Due to requests, we have created small posters
that can be printed and posted. They are found
at http://necsi.org/events/iccs2poster.pdf
also a 17"x22" poster can be downloaded at
http://necsi.org/events/iccs2lposter.jpghttp://necsi.org/events/iccs2lposter.pdf
they will be updated as the program is.
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Announcement, Including Call for Papers
International Conference
on
COMPLEX SYSTEMS
Nashua, NH
October 25-30, 1998
Host: New England Complex Systems Institute
http://necsi.orgnecsi at necsi.org
Conference Chairman: Yaneer Bar-Yam
This conference has two major aims: first,
to investigate those properties or characteristics
that appear to be common to the very different complex
systems now under study; and second, to encourage
cross fertilization among the many disciplines involved.
PEDAGOGICAL SESSION: The conference will include
pedagogical sessions on Sunday, Oct. 25 covering
fundamental knowledge in concepts, simulation,
and analysis tools relevant to complex systems.
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ICCS SUBJECT AREAS: UNIFYING THEMES IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS
Sessions will be structured around both themes and systems.
The themes are:
EMERGENCE, STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: substructure, the
relationship of component to collective behavior, the
relationship of internal structure to external influence.
INFORMATICS: structuring, storing, accessing, and
distributing information describing complex systems.
COMPLEXITY: characterizing the amount of information
necessary to describe complex systems, and the dynamics
of this information.
DYNAMICS: time series analysis and prediction, chaos,
temporal correlations, the time scale of dynamic processes.
SELF-ORGANIZATION: Pattern formation, evolution,
development and adaptation.
The system categories are:
FUNDAMENTALS, PHYSICAL & CHEMICAL SYSTEMS: Spatio-
temporal patterns and chaos, fractals, dynamic scaling,
non-equilibrium processes, hydrodynamics, glasses,
non-linear chemical dynamics, complex fluids,
molecular self-organization, information and
computation in physical systems.
BIO-MOLECULAR & CELLULAR SYSTEMS: protein and DNA
folding, bio-molecular informatics, membranes, cellular
response and communication, genetic regulation, gene-
cytoplasm interactions, development, cellular
differentiation, primitive multicellular organisms,
the immune system.
PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS: Nervous system, neuro-muscular
control, neural network models of brain, cognition,
psychofunction, pattern recognition, man-machine
interactions.
HUMAN SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS: Corporate and social
structures, markets, the global economy, the Internet.
ENGINEERED SYSTEMS: Product and product manufacturing,
nano-technology, modified and hybrid biological
organisms, computer based interactive systems, agents,
artificial life, artificial intelligence, and robots.
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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPLEX SYSTEMS
OCTOBER 25-30, 1998
Preliminary Conference Program
The following program includes a current list of
confirmed speakers and session chairs (* indicates
confirmed) - titles in the program are all tentative.
Additional speakers are yet to be listed.
PRECONFERENCES (SEPARATE REGISTRATION AND DEADLINES)
Statistical Physics of Complex Systems - Oct 23-24:
http://www.necsi.org/events/spcs.html
*BRUCE BOGHOSIAN: Conference chair
Speakers:
*MICHEL BARANGER
*JEAN-PIERRE BOON
*PETER COVENEY
*DANIEL FISHER
*DAVID LEVERMORE
*JON MACHTA
*DAVID SHERRINGTON
*CONSTANTINO TSALLIS
Complexity and Management - Oct 22-25:
http://lissack.com/managing.html
*MICHAEL LISSACK - Conference chair
Speakers and Activity Leaders:
*KEN BASKIN
*CHAUNCEY BELL
*MAX BOISSOT
*JEFFREY GOLDSTEIN
*KEN HEY
*PETER MOORE
*TOM PETZINGER
*JAN RIFKIN
ICCS CONFERENCE PROGRAM
SUNDAY October 25
9:00AM-5:00PM PEDAGOGICAL SESSIONS
*DAN STEIN - Pedagogical sessions: session chair.
*ALFRED HUBLER - Overview
*GERARD VICHNIAC - CA
*CRIS MOORE - Computational Complexity
*CHARLIE DOERING - Convection,Stability&Turbulence
*FRED NIJHOUT - Patterns in Development
*KEN KOLLMAN - Society & Economics
GEOFFREY WEST - Scaling
5:00PM-8:00PM RECEPTION
MONDAY October 26
9:00AM-12:20PM EMERGENCE
*JEROME KAGAN - Emergence
*PHILIP ANDERSON -
STUART KAUFFMAN -
*STEPHEN KOSSLYN - The Visual Mind
*NORMAN I. BADLER - Virtual Humans
2:00PM-5:20PM DESCRIPTION AND MODELING
*STEVE LANSING - Description and Modeling
*JOHN STERMAN - System Dynamics
*DAVID HAREL - Statecharts
*RICHARD PALMER - Statistical strategies
TOMASSO POGGIO - Vision
7:30PM-9:30PM FUNDING
*JAMES ANDERSON - NIH (NIGMS)
*MIKE MCCLOSKEY - NSF
TUESDAY October 27
9:00AM-12:20PM SELF-ORGANIZATION
*IRVING EPSTEIN - Self-Organization
*DAVID CAMPBELL
ANDREW CLARK
*J. A. SCOTT KELSO
MAX BOISOT
2:00PM-5:00PM AFTERNOON PARALLEL BREAKOUT SESSIONS
*BOB SAVIT - Modeling Social Systems
*BENNETT LEVITAN/STUART KAUFFMAN/JOSE LOBO
/RICHARD SCHULER,
*ALI MINAI/JAMES UBER/MARCO PROPATO,
*THAD BROWN, *DAVID MEYER, JOSH EPSTEIN
*RICHARD BAGLEY - Quantum Information and Computation
*DAVID DIVINCENZO, *SETH LLOYD, JOHN PRESKILL
*THOMAS DEISBOECK - Medical Complexity
*JASON HAUGH, *STEVEN KLEINSTEIN,
*ANDRE VAN DER KOUWE, *ARY GOLDBERGER, DONALD COFFEY
*SEAN RICE - Evolution: Multi Level Selection
and the Structure of Biological Systems
*LETICIA AVILES, *CHARLES GOODNIGHT,
*DAVID SLOAN WILSON, ELIZABETH LLOYD
*ROBERT BERWICK - A-Languages
7:00PM-10:00PM EVENING PARALLEL BREAKOUT SESSIONS
*DAN BRAHA - Modeling the Design Process
*BILL BIRMINGHAM, *DAVID BROWN,
*PRADEEP KHOSLA, JAMES RINDERLE
*TERRENCE DEACON - Consciousness
*SETH LLOYD - Symbolic Dynamics/Information
Mechanics
*TIM KEITT/*LES KAUFMAN - Dynamics in Ecological Networks
KALYANMOY DEB - Artificial Evolution and Optimization
WEDNESDAY October 28
9:00AM-12:20PM NETWORKS
*LARRY RUDOLPH - NETWORKS
*ELI UPFAL - Structure and Analysis of Networks
DAVID CULLER - The Network is the Computer
ANTONIO CONIGLIO - Percolation and Fractal Networks
AFTERNOON EXCURSION
BANQUET
*DEAN LEBARON - Banquet Session Chair
EDWARD N. LORENZ
THURSDAY October 29
9:00AM-11:40AM TIME SERIES
*RICHARD COHEN - Time Series
*DOYNE FARMER
*ANDREW LO
BILL DITTO
11:40AM-12:20PM MANAGING COMPLEXITY
*HARRIS BERMAN - Medical management
2:00PM-5:00PM AFTERNOON PARALLEL BREAKOUT SESSIONS
*KOSTA TSIPIS - Global Systems
*FRANK SCHWEITZER, *MANJULA WALDRON,
*SUSAN AARON, *ROBERTO SERRA
*PER BAK - Networks
*SORINEL OPRISAN, *BRUCE SAWHILL, *DANIEL COORE,
*DUNCAN WATTS
*MAX GARZON - DNA Computing
*HELEN HARTE/*FARRELL JORGENSEN - Health Care Management
*MARK VAN KOOY, *MARTIN MERRY, *WILLIAM BRASWELL,
MARK SMITH, JEFF GOLDSTEIN
JAY LEE JAROSLAV - Artificial Minds
7:00PM-10:00PM EVENING PARALLEL BREAKOUT SESSIONS
*ANJELI SASTRY - System Dynamics
*GEORGE RICHARDSON, *CHRIS WHITE,
*JIM HINES/JODY HOUSE
*WALTER FREEMAN/*ALI MINAI - Neural Computation
*STEVE BRESSLER, *JOHN LISMAN, *RANDY MCINTOSH,
X.J. WANG, *MIKE HASSELMO, *JOHN SYMONS, *JORGE JOSE
*MICHAEL JACOBSON - Education in Complex Systems
*WIN FARRELL, *MARSHALL CLEMENS, *JIM KAPUT,
*URI WILENSKY/KENNETH REISMAN, KEN BRECHER
MIHAIL ROCO - Nanotechnology
FRIDAY October 30
9:00AM-12:20PM AGENTS IN ACTION
*WILLIAM FULKERSON - Agents in Action
*ROB AXTELL
*VAN PARUNAK
CHRIS LANGTON
PATTY MAES
12:20PM-5:20PM COMPLEXITY AND MANAGEMENT (EXTENDED SESSION
INCLUDING LUNCH)
*TOM PETZINGER - Complexity and Management
*MICHAEL HAMMER
*WILLIAM MCKELVEY
HENRY MINTZBERG
*LAURENCE PRUSAK
*PETER SENGE
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REGISTRATION:
Conference attendance is limited to about
250 participants. Applications will be accepted
on a first-come, first-served basis from
those active or interested in becoming active
in the study of complex systems.
If you are interested in presenting a paper or
simply attending the conference, please apply to
iccs at necsi.org
and provide the following information:
Name
Affiliation
Address
Telephone number
Fax number
E-mail address
AND (if you wish to present a paper)
--an abstract (no more than 500 words) of a presentation
to be given at the conference
OR (if you do not wish to present a paper)
--a description of your research interests.
REGISTRATION DEADLINE IS September 20
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DATES:
Registration: September 20
Satelite Conferences October 23-25
--Managing the Complex
--Statistical Physics of Complex Systems
ICCS Conference: October 25-30
Corporate Community October 30-Nov. 1
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REGISTRATION:
The registration fee has been set to $450 and includes
participation in the conference sessions, lunch served
at the conference hotel Monday through Friday, refreshments
during coffee breaks, and a copy of the conference
proceedings. Student registration is $275 and includes all
of the benefits of a full registration.
Registration fees: Regular(member) Student(member)
Registration: Sept. 20 $450($400) $275($250)
A $100 penalty will be charged for those who register
at the conference site.
Payment information will be sent out with notification of
application acceptance.
For NECSI membership information see
http://necsi.org/member.html
Annual Membership Dues:
Student $20, Academic $50, Other $100
We anticipate having some funds available to assist
conferees according to need. Application to the conference
organizers (iccs at necsi.org) may be made for this financial
support.
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LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS:
The conference will be held at the Sheraton Nashua
in Nashua, New Hampshire, on the Massachusetts
New Hampshire border 40 minutes from Boston by car.
http://www.sheraton.com/destinations/properties/hr_826.html
Rooms must be reserved directly with the hotel at:
tel: (603) 888-9970
fax: (603) 891-4179
A block of rooms has been reserved at a conference
discount rate of $110 per night (single or double) for
the week of the conference (including a two day margin).
These rooms are available on a first-come, first-served
basis. To receive the discount rate identify yourself as
a member of the New England Complex Systems Institute
Convention. Cancellations may be made up to 48 hours in
advance without penalty.
A block of rooms has also been reserved at a conference
discount rate of $54.99 per night (up to four in a room)
at the Red Roof Inn: (800) 843-7663 / (603) 888-1893
e-mail: i0122 at redroof.comhttp://www.redroof.com
which is the closest alternative accommodation to
the conference. To receive the discount rate identify
yourself as a member of the NECSI Convention
or room block #B112000076
PLEASE NOTE:
If you want to receive future announcements about
this conference, and other NECSI activities please
send e-mail to research at necsi.org
Include:
Your name: ________________________________________
Preferred e-mail address: _________________________
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Yaneer Bar-Yam
President
New England Complex Systems Institute
http://necsi.org
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