The 2nd IMSc Complex Systems School


January 4-29, 2010
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.

Details of the previous School in January 2006 are available from the webpage of The IMSc Complex Systems School 2006

TO APPLY: Applications are requested from PhD students and postdoctoral fellows in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, computer science, economics and related areas.Advanced MSc/MTech students may also be considered.

To apply send a short CV and statement of purpose to css10@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 css10@imsc.res.in

APPLICATION DEADLINE: All application materials must be electronically submitted no later than October 31, 2009.


Lecturers

V. Balakrishnan IIT-Madras, Chennai
Amitabha Bose NJIT, Newark
Bikas K. Chakrabarti SINP, Kolkata
Nandini Chatterjee-Singh NBRC, Manesar
Sibasish Ghosh IMSc, Chennai
Herve Isambert Institut Curie, Paris
Neo Martinez PEaCE Lab, Berkeley
Gautam I Menon IMSc, Chennai
John Miller* CMU, Pittsburgh
Alain Pumir ENS, Lyon
R Rajesh IMSc, Chennai
Uma Ramakrishnan NCBS, Bangalore
R Ramanujam IMSc, Chennai
Jari Saramaki HUT, Helsinki
L S Shashidhara IISER, Pune
Anindya Sinha NIAS, Bangalore
Sitabhra Sinha IMSc, Chennai
Somdatta Sinha CCMB, Hyderabad
D. Eric Smith SFI, Santa Fe
N Srinivasan CBCS-UA, Allahabad
Bryan K Wells IMSc, Chennai
Geoffrey West* SFI, Santa Fe

* Yet to confirm

 
 
 

Organizer: Sitabhra Sinha [IMSc]

Student coordinator: Rajeev Singh [IMSc]

For participation please contact the organizers at
css10@imsc.res.in




 Getting Here Poster in pdf format Schedule Enquiries List of Participants Schedule of Project Presentations (pdf)



Participant Photos