We have just heard that the CPM has got a significant grant from the EPSRC, under its "Complexity in the Real World" funding initiative. This is a 5 year project with the Department of Theoretical Physics and the Institute for Social Change, both at the University of Manchester, down the road.
The likely start date is 1st September 2010.
20 November, 2009
11 September, 2009
Visions of the Future of Social Simulation
We are nearing the end of the writing and editing of the handbook on "Simulating Social Complexity" which is to be published in the new year. See http://cfpm.org/ssc-handbk.html for details.
In the epilogue we would like to look forward a bit to guesses about the future trends, issues and techniques in social simulation. Thus we are asking for contributions consisting of people's opinions on this.
If you are interested, please send a 1 page statement of an area or two that you think will become increasingly important within the next 10 years. There should be already a few indications of the trend or issue you describe, but it should not be already much researched. We will edit these all into the final epilogue to the handbook.
All contributions will be acknowledged, but contributors will not get a whole free copy of the handbook -- sorry!
Please send in word or RTF format to cpm@mmu.ac.uk by October 2nd 2009.
In the epilogue we would like to look forward a bit to guesses about the future trends, issues and techniques in social simulation. Thus we are asking for contributions consisting of people's opinions on this.
If you are interested, please send a 1 page statement of an area or two that you think will become increasingly important within the next 10 years. There should be already a few indications of the trend or issue you describe, but it should not be already much researched. We will edit these all into the final epilogue to the handbook.
All contributions will be acknowledged, but contributors will not get a whole free copy of the handbook -- sorry!
Please send in word or RTF format to cpm@mmu.ac.uk by October 2nd 2009.
30 July, 2009
Talks Online from Introductory Lectures on Aspects of Complexity
That happened University of Manchester, 6th – 8th July 2009.
Go to: http://www.theory.physics.manchester.ac.uk/complexitymeeting/
Click on >> Registration >> Overview >> Paper
Then on each talk.
(Sorry no easier way)
Bruce
Go to: http://www.theory.physics.manchester.ac.uk/complexitymeeting/
Click on >> Registration >> Overview >> Paper
Then on each talk.
(Sorry no easier way)
Bruce
10 June, 2009
International Workshop on 150 Years after Darwin
Darwin'09
International Workshop on 150 Years after Darwin:From Molecular Evolution to Language
Palma de Mallorca, November 23 - 27, 2009
http://ifisc.uib-csic.es/darwin09/
Two hundred years since the birth of Charles Darwin and a hundred and fifty years since the publication of ”On the Origin of Species”, the theory of evolution is now a conceptual cornerstone in a wide number of areas of research outside its original field of application. Evolutionary biologists, linguists, physicists, economists, and social scientists nowadays use the notions of evolution and adaptation in their research. In each of those areas, the mechanisms behind the relevant dynamics (stochastic appearance of mutants, cultural innovations or social strategies, inheritance or spread of a new variant, and selection through competition) take a specific form that, nonetheless, shapes the structure and organisation of each system in a way that can be recognised as arising from ”evolutionary dynamics” in its broadest sense. These anniversaries seem an ideal opportunity to bring together researchers from the variety of disciplines which now use the evolutionary paradigm, to review progress, learn from each other and initiate new collaborations.
Invited Speakers
Santa Fe Institute, USA
Fernando Baquero
Centro de Investigación Biomédica, CSIC, Spain
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France
International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Vienna, Austria
TU Darmstadt, Germany
Manchester Metropolitan University Business School, UK
University of Queensland, Australia
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA
University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA
Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
Universität zu Köln , Germany
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico
Institut Cavanilles de Biodiversitat i Biologia Evolutiva, València, Spain
Università di Napoli, Italy.
IFISC, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
University of Vienna, Austria
University of Maastricht, the Netherlands
Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
University of Leipzig, Germany
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Max-Planck-Institut für Evolutionsbiologie, Plön, Germany
Institut de Biologie Moléculaire et Cellulaire, Strasbourg, France
Max-Planck-Institut für Ökonomik, Jena, Germany
For any information about the Workshop, please email:
darwin09@ifisc.uib-csic.es
15 May, 2009
Introductory Lectures on Aspects of Complexity
Three-day meeting
University of Manchester, 6-8 July 2009
A 3-day meeting exploring how physicists can contribute to the biological, economic and social sciences, aimed principally at graduate students and established physicists who are interested in learning about these novel applications.
On each day there will be a different theme, with one introductory lecture, three research talks, and ending with an overview lecture summarising the state of the subject, giving perspectives on current research and looking to the future.
The talks will be 50 minutes plus 10 minutes of questions.
Venue:
All talks will be held in the Niels Bohr Common Room in the School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
More information from: http://www.theory.physics.manchester.ac.uk/complexitymeeting/
The meeting is essentially free, i.e. $5 day registration (compulsory) but you get lunch for that!
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