Emergence in Physical, Biological, and Social Systems
November 30, 2007
340 West Hall, University of Michigan
9 am-4:30 pm
Talks and Poster Session open to the public
This is the second ICAM meeting at the University of Michigan. Our goal is to help
encourage the formation of a coherent community of researchers on campus grouped around
the general theme of complexity, emergence, and collective effects.
The meeting is intended for an audience with a wide range of backgrounds.
Speakers
Herbert Levine
Physics, University of California, San Diego
Making Decisions in a Noisy World: The Intelligent Dynamics of Microorganisms
Robert Ziff
Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan
Complex Behavior of Percolation and Contact Processes
Richard Lenski
Hannah Professor of Microbial Ecology, University of Michigan
Phenotypic and genomic evolution during a long-term experiment with bacteria
Robert Deegan
Physics & Complex Systems, University of Michigan
Optimizations of seed dispersal in Impatiens Glandulifera
John Tyson
Virginia Tech University
Regulation of the Eukaryotic Cell Cycle: From Molecular Networks to Cell Physiology
Elizabeth Bruch
Sociology & Complex Systems, University of Michigan
How do economic factors affect ethnic segregation? Modeling residential segregation dynamics in Los Angels
Poster Session
A poster session will be held.
If you are interested in presenting at the poster session,
please send your title and abstract by November 26th
to Howard Oishi ( hoishi at umich.edu ).
Posters will be displayed outside of 340 West Hall.
There is foam board available that is 36"x48", so please try to keep
your poster within these dimensions.
Organizers
J. W. Allen, Physics, University of Michigan
L. M. Sander, Physics, University of Michigan
C. P. Simon, Mathematics and Center for the Study of Complex Systems, University of Michigan
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