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<div style="padding:5px;background-color:whitesmoke;border:1pt solid gray;">NB: The following is a slender version of  [http://149.171.208.159/lucinda/index.php/Simon_Angus Simon's home page at the UNSW School of Economics Theory Group wiki]. Stay here, or go there as you please, though both are in that strange third-person voice (!).</div>
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= Santa Fe Baldy and Lake Katherine Planning =
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== Summary ==
<i>OK, so I may not have the curls in Santa Fe..</i><br>
[http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&client=ig&q=weather+Santa+Fe Weather for Santa Fe this weekend]
[[Image:angus-headshot-nov06.png]]
 
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Looks like (and reviews say) a beautiful hike -- people are really into Lake Katherine. Route would go up from Aspen Basin, acroos the ridge lines above Lake Nambe, down to the Meadow, and into the Lake. Reports indicate that Santa Fe Baldy gets an 'unusual' number of lightning strikes, so best not to attempt it post midday. So over-night at Lake Katherine, and then climb Baldy in the morning, head out, possibly via Lake Nambe for lunch.
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''Total trip distance'':
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# Aspen Basin - Lake Katherine (via ridgeline) ~ 8.4 miles (~15km)
# Lake Katherine - Aspen Basin (via Baldy) ~ 8.3 miles (~15km)
 
== Who's Coming ==
(please let me know if this is wrong)
# Simon Angus
# Andy Bell
# Will Braynen
# Monika Piotrowska
# Amelie Veron
 
== Event Plan ==
(***) we need to organize transport there and back...!
 
'''Sat'''
* ''7:30am'' eat breakfast at St John's
* ''8:00am'' (sharp) be leaving St John's by car/taxi/bus???***
* ''9:00am'' about now be walking out of Aspen Basin
* walk to Lake Katherine via ridge-line walk, and meadow
* overnight at Lake Katherine, enjoy the stars and lake (see reviews below for what this is like)
 
'''Sun'''
* pack-up, walk to junction with SFBaldy track, leave packs and climb to the summit
* pick up packs, walk back to Aspen Basin
* be back to St John's for dinner...
== Equipment ==
=== Sleeping & Carrying ===
{|border="1" padding="0.5"
| '''Who''' || '''Tent''' || '''Sleeping Bag''' || '''Sleeping Mat''' || '''Pack'''
|-
|'''Simon'''|| WLtent || own || own || own (90L)*
|-
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|voice
|'''Will B''' || WLtent || WLbag || WLmat1 || WLpack*
| +61 2 9385 3334
|-
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|fax
|'''Andy''' || own || own || own || own(size?)*
| +61 2 9313 6337
|-
|-
!style="text-align:right;"|post
|'''Monika''' || SAtent || Liz || WLmat2 || own(small)
|
|-
  School of Economics
|'''Amelie''' || SAtent || || Lizmat || own(small)
University of New South Wales
Sydney 2052 NSW
Australia
|}
|}


== Brief Bio ==
WL = William Ludington's equipment (tent(2/3-man), 2 x sleeping mats, 1 x sleeping bag, stove + cooking equip.)
(apologies for the third-person view, see note above..!)
 
(*) Between the boys, I think we can probably manage taking the girls' gear. So that's cool.
 
=== Eating ===
Each person will need to 'borrow' from the refectory:
* 1 x plastic plate
* 1 x plastic bowl
* fork, spoon
 
Will L has kindly given us to use his stove and pots, which will need some fuel (gas canister), but should suffice
* ''another cooker would be good''
 
=== Clothes ===
Lake Katherine is pretty high up (11,700 feet, or ~ 4,700m, about 1,700m above St John's College) so we should prepare for a cool evening and overnight...
 
'''Must haves'''
* water-bottle (as large as you have, min 2 L)
* sturdy walking shoes, or equivalent
* warm socks
* thermal top, or warm under-shirt
* polartec jumper, or equivalent
* rain/wind jacket
* sun-hat, or lots of sunscreen
* walking pants
* long-pants for apres-walk
* toiletries, medications
* toilet paper
* bag to water-proof contents of back-pack*
* sunscreen
* torch, or head-torch (one between two?)
 
(*) I have a spare
 
'''Optional'''
* insect repellant
* second-pair shoes for apres-walk
* camera, tripod?
* sunglasses
* lip-balm, or equivalent
* swim-suit (for the Lake)
* gloves
* book, note-book, sketch-book, water-colours, binoculars, cards ... ?!?
 
=== Food ===
We need to organise:
* 2 lunches (take things to make sandwiches, some fruit etc.)
* 1 dinner (pre-dinner eats, buy some vegies, a rice-base or something, perhaps some salami and combine, dessert + a drink or two)
* 1 breakfast (take some breaky cereal (?), milk powder? (or real milk?), fruit, cinammon bagels?)
* .. trail snacks .. (assortment of yummie things)
 
== Links ==
* [http://www.santafe.com/outdoors/hiking.html Santa Fe Baldy, Lake Catherine (sic) on santafe.com]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Fe_Baldy Santa Fe Baldy on Wikipedia]
* [http://www.localhikes.com/Hikes/Lake_Katherine_0000.asp Lake Katherine walk reviews]
 
= Wheeler Peak Planning =
'''Summary'''
 
''Car-trip'': 117 miles, (suggested 3hrs): St John's to Taos Ski Valley
 
''Walk distance'': 7.4 (private route notes, see below) - 8 miles (National Parks)
 
''DIfficulty'': Intermediate -- Expert
 
''Climb'': Just under 4000ft
 
''Links''
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=st+johns+college,+santa+fe,+new+mexico&daddr=Wheeler+Peak,+new+mexico&sll=36.19045,-105.72306&sspn=1.121609,1.593018&ie=UTF8&ll=36.199958,-105.58136&spn=1.121482,1.593018&z=9&om=1 Google Maps directions and route]
* [http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=36.5567&lon=-105.4169&size=m&symshow=n&u=6&datum=nad83&layer=DRG25&s=50 Peak at topozone .. printable topographic maps]
* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/carson/html_trails/trail_wheeler_peak.html National Forrest trail advice]
* [http://www.jackieandalan.com/wheelerpeak.html Trip report -- informative, with photos]
 
 
= Resources for CSSS Participants =
* Mapping science: http://scimaps.org/
* Asthma (lung function) modelling from the NECSI conference last year: http://necsi.org/events/iccs6/viewabstract.php?id=377
* (for Amelie): Clustering techniques:
** [[Media:117_Gir_com.pdf|Girvan - in-betweeness centrality]]
** [[Media:157_Moo_pee.pdf|Moody - recursive neighbourhood mean]]
* [[Media:hubler-pnas.pdf|Hubler-pnas-ball-bearings.pdf]]
* [[Media:lorenz-nonperiodic.pdf]] .. This is page 8 from the famous Lorenz paper. My preference would be to include the graphs, and the top of the page which has 'Lorenz' in the by-line.
* For Hannah: Miller's communication and cooperation paper .. thought you might like it due to the modelling framework .. yes, saw you searching emergent communication models [[Media:miller.pdf|miller.pdf]]  '''Awesome! Thanks for that :o) H'''
 
= Photos from CSSS07 =
== Lake Nambe Hiking Trip ==
[[Image:angus-nambe.jpg]]
* Email me if you would like to see some more photos from this trip (I will email you the .zip file).
 
= About me =
G'day all,
 
[[Image:angus-malverns.jpg|frame|Walking in the Malverns (GB) with my nephew, Lachlan.]]
 
Just saying hello here -- other work-related stuff is below. Tried to find a photo bushwalking in the Australian mountains, but I'm usually behind the lense, rather than infront of it, so this is the best I could do -- walking in the Malverns -- hills near to where my sister was studying in Oxford, GB. The other pic is taken of a beautiful stand of Eucalyptus trees (mainly ''Eucalyptus pilularis'' (Blackbutt) or ''E. saligna'' (Sydney Blue Gum)) in the Blue Gum Forrest -- a famous walking destination to the West of Sydney, Australia, where I work. Sadly, the forrest is mostly destroyed now due to bushfires that hit in the recent Summer. A shame, but I thought I'd share them with you all the same.
 
[[Image:angus-bluegum.JPG|frame|The Blue Gum forrest, Blue Mountains National Park, West of Sydney, Australia.]]


Simon joined the [http://www.unsw.edu.au University of New South Wales] [http://www.economics.unsw.edu.au School of Economics] to begin PhD studies in 2002. Prior to which he graduated with a B.Sc (Industrial Chemistry) and B.A.(Pols) from the same institution, completing honours in the [http://www.camd.unsw.edu.au Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design (CAMD)] where he investigated self-organizing polymer films (see publications below). In 2004 he was accepted into the [http://www.santafe.ed Santa Fe Institute (SFI)]'s [http://zia.hss.cmu.edu/econ/cw04.html Graduate Workshop in Computational Social Science Modeling and Complexity], lead by [http://zia.hss.cmu.edu/miller/ John Miller] and [http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~spage/ Scott Page ], which was ''great'' fun. Since then, he has had a continuing involvement with the ''Network Theory Working Group'', formed out of the [http://www.dar.csiro.au/css/index.htm Complexity Science theme] at the [http://www.csiro.gov.au CSIRO].
I'm working at the [http://www.economics.unsw.edu.au School of Economics, University of NSW], Sydney, Australia. My background is in engineering/chemistry, and have continued to be fascinated by self-organizing systems -- then studying self-organizing polymer membranes, and now, studying self-organizing/endogenous network formation processes in human interaction networks. This means working in game theory, graph theory, and computational modelling of human behaviour -- specifically trying to ask, What is the outcome of a system of interacting individuals who are able to change their interaction environment ''themselves''? Follow the link below for more info on this, including my recent PhD dissertation on the topic.


He recently received his Ph.D. and currently works as a Lecturer in the School. His teaching mostly involves the honour of delivering and developing the first year ''Quantitative Methods A'' (QMA) course, and currently helping out the second/third-year course in ''Game Theory and Business Strategy''.
Other than walking, other things I'm into include going to church (I currently attend [http://www.unichurch.unsw.edu.au Unichurch, UNSW]), mountain running (see [http://149.171.208.159/blist/ The B-List]) and road and mountain biking.


==Non-Research Interests==
I was in Santa Fe in 2004 and am looking forward to becoming an 'ossy' again...
I'm hoping to do some running and riding in Santa Fe. Last time at St John's found some nice running up towards the Santo Christo mountains from the back of the campus... Let me know if you'd like to head out for a run some time.
* Mountain Running (see [http://149.171.208.159/blist/ B-List], a running group loosely associated around runs starting with 'B');
* Cycling, bushwalking, photography etc.


==Research==
See you in Santa Fe!
Simon's research interests are eclectic due to his background, but currently fall roughly into areas such as:
* Complexity Science
* Networks
* Game Theory
* Computational Economics
* Agent-based Social Simulation
* Artificial life


Other academic interests include:
Email:
* [http://www.mathworks.com/ Matlab] programming techniques
*[[Image:angus-email.png]]
* [http://www.latex-project.org LaTeX] document preparation programming (including the use of excellent packages such as [http://latex-beamer.sourceforge.net/ Beamer] and [http://www.tug.org/PSTricks/ PSTricks] in lecture preparation and delivery)
* Integration of the above two
* (and recently) Wiki development


====Recent/Current Work====
Homepage:
* Angus, S.D.; `Endogenous Economic Networks: Cooperation, Communication and Complexity', PhD Dissertation, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia (2007).
* [http://149.171.208.159/lucinda/index.php/Simon_Angus Simon's homepage at the Theory Group wiki]
* Angus, S.D.; `Cooperation Networks: Endogeneity \& Complexity' (submitted July 2006 to the ''Journal of Economic Behavior and Organisation'', in first-revision stage).
* Masson, V. and Angus, S.D.; `Network Structure and Strategic Convergence in a Model of Neighbors versus Strangers' (in preparation).
* Angus, S.D.; `A Noncooperative Model of Network Formation (''Econometrica'', '''68'''(5) (2000), 1181--1229) ' Comment.
* Angus, S.D.; `Endogenous Communication Networks with Boundedly Rational Agents' (in preparation).

Latest revision as of 16:15, 22 June 2007

Santa Fe Baldy and Lake Katherine Planning

Summary

Weather for Santa Fe this weekend

Looks like (and reviews say) a beautiful hike -- people are really into Lake Katherine. Route would go up from Aspen Basin, acroos the ridge lines above Lake Nambe, down to the Meadow, and into the Lake. Reports indicate that Santa Fe Baldy gets an 'unusual' number of lightning strikes, so best not to attempt it post midday. So over-night at Lake Katherine, and then climb Baldy in the morning, head out, possibly via Lake Nambe for lunch.

Total trip distance:

  1. Aspen Basin - Lake Katherine (via ridgeline) ~ 8.4 miles (~15km)
  2. Lake Katherine - Aspen Basin (via Baldy) ~ 8.3 miles (~15km)

Who's Coming

(please let me know if this is wrong)

  1. Simon Angus
  2. Andy Bell
  3. Will Braynen
  4. Monika Piotrowska
  5. Amelie Veron

Event Plan

(***) we need to organize transport there and back...!

Sat

  • 7:30am eat breakfast at St John's
  • 8:00am (sharp) be leaving St John's by car/taxi/bus???***
  • 9:00am about now be walking out of Aspen Basin
  • walk to Lake Katherine via ridge-line walk, and meadow
  • overnight at Lake Katherine, enjoy the stars and lake (see reviews below for what this is like)

Sun

  • pack-up, walk to junction with SFBaldy track, leave packs and climb to the summit
  • pick up packs, walk back to Aspen Basin
  • be back to St John's for dinner...

Equipment

Sleeping & Carrying

Who Tent Sleeping Bag Sleeping Mat Pack
Simon WLtent own own own (90L)*
Will B WLtent WLbag WLmat1 WLpack*
Andy own own own own(size?)*
Monika SAtent Liz WLmat2 own(small)
Amelie SAtent Lizmat own(small)

WL = William Ludington's equipment (tent(2/3-man), 2 x sleeping mats, 1 x sleeping bag, stove + cooking equip.)

(*) Between the boys, I think we can probably manage taking the girls' gear. So that's cool.

Eating

Each person will need to 'borrow' from the refectory:

  • 1 x plastic plate
  • 1 x plastic bowl
  • fork, spoon

Will L has kindly given us to use his stove and pots, which will need some fuel (gas canister), but should suffice

  • another cooker would be good

Clothes

Lake Katherine is pretty high up (11,700 feet, or ~ 4,700m, about 1,700m above St John's College) so we should prepare for a cool evening and overnight...

Must haves

  • water-bottle (as large as you have, min 2 L)
  • sturdy walking shoes, or equivalent
  • warm socks
  • thermal top, or warm under-shirt
  • polartec jumper, or equivalent
  • rain/wind jacket
  • sun-hat, or lots of sunscreen
  • walking pants
  • long-pants for apres-walk
  • toiletries, medications
  • toilet paper
  • bag to water-proof contents of back-pack*
  • sunscreen
  • torch, or head-torch (one between two?)

(*) I have a spare

Optional

  • insect repellant
  • second-pair shoes for apres-walk
  • camera, tripod?
  • sunglasses
  • lip-balm, or equivalent
  • swim-suit (for the Lake)
  • gloves
  • book, note-book, sketch-book, water-colours, binoculars, cards ... ?!?

Food

We need to organise:

  • 2 lunches (take things to make sandwiches, some fruit etc.)
  • 1 dinner (pre-dinner eats, buy some vegies, a rice-base or something, perhaps some salami and combine, dessert + a drink or two)
  • 1 breakfast (take some breaky cereal (?), milk powder? (or real milk?), fruit, cinammon bagels?)
  • .. trail snacks .. (assortment of yummie things)

Links

Wheeler Peak Planning

Summary

Car-trip: 117 miles, (suggested 3hrs): St John's to Taos Ski Valley

Walk distance: 7.4 (private route notes, see below) - 8 miles (National Parks)

DIfficulty: Intermediate -- Expert

Climb: Just under 4000ft

Links


Resources for CSSS Participants

Photos from CSSS07

Lake Nambe Hiking Trip

  • Email me if you would like to see some more photos from this trip (I will email you the .zip file).

About me

G'day all,

Walking in the Malverns (GB) with my nephew, Lachlan.

Just saying hello here -- other work-related stuff is below. Tried to find a photo bushwalking in the Australian mountains, but I'm usually behind the lense, rather than infront of it, so this is the best I could do -- walking in the Malverns -- hills near to where my sister was studying in Oxford, GB. The other pic is taken of a beautiful stand of Eucalyptus trees (mainly Eucalyptus pilularis (Blackbutt) or E. saligna (Sydney Blue Gum)) in the Blue Gum Forrest -- a famous walking destination to the West of Sydney, Australia, where I work. Sadly, the forrest is mostly destroyed now due to bushfires that hit in the recent Summer. A shame, but I thought I'd share them with you all the same.

The Blue Gum forrest, Blue Mountains National Park, West of Sydney, Australia.

I'm working at the School of Economics, University of NSW, Sydney, Australia. My background is in engineering/chemistry, and have continued to be fascinated by self-organizing systems -- then studying self-organizing polymer membranes, and now, studying self-organizing/endogenous network formation processes in human interaction networks. This means working in game theory, graph theory, and computational modelling of human behaviour -- specifically trying to ask, What is the outcome of a system of interacting individuals who are able to change their interaction environment themselves? Follow the link below for more info on this, including my recent PhD dissertation on the topic.

Other than walking, other things I'm into include going to church (I currently attend Unichurch, UNSW), mountain running (see The B-List) and road and mountain biking.

I was in Santa Fe in 2004 and am looking forward to becoming an 'ossy' again...

See you in Santa Fe!

Email:

Homepage:

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