[info] Registration Reminder: Complex Systems Summer School at NECSI

[Eugen Leitl]

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Subject: Registration Reminder: Complex Systems Summer School at NECSI

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Registration Reminder:
NECSI Summer School / June 11-22, 2007

There is still time to register for the New England Complex
Systems Institute's two week summer school.

To register, please visit:
http://www.necsi.org/events/summer2007.html
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Program Details:

Week 1:  Complex Physical, Biological and Social Systems
Week 2:  Modeling, Networks & Evolution of Complex Systems

Each program is the equivalent of a one semester course
in a one week format. They may be taken independently or
consecutively. If desired, arrangements for credit at a home
institution should be made in advance.

WEEK ONE
CX201: Complex Physical, Biological and Social Systems

Dates:  June 11-15, 2007
Location:  MIT, Cambridge, MA

This course offers an introduction to the essential concepts
of complex systems and related mathematical methods and
simulation strategies with application to physical, biological
and social systems. The course will particularly focus on the
use of multiscale representations as a unifying approach to
complex systems concepts, methods and applications.

Concepts to be discussed include: emergence, complexity,
networks, self-organization, pattern formation, evolution,
adaptation, fractals, chaos, cooperation, competition, attractors,
interdependence, scaling, dynamic response, information, and
function.

Methods to be discussed include: statistical methods, cellular
automata, agent-based modeling, pattern recognition, system
representation and informatics.

WEEK TWO
CX202: Modeling, Networks & Evolution of Complex Systems

Dates:  June 18-22, 2007
Location:  MIT, Cambridge, MA

This course offers a systematic study of three key complex
systems areas.

Modeling:  "how to" build models of complex systems (physical,
biological, social and engineering).

Networks:  network models of complex systems: nodes and
links, connectivity; topologies: small worlds, scale free,
modular; dynamics of networks.

Evolution:  evolution in biology, social and engineered
systems, altruism and selfishness, speciation, diversity, and
spatial models.

TARGET AUDIENCE:
These courses are intended for faculty, graduate students,
post-doctoral fellows and others who would like to gain an
understanding of the fundamentals of complex systems, and
develop methodological tools for conducting research in their
respective fields.

For more information and registration:
http://www.necsi.org/events/summer2007.html

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