The IMSc Complex Systems School

January 2-27, 2006

The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, India

in cooperation with the

Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, USA

An intensive four-week school to introduce research on complex phenomena in physical, biological and social systems.

The school will consist of lectures by distinguished scientists on foundations, techniques & current research areas in complex systems research, and hands-on team projects on complex systems topics that will be formulated and carried out by the participants. The lecture courses will cover nonlinear dynamics, statistical mechanics, network structure and dynamics, pattern formation, game theory, computer modeling techniques, and their application to biological and economic systems. The school is aimed at preparing participants with the necessary background and hands-on experience to prepare them for inter-disciplinary research across a wide spectrum of complex systems.

Participants are expected to attend the school for the full four weeks. There is no registration fee and all participants will be provided accomodation. Limited travel support is available.

INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS: International participants are welcome to apply for the school. Limited travel support for such participants may be available courtesy of the Santa Fe Institute, USA. Please note that participation by citizens of other countries have to be approved by the Government of India.

TO APPLY: Applications are requested from PhD students and postdoctoral fellows in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, computer science and economics; advanced masters students may also be considered.

To apply send a short CV and statement of purpose to css06@imsc.res.in, and arrange for one letter of recommendation from a faculty member to be e-mailed directly.
In case of any questions, please write to css06@imsc.res.in

APPLICATION DEADLINE: All application materials must be electronically submitted no later than October 31, 2005.

Lecturers

V. Balakrishnan	IIT, Chennai
Bikas K. Chakrabarti	SINP, Kolkata
Sumantra Chattarji	NCBS, Bangalore
Debashish Chowdhury	IIT, Kanpur
Chandan Dasgupta	IISc, Bangalore
Sanjay Jain	Delhi University, Delhi
Jose Lobo	Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
Gautam I Menon	IMSc, Chennai
Jukka-Pekka Onnela	Helsinki University of Technology, Finland
R Ramanujam	IMSc, Chennai
Ram Ramaswamy	JNU, New Delhi
Kanury V S Rao	ICGEB, New Delhi
Rahul Siddharthan	IMSc, Chennai
Sitabhra Sinha	IMSc, Chennai
Somdatta Sinha	CCMB, Hyderabad
Sudeshna Sinha	IMSc, Chennai
Eric Smith	Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, USA
S Subramanian	MIDS, Chennai
Geoffrey West	Santa Fe Institute, Santa Fe, USA

Organizer: Sitabhra Sinha [IMSc]

For participation please contact the organizer at
css06@imsc.res.in

Getting Here Poster in pdf format Schedule Enquiries List of Participants

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