th?? [dan]

==Wednesday, June 27==
* Join us for "Music on the Hill" at St. Johns college from 6-8pm for food and drink; this Wed is Blues, Soul and R&B by "Cathy McGill & Avatar". For more info see, [http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/asp/main.aspx?page=6981 schedule here].

== cricket anyone? ==
I've been getting some sniffs of interest in the game! I can probably arrange a bat here and we can play tennis ball cricket (I can also offer a tutorial on cricket ;) - for proper leather ball cricket, folks are welcome to practice with the UNM cricket club at Albuquerque coming saturday around noon! (dont worry, it's fun cricket and not professional quality either!), the club (and I) then travel to Colorado for a couple of matches 16/17 June; so if some are interested in a Colorado trip, let me know. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Amitabh_Trehan amitabh]]

Sun, June 10: We had a nice little cricket session at the St. Johns ground today. What about onother one tomorrrow (Mon, Jun 11) sometime. I have some equipment here - bat, pads, stumps, cricket ball and also tennis balls. [[Amitabh Trehan]]
[[Image:Cricket.jpg]]

== Photographers unite! ==
I have met quite a few avid photography enthusiasts here. Let's form a group. NM is a wonderful state for photography, maybe we can plan something! [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Amitabh_Trehan amitabh]]

I'd be happy to point you to some excellent places- we have no shortage here in NM. Lolly lollyb@santafe.edu

I would love to join. The only problem is that I left my camera back home ! HELP ! Saleha Habibullah

Hey, that would be great Lolly !! I'd love to go see some beautiful places ! I'll be writing to you soon :) -- [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Amelie_Veron Amelie]

I'm not much of a photographer yet, but I brought my camera, and I’m always looking for opportunities to practice. -- [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Jose_Delgado jd]

== El Farol and Other Places to Eat ==
Since the [http://www.elfarolsf.com El Farol Restaurant and Bar] has become immortalized in the complexity literature ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Farol_Bar_problem The El Farol Bar Problem]), we should check it out. BTW, some locals said the El Farol is a tapas bar and not a full restaurant. See below for more places.

Some locals told me about a few more great places to eat in town: [http://local.yahoo.com/details?id=20215762 Horseman's Haven] and [http://bobcatbite.com/ Bobcat Bite]. I've also tried The [http://local.yahoo.com/details;_ylt=AiKEjhWdFcvv3xBCmycTIouHNcIF?id=20206492&stx=santa+fe+baking Santa Fe Baking Co] and it was great. One of the few great places open Sunday evening is [http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=santa_fe@140&cur_section=din&property_id=414344 Harry's Roadhouse].

For fine dining [http://www.geronimorestaurant.com/home2.html Geronimo] comes highly recommended.

== mountain biking ==
the dale ball trails starting from the back of st john's provide 22mi+ of what looks like pretty nice trails for biking (& walking!), plus there are many more excellent trails local [http://forums.mtbr.com/forumdisplay.php?s=2e6c56b6542d2b67e39037cc578ead2e&f=91 and otherwise], and there is also a local bus for $2/day to access some of these. I know aussie simon has aquired a trusty steed and I also have a bike arriving so drop me a line if you keen to get amongst it - it is also possible to rent bikes in town, cheers, [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Daniel_lester aussie dan]

- yeeeeah. mike - talk to simon re: stealing a bike from him - dan

ok, my bike has turned up (finally) so am keen to have a hack at dale ball trails fri (15th) morn before breeky after losing my lungs and almost my dinner tonight. anyone keen to join? simon, can i borrow your 15mm spanner, I only trust finger-tightened pedals so much... dan

== Anybody sticking around after the CSSS is over ?==
I (Amelie) plan to stay in the region (NM, Colorado, ..) for a week or so after the school. The best would be to rent a car and visit with somebody from the school .. let me know if you're interested :) --[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Amelie_veron Amelie]

==Grand Canyon?==
Is anyone else considering visiting the Grand Canyon after CSSS? 
Flagstaff, AZ is about 5 hours away, which is a good place to spend the night with GC a relatively short drive away.
If other people are interested I could drive the long way home to Tucson passing by Flagstaff and spend a couple of days. 
I was there a couple of years ago, but I didn’t have my camera with me then. I would like to fix that stupid mistake. 
In any case, email me if interested. [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Jose_Delgado jd]
 
 
btw, for those who asked, I checked and for the Grand Canyon the only thing that requires a permit in advance is overnight camping or overnight hiking.
 
 
I'll also be headed home this way and have nowhere to be until Monday, so I'm up for it. Vikas

= Kiss of the Spider Woman =
Come and see our own Wayne Cote strut his stuff as the lead. It is at [http://www.santafeplayhouse.org/ The Santa Fe Playhouse], with performances on Thurs, Fri and Sat at 8pm, student tickets $12, and Sunday at 2pm, "Pay What You Wish". Running June 21 - July 8.

=Moved done stuff to bottom=
==Monday June 4th==
* at 7pm: soccer match @ the athletic field; be there! [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Olaf_Bochmann Olaf]]

* Monday June 4th, 9pm, Polyhmynia 13, Scotch tasting, hosted by Ben Mazzotta

==Wednesday, June 6th==
* 7pm: climbing @ the [http://www.climbsantafe.com/ Santa Fe Climbing Center]; let's meet at the pond in front of the student centre [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Gregor_Obernosterer Gregor]]

==Friday, June 8th==
* 2pm: Excursion to Taos. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Gregor_Obernosterer Gregor]] and [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Tim_Johann T1M]]

--I was up that way today. Took the high road and stopped at Chimayo - I thought the Sanctuaria de Chimayo was very, very cool. It is open 9A-6P each day. A little restaurant next door called Oleana's (sp?) serves up homemade tamales until 5P, Thurs-Mon. --Mollie

==Saturday, June 9th==
* some time in the morning: Excursion to southern NM - Socorro and/or White Sands and/or Roswell. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Gregor_Obernosterer Gregor]] and [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Tim_Johann T1M]]

* Climbing excursion: If you're in, contact me at vikas.shah (at) vanderbilt.edu so we can make plans. We'll be at [[http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/9507/lasconchas.htm Las Conchas]] or [[http://www.cs.unm.edu/~moret/crag.html Palomas]]. Let me know which you prefer. I've been to Conchas, fun smaller area with an easy approach. Never been to Palomas, has a substantially longer approach. I have topos available for both; descriptions and some of the routes are described at the links above. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Vikas_Shah Vikas Shah]]
**''Update 6/7 1:30PM :'' My car is full. If anyone else would like to come, we'll have to arrange for another driver to come.
**''Update 6/8 8:50AM :'' There was unfortunately an injury, and one of the people going had to back out. There's room for one more.

==Hike to Nambé Lake, Saturday, June 9th==
Folks: we will hike to Nambé Lake, which is a less-strenuous hike in the same area as Santa Fe Baldy. The guide book says the lake is a “special treat”, and there are apparently lots of wildflowers. It is a 5-hour trip (including lunch stop), 7 miles return. The plan is to meet at 9.30am in the usual spot (same place from where the shuttle buses take us to SFI).

The first ten confirmed people are: me (Ryan), Simon, Mike, Elise, Monika, John, Dan, James, Hannah, Fred…

Please add yourself to this list if you want to come (apologies if you gave me a verbal commitment and I forgot).

John has kindly offered to drive and we will also be renting one car. If you want to come and aren't on the list above, please figure out your own transport arrangements (I think Michigan Will might be driving too).

Please bring: lunch (we can stop at a store in the morning); water (2 litres); a raincoat; a warm jumper; decent footwear; sun protection.

== Sunday, June 10: Join me for Church, 11am ==
I'm planning to go to visit a nearbye [http://www.calvarybaptistsantafe.com Baptist church], all are welcome to come. I will likely ride there. I can arrange another bike, or if we are many, perhaps a car. Please let me know below, or by email if you'd prefer. If you wanted to join me for Bible study on a one-off or weekly basis (this would be sitting round to read a passage of the Bible and discuss it) then let me know (again, by email if you'd prefer). All persuassions and questions welcome! [[Simon_Angus]] (s.angus AT unsw.edu.au)

I'm interested in both, but don't have a bike or car to get to church... how far is it? Heather (hbeil AT email.unc.edu)

==Sunday, June 10 - Hike up Atalaya==
Anyone up for a hike this afternoon? I know a bunch of you are probably hiked out after yesterday's excursion, but if anyone would like to tackle Atalaya this afternoon, there is a group of us leaving around 3pm. We'll meet on the road by the dorms at the top of the hill at 3. Hope to see some of you there! ->Josh

==Monday, June 11==
===7:00 soccer=== perhaps low attendance due to the Matlab tutorial.

==Tuesday, June 12==
===6:30 ultimate=== @ soccer fields

==Wednesday, June 13==
===morning bird/wildlife walk=== Are you getting too much sleep? Do your days feel empty? Join us for a morning bird/wildlife walk. The general plan is to be on the trail by 6:00 am and return before the end of breakfast. If we have enough vehicles, the Audubon center at the end of Upper Canyon Road (just a few minutes' drive, no dogs allowed [http://www.audubon.org/chapter/nm/nm/rdac/audubon_center/rdnature/natural_history.html link]) is probably our best option. If we don't have transportation, we'll just head up the trail near campus. Fred and I both have binoculars that can be shared, but if anyone else has a pair they can lend to the endeavor, that'd be great. I'll post more details as the week progresses and we get a better idea of who's coming. Drop me a line or leave your name below if you're interested. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/James_Battin James]](james.battin at noaa.gov)
===Join us for "Music on the Hill" at St. Johns college from 6-8pm=== for food and drink; this Wed is '''Southwest Jazz Orchestra''' by Big Band Jazz. For more info see, [http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/asp/main.aspx?page=6981 schedule here].
===7:00 soccer===

There is a concert on the soccer fields tonight, so we have to move the game.

The GAME IS ON. We're playing down on the fields by the public school on Camino de Cruz Blanca. Turn left out the front entrance of St. John's and left again. The fields will be on your right. It's a short walk from St. John's.

We'll play from 7:00 till dark, unless everyone goes to Rockmore's lecture.

Ben

===7:00 Getting Older... El Farol....=== the inevitable is looming large & I am once again "getting older". I will be marking expiration of my 30th year with traditional comiseratory drinks at el foral & all and sundry are welcome to chastise and deride. it will be a great night!! will be leaving st johns around 7, love to see you there, cheers,

old man dan

I hate to be the one to break this to you, but I think it is actually the end of your 31st year... I will be there to celebrate.

Ryan.

I can drive revelers over to the bar from Dan Rockmore's lecture - do you think you will still be there around 9:30 or 10P?? --Mollie

Actually I am planning on making Dan R's lecture too so I plan to be at El Farol from 9pm-ish onwards - of course, roll down for a drink beforehand if you want too!! cheers

dan (l)

I'll see if I can rally the soccer guys to head out after our game. --Ben

==Thursday, June 14==
===Food and drink at "Cowgirls" on Guadalupe from 6-?===
===6:30 ultimate @ soccer fields===
===6:15 cricket (near soccer fields if there is space and enough interest). ===

==Saturday, June 16==
===Climbing excursion=== We'll be going back to [[http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/9507/lasconchas.htm Las Conchas]] or in the Sandias doing some trad/gear routes. Vikas, Josh, Kath, Olaf, Andy (?), elise (if there is space)

===Bandelier Nat'l Monument/Frijoles Canyon Trail/Los Alamos=== Anyone interested in hiking the frijoles canyon trail to the bandelier nat'l monument? The monument is a group of ancient ruins/caves/etc and supposed to be beautiful (and a quick drive). The Frijoles Canyon Trail is an "easy walk" to the ruins. It's also really close to Los Alamos... Heather (hbeil at email.unc.edu).

Me too. Mike W.

Sounds like a nice trip, I'll join you :-) /Johan

Me too, plus I have a car, if needed. -Chris

I'd like to go on a hike this weekend, count me in if it's just a day trip -Alex (alexhealing (at) gmail.com)

I'd like to join the group also. -Natasha

If there is room, I'd be in. -Will B. (wbraynen at gmail dot com)

I am in - Juergen

I'll be at the parking circle at 9 am - Chris

==Kickball - Sunday, June 17 6pm==
Come play the greatest game on earth.
We'll be on the field by the gym.

==Sunday, June 17==
whitewater rafting in the taos box canyon.

* note: this event is now closed.

==june 16/17 - Overnight Hike Moved==

Andrew - perhaps its better to put some more thought into this and do it the following weekend - June 23/24

i am interested, time permitting - dan

==Monday June 18==
===Soccer at 7:00===
On the field by the gym. Please bring a white and a dark shirt.

==Tuesday June 19==
===Ultimate at 6:30===
Beginners welcome. Please bring a white and a dark shirt.

--
==
--

--'''Basketball'''--
St John's students are challenging us to a game of basketball starting at 6 30 @ the gym. All welcome.
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==Wednesday, June 20==
===Music on the Hill===
Join us for "Music on the Hill" at St. Johns college from 6-8pm for food and drink; this Wed is "Ali Ryerson & The John Trentacosta Quintet". For more info see, [http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/asp/main.aspx?page=6981 schedule here].

===Soccer at 7:00===
Due to the concert, we'll be playing on the far fields. Left out the front entrance, left again, and look for the fields on your right. Should be a short walk from St. John's.

CSSS 2007 Santa Fe-After Hours

2007-06-19T02:14:04Z

Pauldwyer: /* El Farol and Other Places to Eat */

{{CSSS 2007 Santa Fe}}

==Anyone for Bridge?==
* I realise this may be betraying my inner geek a little too much, but I was just wondering if anyone at the school was interested in getting together for a bit of just-for-fun bridge? If enough people are interested, then maybe we could organise a regular evening while we're here. It's a great game and should appeal to all complexity students! (9 out of 10 Grandmothers can't be wrong......!) Any takers, just get in touch with me! [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Kernuack Hannah]]
You are a geek. I like playing 500. I would be up for learning Bridge if people are patient. [Ryan]

Have to admit that I played some bridge a loooong time ago... forgotten most about it by now though. But I'm willing to give it a shot (hope for your own sake that you're better in bridge than in pool Hannah ;D) [Johan]

its time to face facts: we all are geeks (you too have been tainted with this brush ryan!) and should be wallowing in it. can this session be titled "everything you ever wanted to know about bridge but were too afraid to ask?" if so, I am in [dan]

I'm sure I can manage to articulate the basics to a willing audience ;o) Hannah

- should we try for a further "refinement" on sunday evening? cheese and port?? [dan]

I know I missed the boat on the first night but I would like to learn this rule-filled game properly. I've played a couple of times many years ago so perhaps some cheese and port will jog my memory [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Alex_Healing Alex]]

==Kickball - Sunday, June 17 6pm==
Come play the greatest game on earth.
We'll be on the field by the gym.

==Sunday, June 17==
whitewater rafting in the taos box canyon.

* note: this event is now closed.

==june 16/17 - Overnight Hike Moved==

Andrew - perhaps its better to put some more thought into this and do it the following weekend - June 23/24

i am interested, time permitting - dan

==Monday June 18==
===Soccer at 7:00===
On the field by the gym. Please bring a white and a dark shirt.

==Tuesday June 19==
===Ultimate at 6:30===
Beginners welcome. Please bring a white and a dark shirt.

--
==
--

--'''Basketball'''--
St John's students are challenging us to a game of basketball starting at 6 30 @ the gym. All welcome.
--------------

==Wednesday, June 20==
===Music on the Hill===
Join us for "Music on the Hill" at St. Johns college from 6-8pm for food and drink; this Wed is "Ali Ryerson & The John Trentacosta Quintet". For more info see, [http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/asp/main.aspx?page=6981 schedule here].

===Soccer at 7:00===
Due to the concert, we'll be playing on the far fields. Left out the front entrance, left again, and look for the fields on your right. Should be a short walk from St. John's.

==Thursday, June 21==
===Birthday!===
The 50th birthday ( Golden JUBILEE _!!! ) of one of the CSSS'ers is falling on this date. Guess who ?
Any ideas about a birthday cake, etc ?
: How about we celebrate at "Cowgirls" w/ a cake, music, food and drink. --[[User:Luciano Oviedo|Luciano Oviedo]] 21:57, 10 June 2007 (MDT)
Let us celebrate it as Cultural Night in the Great Hall ( songs, etc from various parts of the world ) !

===Ultimate at 6:30===
Frisbee on the soccer fields.

== Saturday, June 23==
[http://rodeodesantafe.org/ santa fe rodeo], 7pm

* note: this event is now fully booked.

==june 23/24 - Overnight Hike==

Andrew - not sure where to go yet, but it would be fun.

I have a one man tent, would be willing to purchase a 2-man tent if there were others interested in heading out.

I don't think I can go that weekend, but I have a tent that'll fit two people comfortably that I'm happy to lend to anyone who wants to go. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/James_Battin James]]

yeah I could be keen - I haven't got any gear though (aside from boots, pack and water-resistant jacket). will talk turkey during week, dan

perhaps we could find a place to rent tents for the night? -mike

Very likely interested. Plans for a location? Have tent, sleeping bag, boots, car. I have a book of day hikes, but no good topographic maps for overnight camping. -Ben

I have good (35,000:1) topo maps of santa fe/los alamos area & mountain sports (i think this is the right name) in town rents tents (but not s-bags). how about we round table this say mon 17th/tues 18th?? [dan]

==Wednesday, June 27==
* Join us for "Music on the Hill" at St. Johns college from 6-8pm for food and drink; this Wed is Blues, Soul and R&B by "Cathy McGill & Avatar". For more info see, [http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/asp/main.aspx?page=6981 schedule here].

== cricket anyone? ==
I've been getting some sniffs of interest in the game! I can probably arrange a bat here and we can play tennis ball cricket (I can also offer a tutorial on cricket ;) - for proper leather ball cricket, folks are welcome to practice with the UNM cricket club at Albuquerque coming saturday around noon! (dont worry, it's fun cricket and not professional quality either!), the club (and I) then travel to Colorado for a couple of matches 16/17 June; so if some are interested in a Colorado trip, let me know. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Amitabh_Trehan amitabh]]

Sun, June 10: We had a nice little cricket session at the St. Johns ground today. What about onother one tomorrrow (Mon, Jun 11) sometime. I have some equipment here - bat, pads, stumps, cricket ball and also tennis balls. [[Amitabh Trehan]]
[[Image:Cricket.jpg]]

== Photographers unite! ==
I have met quite a few avid photography enthusiasts here. Let's form a group. NM is a wonderful state for photography, maybe we can plan something! [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Amitabh_Trehan amitabh]]

I'd be happy to point you to some excellent places- we have no shortage here in NM. Lolly lollyb@santafe.edu

I would love to join. The only problem is that I left my camera back home ! HELP ! Saleha Habibullah

Hey, that would be great Lolly !! I'd love to go see some beautiful places ! I'll be writing to you soon :) -- [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Amelie_Veron Amelie]

I'm not much of a photographer yet, but I brought my camera, and I’m always looking for opportunities to practice. -- [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Jose_Delgado jd]

== El Farol and Other Places to Eat ==
Since the [http://www.elfarolsf.com El Farol Restaurant and Bar] has become immortalized in the complexity literature ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Farol_Bar_problem The El Farol Bar Problem]), we should check it out. BTW, some locals said the El Farol is a tapas bar and not a full restaurant. See below for more places.

Some locals told me about a few more great places to eat in town: [http://local.yahoo.com/details?id=20215762 Horseman's Haven] and [http://bobcatbite.com/ Bobcat Bite]. I've also tried The [http://local.yahoo.com/details;_ylt=AiKEjhWdFcvv3xBCmycTIouHNcIF?id=20206492&stx=santa+fe+baking Santa Fe Baking Co] and it was great. One of the few great places open Sunday evening is [http://www.fodors.com/miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=santa_fe@140&cur_section=din&property_id=414344 Harry's Roadhouse].

For fine dining [http://www.geronimorestaurant.com/home2.html Geronimo] comes highly recommended.

== mountain biking ==
the dale ball trails starting from the back of st john's provide 22mi+ of what looks like pretty nice trails for biking (& walking!), plus there are many more excellent trails local [http://forums.mtbr.com/forumdisplay.php?s=2e6c56b6542d2b67e39037cc578ead2e&f=91 and otherwise], and there is also a local bus for $2/day to access some of these. I know aussie simon has aquired a trusty steed and I also have a bike arriving so drop me a line if you keen to get amongst it - it is also possible to rent bikes in town, cheers, [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Daniel_lester aussie dan]

- yeeeeah. mike - talk to simon re: stealing a bike from him - dan

ok, my bike has turned up (finally) so am keen to have a hack at dale ball trails fri (15th) morn before breeky after losing my lungs and almost my dinner tonight. anyone keen to join? simon, can i borrow your 15mm spanner, I only trust finger-tightened pedals so much... dan

== Anybody sticking around after the CSSS is over ?==
I (Amelie) plan to stay in the region (NM, Colorado, ..) for a week or so after the school. The best would be to rent a car and visit with somebody from the school .. let me know if you're interested :) --[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Amelie_veron Amelie]

==Grand Canyon?==
Is anyone else considering visiting the Grand Canyon after CSSS? 
Flagstaff, AZ is about 5 hours away, which is a good place to spend the night with GC a relatively short drive away.
If other people are interested I could drive the long way home to Tucson passing by Flagstaff and spend a couple of days. 
I was there a couple of years ago, but I didn’t have my camera with me then. I would like to fix that stupid mistake. 
In any case, email me if interested. [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Jose_Delgado jd]
 
 
btw, for those who asked, I checked and for the Grand Canyon the only thing that requires a permit in advance is overnight camping or overnight hiking.
 
 

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=Moved done stuff to bottom=
==Monday June 4th==
* at 7pm: soccer match @ the athletic field; be there! [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Olaf_Bochmann Olaf]]

* Monday June 4th, 9pm, Polyhmynia 13, Scotch tasting, hosted by Ben Mazzotta

==Wednesday, June 6th==
* 7pm: climbing @ the [http://www.climbsantafe.com/ Santa Fe Climbing Center]; let's meet at the pond in front of the student centre [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Gregor_Obernosterer Gregor]]

==Friday, June 8th==
* 2pm: Excursion to Taos. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Gregor_Obernosterer Gregor]] and [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Tim_Johann T1M]]

--I was up that way today. Took the high road and stopped at Chimayo - I thought the Sanctuaria de Chimayo was very, very cool. It is open 9A-6P each day. A little restaurant next door called Oleana's (sp?) serves up homemade tamales until 5P, Thurs-Mon. --Mollie

==Saturday, June 9th==
* some time in the morning: Excursion to southern NM - Socorro and/or White Sands and/or Roswell. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Gregor_Obernosterer Gregor]] and [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Tim_Johann T1M]]

* Climbing excursion: If you're in, contact me at vikas.shah (at) vanderbilt.edu so we can make plans. We'll be at [[http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/9507/lasconchas.htm Las Conchas]] or [[http://www.cs.unm.edu/~moret/crag.html Palomas]]. Let me know which you prefer. I've been to Conchas, fun smaller area with an easy approach. Never been to Palomas, has a substantially longer approach. I have topos available for both; descriptions and some of the routes are described at the links above. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Vikas_Shah Vikas Shah]]
**''Update 6/7 1:30PM :'' My car is full. If anyone else would like to come, we'll have to arrange for another driver to come.
**''Update 6/8 8:50AM :'' There was unfortunately an injury, and one of the people going had to back out. There's room for one more.

==Hike to Nambé Lake, Saturday, June 9th==
Folks: we will hike to Nambé Lake, which is a less-strenuous hike in the same area as Santa Fe Baldy. The guide book says the lake is a “special treat”, and there are apparently lots of wildflowers. It is a 5-hour trip (including lunch stop), 7 miles return. The plan is to meet at 9.30am in the usual spot (same place from where the shuttle buses take us to SFI).

The first ten confirmed people are: me (Ryan), Simon, Mike, Elise, Monika, John, Dan, James, Hannah, Fred…

Please add yourself to this list if you want to come (apologies if you gave me a verbal commitment and I forgot).

John has kindly offered to drive and we will also be renting one car. If you want to come and aren't on the list above, please figure out your own transport arrangements (I think Michigan Will might be driving too).

Please bring: lunch (we can stop at a store in the morning); water (2 litres); a raincoat; a warm jumper; decent footwear; sun protection.

== Sunday, June 10: Join me for Church, 11am ==
I'm planning to go to visit a nearbye [http://www.calvarybaptistsantafe.com Baptist church], all are welcome to come. I will likely ride there. I can arrange another bike, or if we are many, perhaps a car. Please let me know below, or by email if you'd prefer. If you wanted to join me for Bible study on a one-off or weekly basis (this would be sitting round to read a passage of the Bible and discuss it) then let me know (again, by email if you'd prefer). All persuassions and questions welcome! [[Simon_Angus]] (s.angus AT unsw.edu.au)

I'm interested in both, but don't have a bike or car to get to church... how far is it? Heather (hbeil AT email.unc.edu)

==Sunday, June 10 - Hike up Atalaya==
Anyone up for a hike this afternoon? I know a bunch of you are probably hiked out after yesterday's excursion, but if anyone would like to tackle Atalaya this afternoon, there is a group of us leaving around 3pm. We'll meet on the road by the dorms at the top of the hill at 3. Hope to see some of you there! ->Josh

==Monday, June 11==
===7:00 soccer=== perhaps low attendance due to the Matlab tutorial.

==Tuesday, June 12==
===6:30 ultimate=== @ soccer fields

==Wednesday, June 13==
===morning bird/wildlife walk=== Are you getting too much sleep? Do your days feel empty? Join us for a morning bird/wildlife walk. The general plan is to be on the trail by 6:00 am and return before the end of breakfast. If we have enough vehicles, the Audubon center at the end of Upper Canyon Road (just a few minutes' drive, no dogs allowed [http://www.audubon.org/chapter/nm/nm/rdac/audubon_center/rdnature/natural_history.html link]) is probably our best option. If we don't have transportation, we'll just head up the trail near campus. Fred and I both have binoculars that can be shared, but if anyone else has a pair they can lend to the endeavor, that'd be great. I'll post more details as the week progresses and we get a better idea of who's coming. Drop me a line or leave your name below if you're interested. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/James_Battin James]](james.battin at noaa.gov)
===Join us for "Music on the Hill" at St. Johns college from 6-8pm=== for food and drink; this Wed is '''Southwest Jazz Orchestra''' by Big Band Jazz. For more info see, [http://www.stjohnscollege.edu/asp/main.aspx?page=6981 schedule here].
===7:00 soccer===

There is a concert on the soccer fields tonight, so we have to move the game.

The GAME IS ON. We're playing down on the fields by the public school on Camino de Cruz Blanca. Turn left out the front entrance of St. John's and left again. The fields will be on your right. It's a short walk from St. John's.

We'll play from 7:00 till dark, unless everyone goes to Rockmore's lecture.

Ben

===7:00 Getting Older... El Farol....=== the inevitable is looming large & I am once again "getting older". I will be marking expiration of my 30th year with traditional comiseratory drinks at el foral & all and sundry are welcome to chastise and deride. it will be a great night!! will be leaving st johns around 7, love to see you there, cheers,

old man dan

I hate to be the one to break this to you, but I think it is actually the end of your 31st year... I will be there to celebrate.

Ryan.

I can drive revelers over to the bar from Dan Rockmore's lecture - do you think you will still be there around 9:30 or 10P?? --Mollie

Actually I am planning on making Dan R's lecture too so I plan to be at El Farol from 9pm-ish onwards - of course, roll down for a drink beforehand if you want too!! cheers

dan (l)

I'll see if I can rally the soccer guys to head out after our game. --Ben

==Thursday, June 14==
===Food and drink at "Cowgirls" on Guadalupe from 6-?===
===6:30 ultimate @ soccer fields===
===6:15 cricket (near soccer fields if there is space and enough interest). ===

==Saturday, June 16==
===Climbing excursion=== We'll be going back to [[http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/9507/lasconchas.htm Las Conchas]] or in the Sandias doing some trad/gear routes. Vikas, Josh, Kath, Olaf, Andy (?), elise (if there is space)

===Bandelier Nat'l Monument/Frijoles Canyon Trail/Los Alamos=== Anyone interested in hiking the frijoles canyon trail to the bandelier nat'l monument? The monument is a group of ancient ruins/caves/etc and supposed to be beautiful (and a quick drive). The Frijoles Canyon Trail is an "easy walk" to the ruins. It's also really close to Los Alamos... Heather (hbeil at email.unc.edu).

Me too. Mike W.

Sounds like a nice trip, I'll join you :-) /Johan

Me too, plus I have a car, if needed. -Chris

I'd like to go on a hike this weekend, count me in if it's just a day trip -Alex (alexhealing (at) gmail.com)

I'd like to join the group also. -Natasha

If there is room, I'd be in. -Will B. (wbraynen at gmail dot com)

I am in - Juergen

I'll be at the parking circle at 9 am - Chris

Power Laws and the Growth of Religious Sects

2007-06-18T14:01:54Z

Pauldwyer: /* Comments */

Dan Dennett has this idea that the spread of religion is basically
about competition in the intellectual marketplace - an idea is offered up and people attach to/accept it based on some
sort of free market kinds of dynamics. My idea is to pursue a "natural" ramification of this - that is to look for a power law in the way in which these
market dynamics evolve. I.e., can we see if we find a power law in affiliation - i.e., numbers of people
in various "sects" or religious groups - basically like wealth
distribution related to religious ideas. It has a natural generative
model, so it would be an interesting little note, but needs a good
source of data.

Along similar lines, I wonder if it would be possible to construct a phylogenetic tree that shows the diversity/disparity growth in religious ideas - again, charting the development of sects, splinter groups, etc.

Finally, one could try to do the same thing w/respect to the evolution of terrorist groups (pick your favorite - ugh - conflict).

= Comments =
This has basically been my approach to analyzing the evolution of the blogosphere (as an idea market) even though it does not specifically focus on religion. My motivation was Dawkins work, especially what he had to say about the means by which memes and memesets are propagated: partly by people opting-in and partly by various means of persuasion. I'm interested in seeing whether a power law results (as discussed above and is the current state of the blogosphere) or if the long-term distribution is a kind of reversed power law. Today we see a few religions with a lot of members and many sects with a few members, same story in the blogosphere. But I wonder whether there isn't a slow migration to the sects where eventually, the big religions will be diminished in size and sects will hold the majority (a long fat tail). I hypothesize this migration is a process of cultural tribalization: people congregating on the basis of a narrow scope of shared ideas rather than tolerance for a diversity of ideas.

Power Laws and the Growth of Religious Sects

2007-06-18T13:21:17Z

Pauldwyer:

Dan Dennett has this idea that the spread of religion is basically
about competition in the intellectual marketplace - an idea is offered up and people attach to/accept it based on some
sort of free market kinds of dynamics. My idea is to pursue a "natural" ramification of this - that is to look for a power law in the way in which these
market dynamics evolve. I.e., can we see if we find a power law in affiliation - i.e., numbers of people
in various "sects" or religious groups - basically like wealth
distribution related to religious ideas. It has a natural generative
model, so it would be an interesting little note, but needs a good
source of data.

Along similar lines, I wonder if it would be possible to construct a phylogenetic tree that shows the diversity/disparity growth in religious ideas - again, charting the development of sects, splinter groups, etc.

Finally, one could try to do the same thing w/respect to the evolution of terrorist groups (pick your favorite - ugh - conflict).

= Comments =
This has basically been my approach to analyzing the evolution of the blogosphere (as an idea market) even though it does not specifically focus on religion. My motivation was Dawkins work, especially what he had to say about the means by which memes and memesets are propagated: partly by people opting-in and partly by various means of persuasion. I'm interested in seeing whether a power law results (as discussed above and is the current state of the blogosphere) or if the long-term distribution is an inverse power law. Today we see a few religions with a lot of members and many sects with a few members, same story in the blogosphere. But I wonder whether there isn't a migration to the sects where eventually, the big religions will be diminished in size and sects will hold the majority (a long fat tail).

CSSS 2007 Santa Fe-After Hours

2007-06-10T11:53:37Z

Pauldwyer: /* El Farol and Other Places to Eat */

CSSS 2007 Santa Fe-After Hours

2007-06-09T16:37:00Z

Pauldwyer: /* El Farol and Other Places to Eat */

CSSS 2007 Santa Fe-After Hours

2007-06-09T16:33:57Z

Pauldwyer: /* El Farol and Other Places to Eat */

CSSS 2007 Santa Fe-After Hours

2007-06-09T16:33:09Z

Pauldwyer: /* El Farol */

Social Choice Theory and the problem of collective rationality

2007-06-08T19:30:08Z

Pauldwyer:

Collective Intelligence is a buzz-word, and it seems that many people are interested in this area. I think that collective intelligence is closely linked with collective rationality. Excellent theoretical foundations for the question of collective rationality are provided by SOCIAL CHOICE THEORY.

Roughly speaking, social choice theory aims to explore the possibility of aggregating rational individual preferences (or judgements) to collectively rational preferences (or judgements). The arguments consist of rigorous mathematical/logical proofs. Social choice theory shows that aggregation is often impossible, given some (seemingly) weak requirements for the aggregation function. This gives rise to deep questions about the possibility of democracy, the decision procedures in committees/juries, or the issue of group agency.

I could give a short and non-formal introduction and point you to more advanced papers and proofs. I should say that I'm not doing research in social choice myself, but my supervisor does and I think I could convey at least the basics.

Given that we are all pretty busy, I was thinking about week 3, but if people want to do it earlier, let me know.
Kai --[[User:Spiekermann|Spiekermann]] 21:30, 7 June 2007 (MDT)

== I'm interested ==
Will B.

Aaron

Amir

Paul D.

CellPhones

2007-06-08T11:49:46Z

Pauldwyer: /* Cell phones in developing economies */

==Cell phones in developing economies==
How do cell phones affect economic growth in countries where communications infrastructure is poor?

A [[Media:CellPhonesAndFishing.pdf|recent paper]] covered in the Economist suggests that cell phones have reduced waste in fisheries, by giving boats price information before they return to shore. They can choose profitable markets for their catch. The reduction in waste increases the total value of the catch by 5% or more. Better arbitrage and lower information costs result in a sustained productivity gain.

There is lots more to the story here than simple arbitrage opportunities. Communications technology lowers the cost of information for all parties on the network. This should result in lower barriers to entry, lower transaction costs, more innovation, higher productivity, and access to many more customers.

Please add your questions, thoughts, and suggestions.

From [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Paul_Dwyer Paul]: I wonder whether there is a search factor that mediates the ability of cell phone users to leverage the technology in expanding their current network of business associates. Take for example the fisherman, he already knows the fish buyer and can ask for his cell phone number. But how does he discover the phone numbers of other potential business partners? Word-of-mouth? Is that a critical micro issue that constrains the emergence of the macro phenomena discussed above?

==Who's interested?==

Ben Mazzotta

Saleha Habibullah

Ryan Chisholm

Paul Dwyer

(please add yourself to this list)

==Modeling issues==

* Firms and households are agents in the economy
* Market access: how do firms find customers?
* Innovation: simple productivity gains, or development of new economic niches?

==Other issues related to cell phones in emerging economies==

===Financial transactions via text message===
Recently cell phone companies have permitted credits (essentially a form of cash) to be transferred among users via text message. This system of payments is a rudimentary financial service for households, potentially in competition with microfinance and the formal financial sector.

(Ben, this is what I was talking about. For some reason I can't find it on the NPR site. - Vikas) http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2038302,00.html

CellPhones

2007-06-08T01:09:04Z

Pauldwyer: /* Cell phones in developing economies */

==Cell phones in developing economies==
How do cell phones affect economic growth in countries where communications infrastructure is poor?

A [[Media:CellPhonesAndFishing.pdf|recent paper]] covered in the Economist suggests that cell phones have reduced waste in fisheries, by giving boats price information before they return to shore. They can choose profitable markets for their catch. The reduction in waste increases the total value of the catch by 5% or more. Better arbitrage and lower information costs result in a sustained productivity gain.

There is lots more to the story here than simple arbitrage opportunities. Communications technology lowers the cost of information for all parties on the network. This should result in lower barriers to entry, lower transaction costs, more innovation, higher productivity, and access to many more customers.

Please add your questions, thoughts, and suggestions.

From [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Paul_Dwyer Paul]: I wonder whether there is a search factor that mediates the ability of a cell phone user to leverage the technology in expanding their current network of business associates. Take for example the fisherman, he already knows the fish buyer and can ask for his cell phone number. But how does he discover the phone numbers of other potential business partners? Word-of-mouth? Is that a critical micro issue that constrains the emergence of the macro phenomena discussed above?

==Who's interested?==

Ben Mazzotta

Saleha Habibullah

Ryan Chisholm

Paul Dwyer

(please add yourself to this list)

==Modeling issues==

* Firms and households are agents in the economy
* Market access: how do firms find customers?
* Innovation: simple productivity gains, or development of new economic niches?

==Other issues related to cell phones in emerging economies==

===Financial transactions via text message===
Recently cell phone companies have permitted credits (essentially a form of cash) to be transferred among users via text message. This system of payments is a rudimentary financial service for households, potentially in competition with microfinance and the formal financial sector.

(Ben, this is what I was talking about. For some reason I can't find it on the NPR site. - Vikas) http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2038302,00.html

Genotype Phenotype

2007-06-08T00:55:32Z

Pauldwyer: /* Modeling Thoughts */

'''Involved'''
* [[Will Braynen]] (wbraynen AT email.arizona.edu)
* [[Simon Angus]] (s.angus AT unsw.edu.au)
* [[Mollie Poynton]] mollie.poynton@nurs.utah.edu
* [[Paul Dwyer]] pauldwyer at tamu.edu
* [[Alejandro Balbin]] (oabalbinr at unal.edu.co)

= Concept =
Currently, when we do modeling in economics and other social sciences, we are often creating ''agents'' purely as strategies -- we have a population of strategies, without regard to the characteristics of the ''carrier''. This is an old debate in biology between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotype Phenotype] (observable, measurable traits) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genotype Genotype] (normally strategy information such as motivation or game-play (in economics)). Should we worry about the current confounding of the two? .. Perhaps not, but if firms have a motivation/strategy for their behaviour, and (say) lose a production line due to a power-failure, or storm, then essentially their observable characteristics have changed, but their motivations/strategy remains the same (they may have a strategy for dealing with this event, but the point remains).

= Criticism of current modeling dogma =
In economic / game-theoretic computational models, agents imitate each other's strategies (i.e. genotypes). But this is a mistake (or a simplifying assumption?) because strategies are not publicly accessible nor directly observable. What is publicly observable is behavior (i.e. phenotypes). In other words, in the real world we often copy each other's behavior, but not the contents of each other's heads (beliefs and desires). Agents in a real economic market can't imitate what's internal to the agent. But copying the behavior of a successful agent might not always lead to success. For example, Canon might invest in making cheap color printers not because Canon expects to make money off printers, but because it hopes to make money from selling ink cartridges. (And vice versa, a successful imitator might be successful in the short run not because she is using a good strategy, but because she merely got lucky.) Similarly, by analogy, a scientist only has access to observable phonemona (e.g. cloud chamber) when building a model of the physical world (i.e. a physical theory), not its internal structure with its theoretical entities (e.g. an electron). In short, imitation and reconstruction happen at the level of what's publicly and externally observable (be it behavior in an economic market or evidence in science), not at the level of the actual internal structure (be it beliefs and desires of successful agents in an economic market or theoretical entities in science), whereas computational economic models (e.g. agent-based models that use evolutionary game theory) currently model interactions as if imitation and learning proceeds at the internal, publicly inaccessible level of copying the strategy of other agents who are successful.

= Modeling Thoughts =
So we need to build a richer description of agents that are embodied in some way. Some have done this in the biological evolutionary literature by using external 'tagging' to indicate type characteristics, but these often have nothing to do with genotype, they are normally just modeling tools. (One could argue this for the firm model above -- that the firm loses a part of its 'body' is not coded for by strategy.) In economics, we need to ask what is a phenotype for a firm? What is it above and beyond its strategic decisions? Or for an individual, what determines its fitness/success, independent of its strategic play?

This ties into ideas of ''levels of selection'' -- what we are really arguing is that strategies do not play strategies, but individuals who have a strategy play against other individuals with their own strategy. The battle is at the observable/phenotypic scale, not the strategic... or is it?

Are we just talking about path-dependence in an agent's fitness/relative-success? .. for instance, the classical definition of phenotypic variation is given in the wikipedia link above:

'''genotype + environment + random-variation → phenotype'''

or for our purposes we would have:

'''strategy + environment + random-variation → phenotype'''

recall, these are leading to ''how the agent now behaves'', not how it fairs in the world (which can also be affected by 'environment' and 'random-variation' at the discretion of the modeller...)

Thinking about this some more, finite state automata might be a good example of an agent model for such a difference. Since the ''behaviour'' of an agent might be 'All-D' towards one agent, but towards another (because of the complex state arrangement of the FSA) it might play 'CDDDCCCDDD...etc.' and give a rich behavioural basis, and this, from the single ''genotype'' (strategy encodded by the FSA). But is this enough?

Another possible model: instead of merely having genotype imitators, we could have three types of agents: (1) traditional genotype imitators, (2) phenotype imitators that copy behavior, (3) some combination of the two. Expected result?

It would also be interesting to compare a model where survival from generation-to-generation follows the "random death of the unfit" paradigm rather than the usual strict propagation of the fittest mechanism.

= Other Notes and Thoughts =
One of the most accepted views of "the firm" is Barney's (1991) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource-based_view Resource Based View of the Firm (RBV)] which postulates that firms can only achieve and sustain competitive advantage if they have superior resources (tangible and intangible) and a means of keeping other firms from copying them. This idea has been recently extended by the "dynamic capability perspective" that says the most successful firms are the ones that can most quickly adapt to their changing environment by adapting existing resources and acquiring new ones (this adaptability itself being a resource). This seems to fit very well into what is proposed above, strategies are secret and the ability to evolve better strategies (and manifest them in behaviors) is part of the genotype. We could add to the array of competing models mentioned above, one that incorporates a space featuring scarce resources, varying levels of resources or the need to have behaviors that successfully compete for resources.

= Refs =
# [[Media:204_Kra_evo.pdf|Krakauer, D. Domains of Interaction in Evolution: Transmission, Construction and Selection 2004]]

Genotype Phenotype

2007-06-08T00:51:56Z

Pauldwyer: /* Other Notes and Thoughts */

'''Involved'''
* [[Will Braynen]] (wbraynen AT email.arizona.edu)
* [[Simon Angus]] (s.angus AT unsw.edu.au)
* [[Mollie Poynton]] mollie.poynton@nurs.utah.edu
* [[Paul Dwyer]] pauldwyer at tamu.edu
* [[Alejandro Balbin]] (oabalbinr at unal.edu.co)

= Concept =
Currently, when we do modeling in economics and other social sciences, we are often creating ''agents'' purely as strategies -- we have a population of strategies, without regard to the characteristics of the ''carrier''. This is an old debate in biology between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotype Phenotype] (observable, measurable traits) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genotype Genotype] (normally strategy information such as motivation or game-play (in economics)). Should we worry about the current confounding of the two? .. Perhaps not, but if firms have a motivation/strategy for their behaviour, and (say) lose a production line due to a power-failure, or storm, then essentially their observable characteristics have changed, but their motivations/strategy remains the same (they may have a strategy for dealing with this event, but the point remains).

= Criticism of current modeling dogma =
In economic / game-theoretic computational models, agents imitate each other's strategies (i.e. genotypes). But this is a mistake (or a simplifying assumption?) because strategies are not publicly accessible nor directly observable. What is publicly observable is behavior (i.e. phenotypes). In other words, in the real world we often copy each other's behavior, but not the contents of each other's heads (beliefs and desires). Agents in a real economic market can't imitate what's internal to the agent. But copying the behavior of a successful agent might not always lead to success. For example, Canon might invest in making cheap color printers not because Canon expects to make money off printers, but because it hopes to make money from selling ink cartridges. (And vice versa, a successful imitator might be successful in the short run not because she is using a good strategy, but because she merely got lucky.) Similarly, by analogy, a scientist only has access to observable phonemona (e.g. cloud chamber) when building a model of the physical world (i.e. a physical theory), not its internal structure with its theoretical entities (e.g. an electron). In short, imitation and reconstruction happen at the level of what's publicly and externally observable (be it behavior in an economic market or evidence in science), not at the level of the actual internal structure (be it beliefs and desires of successful agents in an economic market or theoretical entities in science), whereas computational economic models (e.g. agent-based models that use evolutionary game theory) currently model interactions as if imitation and learning proceeds at the internal, publicly inaccessible level of copying the strategy of other agents who are successful.

= Modeling Thoughts =
So we need to build a richer description of agents that are embodied in some way. Some have done this in the biological evolutionary literature by using external 'tagging' to indicate type characteristics, but these often have nothing to do with genotype, they are normally just modeling tools. (One could argue this for the firm model above -- that the firm loses a part of its 'body' is not coded for by strategy.) In economics, we need to ask what is a phenotype for a firm? What is it above and beyond its strategic decisions? Or for an individual, what determines its fitness/success, independent of its strategic play?

This ties into ideas of ''levels of selection'' -- what we are really arguing is that strategies do not play strategies, but individuals who have a strategy play against other individuals with their own strategy. The battle is at the observable/phenotypic scale, not the strategic... or is it?

Are we just talking about path-dependence in an agent's fitness/relative-success? .. for instance, the classical definition of phenotypic variation is given in the wikipedia link above:

'''genotype + environment + random-variation → phenotype'''

or for our purposes we would have:

'''strategy + environment + random-variation → phenotype'''

recall, these are leading to ''how the agent now behaves'', not how it fairs in the world (which can also be affected by 'environment' and 'random-variation' at the discretion of the modeller...)

Thinking about this some more, finite state automata might be a good example of an agent model for such a difference. Since the ''behaviour'' of an agent might be 'All-D' towards one agent, but towards another (because of the complex state arrangement of the FSA) it might play 'CDDDCCCDDD...etc.' and give a rich behavioural basis, and this, from the single ''genotype'' (strategy encodded by the FSA). But is this enough?

Another possible model: instead of merely having genotype imitators, we could have three types of agents: (1) traditional genotype imitators, (2) phenotype imitators that copy behavior, (3) some combination of the two. Expected result?

= Other Notes and Thoughts =
One of the most accepted views of "the firm" is Barney's (1991) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource-based_view Resource Based View of the Firm (RBV)] which postulates that firms can only achieve and sustain competitive advantage if they have superior resources (tangible and intangible) and a means of keeping other firms from copying them. This idea has been recently extended by the "dynamic capability perspective" that says the most successful firms are the ones that can most quickly adapt to their changing environment by adapting existing resources and acquiring new ones (this adaptability itself being a resource). This seems to fit very well into what is proposed above, strategies are secret and the ability to evolve better strategies (and manifest them in behaviors) is part of the genotype. We could add to the array of competing models mentioned above, one that incorporates a space featuring scarce resources, varying levels of resources or the need to have behaviors that successfully compete for resources.

= Refs =
# [[Media:204_Kra_evo.pdf|Krakauer, D. Domains of Interaction in Evolution: Transmission, Construction and Selection 2004]]

Measuring diversity of expressed thought in the blogosphere

2007-06-07T19:21:08Z

Pauldwyer:

== Who's interested? ==
* [[Paul Dwyer]] pauldwyer at tamu.edu

= Concept =
In the wake of Dr Page's first lecture I'm left wondering: How can we be sure we have enough diversity in any collective intelligence situation to ensure we will get good insights or decisions? 
 
One area where this might be studied is in the blogosphere, the collection of all blogs. A blog is a website where an author posts content and readers write comments or link to the post in their own blogs. The author's act of posting is an invitation for distributed computing in the form of people thinking about the post. Some interested readers will self-select to share the results of their thinking by writing comments. How do we know if the diversity of expressed thought in these comments reflects the thinking of the larger world? Can we measure the diversity of expressed thought and statistically infer its diversity? 
 
I think ABM can be used to simulate the blog as a cognitive space and the actions of agents (author and commenters) in it. What are the attributes of intellectual content that readers might perceive and perceive differently? Are the author's post and reader comments cognitive "attractors" that affect the positioning of future comments in the space? 
 
Can we use data from this simulation space to derive a cognitive diversity metric or set of metrics that could be used in the real world?

Boundary Conditions and Dynamics of Collective Intelligence

2007-06-07T19:05:39Z

Pauldwyer:

== Motivation ==
After Dr Page's first lecture [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Paul_Dwyer Paul] posted a [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Measuring_diversity_of_expressed_thought_in_the_blogosphere project description] for measuring diversity, particularly the point where enough diversity is present to be effective in producing collective intelligence. Later [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Amir_Goldberg Amir] said: Why just look at where enough diversity starts? Why not look at what happens among a diverse group when they are together that causes their diversity to be diffused into homogeneity and their value as a diverse group lost? [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Joseph_DeRosa Joe] has been expressing similar thoughts in the realm of task-team formation and finding the optimal point of team dissolution, the point where most of the ideas have been shared and no more value remains for the group's continuance. 
 
So lets throw some questions out there: 
 
How do we define, measure and detect the boundary conditions for effective collective intelligence? 
 
Is the future of such a group always decay into homogeneous redundancy or is some kind of evolution possible?

Boundary Conditions and Dynamics of Collective Intelligence

2007-06-07T19:01:36Z

Pauldwyer:

== Motivation ==
After Dr Page's first lecture [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Paul_Dwyer Paul] posted a [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Measuring_diversity_of_expressed_thought_in_the_blogosphere project description] for measuring diversity. Later [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Amir_Goldberg Amir] said: Why just look at where enough diversity starts? Why not look at what happens among a diverse group when they are together that causes their diversity to be diffused into homogeneity and their value as a diverse group lost? [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Joseph_DeRosa Joe] has been expressing similar thoughts in the realm of task-team formation and finding the optimal point of team dissolution, the point where most of the ideas have been shared and no more value remains for the group's continuance. 
 
So lets throw some questions out there: 
 
How do we define, measure and detect the boundary conditions for effective collective intelligence? 
 
Is the future of such a group always decay into homogeneous redundancy or is some kind of evolution possible?

Boundary Conditions and Dynamics of Collective Intelligence

2007-06-07T19:00:32Z

Pauldwyer:

== Motivation ==
After Dr Page's first lecture I posted a [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Measuring_diversity_of_expressed_thought_in_the_blogosphere project description] for measuring diversity. Later [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Amir_Goldberg Amir] said: Why just look at where enough diversity starts? Why not look at what happens among a diverse group when they are together that causes their diversity to be diffused into homogeneity and their value as a diverse group lost? [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Joseph_DeRosa Joe] has been expressing similar thoughts in the realm of task-team formation and finding the optimal point of team dissolution, the point where most of the ideas have been shared and no more value remains for the group's continuance. 
 
So lets throw some questions out there: 
 
How do we define, measure and detect the boundary conditions for effective collective intelligence? 
 
Is the future of such a group always decay into homogeneous redundancy or is some kind of evolution possible?

CSSS 2007 Santa Fe-Projects & Working Groups

2007-06-07T18:49:09Z

Pauldwyer: /* Discuss */

{{CSSS 2007 Santa Fe}}

[http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~rockmore/Projects.pdf Project Ideas Culled from Responses to Dan's Questions]

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= Discuss =
* [[Representing_People]] (discuss model representations of social systems)
* [[Communicating complexity]] (discuss the role the tools of complexity might/should play in communicating nonlinearity)
* [[Applied complexity]] (discuss the application of chaos/complex systems theory to organizations)
* [[Emergent Behavior in Socio-Techno networks – in Depth and for Real]]
* [[How (not) to model social processes: Thick and thin models in the social sciences]]
* [[Technological diffusion as a social contagion problem]]
* [[Healing/Repair/Resilience in Networks (Biological networks to Computer networks, Network Models)]]
* [[Modelling of dynamics/Eco modelling/Population dynamics using coupled differential equations]]
* [[Path Dependence and the Problem of Counterfactuals in Social Systems]]
* [[Geopolitics]]
* [[Complexity for the General Public]]
* [[A mechanism model for biodiversity distribution pattern]]
* [[AHP and ExpertChoice]] - Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and AHP-tools like [http://www.expertchoice.com Expert Choice]
* [[UML for Complex Systems]] - how to address complexity/chaos in projects using the Unified Modeling Language (UML)
* [[Boundary Conditions and Dynamics of Collective Intelligence]]

= Project Groups =
* [[The evolution of social cohesion]]
* [[Healthcare interest group]]
* [[Genotype_Phenotype|Genotype or phenotype? Getting beyond strategy modelling in the social sciences]]
* [[CellPhones|Cell phones in emerging economies: what's the economic impact?]]
* [[Learning & the aging brain]]
* [[Cardiac arrhythmias in ion channel dysregulation]]
* [[Globalization, Strategy, and Path Dependence]]
* [[Modeling atherosclerotic plaque formation and rupture in coronary artery disease using ABM]]
* [[Complexity for the General Public]]
* [[Evolution from Proto-Life to Metabolic Networks]]
* [[Cellular Slime Mold Simulation]] - From single cells to crawling slugs
* [[How efficient we can be?]]
* [[Measuring diversity of expressed thought in the blogosphere]]
----

Measuring diversity of expressed thought in the blogosphere

2007-06-07T18:47:22Z

Pauldwyer:

== Interested ==
* [[Paul Dwyer]] pauldwyer at tamu.edu

= Concept =
In the wake of Dr Page's first lecture I'm left wondering: How can we be sure we have enough diversity in any collective intelligence situation to ensure we will get good insights or decisions? 
 
One area where this might be studied is in the blogosphere, the collection of all blogs. A blog is a website where an author posts content and readers write comments or link to the post in their own blogs. The author's act of posting is an invitation for distributed computing in the form of people thinking about the post. Some interested readers will self-select to share the results of their thinking by writing comments. How do we know if the diversity of expressed thought in these comments reflects the thinking of the larger world? Can we measure the diversity of expressed thought and statistically infer its diversity? 
 
I think ABM can be used to simulate the blog as a cognitive space and the actions of agents (author and commenters) in it. What are the attributes of intellectual content that readers might perceive and perceive differently? Are the author's post and reader comments cognitive "attractors" that affect the positioning of future comments in the space? 
 
Can we use data from this simulation space to derive a cognitive diversity metric or set of metrics that could be used in the real world?

Una-May O'Reilly

2007-06-07T14:54:14Z

Pauldwyer:

[http://people.csail.mit.edu/unamay Una-May] is from
the [http://csail.mit.edu Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab], (CSAIL) at
[http://web.mit.edu MIT].
She leads [http://groups.csail.mit.edu/EVO-DesignOpt EVO-DesignOpt].

[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/CSSS_2007_Santa_Fe Back to CSSS Wiki Main Page]

[[User:Unamay|Unamay]] 05:02, 7 June 2007 (MDT) 

[[Image:Unamay-self-sm-may07.jpg|thumb|caption]]

== Experimental Space ==

Here's a link to the [[Main page]].

==Section==
===Subsection===
====Subsubsection====

* ''Unordered lists'' are easy to do:
** Start every line with a star.
*** More stars indicate a deeper level.
*: Previous item continues.
** A new line
* in a list
marks the end of the list.
* Of course you can start again.

# ''Numbered lists'' are:
## Very organized
## Easy to follow
A new line marks the end of the list.
# New numbering starts with 1.

: A colon (:) indents a line or paragraph.
A newline starts a new paragraph. 
Often used for discussion on talk pages.
: We use 1 colon to indent once.
:: We use 2 colons to indent twice.
::: 3 colons to indent 3 times, and so on.

File:Unamay-self-sm-may07.jpg

2007-06-07T14:45:22Z

Pauldwyer:

File:Unamay-self-sm-may07.jpg

2007-06-07T14:44:39Z

Pauldwyer:

CellPhones

2007-06-07T14:31:36Z

Pauldwyer: /* Cell phones in developing economies */

==Cell phones in developing economies==
How do cell phones affect economic growth in countries where communications infrastructure is poor?

A [[Media:CellPhonesAndFishing.pdf|recent paper]] covered in the Economist suggests that cell phones have reduced waste in fisheries, by giving boats price information before they return to shore. They can choose profitable markets for their catch. The reduction in waste increases the total value of the catch by 5% or more. Better arbitrage and lower information costs result in a sustained productivity gain.

There is lots more to the story here than simple arbitrage opportunities. Communications technology lowers the cost of information for all parties on the network. This should result in lower barriers to entry, lower transaction costs, more innovation, higher productivity, and access to many more customers.

Please add your questions, thoughts, and suggestions.

==Who's interested?==

Ben Mazzotta

Saleha Habibullah

Ryan Chisholm

Paul Dwyer

(please add yourself to this list)

==Modeling issues==

* Firms and households are agents in the economy
* Market access: how do firms find customers?
* Innovation: simple productivity gains, or development of new economic niches?

==Other issues related to cell phones in emerging economies==

===Financial transactions via text message===
Recently cell phone companies have permitted credits (essentially a form of cash) to be transferred among users via text message. This system of payments is a rudimentary financial service for households, potentially in competition with microfinance and the formal financial sector.

(Ben, this is what I was talking about. For some reason I can't find it on the NPR site. - Vikas) http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2038302,00.html

File:CellPhonesAndFishing.pdf

2007-06-07T14:27:29Z

Pauldwyer:

CellPhones

2007-06-07T14:11:26Z

Pauldwyer: /* Who's interested? */

==Cell phones in developing economies==
How do cell phones affect economic growth in countries where communications infrastructure is poor?

A recent paper covered in the Economist suggests that cell phones have reduced waste in fisheries, by giving boats price information before they return to shore. They can choose profitable markets for their catch. The reduction in waste increases the total value of the catch by 5% or more. Better arbitrage and lower information costs result in a sustained productivity gain.

There is lots more to the story here than simple arbitrage opportunities. Communications technology lowers the cost of information for all parties on the network. This should result in lower barriers to entry, lower transaction costs, more innovation, higher productivity, and access to many more customers.

Please add your questions, thoughts, and suggestions.

==Who's interested?==

Ben Mazzotta

Saleha Habibullah

Ryan Chisholm

Paul Dwyer

(please add yourself to this list)

==Modeling issues==

* Firms and households are agents in the economy
* Market access: how do firms find customers?
* Innovation: simple productivity gains, or development of new economic niches?

==Other issues related to cell phones in emerging economies==

===Financial transactions via text message===
Recently cell phone companies have permitted credits (essentially a form of cash) to be transferred among users via text message. This system of payments is a rudimentary financial service for households, potentially in competition with microfinance and the formal financial sector.

(Ben, this is what I was talking about. For some reason I can't find it on the NPR site. - Vikas) http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2038302,00.html

Measuring diversity of expressed thought in the blogosphere

2007-06-07T12:57:41Z

Pauldwyer:

'''Interested:'''
* [[Paul Dwyer]] pauldwyer at tamu.edu

= Concept =
In the wake of Dr Page's first lecture I'm left wondering: How can we be sure we have enough diversity in any collective intelligence situation to ensure we will get good insights or decisions? 
 
One area where this might be studied is in the blogosphere, the collection of all blogs. A blog is a website where an author posts content and readers write comments or link to the post in their own blogs. The author's act of posting is an invitation for distributed computing in the form of people thinking about the post. Some interested readers will self-select to share the results of their thinking by writing comments. How do we know if the diversity of expressed thought in these comments reflects the thinking of the larger world? Can we measure the diversity of expressed thought and statistically infer its diversity? 
 
I think ABM can be used to simulate the blog as a cognitive space and the actions of agents (author and commenters) in it. What are the attributes of intellectual content that readers might perceive and perceive differently? Are the author's post and reader comments cognitive "attractors" that affect the positioning of future comments in the space? 
 
Can we use data from this simulation space to derive a cognitive diversity metric or set of metrics that could be used in the real world?

Measuring diversity of expressed thought in the blogosphere

2007-06-07T12:57:08Z

Pauldwyer:

File:Unamay-self-sm-may07.jpg

2007-06-07T12:36:46Z

Pauldwyer:

Genotype Phenotype

2007-06-07T12:33:32Z

Pauldwyer:

'''Involved'''
* [[Will Braynen]] (wbraynen AT email.arizona.edu)
* [[Simon Angus]] (s.angus AT unsw.edu.au)
* [[Mollie Poynton]] mollie.poynton@nurs.utah.edu
* [[Paul Dwyer]] pauldwyer at tamu.edu
* [[Alejandro Balbin]] (oabalbinr at unal.edu.co)

= Concept =
Currently, when we do modeling in economics and other social sciences, we are often creating ''agents'' purely as strategies -- we have a population of strategies, without regard to the characteristics of the ''carrier''. This is an old debate in biology between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotype Phenotype] (observable, measurable traits) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genotype Genotype] (normally strategy information such as motivation or game-play (in economics)). Should we worry about the current confounding of the two? .. Perhaps not, but if firms have a motivation/strategy for their behaviour, and (say) lose a production line due to a power-failure, or storm, then essentially their observable characteristics have changed, but their motivations/strategy remains the same (they may have a strategy for dealing with this event, but the point remains).

= Criticism of current modeling dogma =
In economic / game-theoretic computational models, agents imitate each other's strategies (i.e. genotypes). But this is a mistake (or a simplifying assumption?) because strategies are not publicly accessible nor directly observable. What is publicly observable is behavior (i.e. phenotypes). In other words, in the real world we often copy each other's behavior, but not the contents of each other's heads (beliefs and desires). Agents in a real economic market can't imitate what's internal to the agent. But copying the behavior of a successful agent might not always lead to success. For example, Canon might invest in making cheap color printers not because Canon expects to make money off printers, but because it hopes to make money from selling ink cartridges. (And vice versa, a successful imitator might be successful in the short run not because she is using a good strategy, but because she merely got lucky.) Similarly, by analogy, a scientist only has access to observable phonemona (e.g. cloud chamber) when building a model of the physical world (i.e. a physical theory), not its internal structure with its theoretical entities (e.g. an electron). In short, imitation and reconstruction happen at the level of what's publicly and externally observable (be it behavior in an economic market or evidence in science), not at the level of the actual internal structure (be it beliefs and desires of successful agents in an economic market or theoretical entities in science), whereas computational economic models (e.g. agent-based models that use evolutionary game theory) currently model interactions as if imitation and learning proceeds at the internal, publicly inaccessible level of copying the strategy of other agents who are successful.

= Modeling Thoughts =
So we need to build a richer description of agents that are embodied in some way. Some have done this in the biological evolutionary literature by using external 'tagging' to indicate type characteristics, but these often have nothing to do with genotype, they are normally just modeling tools. (One could argue this for the firm model above -- that the firm loses a part of its 'body' is not coded for by strategy.) In economics, we need to ask what is a phenotype for a firm? What is it above and beyond its strategic decisions? Or for an individual, what determines its fitness/success, independent of its strategic play?

This ties into ideas of ''levels of selection'' -- what we are really arguing is that strategies do not play strategies, but individuals who have a strategy play against other individuals with their own strategy. The battle is at the observable/phenotypic scale, not the strategic... or is it?

Are we just talking about path-dependence in an agent's fitness/relative-success? .. for instance, the classical definition of phenotypic variation is given in the wikipedia link above:

'''genotype + environment + random-variation → phenotype'''

or for our purposes we would have:

'''strategy + environment + random-variation → phenotype'''

recall, these are leading to ''how the agent now behaves'', not how it fairs in the world (which can also be affected by 'environment' and 'random-variation' at the discretion of the modeller...)

Thinking about this some more, finite state automata might be a good example of an agent model for such a difference. Since the ''behaviour'' of an agent might be 'All-D' towards one agent, but towards another (because of the complex state arrangement of the FSA) it might play 'CDDDCCCDDD...etc.' and give a rich behavioural basis, and this, from the single ''genotype'' (strategy encodded by the FSA). But is this enough?

Another possible model: instead of merely having genotype imitators, we could have three types of agents: (1) traditional genotype imitators, (2) phenotype imitators that copy behavior, (3) some combination of the two. Expected result?

= Other Notes and Thoughts =
One of the most accepted views of "the firm" is Barney's (1991) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource-based_view Resource Based View of the Firm (RBV)] which postulates that firms can only achieve and sustain competitive advantage if they have superior resources (tangible and intangible) and a means of keeping other firms from copying them. This idea has been recently extended by the "dynamic capability perspective" that says the most successful firms are the ones that can most quickly adapt to their changing environment by adapting existing resources and acquiring new ones (this adaptability itself being a resource). This seems to fit very well into what is proposed above, strategies are secret and the ability to evolve better strategies (and manifest them in behaviors) is part of the genotype.

= Refs =
# [[Media:204_Kra_evo.pdf|Krakauer, D. Domains of Interaction in Evolution: Transmission, Construction and Selection 2004]]

Measuring diversity of expressed thought in the blogosphere

2007-06-07T12:10:33Z

Pauldwyer: Measuring intellectual diversity

CSSS 2007 Santa Fe-Projects & Working Groups

2007-06-07T11:48:07Z

Pauldwyer: /* Project Groups */

{{CSSS 2007 Santa Fe}}

[http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~rockmore/Projects.pdf Project Ideas Culled from Responses to Dan's Questions]

----
= Discuss =
* [[Representing_People]] (discuss model representations of social systems)
* [[Communicating complexity]] (discuss the role the tools of complexity might/should play in communicating nonlinearity)
* [[Applied complexity]] (discuss the application of chaos/complex systems theory to organizations)
* [[Emergent Behavior in Socio-Techno networks – in Depth and for Real]]
* [[How (not) to model social processes: Thick and thin models in the social sciences]]
* [[Technological diffusion as a social contagion problem]]
* [[Healing/Repair/Resilience in Networks (Biological networks to Computer networks, Network Models)]]
* [[Modelling of dynamics/Eco modelling/Population dynamics using coupled differential equations]]
* [[Path Dependence and the Problem of Counterfactuals in Social Systems]]
* [[Geopolitics]]
* [[Complexity for the General Public]]
* [[A mechanism model for biodiversity distribution pattern]]
* [[AHP and ExpertChoice]] - Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) and AHP-tools like [http://www.expertchoice.com Expert Choice]

= Project Groups =
* [[The evolution of social cohesion]]
* [[Healthcare interest group]]
* [[Genotype_Phenotype|Genotype or phenotype? Getting beyond strategy modelling in the social sciences]]
* [[CellPhones|Cell phones in emerging economies: what's the economic impact?]]
* [[Learning & the aging brain]]
* [[Cardiac arrhythmias in ion channel dysregulation]]
* [[Globalization, Strategy, and Path Dependence]]
* [[Modeling atherosclerotic plaque formation and rupture in coronary artery disease using ABM]]
* [[Complexity for the General Public]]
* [[Evolution from Proto-Life to Metabolic Networks]]
* [[Cellular Slime Mold Simulation]] - From single cells to crawling slugs
* [[How efficient we can be?]]
* [[Measuring diversity of expressed thought in the blogosphere]]
----

Tuesday 8:30 Lab Signup

2007-06-06T14:20:05Z

Pauldwyer:

==Students in the 8:30 Lab Section==
# Rhonda Belue
# Ben Mazzotta
# Paul Dwyer

CSSS 2007 Santa Fe-After Hours

2007-06-06T12:31:16Z

Pauldwyer:

{{CSSS 2007 Santa Fe}}

==Monday June 4th==
* at 7pm: soccer match @ the athletic field; be there! [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Olaf_Bochmann Olaf]]

* Monday June 4th, 9pm, Polyhmynia 13, Scotch tasting, hosted by Ben Mazzotta

==Wednesday, June 6th==
* 7pm: climbing @ the [http://www.climbsantafe.com/ Santa Fe Climbing Center]; let's meet at the pond in front of the student centre [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Gregor_Obernosterer Gregor]]

==Friday, June 8th==
* 2pm: Excursion to Taos. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Gregor_Obernosterer Gregor]] and [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Tim_Johann T1M]]

==Saturday, June 9th==
* some time in the morning: Excursion to southern NM - Socorro and/or White Sands and/or Roswell. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Gregor_Obernosterer Gregor]] and [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Tim_Johann T1M]]

* Climbing excursion: If you're in, contact me at vikas.shah (at) vanderbilt.edu so we can make plans. We'll be at [[http://www.geocities.com/Yosemite/Trails/9507/lasconchas.htm Las Conchas]] or [[http://www.cs.unm.edu/~moret/crag.html Palomas]]. Let me know which you prefer. I've been to Conchas, fun smaller area with an easy approach. Never been to Palomas, has a substantially longer approach. I have topos available for both; descriptions and some of the routes are described at the links above. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Vikas_Shah Vikas Shah]]

==june 9-10==
two-day trip:
saturday, june 9, very early in the morning, drive to the chaco culture national historical park. many hiking trails to choose from. stay overnight.
sunday, june 10, hike the la luz trail, stroll the albuquerque streets if time permits
[[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Rafal_Raciborski rafal]]

==Sunday, June 10th==
* These hills look like they need some hiking. Who is up for a decent hike some time on Sunday? Location will depend on whether any willing participants have cars. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Ryan_Chisholm Ryan]]

==june 16 or 17==
saturday, june 16 or sunday, june 17, whitewater rafting in the taos box canyon, $118 per person, need six people to guarantee a paddle raft + somebody with a second car
[[http://www.farflung.com/new/box1.html description]]
[[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Rafal_Raciborski rafal]]

==june 23==
saturday, june 23, need three people for premium box seating for the santa fe rodeo for the 7pm show. the 4-person box is $120 + $8 booking fee, so the cost is $32 per person. need to book asap as the front boxes are disappearing at an alarming rate
[[http://rodeodesantafe.org/ description]]
[[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Rafal_Raciborski rafal]]

== cricket anyone? ==
I've been getting some sniffs of interest in the game! I can probably arrange a bat here and we can play tennis ball cricket (I can also offer a tutorial on cricket ;) - for proper leather ball cricket, folks are welcome to practice with the UNM cricket club at Albuquerque coming saturday around noon! (dont worry, it's fun cricket and not professional quality either!), the club (and I) then travel to Colorado for a couple of matches 16/17 June; so if some are interested in a Colorado trip, let me know. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Amitabh_Trehan amitabh]]

== Photographers unite! ==
I have met quite a few avid photography enthusiasts here. Let's form a group. NM is a wonderful state for photography, maybe we can plan something! [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Amitabh_Trehan amitabh]]

== El Farol ==
Since the [http://www.elfarolsf.com El Farol Restaurant and Bar] has become immortalized in the complexity literature ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Farol_Bar_problem The El Farol Bar Problem]), we should check it out. [[http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Paul_Dwyer Paul]]

CSSS 2007 Santa Fe-After Hours

2007-06-06T12:29:43Z

Pauldwyer:

Globalization, Strategy, and Path Dependence

2007-06-06T12:07:30Z

Pauldwyer:

Sounds cool. When are we meeting? Mike

----

How about Wednesday (6/6) evening after SFI?

Also, I'm going to meet with James Battin at 10:00 on Wednesay (6/6) in the Great Hall to hear about ecology with hopes of how to apply it this effort. Anyone interested in this effort can join.

Additionally, I did a core dump of some thoughts that can be viewed on the [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Geopolitics Geopolitics] page, and the [http://www.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Path_Dependence_and_the_Problem_of_Counterfactuals_in_Social_Systems Path Dependence and Counterfactual] page.

Aaron

Genotype Phenotype

2007-06-05T15:18:16Z

Pauldwyer:

'''Involved'''
* [[Will Braynen]]
* [[Simon Angus]] (s.angus AT unsw.edu.au)
* [[Mollie Poynton]] mollie.poynton@nurs.utah.edu
* [[Paul Dwyer]] pauldwyer@tamu.edu

= Concept =
Currently, when we do modeling in economics and other social sciences, we are often creating ''agents'' purely as strategies -- we have a population of strategies, without regard to the characteristics of the ''carrier''. This is an old debate in biology between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotype Phenotype] (observable, measurable traits) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genotype Genotype] (normally strategy information such as motivation or game-play (in economics)). Should we worry about the current confounding of the two? .. Perhaps not, but if firms have a motivation/strategy for their behaviour, and (say) lose a production line due to a power-failure, or storm, then essentially their observable characteristics have changed, but their motivations/strategy remains the same (they may have a strategy for dealing with this event, but the point remains).

= Modeling Thoughts =
So we need to build a richer description of agents that are embodied in some way. Some have done this in the biological evolutionary literature by using external 'tagging' to indicate type characteristics, but these often have nothing to do with genotype, they are normally just modelling tools. (One could argue this for the firm model above -- that the firm loses a part of its 'body' is not coded for by strategy.) In economics, we need to ask what is a phenotype for a firm? What is it above and beyond its strategic decisions? Or for an individual, what determines its fitness/success, independent of its strategic play?

This ties into ideas of ''levels of selection'' -- what we are really arguing is that strategies do not play strategies, but individuals who have a strategy play against other individuals with their own strategy. The battle is at the observable/phenotypic scale, not the strategic... or is it?

Are we just talking about path-dependence in an agent's fitness/relative-success? .. for instance, the classical definition of phenotypic variation is given in the wikipedia link above:

'''genotype + environment + random-variation → phenotype'''

or for our purposes we would have:

'''strategy + environment + random-variation → phenotype'''

recall, these are leading to ''how the agent now behaves'', not how it fairs in the world (which can also be affected by 'environment' and 'random-variation' at the discretion of the modeller...)

Thinking about this some more, finite state automata might be a good example of an agent model for such a difference. Since the ''behaviour'' of an agent might be 'All-D' towards one agent, but towards another (because of the complex state arrangement of the FSA) it might play 'CDDDCCCDDD...etc.' and give a rich behavioural basis, and this, from the single ''genotype'' (strategy encodded by the FSA). But is this enough?

= Other Notes and Thoughts =
One of the most accepted views of "the firm" is Barney's (1991) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resource-based_view Resource Based View of the Firm (RBV)] which postulates that firms can only achieve and sustain competitive advantage if they have superior resources (tangible and intangible) and a means of keeping other firms from copying them. This idea has been recently extended by the "dynamic capability perspective" that says the most successful firms are the ones that can most quickly adapt to their changing environment by adapting existing resources and acquiring new ones (this adaptability itself being a resource). Could this be factored into the model above? Or is it already there?

= Refs =
# [[Media:204_Kra_evo.pdf|Krakauer, D. Domains of Interaction in Evolution: Transmission, Construction and Selection 2004]]

Genotype Phenotype

2007-06-05T15:03:25Z

Pauldwyer:

'''Involved'''
* [[Will Braynen]]
* [[Simon Angus]] (s.angus AT unsw.edu.au)
* [[Mollie Poynton]] mollie.poynton@nurs.utah.edu
* [[Paul Dwyer]] pauldwyer@tamu.edu

= Concept =
Currently, when we do modeling in economics and other social sciences, we are often creating ''agents'' purely as strategies -- we have a population of strategies, without regard to the characteristics of the ''carrier''. This is an old debate in biology between [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenotype Phenotype] (observable, measurable traits) and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genotype Genotype] (normally strategy information such as motivation or game-play (in economics)). Should we worry about the current confounding of the two? .. Perhaps not, but if firms have a motivation/strategy for their behaviour, and (say) lose a production line due to a power-failure, or storm, then essentially their observable characteristics have changed, but their motivations/strategy remains the same (they may have a strategy for dealing with this event, but the point remains).

= Modeling Thoughts =
So we need to build a richer description of agents that are embodied in some way. Some have done this in the biological evolutionary literature by using external 'tagging' to indicate type characteristics, but these often have nothing to do with genotype, they are normally just modelling tools. (One could argue this for the firm model above -- that the firm loses a part of its 'body' is not coded for by strategy.) In economics, we need to ask what is a phenotype for a firm? What is it above and beyond its strategic decisions? Or for an individual, what determines its fitness/success, independent of its strategic play?

This ties into ideas of ''levels of selection'' -- what we are really arguing is that strategies do not play strategies, but individuals who have a strategy play against other individuals with their own strategy. The battle is at the observable/phenotypic scale, not the strategic... or is it?

Are we just talking about path-dependence in an agent's fitness/relative-success? .. for instance, the classical definition of phenotypic variation is given in the wikipedia link above:

'''genotype + environment + random-variation → phenotype'''

or for our purposes we would have:

'''strategy + environment + random-variation → phenotype'''

recall, these are leading to ''how the agent now behaves'', not how it fairs in the world (which can also be affected by 'environment' and 'random-variation' at the discretion of the modeller...)

Thinking about this some more, finite state automata might be a good example of an agent model for such a difference. Since the ''behaviour'' of an agent might be 'All-D' towards one agent, but towards another (because of the complex state arrangement of the FSA) it might play 'CDDDCCCDDD...etc.' and give a rich behavioural basis, and this, from the single ''genotype'' (strategy encodded by the FSA). But is this enough?

= Refs =
# [[Media:204_Kra_evo.pdf|Krakauer, D. Domains of Interaction in Evolution: Transmission, Construction and Selection 2004]]

Paul Dwyer

2007-05-31T14:12:02Z

Pauldwyer:

[[image:Dwyer-paul.jpg]] 
I'm a PhD candidate in the [http://mays.tamu.edu/depts/mktg/ Department of Marketing] at [http://www.tamu.edu Texas A&M]. I also have a BS in Computer Engineering from [http://www.usf.edu USF]. My research has drawn me into the world of social networks and emergent behavior, especially as it is revealed in online communities and the blogosphere. I'm just getting into a project computationally modeling the way people share their thoughts in blogs. My [http://people.tamu.edu/~pauldwyer homepage].

What are my main interests? 
Modeling group cognition: How do groups of people create shared knowledge from personal knowledge and collaborative deliberation? What processes intervene in knowledge creation and sharing? How can environments be created that facilitate knowledge creation and sharing? What inspires this kind of collaboration/cooperation?

What sorts of expertise can I bring to the group? 
Five years of experience in agent-based modeling, primarily with Repast. Good familiarity with social network analysis and the general complexity science literature.

What do I hope to get out of the CSSS? 
Meet collaboration partners for future research and publication. Increase technical skill and knowledge. Expand my mind.

Possible projects in mind for the CSSS? 
I'm open to better opportunities, but I'm currently working on a study trying to measure diversity of thought expression in the blogosphere and the processes that explain it.

Even though my face is tanned a nice fluorescent pale blue from hours in front of a LCD monitor, I do enjoy running, hiking and many other things that occur under more natural forms of light.

I'm looking forward to meeting all of you.

Paul Dwyer

2007-05-02T01:08:08Z

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2007-03-31T12:45:25Z

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2007-03-31T12:42:17Z

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2007-03-31T12:33:47Z

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CSSS 2007 Santa Fe-Participants

2007-03-29T02:48:29Z

Pauldwyer:

{{CSSS 2007 Santa Fe}}

[[Vikas Shah]] 
before June:
Department of Biochemistry and the School of Medicine
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 
after June:
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 
email: vikas (dot) shah (dot) 1976 (at) gmail (dot) com 

Rafal Raciborski 
Department of Political Science 
Emory University, Atlanta, GA 

Rhonda BeLue
Department of Health Policy and Administration
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park PA, 16803
rzb10@psu.edu

[[Paul Dwyer]], Department of Marketing, Texas A&M University, College Station TX

CSSS 2007 Santa Fe-Participants

2007-03-29T02:47:57Z

Pauldwyer:

{{CSSS 2007 Santa Fe}}

[[Vikas Shah]] 
before June:
Department of Biochemistry and the School of Medicine
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 
after June:
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 
email: vikas (dot) shah (dot) 1976 (at) gmail (dot) com 

Rafal Raciborski 
Department of Political Science 
Emory University, Atlanta, GA 

Rhonda BeLue
Department of Health Policy and Administration
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park PA, 16803
rzb10@psu.edu

[[Paul Dwyer]] Department of Marketing Texas A&M University, College Station TX

User:Pauldwyer

2007-03-29T02:42:51Z

Pauldwyer:

I'm a PhD candidate in the Department of Marketing at Texas A&M. I also have a BS in Computer Engineering from USF (Florida not San Francisco). My research has drawn me into the world of social networks and emergent behavior, especially as it is revealed in online communities and the blogosphere. I'm just getting into a project computationally modeling the way people share their thoughts in blogs.

While my face is tanned a nice florescent pale blue from my LCD monitor, I do enjoy running, hiking and many other things done under more natural forms of light.

I'm looking forward to meeting all of you.

Paul Dwyer

2007-03-29T02:41:32Z

Pauldwyer:

I'm a PhD candidate in the Department of Marketing at Texas A&M. I also have a BS in Computer Engineering from USF (Florida not San Francisco). My research has drawn me into the world of social networks and emergent behavior, especially as it is revealed in online communities and the blogosphere. I'm just getting into a project computationally modeling the way people share their thoughts in blogs.

While my face is tanned a nice florescent pale blue from my LCD monitor, I do enjoy running, hiking and many other things that occur under more natural forms of light.

I'm looking forward to meeting all of you.

CSSS 2007 Santa Fe-Participants

2007-03-29T02:37:10Z

Pauldwyer:

{{CSSS 2007 Santa Fe}}

[[Vikas Shah]] 
before June:
Department of Biochemistry and the School of Medicine
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 
after June:
Banner Good Samaritan Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ 
email: vikas (dot) shah (dot) 1976 (at) gmail (dot) com 

Rafal Raciborski 
Department of Political Science 
Emory University, Atlanta, GA 

Rhonda BeLue
Department of Health Policy and Administration
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park PA, 16803
rzb10@psu.edu

[[Paul Dwyer]] 
Department of Marketing
Texas A&M University, College Station TX

User:Pauldwyer

2007-03-29T02:28:22Z

Pauldwyer: Howdy!

I'm a PhD candidate in the Department of Marketing at Texas A&M. I also have a BS in Computer Engineering from USF (Florida not San Francisco). My research has drawn me into the world of social networks and emergent behavior, especially as it is revealed in online communities and the blogosphere. I'm just getting into a project computationally modeling the way people share their thoughts in blogs.

While my face is tanned a nice florescent blue from my LCD monitor, I do enjoy running, hiking and ...

I'm looking forward to meeting all of you.