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2011 Complexity and Modeling Program Schedule

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SFI Groton School CAMP July 9-23 at the Groton School


Saturday July 9: 3:40: Pick up students 5:45-6:30: Dinner

Sunday July 10: 7:45 - 8:15 -- Breakfast 9:00-11:45: Morning Session: -Welcome and Introductions -Army Ants (David Black 15 minutes) -Naked Mole Rats (David Black, 15 minutes) - Include a 15 minute break -Introduction to complex systems 1 (Nick Bennett, 60 minutes) -Scott Dynes-Session -Discussion of Final Project (All, 15 minutes) 12:00 - 12:30 -- Lunch
 1:00 - 4:00 -- Afternoon Session: -Introduction to complex systems - Langton’s ants (Nick Bennett, 2 hours) -Include a 16 minute break -Set up ant foraging lab (David Black, background and set up, 45 minutes) 4:30 - 5:30 – Swimming 5:45 - 6:30 -- Dinner
 7:15 - 8:15 -- Evening Session or Work Period
 8:15 - 10:30 -- Games or Movies
 10:30 -- Quiet time

Monday July 11 7:45 - 8:15 -- Breakfast 9:00-11:45: Morning Session: -NetLogo – Termites (Nick Bennett, 2 hours) - Include a 15 minute break -Ant data collection (30 minutes) 12:00 - 12:30 -- Lunch
 1:00 - 4:00 -- Afternoon Session: -Ant data collection (David Black, 30 minutes) - Include a 15 minute break -NetLogo - Rock-Paper-Scissors (Nick Bennett, 90 minutes) -Individual Work Session (All, 30) 4:30 - 5:30 – Swimming 5:45 - 6:30 -- Dinner
 7:15 - 8:15 -- Evening Session or Work Period
 8:15 - 10:30 -- Games or Movies
 10:30 -- Quiet time

Tuesday July 12 Laundry Day 7:45 - 8:15 -- Breakfast 9:00-11:45: Morning Session: -Walk & Turn (Nick Bennett, 90 minutes) -Include a 15 minute break -Swords and Shields -Complexity Concepts (Scott Dynes) 12:00 - 12:30 -- Lunch
 1:00 - 4:00 -- Afternoon Session: -Ecological Models with NetLogo (Ed Hazzard, 2 hours) - Include a 15 minute break -Introduce hill climb challenge (JP Gonzales and Nick Bennett) 4:30 - 5:30 – Swimming 5:45 - 6:30 -- Dinner
 7:15 - 8:15 -- Evening Session or Work Period
 8:15 - 10:30 -- Games or Movies
 10:30 -- Quiet time

Wednesday July 13 7:45 - 8:15 -- Breakfast 9:00-11:45: Morning Session: -Data Collection of Ant Foraging - Include a 15 minute break -Analysis of ant foraging data (Nick Bennett and David Black) 12:00 - 12:30 -- Lunch
 1:00 - 4:00 -- Afternoon Session: -Patterns of Beaver Foraging (Field, David Black, 2 hours)- Students will be walking and will need proper shoes. 4:30 - 5:30 – Swimming 5:45 - 6:30 -- Dinner
 7:15 - 8:15 -- Evening Session or Work Period: - Work on Hill Climb Challenge (JP Gonzales and Nick Bennett) 8:15 - 10:30 -- Games or Movies
 10:30 -- Quiet time

Thursday July 14 Laundry Day 7:45 - 8:15 -- Breakfast 9:00-11:45: Morning Session: -Modeling Beaver Foraging (David Black and Nick Bennett, 2 hours) -Include a 15 minute break -GIS NetLogo, Systems modeling (Nick Bennett) 12:00 - 12:30 -- Lunch
 1:00 - 4:00 -- Afternoon Session: -Collect Protist Samples- (Emily Lamb) Students will be walking and will need proper shoes. 4:30 - 5:30 – Swimming 
5:45 - 6:30 -- Dinner
 7:15 - 8:15 -- Evening Session or Work Period
 8:15 - 10:30 -- Games or Movies
 10:30 -- Quiet time

Friday July 15 7:45 - 8:15 -- Breakfast 9:00-11:45: Morning Session: -Molecular Workbench (Dan Damelin) - Include a 15 minute break 12:00 - 12:30 -- Lunch
 1:00 - 4:00 -- Afternoon Session: -Evolution Readiness (Dan Damelin) -Discuss and choose project topics 4:30 - 5:30 – Swimming 
5:45 - 6:30 -- Dinner
 7:15 - 8:15 -- Evening Session or Work Period
 8:15 - 10:30 -- Games or Movies
 10:30 -- Quiet time

Saturday July 16 7:45 - 8:15 -- Breakfast 9:00-11:45: Morning Session: -Lorenz Water Wheel (Nick Bennett) -Include a 15 minute break -Time for questions and work on Hill Climb Challenge (Nick Bennett and JP Gonzales) 12:00 - 12:30 -- Lunch
 Afternoon: Movies – Off campus trip 5:45 - 6:30 -- Dinner
 7:15 - 8:15 -- Evening Session or Work Period
 8:15 - 10:30 -- Games or Movies
 10:30 -- Quiet time

Sunday July 17 Brunch Morning Session 12:00 - 12:30 -- Lunch
 1:00 - 4:00 -- Afternoon Session: Work on Hill Climb Challenge (JP) 4:30 - 5:30 – Swimming 5:45 - 6:30 -- Dinner
 7:15 - 8:15 -- Hill climb challenge (JP) 8:15 - 10:30 -- Games or Movies
 10:30 -- Quiet time

Monday July 18 7:45 - 8:15 -- Breakfast 9:00-11:45: Morning Session: -Modeling Population Growth with NetLogo -Include a 15 minute break 12:00 - 12:30 -- Lunch
 1:00 - 4:00 -- Afternoon Session: -Protist Data Collection -Include a 15 minute break -Work on projects 4:30 - 5:30 – Swimming 5:45 - 6:30 -- Dinner
 7:15 - 8:15 -- Evening Session or Work Period
 8:15 - 10:30 -- Games or Movies
 10:30 -- Quiet time

Tuesday July 19 Laundry Day 7:45 - 8:15 -- Breakfast 9:00-11:45: Morning Session: -NetLogo networks (esp. social networks) -Include a 15 minute break 12:00 - 12:30 -- Lunch
 1:00 - 4:00 -- Afternoon Session: -Work on projects 4:30 - 5:30 – Swimming 5:45 - 6:30 -- Dinner
 7:15 - 8:15 -- Evening Session or Work Period
 8:15 - 10:30 -- Games or Movies
 10:30 -- Quiet time

Wednesday July 20 7:45 - 8:15 -- Breakfast 9:00-11:45: Morning Session: -Evolutionary algorithms -Include 15 minute break 12:00 - 12:30 -- Lunch
 1:00 - 4:00 -- Afternoon Session: -Work on projects 4:30 - 5:30 – Swimming 5:45 - 6:30 -- Dinner
 7:15 - 8:15 -- Evening Session or Work Period
 8:15 - 10:30 -- Games or Movies
 10:30 -- Quiet time

Thursday July 21 Laundry Day 7:45 - 8:15 -- Breakfast 9:00-11:45: Morning Session: -Look at final protist data -Include 15 minute break -Population Dynamics - side-by-side models 12:00 - 12:30 -- Lunch
 1:00 - 4:00 -- Afternoon Session: -Work on projects 4:30 - 5:30 – Swimming 5:45 - 6:30 -- Dinner
 7:15 - 8:15 -- Evening Session or Work Period
 8:15 - 10:30 -- Games or Movies
 10:30 -- Quiet time

Friday July 22 7:45 - 8:15 -- Breakfast 9:00-11:45: Morning Session: -Individual work sessions 2:00 - 12:30 -- Lunch
 1:00 - 4:00 -- Afternoon Session:

– Presentations

4:30 - 5:30 – Swimming 5:45 - 6:30 -- Dinner
 7:15 - 8:15 -- Evening Session or Work Period
 8:15 - 10:30 -- Games or Movies
 10:30 -- Quiet time

Saturday July 23 -Departure -Shuttle arrives to the airport at 11:25