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Organized by [[Simon DeDeo]] and [[James O'Dwyer]] | Organized by [[Simon DeDeo]] and [[James O'Dwyer]] | ||
==Practical== | |||
For the upcoming Emergence module, there will be two options at the practical Tuesday afternoon: | |||
1. for those who have group projects that they are excited about, James and I will join in discussions about how concepts and tools from the lectures can be usefully applied. | |||
2. for those who want focused practice, we will have a guided practical, [http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/~simon/practical.pdf outlined on the worksheet], on topological defects and the dynamics of phase transitions as applied to physical, biological and social systems. | |||
==Readings== | ==Readings== | ||
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===Simon DeDeo=== | ===Simon DeDeo=== | ||
Some influential views on emergence | <b>[http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/~simon/page6/page6.html Simon's Lectures Page (slides, notes, etc)]</b><br> | ||
''Some influential views on emergence'' | |||
*[http://robotics.cs.tamu.edu/dshell/cs689/papers/anderson72more_is_different.pdf "More is Different"] | *[http://robotics.cs.tamu.edu/dshell/cs689/papers/anderson72more_is_different.pdf "More is Different"] (P.W. Anderson) | ||
*[http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/~cmg/compmech/pubs/CalcEmergTitlePage.html The Calculi of Emergence] & [http://informatics.indiana.edu/larryy/al4ai/extras/CrutchfieldYoung.CompOnsetChaos.pdf Computation at the Onset of Chaos] | *[http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/~cmg/compmech/pubs/CalcEmergTitlePage.html The Calculi of Emergence] & [http://informatics.indiana.edu/larryy/al4ai/extras/CrutchfieldYoung.CompOnsetChaos.pdf Computation at the Onset of Chaos] (J. Crutchfield, et al.) | ||
*[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2216138 Weak Emergence] (M. Bedau) | *[http://www.jstor.org/stable/2216138 Weak Emergence] (M. Bedau; I disagree with MB, but his view is popular and held by many respectable people.) | ||
Background concepts, tools and techniques | ''Background concepts, tools and techniques'' | ||
Many different fields invent similar tools to study emergent phenomena; browse through these below as you like, following in greater depth those that fit your skill set and interests. | |||
*[http://rmp.aps.org/abstract/RMP/v71/i2/pS358_1 Scaling, Universality, and Renormalization: Three pillars of modern critical phenomena] (E. Stanley; physics-centric, but not too painful.) | *[http://rmp.aps.org/abstract/RMP/v71/i2/pS358_1 Scaling, Universality, and Renormalization: Three pillars of modern critical phenomena] (E. Stanley; physics-centric, but not too painful.) | ||
*[http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/93/ Effective Field Theories, Reductionism and Scientific Explanation] (S. Hartmann; a philosopher of science looks in detail at the methods of Effective ''Field'' Theories in Quantum Fields, a case study for many of the concepts that will appear during the module.) | *[http://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/93/ Effective Field Theories, Reductionism and Scientific Explanation] (S. Hartmann; a philosopher of science looks in detail at the methods of Effective ''Field'' Theories in Quantum Fields, a case study for many of the concepts that will appear during the module.) | ||
*[http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/supervenience/ Stanford Encyclopedia entry on Supervenience] (a useful concept to keep in mind when thinking about higher-level, or emergent, properties in a system.) | |||
*[http://santafe.edu/~simon/levels_of_selection_wilson.pdf Levels of Selection: An Alternative to Individualism in the Biological and Social Sciences] (David Sloan Wilson; a nice example of the importance of levels thinking, and how aggregate properties and laws arise.) | |||
''Useful, but not directly related'' | |||
*[http://prola.aps.org/abstract/PR/v106/i4/p620_1 Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics] (E.T. Jaynes; technical paper. The foundation of Maximum Entropy methods, that show how to extend thermodynamic analogies to non-physical systems and inference problems.) | |||
===James O'Dwyer=== | |||
[[Media:O'Dwyer,_Green_-_Ecology_letters_-_2010_-_Field_theory_for_biogeography_a_spatially_explicit_model_for_predicting_patterns_of_biodiversity.pdf | Predicting patterns in biodiversity]] | |||
[[Media:Newman,_Watts_-_Unknown_-_Unknown_-_Renormalization_group_analysis_of_the_small-world_network_model.pdf | Renormalization group analysis of small world network model]] | |||
[[Media:Hartnoll_-_Unknown_-_2009_-_Lectures_on_holographic_methods_for_condensed_matter_physics.pdf | Holographic models for condensed matter physics]] | |||
<b>Slides</b><br> | |||
[[Media: Csss1v2.pdf | O'Dwyer Lecture 1]]<br> | |||
[[Media: Csss2v2.pdf | O'Dwyer Lecture 2]] | |||
===Iain Couzin=== | ===Iain Couzin=== | ||
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*[http://webscript.princeton.edu/%7Eicouzin/website/wp-content/plugins/bib2html/data/papers/couzin07.pdf Collective Minds] | *[http://webscript.princeton.edu/%7Eicouzin/website/wp-content/plugins/bib2html/data/papers/couzin07.pdf Collective Minds] | ||
*[http://webscript.princeton.edu/%7Eicouzin/website/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/couzin05.pdf Effective Leadership and Decision-Making in Animal Groups on the Move] | *[http://webscript.princeton.edu/%7Eicouzin/website/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/couzin05.pdf Effective Leadership and Decision-Making in Animal Groups on the Move] | ||
Lecture Slides<br> | |||
[[Media:Couzin SFI 2010.pdf | Iain's Lecture Slides]] | |||
Latest revision as of 17:54, 30 June 2011
| Complex Systems Summer School 2011 Modules |
Organized by Simon DeDeo and James O'Dwyer
Practical
For the upcoming Emergence module, there will be two options at the practical Tuesday afternoon:
1. for those who have group projects that they are excited about, James and I will join in discussions about how concepts and tools from the lectures can be usefully applied.
2. for those who want focused practice, we will have a guided practical, outlined on the worksheet, on topological defects and the dynamics of phase transitions as applied to physical, biological and social systems.
Readings
Simon DeDeo
Simon's Lectures Page (slides, notes, etc)
Some influential views on emergence
- "More is Different" (P.W. Anderson)
- The Calculi of Emergence & Computation at the Onset of Chaos (J. Crutchfield, et al.)
- Weak Emergence (M. Bedau; I disagree with MB, but his view is popular and held by many respectable people.)
Background concepts, tools and techniques
Many different fields invent similar tools to study emergent phenomena; browse through these below as you like, following in greater depth those that fit your skill set and interests.
- Scaling, Universality, and Renormalization: Three pillars of modern critical phenomena (E. Stanley; physics-centric, but not too painful.)
- Effective Field Theories, Reductionism and Scientific Explanation (S. Hartmann; a philosopher of science looks in detail at the methods of Effective Field Theories in Quantum Fields, a case study for many of the concepts that will appear during the module.)
- Stanford Encyclopedia entry on Supervenience (a useful concept to keep in mind when thinking about higher-level, or emergent, properties in a system.)
- Levels of Selection: An Alternative to Individualism in the Biological and Social Sciences (David Sloan Wilson; a nice example of the importance of levels thinking, and how aggregate properties and laws arise.)
Useful, but not directly related
- Information Theory and Statistical Mechanics (E.T. Jaynes; technical paper. The foundation of Maximum Entropy methods, that show how to extend thermodynamic analogies to non-physical systems and inference problems.)
James O'Dwyer
Predicting patterns in biodiversity
Renormalization group analysis of small world network model
Holographic models for condensed matter physics
Slides
O'Dwyer Lecture 1
O'Dwyer Lecture 2
Iain Couzin
(Content from the 2009/2010 Wikis)
- Complexity. An Informative Itinerary
- Collective Cognition in Animal Groups
- Collective Motion and Cannibalism in Locust Migratory Bands
- Collective Minds
- Effective Leadership and Decision-Making in Animal Groups on the Move
Lecture Slides
Iain's Lecture Slides