CSSS 2008 Santa Fe-Schedule
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Week One: MODELING/NONLINEAR DYNAMICS
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
| Sunday, June 1 | |
| 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. | Welcome Reception & Buffet Dinner @ St. Johns |
| Monday, June 2 | |
| All events at St. Johns | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Opening Remarks: Geoffrey West/Dan Rockmore |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Nonlinear Dynamics I: Liz Bradley |
| 12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Agent-based Modeling: Stephen Guerin/Owen Densmore |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Student introductions & breaking the ice |
| 7:30 p.m. | Special Event: Liz Bradley/David Capps - Con/cantation Chaotic Variations |
| Tuesday, June 3 | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Networks I: Mark Newman |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Nonlinear Dynamics II: Liz Bradley |
| 12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Modeling in the Social Sciences I: Josh Epstein |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Nonlinear Dynamics III: Liz Bradley |
| 7:00 pm - 9:00/9:30 p.m. | Downtown for evening - one drink coupon at Coyote Cafe - shuttles back and forth |
| Wednesday, June 4 | |
| All events at SFI | |
| 12:30 p.m. -1:45 p.m. | Lunch |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Networks II: Mark Newman |
| 3:15 p.m. - 3:45 p.m. | Tea with SFI community |
| 3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Social Sciences Modeling II: Josh Epstein |
| 8 p.m. - ? | Board Game evening in the Lower Common Room |
| Thursday, June 5 | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Nonlinear Dynamics IV: Liz Bradley |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Networks III: Mark Newman |
| 12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Social Sciences/Modeling III: Josh Epstein |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Nonlinear Dynamics (in action!): Alfred Hubler |
| 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. | Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments: Béla Nagy |
| Friday, June 6 | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Evolution I: David Krakauer |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Networks IV: Mark Newman |
| 12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:00 p.m.- 3:00 p.m. | Nonlinear Dynamics Lab - w/Alfred Hubler signup
Eigenvalues tutorial (1:00-2:00) Information Theory, measurement, models -- Tom Carter (2:00-3:00) (Reading material and examples) |
| 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Nonlinear Dynamics Lab - w/Alfred Hubler signup
Evolutionary Game Theory Tutorial (more info) |
| 5:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m. | Flamenco Theme Party! @ SFI |
| Saturday, June 7 | |
| All day | Hiking (Bandelier, Los Alamos) |
| 1 p.m. - ? | Sharon Gilchrist at Cowgirl |
Week Two - Ecology/Evolution/Molecular Biology/Disordered Systems
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
| Monday, June 9 | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | TBA: Jon Wilkins (SFI) |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | MCMC and Complex Systems: Aaron Clauset |
| 12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Foodwebs I: Jennifer Dunne |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Foodwebs II: Neo Martinez |
| 5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Tutorial: Central dogma / genomics tutorial (Jean) |
| 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. | Tutorial: Matlab tutorial |
| Tuesday, June 10 | |
| 9:15 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Food Webs III: Jennifer Dunne |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Food Webs IV: Neo Martinez |
| 12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Rule-based modeling for biomolecular systems I: Jean Krivine |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Logic Tutorial, focused on human reasoning (20 mins) |
| 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. | Nonlinear Dynamics Lab - Alfred Hubler signup |
| Wednesday, June 11 | |
| All afternoon events at SFI | |
| 12:30 p.m. -1:45 p.m. | Lunch (at SFI) |
| 2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Carnot, Chemistry, and Computation: D. Eric Smith |
| 3:00 p.m. | Tea with SFI community |
| 3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Rule-based modeling for biomolecular systems II: Jean Krivine |
| 7 p.m. - ? | Albuquerque Isotopes baseball game |
| Thursday, June 12 | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Rule-based modeling for biomolecular systems III: Jean Krivine |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Complex Systems I: Dan Stein |
| 12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Group Dynamics I: Iain Couzin |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Group Dynamics II: Iain Couzin |
| 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Pizza Party @ St. Johns |
| Friday, June 13 | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Complex Systems II: Dan Stein |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Complex Systems III: Dan Stein |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | GIS / Spatial Analysis: Flávia |
| 3 p.m. (??) | Nish's car leaves for the Grand Canyon |
Week Three - FINANCE/ECONOMY
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
| Monday, June 16
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| 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Finance/Economics I: D._Eric_Smith |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Statistical Learning/Markets/Complex Systems I: Greg_Leibon |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Herding Behaviors: Willamien Kets |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Analytical Toolery: The Brothers Foster |
| Tuesday, June 17 | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Prehistoric Finance: Daniel Hruschka |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Statistical Learning/Markets/Complex Systems II: Greg_Leibon |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Statistical Learning/Markets/Complex Systems III: Greg_Leibon |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Cellular Networks and Robustness I: Andreas Wagner |
| 7:00 p.m. | The Motivation and Creation of "NUMB3RS:" Julie Hebert (writer, director, consulting producer) and David Zucker (co-executive producer) |
| Wednesday, June 18 | |
| 9:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. | Cellular Networks and Robustness II: Andreas Wagner |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Econophysics I: Doyne Farmer |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | TBA: Geoffrey West |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | |
| Thursday, June 19 | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Econophysics II: J. Doyne Farmer |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Climate and Diet I: Gidon Eshel |
| 12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Evolutionary Computing I: Melanie Mitchell |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | Evolutionary Computing II: Melanie Mitchell |
| 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Pizza Party @ St. Johns |
| Friday, June 20 - All Day at SFI | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Evolutionary Computing III: Melanie Mitchell |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Climate and Diet II: Gidon Eshel |
| 12:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch (@ SFI) |
| 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m | Communicating Complexity: Mitch Waldrop |
| 4 p.m. (??) | Nish and Ruben driving down to White Sands for the full moon |
Week Four
| TIME | ACTIVITY |
| Monday, June 23 | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Social Sciences/Modeling II: Scott E. Page |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Computational Complexity: Cris Moore |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | OPEN |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | |
| Tuesday, June 24 | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Social Sciences/Modeling II: Scott E. Page |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | Quantum Computing: Cris Moore |
| 12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | |
| 2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Break |
| 3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. | |
| Wednesday, June 25 | |
| All events at SFI | |
| CSSS@20: Continuity and Novelty | |
| 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | Trans-disciplinarity and complexity - What makes SFI unique?: David Krakauer |
| 10:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | The diffusion of statistical physics reasoning into complex phenomena: D. Eric Smith |
| 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 p.m. | Experimental and Empirical Data: Jessica Flack |
| 12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. | The evolution of computational concepts and methods at SFI: Stephanie Forrest |
| 2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. | Changing visions of society: From the many-body problem to sustainability: Luis Bettencourt |
| 3:15 p.m. | Tea with SFI community |
| 4:00 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. | The influence of SFI on the academic/business/intellectual landscape |
| Thursday, June 26 | |
| 9:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. | |
| 10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. | Break |
| 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. | OPEN |
| 12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. | Lunch |
| 1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | |
| Friday, June 27: FINAL POSTER DAY | |
| 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. | Farewell Party! Academy Awards Theme! |
