2005 Complex Systems Summer School
July 9 to August 5, 2005
Beijing, China
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Tentative Program Schedule
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| Week One (July 9 - 16) | ||
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Coordinators Dr. John Holland Dr. Han Jing |
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Saturday, July 9 | |
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Arrival and Transfer to Fragrant Villa |
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Sunday, July 10 | |
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12:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Registration and Orientation |
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5:00 pm - 6:30 pm | Welcome Reception and Dinner |
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7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Introductory Remarks John Holland and CHEN Xiaosong |
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Monday, July 11 | |
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9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Introduction to Dynamical Systems and Chaos Dave Feldman |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Network Structure and Dynamics Michelle Girvan |
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
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1:30 pm - 2:45 pm |
Soft Matter Daan Frankel |
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2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Break |
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3:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Student Introductions |
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7:00 pm - 8:30 pm |
Rule-Based Models for Studying Complex Adaptive Systems John Holland |
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Tuesday, July 12 | |
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9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Information Theory Dave Feldman |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Network Structure and Dynamics Michelle Girvan |
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
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1:30 pm - 2:45 pm |
Soft Matter Daan Frankel |
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2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Break |
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7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Student Introductions |
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Wednesday, July 13 | |
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9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Computation Theory: Automata and Computational Complexity Dave Feldman |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Network Structure and Dynamics Michelle Girvan |
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
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1:30 pm - 2:45 pm |
Seminar Series: Complexity, Universality, Self-Similarity and Growth of Genomes LEE Hoong-Chien |
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2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Break |
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3:00 pm - 4:00 pm | Small Group Discussions |
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4:30 pm - 7:00 pm | Dinner in Beijing |
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7:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
CAS Public Lecture: Order Through Disorder: The Unexpected Side of Entropy Daan Frenkel |
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Thursday, July 14 | |
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9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Measures of Complexity (I) Dave Feldman |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Optimal Prediction and Pattern Discovery Cosma Shalizi |
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
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1:30 pm - 2:45 pm |
Soft Matter Daan Frankel |
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2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Break |
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3:00 pm - 4:15 pm |
Open Problems in Evolutionary Biology Homayoun Bagheri |
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4:15 pm - 5:15 pm | Small Group Discussions |
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7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | T-shirt Design Contest |
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Friday, July 15 | |
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9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Measures of Complexity (II) Dave Feldman |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Network Structure and Dynamics Michelle Girvan |
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
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1:30 pm - 2:45 pm |
Soft Matter Daan Frankel |
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2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Break |
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3:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
Computation and Pattern Structure Cosma Shalizi |
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Saturday, July 16 | |
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All day | Free day for hiking, resting, studying, or discussions |
| Week Two (July 17 - 23) | ||
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Coordinators Dr. John Holland Dr.CHEN Xiaosong |
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Sunday, July 17 | |
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10:00 am - 12:00 pm | Transfer to Beijing |
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12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch and Beijing Orientation |
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Monday, July 18 | |
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9:00 am -10:30 am |
Control and Representation of Complex Systems GUO Lei |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Origin of Life Eric Smith |
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12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch |
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2:00 pm - 3:15 pm |
Seminar Series: Open Problems in Evolutionary Biology Homayoun Bagheri |
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3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Break |
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3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Small Group Discussion |
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Tuesday, July 19 | |
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9:00 am -10:30 am |
Control and Representation of Complex Systems Han Jing |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Origin of Life Eric Smith |
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12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch |
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2:00 pm - 3:15 pm |
Complexity of Symbolic Sequences from Biology HAO Bailin |
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3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Break |
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3:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Seminar Series: Modeling of Protein\'s Backbone Hamed Sayed-Allei |
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Wednesday, July 20 | |
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9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Control and Representation of Complex Systems HAN Jing |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Origin of Life Eric Smith |
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12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch |
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2:00 pm - 3:15 pm |
Complexity of Symbolic Seequences from Biology HAO Bailin |
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3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Break |
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3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Small Group Discussions |
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7:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
CAS Public Lecture: Coarse-Graining, Symbolic Description and Complexity HAO Bailin |
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Thursday, July 21 | |
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9:00 am -10:30 am |
Control and Representation of Complex Systems HAN Jing |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Origin of Life Eric Smith |
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12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch |
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2:00 pm - 3:15 pm |
Complexity of Symbolic Sequences from Biology HAO Bailin |
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3:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Break |
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Friday, July 22 | |
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9:00 am -10:30 am |
Control and Representation of Complex Systems HAN Jing |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Origin of Life Eric Smith |
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12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch |
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2:00 pm - 3:15 pm |
Complexity of Symbolic Sequences from Biology HAO Bailin |
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3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Break |
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3:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Small Group Discussions |
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6:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Pizza Party |
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Saturday, July 23 | |
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All day | Day trip to Great Wall of China |
| Week Three (July 24 - 30) | ||
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Coordinators Dr. CHEN Xiaosong Dr. HAN Jing |
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Monday, July 25 | |
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9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Soft Matter David Andelman |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Language Acquisition and Evolution John Holland and Bill Wang |
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12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch |
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2:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Small Group Discussion |
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3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Break |
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3:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Seminar Series: Biology-Inspired Physics: Historical and Future Perspectives Erich Sackmann |
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Tuesday, July 26 | |
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9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Soft matter David Andelman |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Language Acquisition and Evolution John Holland and Bill Wang |
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12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch |
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2:00 pm - 3:15 pm |
Soft Matter Erich Sackmann |
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3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Break |
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3:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Seminar Series: Einstein\'s Greatest Achievement: Brownian Motion and Atomic Reality Wilson Poon |
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Wednesday, July 27 | |
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9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Soft Matter Wilson Poon |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Language Acquisition and Evolution John Holland and Bill Wang |
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12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch |
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2:00 pm - 3:15 pm |
Seminar Series: Interesting Surprise: The Interesting Part of a Quantum System Karoline Wiesner |
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3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Break |
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3:30 pm - 5:00 pm | Small Group Discussions |
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7:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
CAS Public Lecture: Genetic Algorithms and Hidden Order John Holland |
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Thursday, July 28 | |
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9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Soft Matter Erich Sackmann |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Language Acquisition and Evolution John Holland and Bill Wang |
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12:00 pm - 2:00 pm | Lunch |
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2:00 pm - 3:15 pm |
Soft Matter Wilson Poon |
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3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Break |
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3:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Seminar Series: One Thousand and One (1001) States of Matter: Smart Materials in the 21st Century David Andelman |
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Friday, July 29 | |
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9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Soft Matter Wilson Poon |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Language Acquisition and Evolution John Holland and Bill Wang |
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
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1:30 pm - 2:45 pm |
Soft Matter Erich Sackmann |
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2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Break |
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3:00 pm - 4:15 pm |
Soft Matter David Andelman |
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4:15 pm - 5:30 pm |
Seminar Series: Final Lecture and Round Table Discussion David Andelmann, Erich Sackmann, and Wilson Poon |
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Saturday, July 30 | |
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All day | Day trip to Forbidden City |
| Week Four (August 1 - 5) | ||
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Coordinators Dr. CHEN Xiaosong Dr. HAN Jing |
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Monday, August 1 | |
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10:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Raising Civilization Henry Wright |
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
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1:30 pm - 2:45 pm |
Seminar Series: An Integrative Model for the Scaling of Tumor Energetics and Growth Alex Herman |
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7:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
Public Lecture: New Archaeological Research on the Rise of Civilizations Henry Wright |
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Tuesday, August 2 | |
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9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Population Dynamics Marc Feldman and LI Shuzhou |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Population Dynamics Marc Feldman and LI Shuzhou |
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
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Wednesday, August 3 | |
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9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Population Dynamics Marc Feldman and LI Shuzhou |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Biological Scaling Geoff West |
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
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7:30 pm - 9:00 pm |
CAS Public Lecture: From Simplicity to Complexity: Size, Scale, and Fractals from the Big Bang to Life Geoff West |
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Thursday, August 4 | |
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9:00 am - 10:30 am |
Population Dynamics Marc Feldman and Li Shuzhou |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm |
Biological Scaling Geoff West |
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
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1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Student Presentations |
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2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Break |
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3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Student Presentations |
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Friday, August 5 | |
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9:00 am - 10:30 am | Student Presentations |
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10:30 am - 10:45 am | Break |
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10:45 am - 12:00 pm | Student Presentations |
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12:00 pm - 1:30 pm | Lunch |
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1:30 pm - 2:45 pm | Student Presentations |
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2:45 pm - 3:00 pm | Break |
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3:00 pm - 4:30 pm | Student Presentations |
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm | Poster Session and Cocktail Party |
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7:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Final Banquet |