ICCS 2004 Program

PS - Please see the conference web page at:
http://www.necsi.net/events/iccs/iccscover.html

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Preliminary Program and Abstract Submission
Deadline Extension
for the
International Conference on Complex Systems

Attached is a preliminary program for the 5th
International Conference on Complex Systems. As
you can see from the program, this ICCS, like
the previous ones, is an unusual opportunity
to discuss advances that contribute to our
general understanding of complex systems. It
is also a remarkable opportunity for pedagogy.

Please note that this is not a final program.
Many outstanding abstracts have been received
that will become part of the program.

Because of a delay in the program committee meeting
the ICCS abstract submission deadline has been
extended to February 15. After this date, abstracts
will be accepted only if space is available in
specific sessions. The early registration deadline
has been extended to March 1.

Registering to attend the conference without
giving a presentation is also still possible.

Students and postdocs should submit papers about
recent advances in their research. Generally,
they will be given opportunities to give short
talks or, if they prefer, poster presentations.
We expect to have funds to assist students and
postdocs in attending the conference.

Best,
Yaneer

Preliminary Conference Program
(* indicates confirmed)
Additional speakers are still to be assigned
to sessions. Session times may still change.
Abstracts can still be submitted.

SUNDAY May 16
9:00AM-5:00PM PEDAGOGICAL SESSIONS
*URI WILENSKI ?Modeling complex systems
*JOHN PETER WIKSWO ? From physics to medicine
*GREG CHAITIN - Mathematics

EVENING RECEPTION

MONDAY, May 17
9:00AM-12:20PM EMERGENCE
*JOHN STERMAN/*ALLAN ROBINSON ? Emergence
*STEVEN STROGATZ ? Synchrony
NANCY KOPEL ? Neural systems
*ALAN GUTH ? Inflationary universe

2:00PM-5:20PM NETWORKS
*IRVING EPSTEIN - Networks
*BERNARDO HUBERMAN ? Web social interactions
EUGENE STANLEY - Networks
*LEON COOPER ? Neural networks in vision
*NEO MARTINEZ ? Food Webs

6:30PM-9:00PM PARALLEL SESSIONS
Networks
Systems Biology
Socio-Economic Systems
Engineering complex systems
Physical systems
Evolution & Ecology
Complexity

9:00PM-10:00PM INITIAL POSTER SESSION

TUESDAY, May 18

9:00AM-12:20PM EVOLUTION
*TERRENCE DEACON ? Evolution
*STUART KAUFFMAN ? Origins of Life
*ALAN PERELSON ? Immunological Evolution
MARTIN NOWAK ? Evolutioary systems

2:00PM-5:00PM AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS

*CHRISTINA STOICA ? Social systems
*DWIGHT READ
*ROBERT REYNOLDS
*CLAUDIO CLOFFI
*JUERGEN KLUEVER
*ROBERT BERWICK ? Evolution of Languages
Spatiotemporal dynamics
Networks
Additional sessions to be organized

7:00PM-10:00PM EVENING BREAKOUT SESSIONS

*TERRENCE DEACON - Origin of Life
*BRUCE WEBBER
DAVID DEMER
CHRIS LANGTON
CHRIS SINHA
JESPER HOFMEYER / FREDRICK STJERNFELT
GUY HOELZER
*HELEN HARTE ? Healthcare
*FRANK FUNDERBERK
*SALIL PATEL
Complexity in Engineering
Neural Systems
Additional sessions to be organized

WEDNESDAY, May 19

9:00AM-12:20PM SOCIAL SYSTEMS
BRIAN ARTHUR - Economics
*THOMAS HOMER-DIXON ? Complexity of global systems
*SCOTT PAGE ? Diversity in organizations
*STEVE HASSAN - Cults

2:00PM-5:00PM AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS

Organizations and Economics
*EVE MITLETON-KELLY - Organizational Complexity
*ERIC BEINHOCKER ? Wealth
Self-Organization
*MAYA PACZUSKI
Evolution
*LISA MEFFERT

6:15PM-7:45PM BANQUET
7:45PM-9:30PM BANQUET SESSION
MURRAY GELL-MANN ? 20th Anniversary of SFI
Origins of Plectics

THURSDAY, May 20

9:00AM-12:20AM ENGINEERING & INNOVATION
*ERIC BONABEAU ? Engineering & Innovation
*JERRY SUSSMAN
*DOUG NORMAN
*BUD MISHRA

2:00PM-5:00PM AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS
*DAVID WOLPERT ? Collectives
*BILL MACREADY
*NEIL JOHNSON
*JEFF SHAMMA
*ILAN KROO
*STEFAN BIENIAWSKI
Engineering & Military Systems
Defining Complexity
Systems Biology

7:00PM-10:00PM EVENING BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Socio-economic systems
Systems Biology
Networks
Formalisms, Methods and Tools

FRIDAY, May 21

9:00AM-5:00PM SPECIAL DAY ON SYSTEMS BIOLOGY
*DON INGBER ? Systems Biology
LEE HOOD
*STUART KIM
*JIM FERRELL
*HOWARD BERG
*SUI HUANG
*TEMPLE SMITH ? Systems Biology
*JIM COLLINS
*JOHN DOYLE
URI ALON
DOUG LAUFFENBERGER
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Yaneer Bar-Yam
President
New England Complex Systems Institute
http://necsi.net
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