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= Overview =
You may have heard about experiments on the sand pile, or otherwise seen Per Bak's work on so-called self-organized criticality (SOC). But what is it?

During a dinner conversation the other night, it seemed that my lit-review knowledge of the concepts might be of help to some people. Things that could be covered:
* what does it mean for a system to be critical?
* why do systems not usual stay here?
* so what is SOC?
* when do I know when I've got SOC?
** fractals and power spectra
** separation of time-scales
* how does SOC relate to Complex Systems? Is it the answer to a unified theory of Complex Systems?
* some comments/criticisms of SOC

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Thanks, Simon (Room 21 Calliope)

Yeah!  Mike (SUITE 5)

I'd be interested.  --James (Calliope 24 Penthouse Suite)

for sure, cheers dan (poly25)

I'm also interested! Fred (Calliope 23)

elise filotas

This sounds good. ->Josh

[[Joseph_Lizier]]

great - [[John_Mahoney]] (poly 12)

Nate

Definitely - Chris