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| − | '''Agenda''': | + | '''Agenda''': [[#Thursday, January 10, 2008|Thursday]] [[#Friday, January 12, 2008|Friday]] [[#Saturday, January 11, 2008|Saturday]] |
| − | + | ===Thursday, January 10, 2008=== | |
| − | :: 8:30 - 9:00 | + | :: 8:30 - 9:00 Introductory remarks |
| − | :: 9:00 - 9:40 ''' | + | :: 9:00 - 9:40 '''Mark Buchanan''' ([[buchanan_abs|abstract]], [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/mark.buchanan/indexMB.html homepage]) |
| + | ::::: Prospects for "social physics" | ||
| − | :: 9:50 - 10:30 ''' | + | :: 9:50 - 10:30 '''D. Eric Smith''' ([[smith_abs|abstract]], [http://www.santafe.edu/profiles/?pid=75 homepage]) |
| + | ::::: Good social science as good physics? | ||
| − | :: 10:40 - 11:00 | + | :: 10:40 - 11:00 Break |
| − | :: 1100 - 11:40 ''' | + | :: 1100 - 11:40 '''Rob Axtell''' ([[axtell_abs|abstract]], [http://atalayainstitute.org/Robert%20Axtell.html homepage]) |
| + | ::::: Interacting Particles vs. Interacting Agents: Where is the Cut-off? | ||
| − | :: 11:50 - 12:10 | + | :: 11:50 - 12:10 Discussion |
| − | :: 12:10 - 1:10 | + | :: 12:10 - 1:10 Lunch |
| − | :: 1:10 - 1:50 ''' | + | :: 1:10 - 1:50 '''John M. Roberts Jr.''' ([[roberts_abs|abstract]], [http://www.unm.edu/~socdept/Faculty/robertsj/roberts.htm homepage]) |
| + | ::::: Examining the modern history of interaction between social science and physics | ||
| − | :: 2:00 - 2:40 ''' | + | :: 2:00 - 2:40 '''Lars-Erik Cederman''' ([[cederman_abs|abstract]], [http://www.icr.ethz.ch/people/cederman/ homepage]) |
| + | ::::: Toward a non-equilibrium approach to political violence | ||
| − | :: 2:50 - 3:10 | + | :: 2:50 - 3:10 Break |
| − | :: 3:10 - 3:50 ''' | + | :: 3:10 - 3:50 '''Frank Schweitzer''' ([[schweitzer_abs|abstract]], [http://www.sg.ethz.ch/people/fschweitzer homepage]) |
| + | ::::: Enhancing social interaction: preferences, similarities, and trust | ||
| − | :: 4:00 - 5:00 | + | :: 4:00 - 5:00 Discussion |
| − | : | + | :: 7:00 Dinner (Coyote Cafe) |
| − | + | ===Friday, January 12, 2008=== | |
| − | :: | + | :: 8:55 - 9:00 Introductory remarks |
| − | :: 9: | + | :: 9:00 - 9:40 '''Luis Bettencourt''' ([[bettencourt_abs|abstract]], [http://math.lanl.gov/~lmbett/ homepage]) |
| + | ::::: Elements of a coarse-grained quantitative theory of Society | ||
| − | :: | + | :: 9:50 - 10:30 '''David Gibson''' ([[gibson_abs|abstract]], [http://www.soc.upenn.edu/~gibsond/ homepage]) |
| + | ::::: Events and Their Aftermath | ||
| − | :: | + | :: 10:40 - 11:00 Break |
| − | :: 11: | + | :: 1100 - 11:40 '''Matthew Salganik''' ([[salganik_abs|abstract]], [http://www.princeton.edu/~mjs3/ homepage]) |
| + | ::::: The puzzling nature of success in cultural markets | ||
| − | :: | + | :: 11:50 - 12:10 Discussion |
| − | :: | + | :: 12:10 - 1:10 Lunch |
| − | :: | + | :: 1:10 - 1:50 '''Dirk Brockmann''' ([[brockmann_abs|abstract]], [http://www.chaos.gwdg.de/~zwerg/ homepage]) |
| + | ::::: New Perspectives on Global Human Traffic: Scaling Laws, Emergent Geographic Communities, Geocaching and Trackable Items | ||
| − | :: 2: | + | :: 2:00 - 2:40 '''Michael Gastner''' ([[gastner_abs|abstract]], [http://www.santafe.edu/~mgastner/ homepage]) |
| + | ::::: The Price of Anarchy in Transportation Networks | ||
| − | :: | + | :: 2:50 - 3:10 Break |
| − | :: | + | :: 3:10 - 3:50 '''Matthew O. Jackson''' ([[jackson_abs|abstract]], [http://www.stanford.edu/~jacksonm/ homepage]) |
| + | ::::: An Economic Model of Friendships: Understanding the Roles of Choice and Chance in Social Network Formation | ||
| − | : | + | :: 4:00 - 5:00 Discussion |
| − | + | ===Saturday, January 11, 2008=== | |
| − | :: | + | :: 8:55 - 9:00 Introductory remarks |
| − | :: 9: | + | :: 9:00 - 9:40 '''Cosma Shalizi''' ([[shalizi_abs|abstract]], [http://www.stat.cmu.edu/~cshalizi/ homepage]) |
| + | ::::: Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Econophysics? | ||
| − | :: | + | :: 9:50 - 10:30 '''Petter Holme''' ([[holme_abs|abstract]], [http://www.csc.kth.se/~pholme/ homepage]) |
| + | ::::: Simple models of teens, diplomats, religious cults and more | ||
| − | :: | + | :: 10:40 - 11:00 Break |
| − | :: 11: | + | :: 1100 - 11:40 '''Mark Handcock''' ([[handcock_abs|abstract]], [http://www.stat.washington.edu/handcock/ homepage]) |
| + | ::::: A Longitudinal Model of Network Formation: Heider's theory of Balance vs Simmel's triadic formation | ||
| − | :: | + | :: 11:50 - 12:10 Discussion |
| − | :: | + | :: 12:10 - 1:10 Lunch |
| − | :: | + | :: 1:10 - 1:50 '''Dirk Helbing''' ([[helbing_abs|abstract]], [http://www.soms.ethz.ch/ homepage]) |
| + | ::::: Modeling and Simulating Social Systems from the Bottom Up | ||
| − | :: 2: | + | :: 2:00 - 2:40 '''Carter Butts''' (abstract, [http://erzuli.ss.uci.edu/~buttsc/ homepage]) |
| − | :: | + | :: 2:50 - 3:10 Break |
| − | :: | + | :: 3:10 - 3:50 '''Doyne Farmer''' ([[farmer_abs|abstract]], [http://www.santafe.edu/~jdf/ homepage]) |
| + | ::::: Social evolution: Where are the barnacles? | ||
| − | :: 4: | + | :: 4:00 - 4:30 Discussion (led by '''Michelle and Aaron''') |
| + | |||
| + | :: 4:30 - 5:00 Concluding remarks | ||
Revision as of 22:13, 2 January 2008
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Is There a Physics of Society? January 10-12, 2008, Santa Fe NM
Organizers: Michelle Girvan (University of Maryland) and Aaron Clauset (Santa Fe Institute)
Agenda: Thursday Friday Saturday
Thursday, January 10, 2008
- 8:30 - 9:00 Introductory remarks
- 10:40 - 11:00 Break
- 11:50 - 12:10 Discussion
- 12:10 - 1:10 Lunch
- 2:50 - 3:10 Break
- 4:00 - 5:00 Discussion
- 7:00 Dinner (Coyote Cafe)
Friday, January 12, 2008
- 8:55 - 9:00 Introductory remarks
- 10:40 - 11:00 Break
- 11:50 - 12:10 Discussion
- 12:10 - 1:10 Lunch
- 2:50 - 3:10 Break
- 4:00 - 5:00 Discussion
Saturday, January 11, 2008
- 8:55 - 9:00 Introductory remarks
- 10:40 - 11:00 Break
- 11:50 - 12:10 Discussion
- 12:10 - 1:10 Lunch
- 2:00 - 2:40 Carter Butts (abstract, homepage)
- 2:50 - 3:10 Break
- 4:00 - 4:30 Discussion (led by Michelle and Aaron)
- 4:30 - 5:00 Concluding remarks