Computational Modelling Group

Workshop  26th January 2011 1 p.m.  Imperial College London

Scaling in Complex Systems

Web page
http://www.imperial.ac.uk/ammp/research/mathphys/scincosy
Categories
Complex Systems
Submitter
Petrina Butler

Half Day Meeting on Scaling in Complex Systems

Presented by Complexity & Networks Programme, Imperial College London

13:00 Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen (Complexity & Networks, Imperial College London)

Welcome and introductory remarks

13:05 – 13:40 Peter M. A. Sloot (Computational Science, Univ. of Amsterdam)

Multi-scale modelling of the infectious diseases.

13:45 – 14:25 Lloyd Demetrius (Organismic and Evo. Biol., Harvard & MPI Berlin)

Quantum metabolic scaling.

14:30 Refreshments

14:45 – 15:25 Misako Takayasu (Tokyo Institute of Technology)

Scaling features of a business ?rm network as a complex system.

15:30 – 16:10 Renaud Lambiotte (Complexity & Networks, Imperial College London)

Multi-scale organization of complex networks.

16:15 Tea

16:30 – 17:10 Ricard Sol´e (Complex Systems Lab, Univ. Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona)

Scaling in language.

17:15 – 17:55 Michael Gastner (Complexity & Networks, Imperial College London)

Scaling and entropy in facility location.

18:00 – 18:10 Refreshments

18:00 – 19:00 Geo?rey West (Santa Fe Institute)

Universal scaling laws from cells and ecosystems to cities and corporations; Towards a uni?ed framework of biological and social organization and dynamics.

19:00 – 19:05 Gunnar Pruessner(Department of Mathematics, Imperial College London)

Closing remarks

19:05 Wine and snacks

For more information please email Gunnar Pruessner (g.pruessner@imperial.ac.uk)

Abstracts and updates available at: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/ammp/research/mathphys/scincosy