Complexity Digest 2010.06

2010/03/12

Editor-in-Chief: Carlos Gershenson
Founding Editor: Gottfried Mayer

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Content

  1. Quantum computers, Nature
  2. Why you shouldn't always follow the crowd, Nature
  3. Bioengineering: What to make with DNA origami, Nature
  4. Biodiversity Is Our Life, Science
  5. Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory, TED.com
    1. Tim Berners-Lee: The year open data went worldwide, TED.com
    2. Joël de Rosnay: The Symbiotic Web, TEDxParis
  6. Is this the meaning of life?, guardian.co.uk
  7. Exotic matter, Nature
  8. Evolutionary game theory meets social science: Is there a unifying rule for human cooperation?, Journal of Theoretical Biology
    1. The paradox of cooperation benefits, Journal of Theoretical Biology
  9. On Rarity and Richness, Science
  10. Modeling complexity in musical rhythm, Complexity
  11. Altruism, Spite, and Greenbeards, Science
  12. Novel Cooperation Experimentally Evolved Between Species, Evolution
  13. The Ecological Relevance Of Sleep: The Trade-Off Between Sleep, Memory And Energy Conservation, Phil. Tran. B
  14. A micro-level simulation for the prediction of intention and behavior, Cognitive Systems Research
  15. Topological properties of commodities networks, Eur. Phys. J. B
  16. Evolution of Feedback Loops in Oscillatory Systems, arXiv
    1. Structural Sources of Robustness in Biochemical Reaction Networks, Science
  17. TV Ads May Be More Effective If We Pay Less Attention, ScienceDaily
  18. An Electrifying Discovery: New Material To Harvest Electricity From Body Movements, Innovations-report
    1. Water May Not Run Uphill, But It Practically Flies Off New Surface, Innovations-report
  19. Book Announcements
    1. Fractals and Multifractals in Ecology and Aquatic Science, CRC Press
    2. Ant Ecology, Oxford University Press
    3. Modeling Evolution: An Introduction to Numerical Methods, Oxford University Press
    4. Post Keynesian and Ecological Economics: Confronting Environmental Issues, Edward Elgar Publishing
    5. Community Ecology: Processes, Models, and Applications, Oxford University Press
  20. Links & Snippets
    1. Other Publications
    2. Event Announcements
    3. Webcast Announcements
    4. Other Announcements

  1. Quantum computers, Nature Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Abstract: Over the past several decades, quantum information science has emerged to seek answers to the question: can we gain some advantage by storing, transmitting and processing information encoded in systems that exhibit unique quantum properties? Today it is understood that the answer is yes, and many research groups around the world are working towards the highly ambitious technological goal of building a quantum computer, which would dramatically improve computational power for particular tasks. A number of physical systems, spanning much of modern physics, are being developed for quantum computation. However, it remains unclear which technology, if any, will ultimately prove successful. Here we describe the latest developments for each of the leading approaches and explain the major challenges for the future.
    • Source: Quantum computers, T. D. Ladd, F. Jelezko, R. Laflamme, Y. Nakamura, C. Monroe & J. L. O’Brien, DOI: 10.1038/nature08812, Nature 464, 45-53, 2010/03/04

  2. Why you shouldn't always follow the crowd, Nature Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpt:
    A peculiar rift must be confronted in going from the individual to the collective, as science writer Len Fisher explains in his book. The Perfect Swarm focuses on swarm intelligence â€" the emergence of purposeful, effective and flexibly adaptive group behaviour from interactions between members following simple rules. Fisher explores how this phenomenon unites the behaviour of ants, fish, birds and locusts, and how it links to all areas of complexity science, from neurobiology to ecology. He also embraces the tough challenge of translating the science into practical lessons for everyday life.

  3. Bioengineering: What to make with DNA origami, Nature Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpt: DNA is the kind of polymer that chemists dream about. Because its complementary sequences can bind to one another, individual molecules of the right sequence will assemble all by themselves into intricate shapes and structures at the nanoscale. DNA can weave together and bind other molecules, allowing it to serve as a scaffold for complex nanomachinery.

  4. Biodiversity Is Our Life, Science Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpt: 2010 is the International Year of Biodiversity, in recognition of life on Earth. Eight years ago, more than 190 countries agreed, through the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, to reduce biodiversity loss by 2010. This October, the Convention will meet in Nagoya, Japan, to evaluate progress and agree on new biodiversity targets for the world. Shortly before that, the UN General Assembly will address the biodiversity crisis for the first time.
    • Source: Biodiversity Is Our Life, Julia Marton-Lefèvre, DOI: 10.1126/science.1188424, Science Vol. 327. no. 5970, p. 1179, 2010/03/05

  5. Daniel Kahneman: The riddle of experience vs. memory, TED.com Next Article Bookmark and Share

    About this talk: Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our "experiencing selves" and our "remembering selves" perceive happiness differently. This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy -- and our own self-awareness.

    1. Tim Berners-Lee: The year open data went worldwide, TED.com Next Article Bookmark and Share

      About this talk: At TED2009, Tim Berners-Lee called for "raw data now" -- for governments, scientists and institutions to make their data openly available on the web. At TED University in 2010, he shows a few of the interesting results when the data gets linked up.

    2. Joël de Rosnay: The Symbiotic Web, TEDxParis Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Summary: Web 5.0 [in French]

  6. Is this the meaning of life?, guardian.co.uk Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpt: It is often assumed that the science-based worldview implies that life on this planet is a meaningless accident in a universe that is indifferent to our existence. Humans struggle to find purpose within this purely naturalistic understanding of reality, and so they supplement it with beliefs in supernatural processes and entities.
    However, recent advances in our understanding of evolution are revealing a bigger picture that can, by itself, give meaning to life. This new worldview locates humanity within a much larger evolutionary process that appears to offer us a meaningful role to play.

  7. Exotic matter, Nature Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpt: Crucially, the macroscopic properties of matter usually differ substantially from those of its microscopic constituents. In fact, numerous complex many-body systems show emergent phenomena that are associated with the 'whole' but that cannot be understood solely in terms of the fundamental laws that govern their microscopic 'parts'. This complexity is perhaps best encapsulated in Philip Anderson's 'more is different' idea, (...) and is part of the challenge and the beauty of condensed-matter physics.
    In this Insight, we expose examples of matter for which 'more is different' holds true in striking ways. (...)
    • Source: Exotic matter, Dan Csontos, DOI: 10.1038/464175a, Nature 464, 175, 2010/03/10

  8. Evolutionary game theory meets social science: Is there a unifying rule for human cooperation?, Journal of Theoretical Biology Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpt: My aim is to show that cooperative strategies across frameworks are capable of a unified treatment, for they are governed by a common underlying rule or norm. An analysis of the reputation and action rules that govern some representative cooperative strategies both in models and in economic experiments confirms that the different frameworks share a conditional action rule and several reputation rules.

    1. The paradox of cooperation benefits, Journal of Theoretical Biology Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Excerpt: This study demonstrates that, assuming positive assortment, under most conditions higher cooperation benefits also increase the share of cooperators. On the other hand, under a specified range of payoff values, when at least two payoff parameters are modified, the reverse is true. The conditions for this paradox are determined for two-person social dilemmas [...]

  9. On Rarity and Richness, Science Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpt: If biodiversity were an olympic sport, life on land would take home the gold and the sea might not even enter a team. Given the vastness of the oceans and the length of time life has thrived there, you might expect marine species to outnumber terrestrial ones. Yet, microbes aside, upward of nine in 10 species crowd into the 30% of Earth's surface that's dry. (...) 400 million years ago, the seas were home to an abundance of species, perhaps even more than on land. But about 110 million years ago, land plants went through a burst of speciation; so did the pollinators, fungi, and herbivores associated with them. These relationships made "rare" species possible (...)
    • Source: On Rarity and Richness, Elizabeth Pennisi, DOI: 10.1126/science.327.5971.1318, Science Vol. 327. no. 5971, pp. 1318 - 1319, 2010/03/12

  10. Modeling complexity in musical rhythm, Complexity Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Abstract: This article constructs a tree structure for the music rhythm using the L-system. It models the structure as an automata and derives its complexity. It also solves the complexity for the L-system. This complexity can resolve the similarity between trees. This complexity serves as a measure of psychological complexity for rhythms. It resolves the music complexity of various compositions including the Mozart effect K488.

  11. Altruism, Spite, and Greenbeards, Science Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Abstract: Hamilton’s theory of inclusive fitness showed how natural selection could lead to behaviors that decrease the relative fitness of the actor and also either benefit (altruism) or harm (spite) other individuals. However, several fundamental issues in the evolution of altruism and spite have remained contentious. Here, we show how recent work has resolved three key debates, helping clarify how Hamilton’s theoretical overview links to real-world examples, in organisms ranging from bacteria to humans: Is the evolution of extreme altruism, represented by the sterile workers of social insects, driven by genetics or ecology? Does spite really exist in nature? And, can altruism be favored between individuals who are not close kin but share a "greenbeard" gene for altruism?

  12. Novel Cooperation Experimentally Evolved Between Species, Evolution Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpt: Cooperation violates the view of "nature red in tooth and claw" that prevails in our understanding of evolution, yet examples of cooperation abound. Most work has focused on maintenance of cooperation within a single species through mechanisms such as kin selection. The factors necessary for the evolutionary origin of aiding unrelated individuals such as members of another species have not been experimentally tested. Here, I demonstrate that cooperation between species can be evolved in the laboratory if (1) there is preexisting reciprocation or feedback for cooperation, and (2) reciprocation is preferentially received by cooperative genotypes. I used a two species system involving Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium and an Escherichia coli mutant unable to synthesize an essential amino acid. (...)

  13. The Ecological Relevance Of Sleep: The Trade-Off Between Sleep, Memory And Energy Conservation, Phil. Tran. B Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpt: All animals in which sleep has been studied express signs of sleep-like behaviour, suggesting that sleep must have some fundamental functions that are sustained by natural selection. Those functions, however, are still not clear. Here, we examine the ecological relevance of sleep from the perspective of behavioural trade-offs that might affect fitness. Specifically, we highlight the advantage of using food-caching animals as a system in which a conflict might occur between engaging in sleep for memory/learning and hypothermia/torpor to conserve energy. We briefly review the evidence for the importance of sleep for memory, the importance of memory for food-caching animals (�).

  14. A micro-level simulation for the prediction of intention and behavior, Cognitive Systems Research Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpt: In this contribution we aim at anchoring Agent-Based Modeling (ABM) simulations in actual models of human psychology. More specifically, we apply unidirectional ABM to social psychological models using low level agents (i.e., intra-individual) to examine whether they generate better predictions, in comparison to standard statistical approaches, concerning the intentions of performing a behavior and the behavior.

  15. Topological properties of commodities networks, Eur. Phys. J. B Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Abstract: This paper investigates the topological properties of the commodities networks. We have found that commodities form strong clusters and are homogeneous with relation to sector (metals, agriculture and energy). We also develop a dynamic approach suggesting that agriculture commodities are very important in the network, followed by metals and energy. Furthermore, the parameters that characterize the network seem to be changing over time.

  16. Evolution of Feedback Loops in Oscillatory Systems, arXiv Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Abstract: Feedback loops are major components of biochemical systems. Many systems show multiple such (positive or negative) feedback loops. Nevertheless, very few quantitative analyses address the question how such multiple feedback loops evolved. Based on published models from the mitotic cycle in embryogenesis, we build a few case studies. Using a simple core architecture (transcription, phosphorylation and degradation), we define oscillatory models having either one positive feedback or one negative feedback, or both loops. With these models, we address the following questions about evolvability: could a system evolve from a simple model to a more complex one with a continuous transition in the parameter space? How do new feedback loops emerge without disrupting the proper function of the system? Our results show that progressive formation of a second feedback loop is possible without disturbing existing oscillatory behavior. For this process, the parameters of the system have to change during evolution to maintain predefined properties of oscillations like period and amplitude.

    1. Structural Sources of Robustness in Biochemical Reaction Networks, Science Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Excerpt: In vivo variations in the concentrations of biomolecular species are inevitable. These variations in turn propagate along networks of chemical reactions and modify the concentrations of still other species, which influence biological activity. Because excessive variations in the amounts of certain active species might hamper cell function, regulation systems have evolved that act to maintain concentrations within tight bounds. We identify simple yet subtle structural attributes that impart concentration robustness to any mass-action network possessing them (...)

  17. TV Ads May Be More Effective If We Pay Less Attention, ScienceDaily Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts: Viewers pay less attention to creative television advertisements, shows new research from the University of Bath, but may make themselves more vulnerable to the advertiser's message. The findings overturn the long-held assumption within the advertising industry that ads with high levels of emotional content encourage viewers to pay more attention. The study, (�) used an eye-tracking device to measure the real-time attention paid to a range of adverts with different levels of emotional content. (�) Results showed that viewers paid less attention to likeable, creative adverts, and more attention to factual information-giving adverts, even when they didn't like them. (�)

  18. An Electrifying Discovery: New Material To Harvest Electricity From Body Movements, Innovations-report Next Article Bookmark and Share

    Excerpts: Scientists are reporting an advance toward scavenging energy from walking, breathing, and other natural body movements to power electronic devices like cell phones and heart pacemakers. (�) describe development of flexible, biocompatible rubber films for use in implantable or wearable energy harvesting systems. The material could be used, for instance, to harvest energy from the motion of the lungs during breathing and use it to run pacemakers without the need for batteries that must be surgically replaced every few years. (�)

    1. Water May Not Run Uphill, But It Practically Flies Off New Surface, Innovations-report Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Excerpts: Engineering researchers have crafted a flat surface that refuses to get wet. Water droplets skitter across it like ball bearings tossed on ice. The inspiration? Not wax. Not glass. Not even Teflon. �They have short hairs and longer hairs, and they vary a lot. And that is what we mimic,� said Wolfgang Sigmund, (�). Spiders use their water-repelling hairs to stay dry or avoid drowning, with water spiders capturing air bubbles and toting them underwater to breathe. Potential applications for UF�s ultra-water-repellent surfaces are many, Sigmund said. When water scampers off the surface, it picks up and carries dirt with it, in effect making the surface self-cleaning. (�)

  19. Book Announcements Next Article Bookmark and Share

    1. Fractals and Multifractals in Ecology and Aquatic Science, CRC Press Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Summary:
      This book also includes nonlinear analysis techniques and the application of concepts from chaos theory to problems of spatial and temporal patterns in ecological systems. Unlike other books on the subject, Fractals and Multifractals in Ecology and Aquatic Science is readily accessible to researchers in a variety of fields, such as microbiology, biology, ecology, hydrology, geology, oceanography, social sciences, and finance, regardless of their mathematical backgrounds. This volume demystifies the mathematical methods, many of which are often regarded as too complex, and allows the reader to access new and promising concepts, procedures, and related results.

    2. Ant Ecology, Oxford University Press Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Summary:
      This book begins with a global perspective on species diversity in time and space and explores interactions at the community level before describing the population ecology of these social insects. The final section covers the recent ecological phenomenon of invasive ants: how they move across the globe, invade, affect ecosystems, and are managed by humans. Each chapter links ant ecology to broader ecological principles, provides a succinct summary, and discusses future research directions.
      • Source: Ant Ecology, Lori Lach, Catherine Parr, Kirsti Abbott, Oxford University Press, 2010/02/01
      • Contributed by Anton Joha - antonjohaagmail.com

    3. Modeling Evolution: An Introduction to Numerical Methods, Oxford University Press Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Summary:
      Modelling Evolution outlines how evolutionary questions are formulated and how, in practice, they can be resolved by analytical and numerical methods. Following a general introduction to computer modeling, successive chapters describe "Fisherian" optimality models, invasibility analysis, genetic models, game theoretic models, and dynamic programming. A common chapter plan facilitates tuition and comprises an introduction (in which the general approach and methods are described) followed by a series of carefully structured scenarios that have been selected to highlight particular aspects of evolutionary modeling.

    4. Post Keynesian and Ecological Economics: Confronting Environmental Issues, Edward Elgar Publishing Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Summary:
      This book argues that mainstream economics, with its present methodological approach, is limited in its ability to analyze and develop adequate public policy to deal with environmental problems and sustainable development. Each chapter provides major insights into many of today's environmental problems such as global warming and sustainable growth. Building on the strengths and insights of Post Keynesian and ecological economics and incorporating cutting-edge work in economic complexity, bounded rationality and socio-economic dynamics, this book provides an interdisciplinary approach to deal with a broad range of environmental concerns.

    5. Community Ecology: Processes, Models, and Applications, Oxford University Press Next Article Bookmark and Share

      Summary:
      Community ecology is the study of the interactions between populations of co-existing species. This book provides a survey of the state-of-the-art in both the theory and applications of the discipline. It pays special attention to topology, dynamics, and the importance of spatial and temporal scale while also looking at applications to emerging problems in human-dominated ecosystems. The book includes discussions on the linking of ecological network structure to empirically measured community properties and dynamics; the effects of evolution on community patterns and processes; and the integration of fundamental interactions into ecological networks.

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    1. Other Publications Next Article Bookmark and Share

      1. Epigenetic Tracking: Implementation Details, Alessandro Fontana, 2010/01/18, arXiv:1001.2810
      2. Self-organization of balanced nodes in random networks with transportation bandwidths, C. H. Yeung and K. Y.M. Wong, 2010/01/21, Eur. Phys. J. B, DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e2010-00017-6
      3. Cellular Automation of Galactic Habitable Zone, Branislav Vukotic and Milan M. Cirkovic, 2010/01/26, arXiv:1001.4624
      4. Scientists Find First Physiological Evidence of Brain's Response to Inequality, 2010/02/24, ScienceDaily & California Institute of Technology.
      5. Genes Responsible for Ability to Recognize Faces, 2010/02/24, ScienceDaily & University College London
      6. Technology and Culture Determine Our View of the Brain, 2010/02/25, ScienceDaily & University of Groningen
      7. Surprise! Neural Mechanism May Underlie an Enhanced Memory for the Unexpected, 2010/02/25, ScienceDaily & Cell Press
      8. Nouns and Verbs Are Learned in Different Parts of the Brain, 2010/02/25, ScienceDaily & Plataforma SINC
      9. Psychiatry's Main Method To Prevent Mistaken Diagnoses Of Depression Doesn't Work: Empirical Analysis Challenges DSM, 2010/02/25 ref_journal Innovations-report
      10. Toward a semantic general theory of everything, Alexei V. Samsonovich, Rebecca F. Goldin, Giorgio A. Ascoli, 2010/03, Complexity Volume 15 Issue 4, Pages 12 - 18, DOI: 10.1002/cplx.20293
      11. Phase transition in non-linear random networks, M. Andrecut, S. A. Kauffman, 2010/03/03, arXiv:1003.0871
      12. Boolean delay equations on networks: An application to economic damage propagation, B. Coluzzi, M. Ghil, S. Hallegatte, and G. Weisbuch, 2010/03/03, arXiv:1003.0793
      13. Attractor and Basin Entropies of Random Boolean Networks Under Asynchronous Stochastic Update, Amer Shreim, Andrew Berdahl, Florian Greil, J\"orn Davidsen, and Maya Paczuski, 2010/03/10, arXiv:1003.2120
      14. Modelling symbiosis in biological and social systems, V.I. Yukalov, E.P. Yukalova, and D. Sornette, 2010/03/10, arXiv:1003.2092
      15. Is Bigger Always Better? A Critical Appraisal Of The Use Of Volumetric Analysis In The Study Of The Hippocampus, T. C. Roth - tcrothaunr.edu, A. Brodin, T. V. Smulders, L. D. LaDage, V. V. Pravosudov, 2010/03/27, Phil. Tran. R. Soc. B, DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2009.0208
      16. Attribute Pair-Based Visual Recognition and Memory, Morita M, Morokami S, Morita H, March 2010, PLoS ONE 5(3): e9571., DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009571
      17. Zsyntax: A Formal Language for Molecular Biology with Projected Applications in Text Mining and Biological Prediction, Boniolo G, D'Agostino M, Di Fiore PP, March 2010, PLoS ONE 5(3): e9511., DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009511

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      1. 4th International Nonlinear Science Conference, University of Palermo, Sicily, 2010/03/15-17
      2. Towards the origins of Universe and matter: Theoretical and epistemological approaches, Paris, France, 2010/03/23-24
      3. 20th European Meeting on Cybernetics and Systems Research, EMCSR 2010, University of Vienna, Austria, 10/04/6-9
      4. EvoStar 2010 , Istanbul, Turkey, 10/04/7-10
      5. International Conference on Computer Supported Education, Valencia, Spain, 10/04/7-10
      6. EmergeNET4: Engineering Emergence, York, UK, 2010/04/19-20
      7. Emergence and Design of Robustness, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 2010/04/19-23
      8. Wyss Symposium: New Directions in Synthetic Biology, Boston, MA, USA, 2010/04/30
      9. Second International Workshop-School CHAOS and DYNAMICS in BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS, Corsica, France, 2010/05/3-8
      10. AAMAS-2010, the 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Toronto Canada, 2010/05/10-14
      11. The IV International Workshop on Nature Inspired Cooperative Strategies for Optimization - NICSO 2010, Granada, Spain, 10/05/12-14
      12. Exploring Complexity in Science and Technology from a Santa Fe Institute Perspective, Portland, Oregon , 2010/05/19-21
      13. Morphogenesis in Living Systems 2010, Paris, France, 2010/05/27-29
      14. International Conference on Computational Science 2010 (ICCS 2010), University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2010/05/31-06/2
      15. ICEIS 2010 (12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems), Funchal-Madeira, Portugal, 10/06/6-10
      16. International Workshop on Living Organisms in Flows: From Small-Scale Turbulence to Geophysical Flows, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 2010/06/7-11
      17. ICAC 2010, the 7th IEEE International Conference on Autonomic Computing, Washington, DC, USA, 2010/06/7-11
      18. The International Workshop on Computing with Spatio-Temporal Dynamics, Tokyo, Japan, 2010/06/21-25
      19. NKS Summer School, University of Vermont, USA, 2010/06/21-07/09
      20. First European Summer School on Life & Cognition, Donostia-San Sebastian, Basque Country, Spain, 2010/06/22-26
      21. International Conference on Information Society (i-Society 2010) , London, UK, 2010/06/28-30
      22. Tomorrow's Giants, London, UK, 2010/07/01
      23. 9th IEEE International Conference on Cognitive Informatics (ICCI 2010), Beijing, China, 2010/07/7-9
      24. Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO-2010), Portland, Oregon, USA, 2010/07/7-11
      25. The 2010 Advanced Geographical Analysis and Modeling Workshop, Neve Ilan, Israel, 2010/07/8-10
      26. New Frontiers in Complex Networks: A Statphys24 Satellite Meeting, Seoul, Korea, 2010/07/12-16
      27. 2010 World Congress on Computational Intelligence (IJCNN 2010, FUZZ-IEEE 2010, and IEEE CEC 2010), Barcelona, Spain, 10/07/18-23
      28. The 2010 International Conference on Informatics Cypernetics, and Computer Applications (ICICCA2010), Bangalore, India, 2010/07/19-21
      29. 1st International Workshop on Complexity and Real World Applications: Using the Tools and Concepts from the Complexity Sciences to Support Real World Decision-making Activities, Southampton, England, UK, 2010/07/21-23
      30. 2010 International Conference on the Business and Digital Enterprises (ICBDE 2010), Bangalore, India, 2010/07/22-24
      31. Dynamics Days South America, São José dos Campos, Brazil, 2010/07/26-30
      32. Hands-On Research in Complex Systems School, Buea, Cameroon, 2010/08/2-13
      33. ADVANCED COURSE IN COMPUTATIONAL NEUROSCIENCE, 15th Edition, Freiburg, Germany, 2010/08/2-27
      34. European Summer School in Logic, Language and Information (ESSLLI), Copenhagen, Denmark, 10/08/09-20
      35. Amorphous Computing and Complex Biological Networks, University of Sheffield, UK, 2010/08/17-20
      36. Artificial Life XII (ALife XII), Odense, Denmark, 10/08/19--23. Deadline extended to March 31st.
      37. The Second IEEE International Conference on Social Computing (SocialCom-2010): Enabling Computing, Services and Intelligence for Social Life, Minneapolis, USA, 2010/08/20-22
      38. Fourth International Conference on the Foundations of Information Science FIS 2010: Towards a New Science of Information, Beijing, China, 2010/09/20-23
      39. From animals to animats: the Eleventh International Conference on the Simulation of Adaptive Behavior (SAB'10), , Paris, France, 2010/08/24-28
      40. 2010 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI-10), Toronto, Canada, 2010/08/31-09/03
      41. ANTS 2010, Seventh International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, Brussels, Belgium, 10/09/8-10
      42. 14th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems, Cardiff, UK, 2010/09/8-10
      43. Artificial Economics, Treviso, Italy, 2010/09/9-10
      44. PPSN 2010: 11th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving From Nature, Krakow, Poland, 2010/09/11-15
      45. European Conference on Complex Systems, Lisbon, Portugal, 2010/09/13-17
      46. 12th International Symposium on Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems (SSS 2010), New York City, USA, 2010/09/20-22
      47. CASoN 2010 International Conference on Computational Aspects of Social Networks, Taiyuan, China, 2010/09/26â€"28
      48. SASO 2010 Fourth IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, Budapest, Hungary, 2010/09/27-10/01
      49. 1st International Conference on Bionics & Biomechanics, Venice, Italy, 2010/10/14-16
      50. Fifth National Conference on systems science, Fermo, Italy, 2010/10/16
      51. Joint Colloquium of the Cochrane & Campbell Collaborations, Keystone, Colorado, USA 2010/10/18-22
      52. The 5th Int'l Conference on Bio-Inspired Models of Network, Information and Computing Systems, Boston, MA, USA, 2010/12/1-3

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      5. International Workshop on Coping with Crises in Complex Socio-Economic Systems, Zurich, Switzerland, 09/06/8-12

      6. Memorial Service for Dr Gottfried Mayer, Founding Editor Complexity Digest, Taipei, Taiwan (1954-2009). Video [RM], 09/02/13

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      9. Can Ants Solve Traffic Jams?, Danielle Parsons, Slatev.com, 08/07/22

      10. Reseau Nationale des Systemes Complexes , (in French), 2007
      11. World Economic Forum , Davos, Switzerland, 08/01/22-27
      12. TED Talks, TED Conferences LLC , since 2006
      13. Talking Robots: The PodCast on Robotics and AI, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Switzerland, 06/11/03
      14. Potentials of Complexity Science for Business, Governments, and the Media 2006, Budapest, Hungary, 06/08/03-05
      15. 6th Intl Conf on Complex Systems (ICCS), Boston, MA, 06/06/25-30
      16. Artificial Life X, 10th Intl Conf on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, Bloomington, IN, USA. 2006/06/03-07
      17. 6th Understanding Complex Systems Symposium, Urbana-Champaign, Il, 06/05/15-18
      18. Ralph Abraham on Complexity Digest, , Calcutta, India, 05/12/27
      19. An Afternoon with Michael Crichton, Washington, 05/11/06
      20. Illuminating the Shadow of the Future, Ann Arbor, Mi 05/09/23-25
      21. Open Network of Centres of Excellence in Complex Systems - Brainstorming Meeting, Paris, France 05/09/19-23
      22. Complexity, Science & Society Conference 2005, U. Liverpool, UK 2005/09/11-14
      23. ECAL 2005 - VIIIth European Conference on Artificial Life, Canterbury, Kent, UK 2005/09/5-9
      24. T. Irene Sanders, Executive Director and Founder, The Washington Center for Complexity & Public Policy, 05/08/27, QuickTime video (10:38 min), Podcast
      25. North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity 2005 Conference, Virtual Conference Network, St. Pete's Beach, Florida, 05/06/09-11
      26. Understanding Complex Systems - Computational Complexity and Bioinformatics, Virtual Conference Network, Urbana-Champaign, Il, UIUC, 05/05/16-19
      27. Nonlinearity, Fluctuations, and Complexity, with a celebration of the 65th birthday of Gregoire Nicolis. , Complexity Session, Universite' Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 05/03/16
      28. 1st European Conference on Complex Systems, Torino, Italy, 04/12/5-7
      29. From Autopoiesis to Neurophenomenology: A Tribute to Francisco Varela (1946-2001), Paris, France, 2004/06/18-20
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      32. Nonlinear Dynamics And Chaos: Lab Demonstrations, Strogatz, Steven H., Internet-First University Press, 1994
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