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- Subject: Final Circular: Complex Systems '92
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- Keywords: complexity, chaos, biology, computation, emergent systems
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- Complex Systems '92
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
- FROM BIOLOGY TO COMPUTATION
-
- The Inaugural Australian National Conference on Complex Systems
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- December 14-15, 1992
-
- Australian National University
- CANBERRA ACT
-
- FINAL CIRCULAR
-
- THE CONFERENCE THEME
-
- Complex systems are systems dominated by non-linearity or interactions
- between their components. The last few years have seen an extraordinary
- growth of interest in complex systems. The underlying theme for this
- conference - from biology to computation - reflects trends that have
- been apparent in both biology and computer science.
-
- On the one hand biologists have begun to accept the limitations of the
- reductionist approach and have started investigating emergent
- properties. One of the most potent paradigms linked with this new
- approach is the notion of life as a form of computation. This paradigm
- finds its ultimate expression in the new field of "artificial life".
-
- On the other hand computer scientists, trying to discover how to
- organize the workings of massively parallel computers, quickly realized
- that they need to look at existing multiple processors. i.e. living
- organisms. This search, long apparent in the field of artificial
- intelligence, has focussed chiefly on neural networks. However, the
- lessons of biology are now being applied more and more widely, such as
- in the introduction of genetic algorithms.
-
- The theme of this conference, then, reflects the dual notions of life
- as natural computation and computation as artificial life. The papers
- cover fields from artificial life to parallel computers including
- neural networks and social systems.
-
- Please pass on this notice to interested colleagues. For further
- information contact the conference secretary or the convenors.
-
-
- VENUE
-
- Robertson Theatre, Research School of Biological Sciences
- Australian National University, Canberra
-
- PROGRAMME
-
- =========================
- Sunday 13th December 1992
- =========================
-
- 10.00am Tutorial (ANU Computing Labs)
-
- 6:00pm Cocktail Party, Advanced Registration, and
- Opening of Exhibition "Visions of Complexity"
- (Drill Hall Gallery)
-
-
- =========================
- Monday 14th December 1992
- =========================
-
- 8:00am Registration open (Robertson Theatre)
-
- 9:00am Opening Address (Robertson Theatre)
-
- ----------
- Session 1A: Artificial Life (Robertson Theatre)
- ----------
-
- 9:10am Paulien Hogeweg: Keynote Address
- As Large as Life and Twice as Natural: Bioinformatics and
- the Artificial Life Paradigm
-
- 10:10am Paul-Michael Agapow
- Computer Viruses: the Inevitability of Evolution?
-
- ---
-
- 10:30am Morning Tea and Coffee
-
- ---
-
- ----------
- Session 1B: Emergent Behaviour (Robertson Theatre)
- ----------
-
- 11:00am Doug Seeley and Simon Ronald
- The Emergence of Connectivity and Fractal Time in the
- Evolution of Random Digraphs
-
- 11:20am David G. Green
- Emergent Behaviour in Biological Systems
-
- 11:40am Ann L. Preece and Craig R. Johnson
- Recovery of Model Coral Communities: Complex Behaviours
- from Interaction of Parameters Operating at Different
- Spatial Scales
-
- 12:00pm John G. Watterson
- The Wave-Cluster Model of Water-Protein Interactions
-
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- 12:30pm Lunch
-
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-
- ----------
- Session 2A (Robertson Theatre)
- ----------
- 2:00pm Poster Session:
-
- Zoran Aleksic
- Computation in Inhomogeneous Cellular Automata
-
- Terry Bossomaier, Jevan Pipitone and Geoff Stuart
- Neural Dynamics in Biological Visual Information Processing
-
- Abdesselam Bouzerdoum
- Convergence of Symmetric Shunting Competitive Neural
- Networks
-
- Roger Bradbury and Daniel Boulet
- Crown of Thorns Starfish Outbreaks: how complex global
- dynamics emerge from simple, local ecological interactions
-
- David Cake
- A Computer Simulation of Plasticity in the Primary Motor
- Cortex
-
- Andrew Finegan
- Soft Systems Methodology: An Alternative Approach to
- Knowledge Elicitation in Complex and Poorly Defined Systems
-
- Patrick C. Fu and John P. Barford
- Reduction of Modelling Error of Complex Biosystems by an AI
- Approach
-
- Dominique Luzeaux
- From Beta-Expansions to Chaos and Fractals
-
- Pedro Paulo Balbi de Oliveira
- Methodological Issues Within a Framework to Support a Class
- of Artificial-Life Worlds in Cellular Automata
-
- JeanPierre Paillet
- Steps to an Ecology of Form
-
- A. P. (Tony) Roberts and Mark A. Knackstedt
- Pattern Formation in Physical and Biological Growth
-
- Keith Tognetti and Graham Winley
- The Uniform Emergence of Points on a Circle
-
- Hong Xie
- Parallel Algorithms for the Distance Embedding Problem
-
- ---
-
- 3:30pm Afternoon Tea and Coffee
-
- ---
-
- ----------
- Session 2B: From Information to Chaos (Robertson Theatre)
- ----------
-
- 4:00pm C. N. G. (Kit) Dampney, Michael S. J. Johnson and Paul Deuble
- Taming Large Complex Information Systems
-
- 4.20pm Clive Cooper
- Complexity in C3I Systems
-
- 4:40pm Margot L. Lyon
- Complexity and Emergence: The Seduction and Reduction of
- Non-Linear Models in the Social Sciences
-
-
- 5:00pm Neville H. Fletcher
- Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos in Musical Instruments
-
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-
- 7:30pm Conference Dinner (Gold Creek Homestead)
-
- ---
-
-
- ==========================
- Tuesday 15th December 1992
- ==========================
-
- ----------
- Session 3A: Self-Organization and Learning (Robertson Theatre)
- ----------
- 9:10am George M. Bryan and Wayne E. Moore
- A Self-Organising Load Balancing System
-
- 9:30am David Howard and William Moran
- Self Annealing When Learning a Markov Random Field Image
- Model
-
- 9:50am Tim Payne
- Central Fusion of Sensor Information using Reasoned
- Feedback
-
- 10:10am Jonathan Baxter
- The Evolution of Learning Algorithms for Artificial Neural
- Networks
-
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-
- 10:30am Morning Tea and Coffee
-
- ---
-
- ----------
- Session 3B: Fractals (Robertson Theatre)
- ----------
- 11:00am Jacques Blanc-Talon
- Recognition and Generation of Fractal Patterns by using
- Syntactic Techniques
-
- 11:20am Thomas B. Kirk and Gwidon W. Stachowiak
- Fractal Computer Image Analysis of Particle Morphology
-
- 11:40am Mark A. Knackstedt and Muhammad Sahimi
- The Effect of Permeability Heterogeneity on Viscous Fingers
- in Porous Media
-
- 12.00am Jon McCormack
- Interactive Evolution of L-System Grammars for Computer
- Graphics Modelling
-
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-
- 12:30pm Lunch
-
- ---
-
-
-
-
- ----------
- Session 4A: Neural Systems --- from Biology to Computation
- ---------- (Robertson Theatre)
-
- 2.00pm Walter Freeman: Keynote Address
- Cooperative Behaviour in the Nervous System
-
- 3.00pm Anthony N. Burkitt
- External Inputs to Attractor Neural Networks
-
- ---
-
- 3:20pm Afternoon Tea and Coffee
-
- ---
-
- ----------
- Session 4B: Computing: The Way Ahead
- ----------
-
- 3:50pm Geoffrey C. Fox: Keynote Address
- Parallel Computers and Complex Systems
-
-
- 5.00pm Conference Ends
-
-
- ============================
- Wednesday 16th December 1992
- ============================
-
- 9:00am Workshops (to be advised)
-
- ---
-
-
- The poster sessions and exhibition will run throughout the conference.
-
-
-
- KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
-
- Geoffrey Fox "Advances in parallel computing"
-
- Professor Fox (Syracuse) is one of the world's leading authorities on
- parallel computers. At Caltech during the 1980's he pioneered the
- hypercube multiprocessor. He currently heads the Northeast Parallel
- Architecture Centre at Syracuse University.
-
- Walter Freeman "Parallel computation in biological systems"
-
- Professor Freeman (Berkeley) pioneered the study of complex behaviour
- in neural systems, with extensive published work in this field going
- back over two decades. His extensive biological studies are now
- yielding novel algorithms for machine pattern recognition.
-
- Paulien Hogeweg "As large as life and twice as natural:
- Bioinformatics and the artificial life paradigm"
-
- Professor Hogeweg (Utrecht) pioneered the study of informatic processes
- in biotic systems. She has modelled self-organization in a vast range
- of biological systems, including prebiotic molecular evolution, cell
- signalling in the immune system, and the emergence of social behaviour
- in insect colonies.
-
-
-
- TUTORIAL
-
- On Sunday 13 December, from 10:00am-5:00pm, there will be an
- introductory practical tutorial on Complex Systems. The tutorial will
- cover basic ideas about:
-
- chaos, fractals, IFS codes, L-systems, cellular automata,
- neural networks, parallel computing.
-
- Practical sessions on PCs and workstations will provide participants
- with a hands-on introduction to each topic. It is planned to include
- demonstrations running on ANU's Connection Machine supercomputer.
-
- Enrolments for the tutorial are strictly limited; acceptance will be on
- the basis of first-come, first-served. The enrolment fee of $100 will
- cover tuition, lunch, refreshments, notes and selected software. The
- venue for the tutorial will be the Computer Services Centre, Australian
- National University. To obtain further information tick the box
- provided on the registration form or contact the conference
- organizers.
-
-
- WORKSHOPS
-
- On Wednesday December 16, immediately following the conference, there
- will be several advanced workshops. The workshops planned so far
- include Neural Dynamics, The State of the Art in Parallel Computing,
- and Artificial Life. The fee of $35 includes lunch and refreshments.
-
-
- ART SHOW AND COMPETITION
-
- Visions of Complexity (Drill Hall Gallery, ANU)
-
- This public exhibition aims to highlight artistic aspects of images
- arising from scientific research and visualization of complex systems.
- Contributions are welcome. Please contact the organizers for details
- if you are able to loan a picture for display. Details of a competition
- for the best picture are available from the organizers.
-
-
- SPONSORS
- Centre for Information Science Research
- (Australian National University)
-
- Research School of Biological Sciences
- (Australian National University)
-
- National Resource Information Centre
- (Department of Primary Industry and Energy)
-
-
- REGISTRATION AND FURTHER INFORMATION
-
- The all-inclusive conference fee of $270 ($120 for students) will cover
- morning/afternoon teas, lunch on each day, the opening cocktail party,
- and the conference dinner. The enrolment fee for the tutorial on
- Complex Systems is $100. The enrolment fee for the workshops is $35.
- Accommodation will be available on campus at John XXIII College and
- University House.
-
- E-mail: compsys@nimbus.anu.edu.au
-
- Mail: The Conference Secretary
- (Ms. Michelle Moravec)
- Complex Systems
- c/- Computer Sciences Laboratory
- Research School of Physical Sciences & Engineering
- Australian National University
- PO Box 4
- CANBERRA ACT 2601 AUSTRALIA
-
- Telephone: Dr Terry Bossomaier (06) 249-2465/249-0012
- Dr David Green (06) 249-2490/249-5031
-
- Fax: (06) 249-1884
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- REGISTRATION FORM
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