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Revision as of 19:41, 3 January 2008
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
- 9:00 - 9:40 Mark Buchanan (abstract, homepage)
- Prospects for "social physics"
- 9:50 - 10:30 D. Eric Smith (abstract, homepage)
- Good social science as good physics?
- 10:40 - 11:00 Break
- 11:00 - 11:40 Rob Axtell (abstract, homepage)
- Interacting Particles vs. Interacting Agents: Where is the Cut-off?
- 11:50 - 12:10 Discussion
- 12:10 - 1:10 Lunch
- 1:10 - 1:50 John M. Roberts Jr. (abstract, homepage)
- Examining the modern history of interaction between social science and physics
- 2:00 - 2:40 Lars-Erik Cederman (abstract, homepage)
- Toward a non-equilibrium approach to political violence
- 2:50 - 3:10 Break
- 3:10 - 3:50 Frank Schweitzer (abstract, homepage)
- Enhancing social interaction: preferences, similarities, and trust
- 4:00 - 5:00 Discussion
- 7:00 Dinner (Coyote Cafe)
Friday, January 11, 2008
- 8:55 - 9:00 Introductory remarks
- 9:00 - 9:40 Luis Bettencourt (abstract, homepage)
- Elements of a coarse-grained quantitative theory of Society
- 9:50 - 10:30 David Gibson (abstract, homepage)
- Events and Their Aftermath
- 10:40 - 11:00 Break
- 11:00 - 11:40 Matthew Salganik (abstract, 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 (abstract, homepage)
- New Perspectives on Global Human Traffic: Scaling Laws, Emergent Geographic Communities, Geocaching and Trackable Items
- 2:00 - 2:40 Michael Gastner (abstract, homepage)
- The Price of Anarchy in Transportation Networks
- 2:50 - 3:10 Break
- 3:10 - 3:50 Matthew O. Jackson (abstract, homepage)
- An Economic Model of Friendships: Understanding the Roles of Choice and Chance in Social Network Formation
- 4:00 - 5:00 Discussion
Saturday, January 12, 2008
- 8:55 - 9:00 Introductory remarks
- 9:00 - 9:40 Cosma Shalizi (abstract, homepage)
- Why Oh Why Can't We Have a Better Econophysics?
- 9:50 - 10:30 Petter Holme (abstract, homepage)
- Simple models of teens, diplomats, religious cults and more
- 10:40 - 11:00 Break
- 11:00 - 11:40 Mark Handcock (abstract, 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 (abstract, homepage)
- Modeling and Simulating Social Systems from the Bottom Up
- 2:00 - 2:40 Carter Butts (abstract, homepage)
- 2:50 - 3:10 Break
- 3:10 - 3:50 Doyne Farmer (abstract, homepage)
- Social evolution: Where are the barnacles?
- 4:00 - 4:30 Discussion (led by Michelle and Aaron)
- 4:30 - 5:00 Concluding remarks
