Welcome to the IMSc Complex Systems School, Jan 2-27 2006




IMSc faculty groups: Physics, Maths and Theoretical Computer Science

Complex Systems related research:

Networks: Ramesh Anishetty, Sudeshna Sinha, C R Subramanian, Sitabhra Sinha
Nonlinear Dynamics: Sudeshna Sinha
Biological Physics: Ramesh Anishetty, Gautam Menon, Rahul Siddharthan, Sitabhra Sinha
Statistical Mechanics: Purusattam Ray, R Rajesh
Econophysics - Financial Analysis & Agent based models: M Krishna, Sitabhra Sinha
Game Theory: R Ramanujam, Kamal Lodaya

Promoting Complex Systems
Schools, Meetings and Workshops on topics related to complex systems

Dec 2002: Meeting on Robustness, Emergent Behavior and Pattern Formation in Biological Systems

March 2003: Discussion Meeting on Statistical Mechanics of Threshold Activated Systems

April 2004: International Conference on Perspectives in Nonlinear Dynamics

Summer 2004: SERC School on Disordered Systems

Dec 2004: Workshop on the Economy as a Complex System

Jan 2006: IMSc Complex Systems School (in cooperation with the Santa Fe Institute)


Equal emphasis on Lectures and Team Projects

1st week: will cover basic techniques for handling complex systems, in particular, complex dynamical networks

2nd week: focus on biological complexity

3rd week: focus on economic/social complexity

4th week: focus on finishing team projects

Last 2 days: project presentations

Details of lecture courses : given in schedule

Outline of lecture courses:
http://www.imsc.res.in/~sitabhra/meetings/school06/courses.html


Teams comprising of 2 (at most 3) participants will formulate and work on a complex systems related project, with the guidance of mentors

Projects divided into 3 thematic areas:

Mentors: Sudeshna Sinha (IMSc) & Lauren Buckley (SFI)
Mentors: Gautam Menon, Rahul Siddharthan (IMSc) & Van Savage (SFI)
Mentors: Sitabhra Sinha (IMSc) & Suresh Naidu (SFI)
 

1st week:
2nd and 3rd weeks:
4th week:



Those who are getting travel support from IMSc, please fill up your travel assistance (TA) form and hand them (with copy of your ticket) over to SS or Raj Kumar Pan

Photocopier at ground floor of IMSc library