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'''''TENTATIVE SCHEDULE'''''
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'''Tuesday, June 7:'''
==Module 1: Nonlinear Dynamics and Modeling ==


Dorms become available St. John's beginning at 2:00p.m.


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'''Wednesday, June 8:''' St. John's  
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  | <b>Wednesday, June 8</b>
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  |<b>All events at St. John's College Unless Otherwise Noted</b>
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  |width="15%" | 12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  |Registration and check-in at St. John's.
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  |5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
  |Welcome Reception & Buffet Dinner with David Krakauer, Director, CSSS2011


11:00a.m.-5:00p.m.: Registration
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  | <b>Thursday, June 9</b>


5:00-8:00p.m.: Welcome Reception and Dinner
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| |8:45 a.m - 9:00 a.m.
  |Opening Remarks: Jerry Sabloff, President, Santa Fe Institute
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  |Liz Bradley,  Nonlinear Dynamics I: Maps


'''Thursday, June 9:''' St. John's
|-
  |10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
  |Break
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  | 10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  |Liz Bradley, Nonlinear Dynamics II: Flows
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  |12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
  |Lunch


Concepts: Nonlinearity Module Begins
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  |1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
  |Jim Crutchfield, Symbolics I 
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  |2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  |Break
|-
  |3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
  |Josh Garland, Computational Lab
|-
  |4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  |Names and Faces
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  |5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
  |Dinner
|-
  |5:30 - 6:45 p.m.
  |Geoffrey West, Lecture, "Searching for Simplicity and Unity in Complexity from Cells to Cities"


Module Leader: Elizabeth Bradley
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  | <b>Friday, June 10</b>
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  |9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. 
  |Liz Bradley,  Nonlinear Dynamics III: Tools
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  |10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
  |Break
|-
  |10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.
  |Josh Garland, Computational Lab II
|-
  |12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
  |Lunch
|-
  |1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
  |Liz Bradley  Nonlinear Dynamics IV: Applications
|-
  |2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  |Break
|-
  |3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
  |Jim Crutchfield, Symbolics II
|-
  |5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  |Dinner
|-
  |6:00 p.m.
  |Shuttle to Santa Fe Complex
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  |6:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m.
  |Field Trip to the [http://www.sfcomplex.org Santa Fe Complex]. Hosts [http://www.redfish.com/stephen.htm Stephen Guerin] and [http://www.redfish.com/owenDensmore.htm Owen Densmore].
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  |8:00 p.m.
  |Return shuttle to St. John's College


9:00-10:15a.m.: Elizabeth Bradley, Dynamics I: Maps, Lecture
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| <b>Saturday, June 11</b>


10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: Elizabeth Bradley, Dynamics II: Flows, Lecture
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12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
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| <b>Sunday, June 12</b>


1:30-2:45p.m.: Jim Crutchfield, Symbolics I, Lecture
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  |6:30 ~ ?
  |Tom Carter, Modeling Etc.
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3:00-4:14p.m.: Josh Garland: Computational Lab
== Module 2: Networks ==
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5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
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  | <b>Monday, June 13</b>


5:30-6:30p.m.: Geoffrey West Evening Speaker in the Great Hall
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  |Mark Newman, Networks I
|-
  |10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
  |Break
|-
  |10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.
  |Mark Newman, Networks II
|-
  |12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
  |Lunch
|-
  |1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
  |Jennifer Dunne, Foodwebs I
|-
  |2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  |Break
|-
  |3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. 
  |Jennifer Dunne, Foodwebs II
|-
  |5:00 p.m.
  |Dinner


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| <b>Tuesday, June 14</b>
|-
|9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.
  |Mark Newman, Networks III
|-
  |10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
  |Break
|-
  |10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.
  |Cris Moore
|-
  |12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
  |Lunch
|-
  |1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
  |Mark Newman, Networks IV
|-
  |2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  |Break
|-
  |3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. 
  |Networks Practical
|-
  |5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m.
  |Dinner
|-
  |6:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
  |Alfred Hübler, Nonlinear Physics (In Action!)
|}


'''Friday, June 10:''' St. John's
==Module 3: Computation==


9:00-10:15a.m.: Elizabeth Bradley, Dynamics III: Tools, Lecture
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10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: Josh Garland, Computational Lab II
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  | <b>Wednesday, June 15</b>
|-
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  |<b>All events at SFI</b>
|-
|8:30 a.m.
  |Shuttles to SFI - meet at the Visitor's Circle at St. John's College
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  |width="15%" |9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.
  |Cris Moore


12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
|-
  |10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
  |Break
|-
  |10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  |Alex Russel
|-
  |12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
  |Lunch
|-
  |1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  |Jared Saia
|-
  |3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  |Tea with SFI Community
|-
  |3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
  |Time to work on Challenge Questions
|-
  |4:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
  |Welcome barbecue at SFI
|-
  |6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
  |John Harte
|-
  |7:00 p.m.
  |Return shuttle to St. John's College


1:30-2:45p.m.: Elizabeth Bradley, Dynamics IV: Applications, Lecture
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| <b>Thursday, June 16</b>
|-
|9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.
  |Cris Moore
|-
  |10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
  |Break
|-
  |10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.
  |Alex Russel
|-
  |12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
  |Lunch
|-
  |1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
  |Jared Saia
|-  
  |2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  |Break
|-
  |3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. 
  |Time to work on Challenge Questions
|-
  |7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. 
  |Tom Carter - Probability / fractals / etc.
|}


3:00-4:14p.m.: Jim Crutchfield,, Symbolics II, Lecture
==Module 4: Robustness==
<b>Organized by Jessica Flack</b>


5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
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| <b>Friday, June 17</b>
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|Jessica Flack
|-
  |10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
  |Break
|-
  |10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.
  |Jessica Flack
|-
  |12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
  |Lunch
|-
  |1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
  |Nihat Ay
|-
  |2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  |Break
|-
  |3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
  |Nihat Ay
|-
  |5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
  |Pizza with David Krakauer, Bridging Concepts
|-
  |5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
  |Special Guest, Andrew Lovato, Santa Fe History


'''Saturday, June 11:'''
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  |<b>Saturday, June 18</b>
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  |All Day
  |Bandelier Field Trip
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  |7:00 p.m.
  |CSSS/Bread Loaf School of English Mixer in St. John's College coffee shop.
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| <b>Sunday, June 19</b>
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Free Time
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| <b>Monday, June 20</b>
|-
  |9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.
  |Dave Ackley
|-
  |10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
  |Break
|-
  |10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.
  |Dave Ackley
|-
  |12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
  |Lunch
|-
  |1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
  |Jessica Flack
|-
  |2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  |Break
|-
  |3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
  |Jessica Flack
|-
  |4:15 p.m.
  |Voting on CSSS2011 [http://tuvalu.santafe.edu/events/workshops/index.php/Complex_Systems_Summer_School_2011-TShirts T-shirt design] **RESCHEDULED TO TOMORROW**


'''Sunday, June 12:'''
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  |5:00 - 6:30 p.m.
  |Dinner
|-
  |7:00 p.m. - 8:30-ish
  |Tom Carter -- High Finance (Black-Scholes), eine kleine symbolic dynamics, a strange repeller, and . . . <br> come when you can . . .
|}


Free Time
==Module 5: Evolution==
<b>Organized by David Krakauer</b>
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| <b>Tuesday, June 21</b>


'''Monday, June 13:''' St. John's
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  |width="15%" |9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.
  |David Krakauer
|-
  |10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
  |Break
|-
  |10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.
  |David Krakauer
|-
  |12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
  |Lunch
|-
  |1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
  |Jeremy Van Cleve
|-
  |2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  |Break
|-
  |3:00p.m.
  |T-shirt voting!


Networks Module Begins
|-
  |3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
  |Free
|-
  |5:00 p.m.
  |Dinner


Module Leader: Mark Newman
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  | <b>Wednesday, June 22</b>
|-
  |
  |<b>All events at SFI</b>
|-
  |8:30 a.m.
  |Shuttles to SFI
|-
|width="15%"  |9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.
  |Tanmoy Bhattacharya
|-
  |10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
  |Break
|-
  |10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  |Laura Fortunato
|-
  |12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
  |Lunch
|-
  |1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  |Practical
|-
  |3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  |Tea with SFI Community
|-
  |3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
  |Practical
|-
  |5:00 p.m.
  |Return shuttle to St. John's College
|-
  |5:00 p.m.
  |Dinner
|-
  |6:00 p.m.
  |Rodeo trip w/ [[JP]] (leave from SFI)
|}


9:00-10:15a.m.: Mark Newman, Lecture
==Module 6: Complexity==
<b>Organized by Jim Crutchfield</b>
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10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: Mark Newman, Lecture
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  | '''Thursday, June 23'''
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  |Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: Processes and Their Models
|-
  |10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
  |Break
|-
  |10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.
  |Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: Information Theory
|-
  |12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
  |Lunch
|-
  |1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. 
  |Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: Information in Processes
|-
  |2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  |Break
|-
  |3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. 
  |Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: Memory in Processes


12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
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| <b>Friday, June 24 </b>


1:30-2:45p.m.: Jennifer Dunne, Lecture
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  |9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.
  |Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: The Learning Channel
|-
  |10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
  |Break
|-
  |10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.
  |Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: Causal Models
|-  
  |12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.
  |Lunch


3:00-4:14p.m.: Jennifer Dunne, Lecture
|-
  |1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
  |Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: Measures of Complexity
|-
  |2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  |Break
|-
  |3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
  |Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: Applications
|-
  |4:30 p.m.  
  |Shuttle Leaves St. John's to SFI
|-
  |5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. 
  |Barbara Kimbell, Life after Summer School
|-
  |5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. 
  |David Krakauer and Summer School Faculty, Bridging Concepts
|-
  |6:15 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 
  |Pizza and Beer at SFI (In the Atrium)
|-
  |8:15 p.m. 
  |Shuttle Leaves to St. John's


5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
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| <b>Saturday, June 25 </b>


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  |All Day
  |Taos!


'''Tuesday, June 14:''' St. John's
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| <b>Sunday, June 26 </b>


9:00-10:15a.m.: Mark Newman, Lecture
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10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: Cris Moore
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12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
==Module 7: Emergence==
<b>Organized by Simon DeDeo and James O'Dwyer</b>


1:30-2:45p.m.: Mark Newman, Lecture
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3:00-4:14p.m.: Mark Newman, Lecture
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  | <b>Monday, June 27</b>


5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
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  |width="15%"| 9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. 
  |Simon DeDeo (Concepts of Emergence; Broken Symmetry and Defects)
|-
  |10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
  |Break
|-
  |10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.
  |James O'Dwyer
|-
  |12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
  |Lunch
|-
  |1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
  |Luis Bettencourt
|-
  |2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  |Break
|-
  |3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
  |Group Projects / Discussions
|-
|4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
|Softball game
|-
  |6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
  |Tom Carter, Music and Meaning
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| <b>Tuesday, June 28</b>


|-
  ||9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.
    |James O'Dwyer
|-
  |10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.
  |Break
|-
  |10:45 am - 12:00 p.m. 
  |Simon DeDeo (Effective Theories; Decomposition of Computational Processes)
|-
  |12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
  |Lunch
|-
  |1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. 
  |Iain Couzin, Lecture
|-
  |2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  |Break
|-
  |3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
  |[[Module:Emergence#Practical|Practical]]
|-
  |5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
  |Dinner
|-
  |6:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
  |George Johnson and John German, Science Writing
|}


'''Wednesday, June 15:''' Santa Fe Institute
==Module 8: Machine Learning==
<b>Organized by Dan Rockmore</b>


Computation Module Begins
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Module Leader: Cris Moore
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  | <b>Wednesday, June 29</b>


9:00-10:15a.m.: Cris Moore, Lecture
|-
|
    |<b>All events at SFI</b>


10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: Alex Russel, Lecture
|- 
  |8:30 a.m.
  |Shuttles to SFI
|-
|width="15%"  |9:00 a.m - 9:05 a.m.
  |Dan Rockmore
|-
  |9:05 a.m. - 10:15 p.m.
  |Greg Leibon, Machine Learning I
|-
  |10:15 a.m. - 10:45 p.m.
  |break
|-
  |10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
  |Greg Leibon, Machine Learning II
|-  
  |12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
  |Lunch
|-
  |1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
  |Cosma Shalizi-Nonparametric smoothing for data analysis. Kernel smoothing for regression. Kernel density estimating. Condition densities. Prediction vs. inference.
|-
  |3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
  |Tea with SFI Community


12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
|-
  |3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.
  |Cosma Shalizi-Principles of statistical inference and learning. Model complexity and bias-variance trade-offs. Identification and consistency. Learning under dependence.
|-
  |5:00 p.m.
  |Shuttle leaves to St. John's
|-  
  |5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
  |Dinner
|-
  |6:10 p.m.
  |Shuttle leaves to the James A. Little Theater for Iain Couzin's Public Lecture
|-
  |6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
  |SFI Public Lecture, Iain Couzin
|-
  |9:00 p.m.
  |Shuttle leaves to St. John's


1:30-2:45p.m.: Jared Saia, Lecture
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| <b>Thursday, June 30</b>
|-
  |9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m.  
  |Greg Leibon, Machine Learning III


3:00-4:14p.m.: Cris Moore, Lecture
|-
  |10:45 am - 12:00 p.m.
  |Cosma Shalizi- Model selection and model checking. Information criteria; their myths and weaknesses. Model comparison tests. Specification tests. Using statistics for science.
|-  
  |12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m.
  |Lunch
|-
  |1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.
  |Greg Leibon


5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
|-
  |3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.  
  |Greg Leibon


5:30-6:30p.m.: John Harte, Evening Lecture, in the Great Hall at St. John's


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| <b>Friday, July 1: FINAL DAY</b>
|-
  |
  |<b>All events at SFI</b>
|-
  |8:30 a.m.
  |Buses Depart for SFI
|-
  |9:00 a.m - 1:30 p.m.
  |Reckless Ideas / CSSS Challenge


'''Thursday, June 16:''' St. John's
|-
  |1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
  |Farewell BBQ


9:00-10:15a.m.: Cris Moore, Lecture
|-  
 
  |4:30  
10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: Alex Russel, Lecture
  |Shuttle Back to St. John's College
 
|}
12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
 
1:30-2:45p.m.: Jared Saia, Lecture
 
3:00-4:14p.m.: Cris Moore, Lecture
 
5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
 
 
'''Friday, June 17:''' St. John's
 
Robustness Module Begins
 
Module Leader: Jessica Flack
 
9:00-10:15a.m.: Jessica Flack, Lecture
 
10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: Jessica Flack, Lecture
 
12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
 
1:30-2:45p.m.: Nihat Ay, Lecture
 
3:00-4:14p.m.: Nihat Ay, Lecture
 
5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
 
 
'''Saturday, June 18:'''
 
Unofficial Field Trip to Bandelier National Monument
 
'''Sunday, June 19:'''
 
Free Time
 
 
'''Monday, June 20:''' St. John's
 
9:00-10:15a.m.: Dave Ackley, Lecture
 
10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: Jessica Flack, Lecture
 
12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
 
1:30-2:45p.m.: Jessica Flack, Lecture
 
3:00-4:14p.m.: Dave Ackley, Lecture
 
5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
 
 
'''Tuesday, June 21:''' St. John's
 
Evolution Module Begins
 
Module Leader: David Krakauer
 
9:00-10:15a.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
 
1:30-2:45p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
3:00-4:14p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
 
 
'''Wednesday, June 22:'''Santa Fe Institute
 
9:00-10:15a.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
 
1:30-2:45p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
3:00-4:14p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
 
 
'''Thursday, June 23:''' St. John's
 
Complexity Module Begins
 
Module Leader: Jim Crutchfield
 
Speaker: Ryan James
 
9:00-10:15a.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
 
1:30-2:45p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
3:00-4:14p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
 
 
'''Friday, June 24:'''St. John's
 
9:00-10:15a.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
 
1:30-2:45p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
3:00-4:14p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
 
 
'''Saturday, June 25:'''
 
Free Time
 
'''Sunday, June 26'''
 
Free Time
 
 
'''Monday, June 27:''' St. John's
 
Emergence Module Begins
 
Module Leaders: Simon DeDeo and James O'Dwyer
 
Speakers: J. Doyne Farmer, Iain Couzin
 
9:00-10:15a.m.: Simon DeDeo and James O'Dwyer, Lecture
 
10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: Simon DeDeo and James O'Dwyer, Lecture
 
12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
 
1:30-2:45p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
3:00-4:14p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
 
5:30-6:30p.m.: George Johnson and John German Evening Lecture on Science Writing, The Great Hall at St. John's
 
 
'''Tuesday, June 28:''' St. John's
 
9:00-10:15a.m.: Simon DeDeo and James O'Dwyer, Lecture
 
10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: Simon DeDeo and James O'Dwyer, Lecture
 
12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
 
1:30-2:45p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
3:00-4:14p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
 
 
'''Wednesday, June 29:''' Santa Fe Institute
 
Machine Learning Module Begins
 
Module Leader: Dan Rockmore
 
Speakers: Cosma Shalizi, Greg Leibon
 
9:00-10:15a.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
 
1:30-2:45p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
3:00-4:14p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
 
 
 
'''Thursday, June 30:''' St. John's
 
9:00-10:15a.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
10:45a.m.-12:00p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
12:00-1:30p.m.: Lunch
 
1:30-2:45p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
3:00-4:14p.m.: TBA, Lecture
 
5:00-6:30p.m.: Dinner
 
 
'''Friday, July 1:''' Santa Fe Institute
 
9:00a.m.-12:00p.m.: Reckless Wrap-up
 
1:00p.m: Barbecue
 
 
'''Saturday, July 2:'''
 
Departure

Latest revision as of 19:27, 27 June 2011

Complex Systems Summer School 2011


Module 1: Nonlinear Dynamics and Modeling

Time Activity

Wednesday, June 8
All events at St. John's College Unless Otherwise Noted
12:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Registration and check-in at St. John's.
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Welcome Reception & Buffet Dinner with David Krakauer, Director, CSSS2011

Thursday, June 9
8:45 a.m - 9:00 a.m. Opening Remarks: Jerry Sabloff, President, Santa Fe Institute
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Liz Bradley, Nonlinear Dynamics I: Maps
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Liz Bradley, Nonlinear Dynamics II: Flows
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Jim Crutchfield, Symbolics I
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Josh Garland, Computational Lab
4:15 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Names and Faces
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Dinner
5:30 - 6:45 p.m. Geoffrey West, Lecture, "Searching for Simplicity and Unity in Complexity from Cells to Cities"

Friday, June 10
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Liz Bradley, Nonlinear Dynamics III: Tools
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m. Josh Garland, Computational Lab II
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Liz Bradley Nonlinear Dynamics IV: Applications
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Jim Crutchfield, Symbolics II
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Dinner
6:00 p.m. Shuttle to Santa Fe Complex
6:00 p.m. - 7:45 p.m. Field Trip to the Santa Fe Complex. Hosts Stephen Guerin and Owen Densmore.
8:00 p.m. Return shuttle to St. John's College
Saturday, June 11
Sunday, June 12
6:30 ~ ? Tom Carter, Modeling Etc.

Module 2: Networks

Time Activity

Monday, June 13
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Mark Newman, Networks I
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m. Mark Newman, Networks II
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Jennifer Dunne, Foodwebs I
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Jennifer Dunne, Foodwebs II
5:00 p.m. Dinner

Tuesday, June 14
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Mark Newman, Networks III
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m. Cris Moore
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Mark Newman, Networks IV
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Networks Practical
5:00 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Dinner
6:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Alfred Hübler, Nonlinear Physics (In Action!)

Module 3: Computation

Time Activity

Wednesday, June 15
All events at SFI
8:30 a.m. Shuttles to SFI - meet at the Visitor's Circle at St. John's College
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. Cris Moore
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Alex Russel
12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Lunch
1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Jared Saia
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Tea with SFI Community
3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Time to work on Challenge Questions
4:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Welcome barbecue at SFI
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. John Harte
7:00 p.m. Return shuttle to St. John's College

Thursday, June 16
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Cris Moore
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m. Alex Russel
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Jared Saia
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Time to work on Challenge Questions
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Tom Carter - Probability / fractals / etc.

Module 4: Robustness

Organized by Jessica Flack

Time Activity

Friday, June 17
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Jessica Flack
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m. Jessica Flack
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Nihat Ay
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Nihat Ay
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Pizza with David Krakauer, Bridging Concepts
5:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Special Guest, Andrew Lovato, Santa Fe History

Saturday, June 18
All Day Bandelier Field Trip
7:00 p.m. CSSS/Bread Loaf School of English Mixer in St. John's College coffee shop.

Sunday, June 19

Monday, June 20
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Dave Ackley
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m. Dave Ackley
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Jessica Flack
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Jessica Flack
4:15 p.m. Voting on CSSS2011 T-shirt design **RESCHEDULED TO TOMORROW**
5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. - 8:30-ish Tom Carter -- High Finance (Black-Scholes), eine kleine symbolic dynamics, a strange repeller, and . . .
come when you can . . .

Module 5: Evolution

Organized by David Krakauer

Time Activity

Tuesday, June 21
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. David Krakauer
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m. David Krakauer
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Jeremy Van Cleve
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00p.m. T-shirt voting!
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Free
5:00 p.m. Dinner

Wednesday, June 22
All events at SFI
8:30 a.m. Shuttles to SFI
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Tanmoy Bhattacharya
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Laura Fortunato
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Practical
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Tea with SFI Community
3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Practical
5:00 p.m. Return shuttle to St. John's College
5:00 p.m. Dinner
6:00 p.m. Rodeo trip w/ JP (leave from SFI)

Module 6: Complexity

Organized by Jim Crutchfield

Time Activity

Thursday, June 23
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: Processes and Their Models
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m. Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: Information Theory
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: Information in Processes
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: Memory in Processes

Friday, June 24
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: The Learning Channel
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m. Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: Causal Models
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: Measures of Complexity
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Jim Crutchfield and Ryan James: Applications
4:30 p.m. Shuttle Leaves St. John's to SFI
5:00 p.m. - 5:15 p.m. Barbara Kimbell, Life after Summer School
5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. David Krakauer and Summer School Faculty, Bridging Concepts
6:15 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Pizza and Beer at SFI (In the Atrium)
8:15 p.m. Shuttle Leaves to St. John's

Saturday, June 25
All Day Taos!

Sunday, June 26

Module 7: Emergence

Organized by Simon DeDeo and James O'Dwyer

Time Activity

Monday, June 27
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Simon DeDeo (Concepts of Emergence; Broken Symmetry and Defects)
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m. James O'Dwyer
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Luis Bettencourt
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. Group Projects / Discussions
4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Softball game
6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Tom Carter, Music and Meaning

Tuesday, June 28
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. James O'Dwyer
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Break
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m. Simon DeDeo (Effective Theories; Decomposition of Computational Processes)
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Iain Couzin, Lecture
2:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Practical
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Dinner
6:15 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. George Johnson and John German, Science Writing

Module 8: Machine Learning

Organized by Dan Rockmore

Time Activity

Wednesday, June 29
All events at SFI
8:30 a.m. Shuttles to SFI
9:00 a.m - 9:05 a.m. Dan Rockmore
9:05 a.m. - 10:15 p.m. Greg Leibon, Machine Learning I
10:15 a.m. - 10:45 p.m. break
10:45 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Greg Leibon, Machine Learning II
12:00 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Lunch
1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Cosma Shalizi-Nonparametric smoothing for data analysis. Kernel smoothing for regression. Kernel density estimating. Condition densities. Prediction vs. inference.
3:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Tea with SFI Community
3:30 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Cosma Shalizi-Principles of statistical inference and learning. Model complexity and bias-variance trade-offs. Identification and consistency. Learning under dependence.
5:00 p.m. Shuttle leaves to St. John's
5:00 p.m.-6:00 p.m. Dinner
6:10 p.m. Shuttle leaves to the James A. Little Theater for Iain Couzin's Public Lecture
6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. SFI Public Lecture, Iain Couzin
9:00 p.m. Shuttle leaves to St. John's

Thursday, June 30
9:00 a.m - 10:15 a.m. Greg Leibon, Machine Learning III
10:45 am - 12:00 p.m. Cosma Shalizi- Model selection and model checking. Information criteria; their myths and weaknesses. Model comparison tests. Specification tests. Using statistics for science.
12:00 p.m. -1:30 p.m. Lunch
1:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. Greg Leibon
3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Greg Leibon



Friday, July 1: FINAL DAY
All events at SFI
8:30 a.m. Buses Depart for SFI
9:00 a.m - 1:30 p.m. Reckless Ideas / CSSS Challenge
1:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Farewell BBQ
4:30 Shuttle Back to St. John's College