The 2nd IMSc Complex Systems School

IMSc-Chennai, Jan 4-29, 2010


Schedule
Venue for Lectures: Ramanujan Auditorium
Venue for Project work: First floor lounge, Guest House

1st week (Jan 4-8)
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9-9:30 Welcome
9:30-11 V Balakrishnan Jari Saramaki Jari Saramaki Jari Saramaki Somdatta Sinha
11-11:30 TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE
11:30-1 R. Ramanujam R. Ramanujam R. Ramanujam V. Balakrishnan Bikas K. Chakrabarti
1-2 LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH
2-3:30 Jari Saramaki Sibasish Ghosh Sibasish Ghosh Somdatta Sinha Jari Saramaki
3:30-4 TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE
4-5:30 Sibasish Ghosh V Balakrishnan V Balakrishnan Bikas K. Chakrabarti V Balakrishnan
5:30-7 Project Group Meeting Project Group Meeting Project Group Meeting Project Group Meeting Project Group Meeting
Courses:
Jari Saramaki - Complex Networks
R. Ramanujam - Game Theory
Sibasish Ghosh - Information Theory
V Balakrishnan - Introduction to Nonlinear Dynamics
Bikas K. Chakrabarti - Econophysics
Somdatta Sinha - Mathematical Models in Biology

2nd week (Jan 11-15)
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:30-11 N Srinivasan Uma Ramakrishnan Anindya Sinha L S Shashidhara Special Lecture: Nivedita Chatterjee
11-11:30 TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE
11:30-1 Gautam Menon Nandini Singh Anindya Sinha Herve Isambert Herve Isambert
1-2 LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH
2-3:30 Nandini Singh N Srinivasan L S Shashidhara L S Shashidhara Gautam Menon
3:30-4 TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE
4-5:30 Uma Ramakrishnan Gautam Menon Gautam Menon L S Shashidhara Gautam Menon
5:30-7 Project Group Meeting Project Group Meeting Project Group Meeting Project Group Meeting Project Group Meeting
Courses:
Uma Ramakrishnan - Genetic Variation in Populations
N Srinivasan - Dynamics and Modeling in Cognitive Science Additional course material
Nandini Singh - Cognitive Neuroscience: Understanding the neurobiology of language
Gautam Menon - Statistical Mechanics: Information, Disorder and Complexity
Anindya Sinha - Social Networks and Cognition in Primates
Herve Isambert - Evolution of Biomolecular Networks
L S Shashidhara - Pattern Formation in Biology List of important papers for further reading
Nivedita Chatterjee - How Neurons Talk

3rd week (Jan 18-22)
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:30-11 Eric Smith Eric Smith Sitabhra Sinha Alain Pumir Alain Pumir
11-11:30 TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE
11:30-1 Neo Martinez Neo Martinez R Rajesh R Rajesh R Rajesh
1-2 LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH
2-3:30 Eric Smith Eric Smith Special Lecture: Hari Rao Amitabha Bose Amitabha Bose
3:30-4 TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE
4-5:30 Sitabhra Sinha Neo Martinez Sitabhra Sinha Sitabhra Sinha Special Lecture: R Shankar
5:30-7 Project Group Meeting Project Group Meeting Project Group Meeting Project Group Meeting Project Group Meeting
Courses:
Eric Smith - Understanding the Origin of Life/ Computational Historical Linguistics
Neo Martinez - Structure and Dynamics of Complex Ecological Networks
R Rajesh - Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics
Alain Pumir - Nonlinear Dynamics in Biology
Amitabha Bose - Introduction to Computational Neuroscience
Sitabhra Sinha - Modeling Socio-economic Phenomena
Hari Rao - Complexity: An Evolving View (An Artist's Perspective)
R Shankar - Accelerated Climate Change and the Himalayan Glaciers

4th week (Jan 25-29)
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
9:30-11 Project Project Project Project Presentation Project Presentation
11-11:30 TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE
11:30-1 Special Lecture: R Balasubramanian Project Special Lecture: Nisha Yadav Project Presentation Project Presentation
1-2 LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH
2-3:30 Special Lecture: Neelima Gupte Project Project Project Presentation Project Presentation
3:30-4 TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE TEA/COFFEE
4-5:30 Special Lecture: Lakshmi Subramanian Project Project Project Presentation Concluding Session
5:30-7 Project Project Project
Lectures:
R Balasubramanian - Goldbach Conjecture: An Invitation to Number Theory
Neelima Gupte - Analysis of Communication Networks
Lakshmi Subramanian - Networks in the Indian Ocean: Some Reflections
Nisha Yadav - The Indus Valley Civilization and its Writing