Understanding Complex Systems

Zaida Luthey-Schulten, Chemistry, UIUC, Structure and sequence evolution in Genes, Video Summary 06:14 [QuickTime: 4.7 Mb].
Sam Beshers, Program Coordinator, Neuroscience and Research Associate, Department of Entomology, UIUC "Ant Colony Strategies For Task Performance: Multitasking Workers And Multiworker Tasks", Video Summary 6:49 [QuickTime: 5 Mb].
George Gumerman, Senior Scholar, School of American Research "Recreating The Past Using Agent-Based Modeling: An Example From The Nortamerican Southwest", Video Summary 8:09 [QuickTime: 6.3 Mb].
John Tyson, University Distinguished Professor of Molecular Cell Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University "Information Processing Networks In Living Cells", Video Summary 7:00 [QuickTime: 5 Mb].
Norman Packard, CEO of ProtoLife, Chairman of the Science Steering Committee of the Santa Fe Institute "Self-Assembly And Chemical Reactions At The Transition To Life", Video Summary 4:48 [QuickTime: 3.8 Mb].
Kimberly Hill, Civil Engineering, University of Minnesota "Particle Sorting: From Rotating Drums To Riverbeds", Video Summary 5:12 [QuickTime: 3.9 Mb].
Wolfgang Losert, Physics, University of Maryland "Cell Motility: Dynamic Networks And Flexible Membranes", Video Summary 9:20 [QuickTime: 4.4 Mb].
Harold Klein, General & Strategic Management Department, Temple University "Biologically-Inspired Cognitive Architectures for Information Organization", Video Summary 6:01 [QuickTime: 7.5 Mb].
May Lim, New England Complex Systems Institute "Preferential Detachment In Signaling Networks: Connectivity And Cost Trade-Offs", Video Summary 4:02 [QuickTime: 3 Mb].

Note: Video files are in asf format and can be played e.g. with windows media player. If you have problems, suggestions, or comments with the file formats, please contact Carlos Gershenson.

For a theoretical background of the Complexity Digest Virtual Conference Network see:

• Time-scales, Meaning, and Availability of Information in a Global Brain, C. Gershenson, G. Mayer-Kress, A. Das, P. Das, and M. Marko, 2003-07-11, DOI: cs.AI/0305012, arXiv
• Conferences with Internet Web-Casting as Binding Events in a Global Brain: Example Data From Complexity Digest, A. Das, G. Mayer-Kress, C. Gershenson, P. Das, 2003-03-22, DOI: cs.NI/0303023, arXiv
• Time-Scales and the Historical Role of Conferences for the Emergence of Global Brains, G. Mayer-Kress
  • in: From Intelligent Networks to Global Brains, Evolutionary Social Organization through Knowledge Technology, Brussels, Belgium, 01/07/3-5
• The Global Brain As An Emergent Structure From The Worldwide Computing Network, And Its Implications For Modeling, Mayer-Kress, Gottfried; Barczys, Cathleen. The Information Society v11, n1 (Jan-Mar 1995): 1-27