http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendars_rss.php Sat, 31 Jul 2010 08:21:30 +0100 Tiki CMS/Groupware via FeedCreator 1.7.2.1 http://cssociety.org/img/tiki.jpg http://cssociety.org/tiki-index.php en-us Complex Systems Society http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=329 ESSENTIAL SYSTEM SCIENCE ENCYCLOPAEDIA (ESSE): DEADLINE EXTENSION
Start: Sunday 04 July, 2010 17:20:00 CET
End: Wednesday 01 September, 2010 18:20:00 CET
CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS : DEADLINE EXTENSION to September 1st, 2010 ALBERTO FEBBRAJO, University of Macerata, Italy ANDREA PITASI, d'Annunzio University Chieti-Pescara, Italy DARIO RODRIGUEZ| MANSILLA, Universidad Catolica de Santiago , Chile (Eds.) -- ESSENTIAL SYSTEM SCIENCE ENCYCLOPAEDIA (ESSE) – ESSE is under construction and will be structured in about 200 items/entries. Among the key items: system complexity, differentiation, environment, communication, self organization, self reference, structural coupling, constructivism and items referred to key scholars such as Luhmann, von Foerster,von Glasersfeld etc. Contributors are fee to submit items they consider pivotal to understand System Sciences. deadline to submit the fully written proposed item(s) is September 1st 2010. Each entry/item would be of about 2500 words. You can choose one or more entries (up to 5 per author) among those listed below and /or choose some from the list and propose other (total 5 entries, anyway). Each item ,concerning an abstract concept such as "system " or " complexity" should be structured according to the following pattern : a)definition(s) of the item from the perspective of the social system theory b)etimology c)translations of the term in the other key languages d)accurate explanation f)very key references / essential bibliography while items concerning authors , such as Luhmann or Pask have to be structured as follows: a) short bio b) key concepts c) key works they authored and brief summaries of their contents d) brief explanation of the author's contribution to system theory e) key references about the author ENTRY/ ITEM STARTING LIST: Action, communicative - Action, social - Action system( Crozier-Friedberg)- Action theory - Algorythm(evolutionary)- Alter/ego- Alternative- Asymmetry- Attribution (Heider)- Authority- Autologic- Automation- Automaton- Autonomous (Autonomy)- Autopoiesis- Bateson Gregory- Binary code- Black box- Blind spot (Maturana)- Causality- Centrum/periphery- Chaos- Code- Cognition- Communication- Complexity- Complexity gradient- Complexity reduction - Computer- Conflict- Constructivism- Crossing, law of (Spencer Brown)- Coupling (loose & tight) (Heider)- Coupling, structural- Cybernetics(Cybernetics, second order)- Damage- Danger/risk- Data- Decision- Decision-making- Deconstruction- Deflation- Destructive interaction (Maturana)- Determinacy, structural- Diabolic/symbolic- Difference- Differentiation- Distinction- Double contingency- Double negation- Draw a distinction (Spencer Brown)- Economy- Education- Ego/Alter- Eigenwert (Hilbert, von Foerster, Luhmann)- Element- Emergence level- Enactment (Varela)- Enlightment (sociological)- Entropy/negentropy- Environment- Epistemology- Event- Evolution- Evolutionary achievement- Exclusion/inclusion- Expectation- Experience/action- Family- Feedback (negative & positive) (Wiener, Maruyama)- Heinz von Foerster- Form, Laws of (Spencer Brown)- Formal/informal- Function- Functional differentiation- Functional equivalent- Functionalism- Functional method- Future- Fuzzy logic- Gaia- Game theory- Garbage-can (James March)- Generalization- Ernst von Glasersfeld- Globalization - Harm- Hierarchie/heterarchie- High Speed Reconfigurational System (HSRS)- Holistic- Horizon- Humanism- Hypercomplexity- Identity/difference- Improbability (of communication)- Inclusion/exclusion- Incompleteness- Indeterminacy- Indication (Spencer Brown)- Individual- Inflation/deflation- Information- Input/output- Inside/outside Integration Interaction Interdependence Interest Interpenetration Intersubjective Irrationality Irritation Knowledge Language Ervin Laszlo Latency Leader Leadership Learning Legal Legislation Legitimacy Legitimate Limit Loose coupling Love Niklas Luhmann Map/territory Marked/unmarked space Massmedia Meaning Meaning, dimensions of Mechanisms, reflexive Mechanisms, symbiotic Media, symbolic generalized communications Medical system Medium/form (Heider) Membership Memory Method Modernity Money Moral Motivation National society (National state) Negation Negation, double Negation, reflexive Noise Norm Richard Normann Normative Object Objectual dimension of meaning Observation Observation, second order Observer Ontology Open systems’ theory Operation Optimization Oral communication Order, social Order from noise Organization Organization theory Output/input Outside/inside Paradigm Paradigm change Paradox Parasite (Serres) Gordon Pask Passion, love as Past Payment/no payment Peasant society Perception Performance Periphery Person Personality Perspective Perturbation Phenomenon Phenomenology Political system Politics Possibility Postmodernism Power Predictability Preference Premise Prerequisite Present Price Primacy Probability Process/structure Production Property Psychic system Question Random Rational Rationality Reality Recursion Recursive Reduction Redundancy Re-entry Reflexion Refusal Regional society Rejection Relationship Religion Research Resonance Responsible Restriction Risk/danger(SEE ABOVE) Role Rule Scarcity Schema Science Scientific system Selection Selective Selectivity Self Self-description Self-esteem Self-organization Self-production Self-reference/hetero-reference Self-reflexion Social dimension of meaning Social system Society George Spencer Brown Status Steady state Strategy Stratification Stratified society Structural coupling Structural determinism Structural drift (Maturana) Structure/process Subsystem Symbiotic mechanism Symbol System System/environment Tautology Technology Temporal dimension of meaning Territory/map Thankfulness Theory Thought Tight/loose coupling Time Trigger True Trust Jakob von Uexkull Unbalance Uncertainty Underdevelopment Understanding Unexpected Unforeseeable Unpredictable Utterance Value Francisco Varela Variable Variety Verbal Verbalize Violence Virtual World World society Writing by sending it/them to the ESSE Editor Andrea Pitasi andrea.pitasi@gmail.com as Word attachments. ESSE will appear for the SYSTEM THEORY AND COMPLEXITY BOOK SERIES (Aracne Publishing, Rome) in collaboration with the World Complexity Science Academy (WCSA) a newborn organization already featured by a prestigious, international Honoray Board: Gabriel Altmann, Universitaet Bochum, Germany Dario Rodriguez Mansilla Universidad Catolica de Santiago, Chile Felix Ortega, Universidad de Salamanca , Spain Loet Leydesdorff, Universitaet van Amsterdam, The Netherlands Giovanbattista Cavazzuti, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia,Italy Albert Laszlo Barabasi, Notre Dame University, USA Lucio d' Alessandro, Suro Orsola Benincasa University, Naples, Italy Sebastiano Bagnara, Sassari-Alghero University, Italy Further Info will follow in a second announcement and /or can be required by email to the ESSE EDITORS. Best regards Prof. Andrea Pitasi website: www.andreapitasi.com Facebook profile: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/profile.php?id=1347035922&ref=profile STAFF esseencyclopaedia@gmail.com ]]> Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:20:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=330 CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: FIRST WCSA CONFERENCE Bologna, Italy, December 4th-5th 2010
Start: Sunday 04 July, 2010 17:30:00 CET
End: Wednesday 15 September, 2010 18:30:00 CET
DEADLINE EXTENSION to September 15th, 2010 FIRST WCSA CONFERENCE Bologna, Italy, December 4th-5th 2010 COMPLEXITY SYSTEMIC SCIENCES AND THE KEY GLOBAL CHALLENGES OF OUR TIMES WCSA Scientific Director and Conference Program Chair (CPC): Andrea Pitasi (www.andreapitasi.com), G. d'Annunzio University, Chieti-Pescara, Italy WCSA Assistant to the CPC: Giulio Marini, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy HONORARY BOARD OF ADVISORS Giuseppe Acocella, CNEL Vice President and Rector of the S.Pius V University, Rome, Italy Alexander Riegler, Free University of Brussels, Belgium Gabriel Altmann, Universitaet Bochum, Germany Alberto Febbrajo, University of Macerata, Italy Marcelo Amaral, Triple Helix International Instituite, Madrid, Spain Dario Rodriguez Mansilla Universidad Catolica de Santiago, Chile Felix Ortega, Universidad de Salamanca, Spain Giancarlo Guarino, Frederick II University, Naples, Italy Loet Leydesdorff, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands Giovanbattista Cavazzuti, Modena and Reggio Emilia University, Italy Albert Laszlo Barabasi, Notre Dame University, USA Sherry Ferguson, University of Ottawa, Canada Lucio d'Alessandro, Pro-rector and Dean of the Education and Training Faculty, Suor Orsola Benincasa University, Naples, Italy Sebastiano Bagnara, Sassari-Alghero University, Italy ------------------------------------ The aim and topic of the conference is to focus on the epistemological theoretical, methodological, technical and practical contributions of the systemic approach throughout each disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspective rooted in the systemic approach (sociology, biology, economics, mathematics etc.) to face the key global challenges /bifutrcations of our times for example ecology, energy, business development, wealth distribution, multiculturalism etc. The official language of the conference is English and the conference structure is articulated into four panels each one lasting 3 hours divided among the panel Chairperson and the speakers (maximum 10 per panel, about 20 minutes per presentation so that the panel time allows both the chairperson comments and a “roundtable debate” among the spekers and with the public). All the Chairpersons and speakers of the WCSA conference have to be WCSA members. It will be possible to Join WCSA as a member directly at the membership desk outside the confrence room. The conference will be structured into four panels Saturday 4th10am-1pmPanel I: System Theory Today and Tomorrow Saturday 4th2pm-5pmPanel II System Theory and its Toolkit in the Knowledge Based World Society Sunday 5th10am-1pmPanel III: Systemic Paradigm Shifts and Global Socio- Economical Changes Sunday 5th2pm-5pmPanel IV: Complexity sciences and the key Global Challenges of Our Times Conference Proceedings Submission of a maximum 700 word abstract - Deadline: SEPT 15th, 2010 Feedback from the CPC: OCT 15th, 2010 Announcement of the Official Conference Program within October 30th , 2010 ]]> Sun, 04 Jul 2010 16:30:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=325 Joint User-Training Workshop "Developing Multi-Scale,Multi-Cell Developmental and Biomedical Simulations with CompuCell3D and SBW "
Start: Monday 02 August, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Friday 13 August, 2010 23:59:59 CET
We are pleased to announce Joint User-Training Workshop "Developing Multi-Scale,Multi-Cell Developmental and Biomedical Simulations with CompuCell3D and SBW ". It will focus on teaching the basics of multi-cell, multi-scale modeling using the open-source packages CompuCell3D and SBW. The workshop will be taught by many of the CompuCell3D and SBW developers. In addition to participating in lectures and hands-on exercises, each participant should prepare a 30 min presentation covering her/his area of research. Based on our previous experience such presentations lead to many future collaborations as well as make the workshop more scientifically stimulating event. The workshop will be held on the Indiana University, Bloomington campus from August 2nd -13th, 2010 and is appropriate for Experimental Biologists, Medical Scientists, Biophysicists, Mathematical Biologists and Computational Biologists of experience from advanced undergraduates to senior researchers. By the completion of the Workshop, participants will have implemented a basic simulation of the particular biological problem involved in their research. There is no registration fee and partial support for travel and hotel costs may be available. Priority will be given to student and postdoctoral participants. We will also provide lunches and all workshop materials. Post-course support and collaboration to continue simulation development is available. If seeking support, please include a statement with your application that documents your need and amount you request. Enrollment is by application only. Early enrollment is encouraged as workshop space is limited. To apply, please send a c.v. and brief statement of your current research interests and specific modeling problem(s). Students and postdocs should include a letter of support from their current adviser. Deadline for applications is June 1st, 2010. All submissions must be by email to Dr. Maciej Swat (mswat@indiana.edu). For additional information, see the attached poster, contact Maciej Swat (mswat@indiana.edu), or visit http://www.compucell3d.org. (Please print and post the attached poster for the workshop and forward this e-mail to any of your colleagues who might be interested.) Non-US participants: Before making travel arrangements, please consult us about visa type you need to enter the US. Using certain types of US visas may result in your financial support to be taxed according to US tax code. (Please note: Your reimbursement may be reduced due to U.S. tax withholding.) Consulting US visa regulations is recommended for all foreign participants in order to avoid last minute hassles. We look forward to your participation. Sincerely, James A. Glazier Director, Biocomplexity Institute Professor of Physics, Adjunct Professor of Biology and Informatics Chair, Division of Biological Physics, American Physical Society Fellow, American Physical Society and Institute of Physics (London) and Maciej Swat Biocomplexity Institute, Indiana University e-mail: mswat@indiana.edu phone: (812) 855-2441; fax (812) 855-5533 ]]> Sun, 01 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=212 Hands-on Researrch
Start: Monday 02 August, 2010 07:00:00 CET
End: Friday 13 August, 2010 05:00:00 CET
This two-week-long school will provide an interactive experience with hands-on research involving tabletop experiments with real-time computer data acquisition and associated computational modeling. Lectures and hands-on experiences will focus on complex systems in the physical and life sciences. This is strictly for young researchers and PhD students from Developing countries and will be held at University of Buea in Cameroon. If you can give any support (technical or financial) of any form please email akumhed@yahoo.com]]> Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=298 ESSLLI
Start: Monday 09 August, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Friday 20 August, 2010 01:00:00 CET
European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI) Copenhagen, Denmark, http://esslli2010cph.info/]]> Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=299 Amorphous Computing and Complex Biological Networks
Start: Tuesday 17 August, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Friday 20 August, 2010 01:00:00 CET
Amorphous Computing and Complex Biological Networks University of Sheffield, UK Website: http://www.amorph.group.shef.ac.uk/International%20Workshop.htm]]> Mon, 16 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=314 CoSMoS 2010 - 3rd Complex Systems Modelling and Simulation Workshop
Start: Thursday 19 August, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Thursday 19 August, 2010 23:59:59 CET
The 3rd workshop on Complex Systems Modelling and Simulation (CoSMoS) will take place as a satellite event of the AlifeXII: 12th International Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (http://www.alife12.org/). Previous CoSMoS workshops have provided a forum for research examining all aspects of the modelling and simulation of complex systems. This year, we aim to complement the main themes of Alife XII by focusing the workshop on the engineering aspects of modelling and simulating (artificial) living systems. Constructing models and simulations of complex systems is a challenging and interdisciplinary task. Elements might include choice of modelling tools and techniques, simulation infrastructures, concurrency, the process of moving from models to simulations, arguing validity of simulations, and the identification of reusable engineering techniques such as patterns. The CoSMoS workshop series is part of a four-year initiative, based at the Universities of York and Kent, UK, to develop a framework and infrastructure for the construction of of generic complex systems simulations. Submitted papers will undergo a rigorous peer-review process and accepted papers will appear in the workshop proceedings published by Luniver Press. Proceedings of the previous CoSMoS workshop are available: http://www.cosmos-research.org/publications/#proceedings ***************** AREAS OF INTEREST ***************** We are seeking papers on the engineering aspects of the modelling and simulation of complex systems, with a focus on complex living systems. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: * Examples of engineering models and simulations of living systems * Modelling tools and techniques * Simulation infrastructures * Arguing validity of simulations * Concurrency and distribution techniques * Identification of reusable engineering techniques * Working across scientific disciplines *********** SUBMISSIONS *********** We are accepting both full papers (to be presented orally) and abstracts (to be presented via a poster). Both full papers and abstracts will appear in the workshop proceedings. For submission via abstract, please submit an abstract not longer than 2 pages of LNCS format that summarises the content of the poster you wish to present. Full papers can be of any length up to a maximum of 25 pages of LNCS format. If you wish to exceed the page limit, or have any other queries, then please email workshop@cosmos-research.org in advance of submission. LNCS formatting details can be found here: http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-7-72376-0 Papers should be submitted here: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cosmos2010 *************** IMPORTANT DATES *************** * Paper Submission: 26 Apr 2010 * Notification of acceptance: 24 May 2010 * Camera ready copies: 14 June 2010 * CoSMoS Workshop: 19 August 2010 ************************ STUDENT TRAVEL BURSARIES ************************ Microsoft Research Cambridge has kindly agreed to supply a number of student travel bursaries. More deatils, including how to apply, will appear here: http://www.cosmos-research.org/workshops/cosmos-workshop-2010/ *************** WORKSHOP CHAIRS *************** * Paul Andrews, Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK * Adam Sampson, School of Computing, University of Kent, UK * Susan Stepney, Department of Computer Science, University of York, UK * Peter Welch, School of Computing, University of Kent, UK]]> Wed, 18 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=300 SocialCom-2010
Start: Friday 20 August, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Sunday 22 August, 2010 01:00:00 CET
The Second IEEE International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom-2010): Enabling Computing, Services and Intelligence for Social Life Minneapolis, USA, 2010/08/20-22 ]]> Thu, 19 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=279 Summer School on Complex Systems Structure and Dynamic
Start: Monday 23 August, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Friday 27 August, 2010 23:59:59 CET
Summer School at ITAP, Turunc, Marmaris, Turkey]]> Sun, 22 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=301 SAB'10
Start: Tuesday 24 August, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Saturday 28 August, 2010 01:00:00 CET
From animals to animats: the Eleventh International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB'10), Paris, France, 2010/08/24-28 ]]> Mon, 23 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=280 Social Dynamics
Start: Monday 30 August, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Wednesday 01 September, 2010 01:00:00 CET
Workshop on Social Dynamics at ITAP, Turunc, Marmaris, Turkey]]> Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=302 WI-10
Start: Tuesday 31 August, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Tuesday 31 August, 2010 01:00:00 CET
2010 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI-10) Toronto, Canada, 2010/08/31-09/03 ]]> Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=303 ANTS 2010
Start: Wednesday 08 September, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Friday 10 September, 2010 01:00:00 CET
Seventh International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, Brussels, Belgium, 10/09/8-10 ]]> Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=237 Rosh Hashana
Start: Thursday 09 September, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Friday 10 September, 2010 23:59:59 CET
Jewish New Year. Starts at sundown the day before.]]> Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=304 Artificial Economics
Start: Thursday 09 September, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Friday 10 September, 2010 01:00:00 CET
Artificial Economics Treviso, Italy]]> Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=238 Eid-ul-Fitr (1st of 3 day festival at end of Ramadam)
Start: Friday 10 September, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Friday 10 September, 2010 23:59:59 CET
]]> Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=305 PPSN 2010
Start: Saturday 11 September, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Wednesday 15 September, 2010 01:00:00 CET
11th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving From Nature Krakow, Poland ]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=223 ECCS'10 - European Conference on Complex Systems
Start: Monday 13 September, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Friday 17 September, 2010 23:59:59 CET
Lisbon, September 13-17, 2010 http://eccs2010.eu/ The main goal of the ECCS’10 conference is to stimulate and facilitate the presentation and discussion of new ideas, methods, and approaches related to different domains, both theoretical and applied, in the general area of Complex Systems research. Previous ECCS conferences have provided an excellent environment allowing the propagation of new ideas to a large audience, leading to the publication of papers in several journals (see, for instance, http://eccs09.info/ ). SCOPE The range of domains that ECCS has dealt with, and continues to deal with, is diverse, concerning a variety of Complex Systems research areas. The ECCS'10 main conference is organized in the following tracks: * Track A: Policy, Planning & Infrastructure: Policymaking; Urban Planning; Internet; Transport & Power Networks; Medical & Health Systems. * Track B: Collective Human Behaviour and Society: Philosophy of Science; Economics & Finance; Sociology; Psychology; Game theory. * Track C: Interacting Populations and Environment: Climate Change; Pollution; Demography; Ecology; Epidemiology. * Track D: Complexity and Computer Science: Natural and Pervasive Computing; Global Computing Infrastructure; Swarms and Robot Teams; Mobile and Fleet Computing; Graphs and Neural Networks; Language and Cognition; Collaborative Human Computer Networks. * Track E: From Molecules to Living Systems: Self-assembly & Self-organisation; Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Neuroscience; Systems Biology; Medicine & Physiology. * Track F: Mathematics and Simulation: Mathematics; Theoretical Physics; Modelling; Theory of Simulation (both numerical mathematics and agent based); Network Theory. IMPORTANT DATES September 13, 14 and 17, 2010 - ECCS'10 Main Conference September 15 and 16, 2010 - ECCS'10 Satellite Meetings ORGANISATION Conference Organising Chair: Jorge Louçã (Lisbon University Institute) Conference Programme Chair: Tsou Sheung Tsun (University of Oxford) Complex Systems Society: Jeffrey Johnson (Open University; President of the CSS) Conference Programme Committee: TBA Complex Systems Society Conference Steering Committee members: Markus Kirkilionis (Warwick; Committee Chair) Fatihcan Atay (Leipzig) Jürgen Jost (Leipzig) Scott Kirkpatrick (Jerusalem) David Lane (University of Modena and Reggio Emillia) Andreas Lorincz (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Denise Pumain (Sorbonne) Felix Reed-Tsochas (Oxford) Eörs Szathmáry (Collegium Budapest) Stephan Thurner (Wien) Paul Verschure (Barcelona) Alessandro Vespignani (Indiana, ISI) Riccardo Zecchina (Torino) Questions should be addressed to the ECCS’10 Organizing Committee through the e-mail address eccs2010@ eccs2010.eu or using the contact form in the conference website. ]]> Sun, 12 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=239 Yom Kippur
Start: Saturday 18 September, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Saturday 18 September, 2010 23:59:59 CET
Jewish Day of Attonment. Starts at sundown the day before.]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=306 SSS 2010
Start: Monday 20 September, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Wednesday 22 September, 2010 01:00:00 CET
12th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2010) New York City, USA ]]> Sun, 19 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=312 Workshop on Data driven dynamical networks
Start: Saturday 25 September, 2010 23:00:00 CET
End: Friday 01 October, 2010 22:59:59 CET
Dear Colleagues, we are glad to announce the forthcominq workshop "Data driven driven dynamical networks" that will take place from September 26th to October 1st, 2010 in Les Houches, France. The theme of the workshop revolves around the dynamics of complex networks and the recent advances in that field. Its goal is to bring together researchers at the forefront of this research activity across disciplines, focusing on the recent developments which have made large amounts of data available. The main topics of the workshop will be: -real-time measure of social interactions -caracterisation, analysis and modeling of dynamical networks -dynamical processes on dynamical networks -visualization of dynamical networks -integration of online and offline social networks -applications to epidemiology, social sciences, computer sciences The following invited speakers have confirmed their participation: P. Abry, ENS Lyon, France H. Alani, Southampton, UK G. Bianconi, Northeastern University, USA D. Brockmann, Northwestern University, USA V. Colizza, ISI, Turin, Italy E. Fleury, ENS and IXXI, Lyon, France P. Jensen, IXXI, Lyon, France J. Kertesz, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary S. Kobourov, University of Arizona, USA A. Pentland, MIT, USA C. Rizzo, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Italy A. Tozzi, Ospedale Bambin Gesú, Rome, Italy P. Vanhems, Université Lyon I, France The workshop is moreover open to contributed presentations. Registration is free but mandatory, as the workshop attendance is limited. Details on registration and contributed talks can be found on http://www.cpt.univ-mrs.fr/~barrat/leshouches.html Please register (and submit title and abstract of your contribution, if you plan to propose one), before May 31st. Notification of accepted talks will be sent back by July 1st. Best regards, The organizers A. Barrat (CPT, Marseille, France), C. Cattuto (ISI, Turin, Italy), J.-F. Pinton (ENS Lyon, France), W. Van den Broeck (ISI, Turin, Italy) ]]> Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=307 CASoN 2010
Start: Sunday 26 September, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Tuesday 28 September, 2010 01:00:00 CET
CASoN 2010 International Conference on Computational Aspects of Social Networks Taiyuan, China]]> Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=308 SASO 2010
Start: Monday 27 September, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Friday 01 October, 2010 01:00:00 CET
Fourth IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems Budapest, Hungary]]> Sun, 26 Sep 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=324 Cell Behavior Ontology and Standards for Multicellular Model Specification Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Start: Friday 15 October, 2010 00:00:00 CET
End: Saturday 16 October, 2010 23:59:59 CET
Background: Building a functional simulation of tissue, organ or even an entire organism requires an unprecedented effort to fuse techniques derived from biology, chemistry, physics, computer science and information science. Developing models that can be explored using a range of different simulation techniques requires a common language capable of describing heterogeneous features and behaviors at various length-scales ranging from molecule to organism. While languages exist for some necessary subareas (e.g. cell physiology and molecular dynamics, systems biology), many researchers still use ad-hoc formats and vocabulary to describe cell-based multi-cell models (e.g. Cellular Potts Models, Center Models, FEM). The creation of the Cell Behavior Ontology is an essential first step in providing a universally agreed upon means to describe cell behaviors and consequently (in the longer term) achieve a standardization level similar to the one which the Systems Biology community has managed to achieve with SBML, CellML and Systems Biology Ontology. Just as applications conforming to SBML or CellML can share models encoded in the two standards, so applications conforming to the CBO derived standards (like proposed CBMSL) will achieve similar capacity for model sharing. From a practical point of view, ontologies are logical structures that provide a formal description of (scientific) concepts. An ontology is simply a hierarchy of terms with agreed meanings and sets of subterms and modifiers which can apply to each term. Ontologies are unglamorous and tedious to develop, but also crucial for the development of software applications in their subject areas. In some cases an ontology has revolutionized a scientific discipline. For example, in genomics, ontologies like the Gene Ontology (GO) allow the hundreds of programs which process genetic-sequence information to communicate with each other seamlessly—the output of any program serving as the input for another. Scientific Impact: The Cell Behavior Ontology is an enabling technology that will permit standardized annotation of experimental data ranging from developmental biology experiments to clinical pathology data. Multi-scale modeling in which linking across scales is important will be the strongest benefactor of the successful deployment of the CBO. Linking CBO and CBMSL with existing standards for model description at the molecular level (SBML, Cell ML) will create an integrated suite of standards capable of describing in great detail a much broader range of biological systems than is currently possible. The successful linking of the Systems Biology standards with those derived from CBO will allow us to describe in a unified fashion models in which cell behaviors are parameterized based on the state of the internal metabolic network thus creating truly multi scale model which, for example, would allow one to study the effects of how perturbations taking place at molecular level affect patterning at the tissue level. While such models do exist currently, they are usually hard coded and therefore nearly impossible to share with a broad community ranging from modelers to clinicians. Workshop Format: The general format of the workshop will follow the successful convention of past CBO workshops. The first part of the workshop (Day 1) will consist of a series of talks and discussions that will focus on the current state of the CBO development and Cell Behavior Model Specification Language, progress on a number of current multi-scale multi-cell model simulation packages as well as an overview of the tasks to be accomplished during the 3rd workshop. To attract a possibly large group of genuinely interested participants we will reserve enough time slots for scientists willing to present their modeling methodologies/platforms along with a list of problems they run into when they attempt to share/validate/curate their models. A proposed list of speakers and topics is given below under ―Proposed Workshop Agenda‖. Please note that this is not a final agenda and if you are interested in contributing your talk please contact us as soon as possible. The second part of the workshop (Day 2) will consist of two parallel sessions (which can be held in the same room if necessary) where participants will actually work on improving current version of the CBO (separate tasks will be assigned to the two groups of scientists) and draft a White Paper summarizing progress made on the CBO and Cell Behavior Model Specification Language. The workshop will conclude with a summary talk delivered by James Glazier. Deliverables: We aim to • produce a third version of the CBO draft White Paper summarizing recent progress in CBO and reviewing existing multi-cell modeling frameworks; • prepare an initial specification of the Cell Behavior Model Specification Language (CBMSL) and discuss possible development strategies; • engage a larger community of researchers to actively participate in the CBO efforts. In particular, we would like to form closer collaborations with researchers from systems biology community who have experience in setting/maintaining model description standards. Fees and Logistics: There is a registration fee of $125 ($100 if you register for the ISCB 2010 conference) which will cover lunches, refreshments and workshop materials. We expect to provide (pending final funding) limited travel funds for speakers (up to $300 to cover local expenses) and waive registration fee. Participation in the ICSB conference is not required to attend the CBO workshop. However we strongly encourage you consider attending. Registration and Contact Information: To register for the workshop please send an e-mail to Dr. Maciej Swat (mswat@indiana.edu) by June 15th 2010. Should you have any questions regarding the workshop please feel free to contact any member of the organizing committee (Dr. James A. Glazier (glazier@indiana.edu), Dr. Nick Monk (nick.monk@nottingham.ac.uk), Dr. Maciej Swat (mswat@indiana.edu)). We would very much appreciate a quick indication of your level of interest by April 15th so we can begin to make up our program. For convenience, you may reply to our e-mail adding (will attend/will not attend/may attend) to the subject heading. Lodging and local information: For information about hotels, and any other issues regarding your stay in Edinburgh please contact Fiona Clark fclark1@inf.ed.ac.uk School of Informatics Informatics Forum 10 Crichton Street Edinburgh EH8 9AB Tel: +44 131 651 5661 Fax: +44 131 651 1426 Proposed Workshop Agenda: James Glazier: ―Cell Behavior Ontology – current status and roadmap‖ Herbert Sauro - ―Lessons from the SBML and SBO communities‖ Dan Cook – ―Reusing patterns from Ontology of Physics for Biology ‖ Allyson Lister – ―Overview of relevant existing ontologies‖ Nick Monk – ―Defining standards for the description of multi-cell, multi-scale models‖ Michael Galdzicki – ―Challenges in the Cell Behavior Ontology‖ Trish Whetzel – ―Protégé, GO, and CBO‖ Nadine Peryeras – ―Experimentalist’s approach to modeling standards‖ Peter Hunter – ―FieldML and the Physiome Project‖ Christophe Godin – ―OpenALEA — Modelling Plant Architecture‖ David Gavaghan – ―CHASTE — Multiscale Simulation of Physiology‖ Maciej Swat – ―Towards Virtual Tissues – multi-scale modeling using CompuCell3D ‖ ]]> Thu, 14 Oct 2010 23:00:00 +0100 http://cssociety.org/tiki-calendar_edit_item.php?viewcalitemId=240 Eid-ul-Adha
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