Understanding Complex Systems: The Future of Interactive Immersive Visualizations - Agenda
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AGENDA
Visualizing Complex Systems and the Complexity of Vision
Business Network Theme Week
September 15 - 19, 2008
Venue: SFI unless otherwise noted
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| TIME | ACTIVITY |
| Sunday, September 14, 2008 | |
| 6 p.m. | Welcome Reception, Hotel Santa Fe |
| Monday, September 15, 2008 | |
| 8:30 am | Shuttle from Hotel Santa Fe to SFI / Continental Breakfast at SFI |
| 9:00 | Welcome to Santa Fe Institute, Geoffrey West, President and Distinguished Professor |
| 10:00 | Introduction to the SFI, Shannon Larsen, Executive Director, Development and Corporate Relations |
| 10:15 | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 | Understanding Complex Systems: The Future of Interactive Immersive Visualization, Jim Crutchfield, SFI External Professor and UC-Davis |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch with SFI Community |
| 1:00 | Oliver Kreylos, UC-Davis and Active Visualization in the Earth Sciences |
| 2:00 | Discussion, Jay Smethurst, Innovation Labs |
| 3:00 | Tea with SFI Community |
| 3:30 | Discussion, Jay Smethurst, Innovation Labs |
| 5:00 | Adjourn / Shuttle to Hotel Santa FE or remain at SFI |
| OPTIONAL OPEN HOUSE | |
| 6:00 p.m. | Open House and informal dinner at SFI |
| Tuesday, September 16, 2008 | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Shuttle from Hotel Santa Fe to SFI / Continental Breakfast at SFI |
| 9:00 | Insights on Networks and Phase Transition via Visualization, Raissa D'Souza, SFI External Professor and UC-Davis |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 | John Rundle, UC-Davis and The California Institute for Hazards Research |
| 11:15 | Open Discussion / Questions for Morning Speakers |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch with SFI Community |
| 1:00 | Facilitated Discussion, Jay Smethurst, Innovation Labs |
| 3:00 | Tea with SFI Community |
| 4:30 | Adjourn / Shuttle to Hotel Santa FE |
| OPTIONAL EVENING RECEPTION & LECTURE | |
| 5:00 p.m. | Reception at the home of Mari Kooi. Please RSVP to Casey Cox at casey@santafe.edu for directions and transport assistance. |
| 7:00 | Shuttle from Hotel Santa Fe to James A. Little Theatre |
| 7:30 | 2008 Annual Ulam Lecture Series - A Cooperative Species: How We Go to Be Both Nasty and Nice, Samuel Bowles, SFI and University of Sienna - Lecture I: A Cooperative Species (Or Are We Just Afraid Someone May Be Looking?) |
| 9:00 | Shuttle to Hotel Santa Fe |
| Wednesday, September 17, 2008 | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Shuttle from Hotel Santa Fe to SFI / Continental Breakfast at SFI |
| 9:00 | Prospects for Human-level Computer Vision, Melanie Mitchell, SFI External Professor and Portland State University |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 | Garrett T. Kenyon, PhD., Biological and Quantum Physics, Los Alamos National Lab |
| 11:15 | Open Discussion / Questions for Morning Speakers |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch with SFI Community |
| 1:00 | Facilitated Discussion,Jay Smethurst, Innovation Labs |
| 3:00 | Tea with SFI Community |
| 3:30 | Unscheduled time |
| 4:30 | Adjourn / Shuttle to Hotel Santa FE or remain at SFI |
| OPTIONAL EVENING LECTURE | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Shuttle from Hotel Santa Fe to James A. Little Theatre |
| 7:30 | 2008 Annual Ulam Lecture Series - A Cooperative Species: How We Go to Be Both Nasty and Nice, Samuel Bowles, SFI and University of Sienna - Lecture II: Alturism, Parochialism, and War: Rambo Meets Mother Teresa |
| 9:00 | Shuttle to Hotel Santa Fe |
| Thurssday, September 18, 2008 | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Shuttle from Hotel Santa Fe to SFI / Continental Breakfast at SFI |
| 9:00 | David Ackley, SFI External Professor and SFI |
| 10:00 | Coffee Break |
| 10:15 | TBD |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch with SFI Community |
| 1:00 | Facilitated Discussion, Jay Smethurst, Innovation Labs |
| 3:30 | Tea with SFI Community |
| 4:30 | Adjourn / Shuttle to Hotel Santa FE |
| OPTIONAL EVENING LECTURE | |
| 7:00 p.m. | Shuttle from Hotel Santa Fe to James A. Little Theatre |
| 7:30 | 2008 Annual Ulam Lecture Series - A Cooperative Species: How We Go to Be Both Nasty and Nice, Samuel Bowles, SFI and University of Sienna - Lecture III: Machiavelli's Mistake: Why Policies Designated for Wicked Men Fail |
| 9:00 | Shuttle to Hotel Santa Fe |
| Friday, September 19, 2008 | |
| 8:30 a.m. | Shuttle from Hotel Santa Fe to SFI / Continental Breakfast at SFI |
| 9:00 | Jim Crutchfield, SFI External Professor and UC-Davis |
| 10:00 | Facilitated discussion of net steps Innovation Labs |
| 12:00 p.m. | Lunch with SFI Community |
| 1:00 | Adjourn |